Is Elon Musk losing his mind?

[Magical Realist]

I certainly can't explain it...

https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/20/elon...CchllPcScQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8iujof6IL8

[Yazata]

I can...

Here's the context. Elon was thanking the crowd, putting his hand over his heart then extending it to the crowd, saying "My heart goes out to you!"

https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1881434765259420081

Somehow leftists are allowed to wave their arms at the crowd without being called nazis...

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[Magical Realist]

He should've practiced that a little beforehand. A little less stiff-armed with the palm down and hand pointed out and more of a throwing out gesture. Even white supremacists are having a laugh about it.

[Zinjanthropos]

I like Elon. Maybe he just pretending to throw money.

[Secular Sanity]

The ADL defended him.

https://x.com/ADL/status/1881474892022919403

[confused2]

I suspect Elon has enough in common with Sheldon that he should try to avoid spontaneous human gestures - or at least (as MR suggests) - practice them first.

[Secular Sanity]

I suspect Elon has enough in common with Sheldon that he should try to avoid spontaneous human gestures - or at least (as MR suggests) -  practice them first.

Yeah, maybe, if he had not said, "My heart goes out to you."
But he did.

Odd that MR, who you'd think would be more inclusive, points out that he should have tried to hide his neurodivergence.

[stryder]

To be honest the clip of him doing it seems to make me think of himself seeing himself acting out in VR as a cute Kpop/Anime character or powder puff girl , the thing is that being a grown ass man, it was always destined to come out wrong.

[Yazata]

I think that this whole little tempest-in-a-teapot is easy to explain in context.

President Trump was inaugurated on Monday. His unfolding agenda has dominated events since then. And the mood of the entire nation (outside the tragic confines of terminal TDS wards) is hopeful, positive and upbeat.

The legacy opinion-shapers - journalists and media personalities, celebrities, academics - correctly sense that they have lost control of "the Narrative".

People everywhere are increasingly thinking unauthorized thoughts.

And the former "authorities", to some extent accurately, blame Elon for their loss of status and control. Elon's purchasing Twitter created a venue for uncensored conversation to take place, and take place it did. Elon himself is hugely popular and inspiring with the American people (and worldwide as well) and his endorsement of Trump increased Trump's 'coolness' factor considerably, and probably motivated many people to give Trump another look. ('If Elon likes him, then maybe...')

So what is more predictable than the former oligarchy striking back at what they perceive as the source of their misery with what most of them would probably privately admit is a hugely hypocritical cheap shot?

Out here in real life, I don't think that their little attack on Elon will change any minds that weren't already fixed in place. Any more than the photos below will convince democrats that Obama, Hillary, Kamala and Pocahontas are nazis proudly giving the nazi salute. Everyone knows that the whole thing is ridiculous and that making the assertion is just a very public way of wanking off.

Promoting it will only serve to increase the rapidly growing public distrust of establishment media. To the extent that it has any effect at all (apart from giving us something to post about) it will ultimately prove to be counterproductive, only increasing future misery in editorial rooms.

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[Magical Realist]

I suspect Elon has enough in common with Sheldon that he should try to avoid spontaneous human gestures - or at least (as MR suggests) -  practice them first.

Yeah, maybe, if he had not said, "My heart goes out to you."
But he did.

Odd that MR, who you'd think would be more inclusive, points out that he should have tried to hide his neurodivergence.

I like to think that Musk, as well as most neurodivergents, are competent enough to control their own arm movements. If that's not inclusive I don't know what is.