• Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
      47·
      6 hours ago

      Considering what Russia was like before and after the USSR, and considering that the Nazis threw everything at destroying the USSR and then the US put all it’s weight on strangling the USSR… Communism is actually kind of incredible in a lot of ways. It turned Russia from a shithole into a global super power and then it did the same for China

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
        51·
        6 hours ago

        Yeah, not ragging on communism. I’m actually a huge fan of Marx, including his tidbit about an armed proletariat. But the country was considered “red” at the time.

        Also, good on you for defending the system! I only wish you disparaged the leader a little. Cause, conceptually, the USSR would’ve lasted a whole lot longer if it wasn’t for that murderous prick.

  • Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee
    252·
    8 hours ago

    Double bed in the corner? Pillows with no covers? You matched with a child.

    Oh yeah, and the Nazi pictures. That’s bad too.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      7·
      7 hours ago

      I wondered if I was the only one who had this take. Mattress on the floor. Must be 18yo. I can cut them some slack cause I had the same at 18yo. And that explains the childlike hero-worship of jackasses (and I really like Steve Jobs as a product guy).

      Were I a young woman, I wouldn’t consider this person safe to be alone with. Not because of the shitty bed. Because of the psychotic worship of shitty men.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
      9·
      8 hours ago

      Now I’ll be the first one to hate on organ thief Steve Jobs, but I don’t think he was a nazi, more of a hippy psycho cult leader.

      • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
        5·
        6 hours ago

        Yeah, Jobs wasn’t a Nazi, he was mostly an asshole that stole the surplus value from his employees and also credit for the work his employees did

      • Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee
        2·
        6 hours ago

        I was talking about the posters of Nazis. I should’ve been more clear.

        EDIT - To be perfectly clear. There are two pictures of Nazis, and one picture of someone who would have been a Nazi supporter if he didn’t prematurely die of hubris.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    19·
    9 hours ago

    I don’t think you’d see as many red flags as this unless you walked into Morocco in the 1800s.

  • Charlxmagne@lemmy.world
    14·
    10 hours ago

    Musk has been a fraud since day 1, I can’t believe it took him fully becoming a full oligarch for everyone to hop off his dick.

    • UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca
      73·
      9 hours ago

      Can’t speak for others but from here it seemed like he was pushing the electric car market forward when the bigs weren’t risking it which was a good step forward.

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
        71·
        8 hours ago

        Electric cars are not the savior we all want them to be anyways. The dudes just a conman. People are right for being shocked he scammed people over and over for years and kept getting more and more success for it. It shouldnt work that way, but apparently americas premier product is the conman given how much money they are worth to others.

      • Mustakrakish@lemmy.world
        4·
        7 hours ago

        Tesla existed before Musk btw. He just came in and put his name on it, and manipulated the stock by having it appraised as a tech stock and not a car one. Oh and just selling “carbon credits” to other car companies so they can keep making polluters. Tesla would be bigger and more advanced without his influence, especially the toxic work culture he enforced.

        • UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca
          3·
          5 hours ago

          Yeah I know all of that now just trying to show why I was fine with him at first. Before he deserved a second look. It’s not like I venerated him or anything. I just had no issues with him until the cave incident.

  • hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world
    213·
    4 hours ago

    I feel like this is a 1000 IQ move if you’re a fuckboi.

    Put these pictures up. Girl comes over. She’s already planning on hooking up, so she’ll be inclined to not immediately bail. If she looks uncomfortable, claim that you put those posters up before Elon went insane, and just haven’t gotten around to taking them down. The picture of Elon is older and the Jobs poster is 2015-coded, so that will be enough of an excuse for the vast majority of people who already have other things on their mind.

    After the deed is done, be respectful. However at the same time drop some phrases that are conservative-coded, but still with plausible deniability. Something about fraud in Ukraine, referring to being non-binary as a “lifestyle choice” that you “personally respect”, mention the upcoming stablecoin legislation, etc.

    Girl leaves, weirded out but not immediately fearful. A day later, text her. Say that you had a great time, but you sensed there was a bit of a disconnect. Tell her that you could go either way, but the ball was in her court. If she brings up politics, say something like “I’m an independent, I respect everyone’s beliefs, and while I respect your perspective I don’t plan on changing myself for you”.

    Maybe she declines, maybe she ghosts you. It doesn’t matter, the point is that you don’t have to deal with her, and that feeling is mutual.

    Same result as a hookup and ghosting, but enough plausible deniability that your name won’t go up on social media

  • qbus@lemmy.world
    37·
    17 hours ago

    Let’s play a game. What’s the fourth picture on his wall that we can’t see