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The Adrian Dittmann Story

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Re: The Adrian Dittmann Story

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Even if this person is Elon or not, who cares really?

I don't know about you, but this is extremely creepy and overly excessive to get information on a private individual without consent, just because he has a similar voice to Elon.

Especially when this all of this was based of a joke it seems?

This is directed at both this article and the Spectator.

Should we do an in-depth and detailed documentation on the 'roon (@tszzl)' X account next?

Re: The Adrian Dittmann Story

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Even if this person is Elon or not, who cares really? I don't know about you, but this is extremely creepy and overly excessive to get information on a private individual without consent, just because he has a similar voice to Elon. Especially when this all of this was based of a joke it seems? This is directed at both this article and the Spectator. Should we do an in-depth and detailed documentation on the 'roon (@…

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Re: The Adrian Dittmann Story

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Even if this person is Elon or not, who cares really? I don't know about you, but this is extremely creepy and overly excessive to get information on a private individual without consent, just because he has a similar voice to Elon. Especially when this all of this was based of a joke it seems? This is directed at both this article and the Spectator. Should we do an in-depth and detailed documentation on the 'roon (@…

It’s in the public interest because Musk is one of the most powerful people on the planet and he’s exercising that power quite forcefully these days.

People obviously are going to be interested to find every snippet of information they can about his beliefs and goals — especially the ones he’s unwilling to publicly sign his name to.

Re: The Adrian Dittmann Story

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Even if this person is Elon or not, who cares really? I don't know about you, but this is extremely creepy and overly excessive to get information on a private individual without consent, just because he has a similar voice to Elon. Especially when this all of this was based of a joke it seems? This is directed at both this article and the Spectator. Should we do an in-depth and detailed documentation on the 'roon (@…

It’s in the public interest because Musk is one of the most powerful people on the planet and he’s exercising that power quite forcefully these days. People obviously are going to be interested to find every snippet of information they can about his beliefs and goals — especially the ones he’s unwilling to publicly sign his name to.

> It’s in the public interest because Musk is one of the most powerful people on the planet and he’s exercising that power quite forcefully these days.

But that doesn't mean you should go ahead and hunt for every detail about a person just because they sound like Elon.

So if I am a great Elon Musk impersonator should I be doxxed to a huge extent just like in this article / Spectator?

All one had to was ask or do a face interview with the person.

Re: The Adrian Dittmann Story

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Clearly Elon is not a healthy person - the last time I had an imaginary friend was when I was a kid - apparently a normal part of childhood development not in adults.

The article establishes pretty clearly Dittman is not imaginary, and he is not Elon.

I’ve been skeptical, but I thought it was possible. The evidence seemed weak, though - I’m a relative nobody, and when I had a tiny bit of e-fame there were a few people out there relentlessly cheerleading/shilling me and aggressively agreeing with everything I said. So the fact Dittman did this with Elon was hardly conclusive. I thought they did sound alike, but that’s not conclusive.

A few people did claim they heard Dittman in spaces while Elon was on live television, but of course since I could not verify that for myself I considered it possible that they were just Elon boosters making that up to defend him. But it looks like they were right. Musk and Dittman are definitely different people.

Re: The Adrian Dittmann Story

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This doesn't address the screenshot of Elon's X admin page in the background of one of Adrian's posts

That was a 4chan screenshot, analysis of which shows some pretty clear photoshopping [0]. All signs point to it being some kind of troll; I don't know how 4chan pseudonyms works but I can't imagine it having actual identity verification.

[0] https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24335045/elon-musk-4chan-a...

Re: The Adrian Dittmann Story

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s in the public interest because Musk is one of the most powerful people on the planet and he’s exercising that power quite forcefully these days. People obviously are going to be interested to find every snippet of information they can about his beliefs and goals — especially the ones he’s unwilling to publicly sign his name to.

> It’s in the public interest because Musk is one of the most powerful people on the planet and he’s exercising that power quite forcefully these days. But that doesn't mean you should go ahead and hunt for every detail about a person just because they sound like Elon. So if I am a great Elon Musk impersonator should I be doxxed to a huge extent just like in this article / Spectator? All one had to was ask or do a fa…

People have asked for face interviews. I suspect Adrian is enjoying the attention all the confusion generates.

And it’s not “just” because he sounds like Elon. There have been multiple occasions where Adrian has said “I” referring to Elon. Obviously people slip up in speech, but also obviously some people have pseudonyms.

Adrian has lots of in-depth knowledge of Tesla/SpaceX, shows up in the same circles as Elon constantly, has an obscene Twitter addiction (i.e. just participated in a 10 hour live audio chat), defends Elon at every chance including in deeply weird/personal ways like “you are such an amazing father Elon” on pictures of Elon and his kids.

It’s all quite weird and people are absolutely justified to be curious what the fuck is going on.

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