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    If a story got out that the boss of a local black-owned business was smoking weed out back with his employees, they would all be arrested so fast…

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        Had to look it up, you’re not kidding

        At parties in recent years, Musk has been spotted taking ketamine recreationally through a nasal spray and drinking liquid ecstasy from a water bottle

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          Idk if you heard, but ketamine seems to be the new in drug right now. I have no idea why, it existed when I was in high school over 20 years ago but I never saw it then. These days it’s at all the music fests and I just found out a bunch of my friends started using it as of the last 6 months. I don’t get out much so when I heard about them using it I was caught off guard. The only thing we all would do in the past is smoke weed and sometimes take some shrooms. I absolutely will not be trying that out, that’s above anything I ever wanted to tangle with…

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        And he is supplying parts and services to high security government projects. How does he have a security clearance?

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    Rules with prison consequences for the poor, don’t apply to the rich.

    Arrest this hypocrite fuck and give him the same federal prison sentence a poor black man would get.

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    The emperor has no clothes, but the pragmatic cowards he surrounds himself with are afraid to tell him.

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      It sure seems like the people who told him the truth got ejected from his orbit. Now all that’s left are the grifters.

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    He’s so cool and laid back frfr

    What a badass 50 year old man, living his edgy teenage dreams

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    Take everything you feel about this, and apply it to everyone you know who looks down on their peers who don’t drink.

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    : cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, and magic mushrooms

    It obvious that Musk is keeping the good S tier stuff for himself and only sharing the B rank stuff with board members.

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        He has never been officially diagnosed with autism. He just claims he has Asperger’s (no longer an official diagnosis) and uses it as an excuse to do horrible things.

        And autism does not excuse the horrible things he says and does.

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          Too be fair, as a person on the spectrum with very good track record of recognizing other neurodivergents on the spot.

          Elon absolutely reads and acts as a neurodivergent and within that group mostly resembles autism.

          Having said that, to wield that like an excuse his vile and idiotic behavior is simply wrong.

          Everyone on the spectrum is unique, has some great gifts and some deeper flaws. I bet there are intelligent stuff hes good at but i dont believe for second he has what it takes to be a leader of any kind. He’d probably be better suited as an valued assistant to a real expert that knows what task/responsibilities to give and not give to him.

          When i look at musk i see a broken person sick with Addiction of money and power.

          The majority of autists are very progressives we have huge ties to the roots of the lgbt movement. Many of us have an inherent desire for fairness and equality. But Elon Musk has gone so deep in the rabbithole of finding survival within egocentrism he is beyond saving, no longer having the ability to see the world around it as it is.

          Ketamine is psychedelic, those tend to aid the mind into seeing their own flaws and become the better version of themselves. I find it really telling that it does not seem to work on Elon and almost proof that he is actively focused about not coming to terms with reality and refusing to work on hisself. Possibly because he scared shitless that he might feel a guilt from his conscience if he does. Easier to just pay your problems away and hope the atheist are right.

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            No, it’s not on the autism spectrum because it isn’t a thing. It isn’t real.

            And unless you have some medical expertise in the area, you deciding he has autism based on traits you think autistic people have is just bigoted against people with autism. Because that is not in any way in your wheelhouse.

            Do you also decide on whether or not someone is gay based on ‘gay traits?’

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                No. Not real. It is no longer a diagnosis. That means it is not real. Your link even says it “formerly described” a disorder. Do you know what “formerly” means?

                And your self-diagnosis is also meaningless. Even psychiatrists do not self-diagnose.

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                  that is not what that means and the word “formerly” has nothing to do with it and you’re kinda being an asshole

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        I don’t think we need to tarnish autistic people with whatever the fuck is going on in Elon’s oddly shaped head.

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    Surprised no one mentioned Wolf of Wall Street here yet, where McConaughey’s character is like “How the fuck else are you suppose to do this job?”. Not that its defensible, but to highlight the ethical bankruptcy of all those characters with the “step on whoever, stab whoever” results oriented approach with no moral or legal consideration.

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    An image of Lenny from "The Simpsons" kissing a box of Special K, itself a joke to the fact that Elon Musk likes to use Ketamine, commonly called "Special K" on the street.

    alt text/explaining the joke to the blind: An image of Lenny from "The Simpsons" kissing a box of Special K, itself a joke to the fact that Elon Musk likes to use Ketamine, commonly called "Special K" on the street.

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    Capitalism continues to amaze. Who would have guessed new depravity could emerge at this late stage?

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      I wouldn’t. Having to be around Elon sounds like a waste of drugs.

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    This might be a bit tin-foil, but I really don’t buy a lot of this news.

    If the likes of Andy Jassy or Tim Cook were reportedly huge crack users, you could all but guarantee that there would be a VP or SVP that would be plotting a coup, and you’d bet that they’d have full shareholder approval. Musk owns most of his companies, bar Tesla, where he owns around 13-15%. Surely at this point there would be someone either internal or external that would love to own Tesla, even if just for the name?

    Tesla doesn’t really have much to gain by being attached to Musk. If anything, the outlandish shit he’s got that company doing instead of fucking making the cars he’s said for years they would make holds them back.

    Take the news at face value, and it paints a picture where law enforcement will be involved already. Now, take it, knowing that Musk is a deeply troubled man that lost his family and is neck-deep in the alt-right machine alongside people that can handle it far better than him, and this “news” sounds like the kind of rumour that Musk would probably spread himself to make him seem more…edgy?

    If it’s true, coercing someone to take highly illegal drugs is probably a crime in the US, and probably one that would warrant the police to maybe pay these people a visit, perhaps?

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      I have trouble to buy this. Tesla’s shares are massively over-inflated, and it is all due to Elon’s media over-exposition from back when it wasn’t so negative. Anyone with enough Tesla’s shares and the capacity to play politics within the company understands that killing the clown means the whole ship sinks down. The correct play here is to slowly rid yourself of Tesla stock before it completely crashes, not to draw attention into him.

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        it’s interesting that all these stories are running in the WSJ and mainly other Murdoch rags. Failure son James is on the board - and the ol’ Dirty Digger and the Oracle of Bullshit himself were photographed sitting together at the Superbowl this time last year. Whatever is going on is being orchestrated for some reason that shall likely soon become apparent.

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        If a successful exit is the play, surely there’s no better reason to push an external candidate to take over? It’s an immediate exit at a high price, or an opportunity to offload stock on a positive note instead. This assumes someone comes in with the sole intention of selling to a company like Ford.

        While I don’t disagree about Tesla’s valuation, people have been saying this for years and years now. When will it be true?

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          This assumes someone comes in with the sole intention of selling to a company like Ford.

          This is impossible unless Tesla’s stock crashes to reality back from fairy land. It’s the average upper class gambler who is over valuing it, not other companies keenly aware that developing their own electric cars is much cheaper.