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kentremendous.bsky.social • 57 days ago

...Is he quoting "Tropic Thunder" here?

Reposted from Molly Jong-Fast

Elon seems perturbed

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duckeverlasting.bsky.social•57 days ago

My first thought as well

bsquiklehausen.com•57 days ago

Well, trying to...

olivercolander.bsky.social•57 days ago

Elon Musk makes a lot more sense as a person if he thinks a thinly-veiled satire of Scott Rudin is something to emulate.

bearpondboy.bsky.social•57 days ago

“the likes of which”

It’s rubbing off.

lngnstrt.bsky.social•57 days ago

rexs1gma.bsky.social•57 days ago

💯

billreid.bsky.social•56 days ago

*misquoting. Because he’s a moron

kentremendous.bsky.social•57 days ago

Does this guy have one single authentic slice of human personality that isn’t sliced off from some piece of pop culture or internet detritus?

beautifulplumage.bsky.social•57 days ago

No, no, no! "X" is totally new and unique. No one ever thought to use "X". He's super original in thinking that up! We're just not genius enough to have thought of it. Just brilliant when you really study it in depth.

andygriscom.bsky.social•56 days ago

Oof. He got jammed.

youaretraffic.bsky.social•57 days ago

it's not like he actually critically understands any of what he references either

felonioushandle.bsky.social•57 days ago

I think you just distilled the ethos of America. Thousands of pages have been written, but none compare.

tellstevens.bsky.social•57 days ago

AI has to learn from something

kmerrittbottom.bsky.social•57 days ago

The short answer: No.
The long answer: Hell, no!

queersky.xyz•56 days ago

That's like asking if Stugotz wrote anything other than his name in his book.

swagahoff.bsky.social•57 days ago

Pop culture created him. He’s paying it back.

captainlou.bsky.social•57 days ago

Is this question rhetorical?

matthewbudman.bsky.social•57 days ago

This, however appalling, was original

seahawktdf.bsky.social•57 days ago

No, he doesn't.

orleancooper.bsky.social•57 days ago

His assholery is very much his own, he just doesn't have any unique ways to express it.

dangitkyle.bsky.social•57 days ago

Makes complete sense that his brain is essentially an AI trained on 30 years of being terminally online.

cgwami.bsky.social•55 days ago

Agreed, buuuut isn’t that how most men formed personalities after 1985?

saltdoc.bsky.social•55 days ago

Even his most epically inappropriate insults aren’t his original ideas. So on form

slothropsmap.bsky.social•57 days ago

Concerning

velvethydrangea.bsky.social•57 days ago

No. He can't relate to humans and doesn't understand feelings, so he uses quotes and things he thinks humans like/do/say. He wants people to like him but doesn't understand how to be original or genuine.

rjwhite1.bsky.social•57 days ago

He's AI come to life. Quite the third-act twist.

gullyblanchard.bsky.social•57 days ago

greggpearlman.bsky.social•55 days ago

Short answer: no.

Long answer: no, but longer.

drewfolkestad.bsky.social•57 days ago

Cybertruck is just a Pontiac Aztec with refrigerator stainless steel as the exterior

connecticutting.bsky.social•57 days ago

No, he’s entirely Edward Norton’s character from The Italian Job, but less likable and talented.

joef-3.bsky.social•56 days ago

No, no he does not.

songbird3411.bsky.social•57 days ago

No! Of course not! He’s a moron. You could replace him with an AI bot and get the same results.

ulysses2619.bsky.social•57 days ago

I think he’s a caricature of the character Michael Scott. Have you seen the “Office”?

jpgr1964.bsky.social•57 days ago

robertdoc1984.bsky.social•57 days ago

Next he'll dress up like Magnolia Tom Cruise to rip off the Elon parody in Glass Onion

mhaight22.bsky.social•57 days ago

darthdzl.bsky.social•56 days ago

Never go full Elon.

5280orange.bsky.social•57 days ago

He absolutely is

dogsdadbod.bsky.social•57 days ago

No; misquoting.

01derek.bsky.social•57 days ago

Specifically the character that’s supposedly based on Harvey Weinstein

01derek.bsky.social•57 days ago

I’ve also seen a screenshot of him quoting the Bobs from office space so it appears he really idolizes the absolute worst characters in pop culture movies

danforth.bsky.social•57 days ago

trrrambo.bsky.social•57 days ago

Maybe it’s what Grok plagiarized

ttttimmy.bsky.social•57 days ago

He's attempting it, certainly.

esouthard.bsky.social•57 days ago

Yes, and he’s quoting a character that has no idea what he’s doing, no idea who he’s talking to, and who almost does tremendous harm to his client and friend. Nice

moyler.bsky.social•57 days ago

And Cruise took the role so that he could make fun of the character (based in a real producer in hwood)

darylsng.com•57 days ago

And not even quoting the character accurately!

girlfromseattle.bsky.social•57 days ago

God, I love that movie.

mrwillisofohio.bsky.social•57 days ago

He'll never win an Oscar now...

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