Imagine being literally the richest person in the world. You can afford anything, you can go anywhere, you can do anything. But you spend most of your free time begging for attention from absolute strangers. What a pathetic little bitch.
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We have to assume all this pleases him
Enough money helps you have the time, energy, and nutrition to craft happiness. You can pay someone to do the lawn, clean the house, and handle some day to day tasks. You can sleep without worrying if you’ll afford food and a roof tomorrow. You can get healthcare.
After that it’s up to you. If you put the money in charge you’ll be miserable. If you spend all that extra time going down conspiracy rabbit holes you’ll be miserable and try to make everyone else miserable. If you craft some hobbies that you enjoy, get in shape, maybe learn to play an instrument, go rock climbing, travel to see the sights, and generally don’t worry about what loud people on the Internet do or think of you then you’ll have a pretty good shot at happiness.
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can give you the opportunity to find it.
Kanye has really gone off the rails but still one of the lyrics he got most right…“Having money’s not everything, not having it is.” If you’ve got money, it doesn’t make you happy. But not having money is crippling and debilitating.
That is exactly it. I’ve been middle class. I’ve been poor as fuck. My mental health much prefers middle class.
Right? If I had even a fraction of a percent of his wealth, I’d disappear into a life of anonymous bliss, never to be heard from again.
MySpace Tom comes to mind. Bless that guy.
Right? If I was that rich I’d get attention by… actually doing helpful things with the money.
Shit commission a giant statue of yourself that urinates Coca-Cola into a public fountain, free coke for everyone, just go to the PP Statue! That’s what I’d do…
Course I’m female so my statue would have to be squating, that may make it unwieldy…
If you’re squatting, it comes straight down instead of in an arc where the wind can blow it around. Easier to fill your cup that way. I endorse this plan!
He really does need a hobby. Maybe he can take up sailing or adventuring. Then we don’t have to hear about him at all until some fawning obituary lauding his contributions to humanity and recognizing the pioneering spirit that led to his tragic and early demise.
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I’ve always thought being “proud” of your race, any race, is a weird concept.
Like, you didn’t do anything to be white, or black, or asian. Why would you take pride in something you had no agency in?
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The last point could be argued, most people say/mean “proud of being their friend/brother/whatever”, and having mutual esteem with someone does take a degree of agency. It’s obviously moot if you have family ties with them but they hate you, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen people being proud of achievements of people who hate them.
The rest I agree, it feels weird unnecessary tribalism most of the time.
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Sexuality
When people talk about “LGBT Pride”, they’re not talking about the “a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements” definition, they’re talking about the “confidence and self-respect as expressed by members of a group, typically one that has been socially marginalized” definition.
It’s almost like words can have more than one meaning.
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I would argue otherwise. Prides have always had a political aspect and part of that was a way to get a sense of numbers. Suppression of LGBTQ identities by early “support” groups encouraged narratives of it being rare, that it is natural to be lonely and shut away without a community. If you are small as a minority you tend to be meek and hide. Gay hook up spots were designed to hide people so true numbers were often impossible to have any notion of how many people were actually there. Some were just utterly flabbergasted by the numbers when police raids caused everyone to flee at once… But the news the next morning would make it sound like there was only a handful.
Consolidation and visibility, the understanding of strength in numbers has always been a factor of Pride. So to has been education and safety campaigns. While it has been a place to acknowledge the dead and bring hope to those who are afraid to be out it is absolutely for those at the festivities itself too.
And then everyone clapped.
I think of Pride as an acceptance of your sexuality, whatever it may be. The pride in question is a self esteem that comes from being comfortable in who you are.
Well when they have different meanings for everyone then what good are they? I often feel like when you point out things like the OP here, there’s a moving of the goal posts, or no true Scotsman-ing, what goes for one doesn’t go for the other. It’s an interesting question, why is it ok to be proud of your sexuality, which you have no control over, but not be ok to be proud of your color of skin, which you also have no control over?
Just redefining terms ad hoc depending on which side one happens to identify with makes the whole conversation suspect.
In the abstract, yes, but when a group of people is oppressed because of one of those identifiers, it stops just being a born trait. It also identifies that you’re oppressed. Celebrating who you are with regards to that kind of trait (sexuality, sex, race, etc) isn’t a celebration of being born a certain way. It’s a celebration of self acceptance, and an act of rebellion.
You aren’t proud of what you were born with, you’re proud of what you were born with, because some people have tried to punish you for that what.
We can add college in there. Choice of college means next to nothing about someone’s intellect and personality. Usually it’s just rich and/or “legacy” people getting into the prestigious schools. They are almost always pushed into it, or convinced into it by others.
It’s a participation prize. Congratulations, you were born.
I “proud” of my poor eye sight, and and “proud” of my genetic high cholesterol 🎊🔥💯
I don’t get it. Why would one be? The whole point of pride is to in some sense feel and experience joy over the things that we like about ourselves or that stand out in a positive way. But maybe I’m missing something.
It’s weird to have pride in race if you experience no adversity because of it. Since white people don’t face the same kind of challenges white pride just feels like “I’m proud of my privilege”, whereas with black pride it’s more “I’m proud of who I am despite the challenges I face because of it”. Same goes for other things like LGBT pride, it’s celebrating who they are even if it cause them a lot of hardship.
Couldn’t it be sort of an affiliation with the full history of the White Man, for better or for worse? I don’t take pride in my skin color, but it does represent a fascinating time in human history and early human migration. This is purely academic of course, no actual person who says they are “proud of being white” would ever say that or likely even be aware of the history and the science, but it could be.
The problem lies in the definition of “pride”. You can be proud of who you are without comparing yourself to others. You can be proud of who you are without thinking less of others, or treat them as inferiors. In fact I’d say it’s mandatory but not everyone gets that.
Not sure where I’m going with this, not arguing for or against per se, just exploring the concept because it’s complex, interesting, and sadly ever so topical.
If you belong to a group that has been historically oppressed, being proud of your race/culture is a sign of rebellion.
It’s all semantics either way, just treat people with kindness and respect, and then you can be proud of who you are. That said, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being “proud” of ones features or traits. For instance, I have very blue eyes that have passed down through a ridiculous number of generations (n.b. not the exact same set), and I’m “proud” of them, in the sense that I’m glad I have them, that they remind me of my heritage and ancestry and family, and I hope that they will pass on to my offspring. I won’t cry myself to sleep if they don’t, but I think it’s “nice”.
Is there something wrong with me feeling this way? I don’t think so. How could it be? It’s nobody’s business how I feel about my eyes. I go out of my way to treat people with kindness and respect, and I am proud of that. But also the eye thing.
Maybe that’s the problem, perhaps we should just stop nagging and lecturing each other on our identities and preferences all the god damned time. Aren’t you all tired of it also?
I can relate, I also have a weird hair quirk my grandma had as well, I like it and I’m glad I have it, but I wouldn’t really say I’m “proud” of it.
Yes, in the end it’s all semantics and there’s nothing really “wrong” with it, I just find it weird, like astrology or ultras, idk.
I just find it weird, like astrology or ultras, idk.
I think you accidentally hit the nail on the head there. When you and I feel proud of our features, we are proud over the features themselves- not proud of identifying as part of the group of “all blue eyed people” or “all weird hair quirk people”.
It’s the affiliation with, to a greater or lesser extent, some group, and that group’s interests:
As a proud blue-eyed person, I couldn’t care less about what all other blue-eyed persons think, and unless there’d be fewer than a thousand left of us I couldn’t even conceive of any collective agenda such a group might have had.
As a proud black person, I would be highly motivated to care about and affiliate with all other black persons, because they would share experiences with me, and to a great extent negative or hateful.
As a proud homosexual, I would likewise affiliate with others of my kind or who have had similar experiences.
Even as a proud Ultras member, I can see how you would affiliate like so, even if the reason for it would rest on an artificial division between some arbitrary group- belonging to Ultras is not a physical trait, it’s made up, but there at least is some rationale.
As a proud white person? If white people were selectively persecuted, I sure as hell would affiliate with them, but they aren’t.
People were unironically comparing this man to Tony Starks lol. 🏃🏾♂️
Ironman was the bad guy for that whole civil war thing. … oh fuck
Um…hate to say it, but Steve was the bad guy in Civil War, not Tony.
It’s all blatant army propaganda either way, does it matter?
The funny bit is that originals Tony Stark was meant to be utter human scum but Hollywood wanted to make him less of a douchebag.
I mean there was a point where he was someone worth championing…now? He’s scum.
Anyone still on Twitter at this point for whatever their reasons, have to recognize what group they are in.
Sadly my local emergency services still uses them to let the community know what’s going on. Denver PD is still doing a good job updating their page and I wish they would move to Mastodon here sooner rather then later
You could suggest to connect their Xitter to a mastodon server so it automaticaly forward posts (crosspost), could be a good thing for a first move!
Yeah, I’ve seen people complain about bots on mastodon but generally I’m all for it. Especially for accounts that you don’t interact with too much but more-so just want updates from.
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Looking at my twitter feed it’s immediately obvious what group I’m in; Gays. Gays everywhere.
It’s not that easy for a lot of users. People created a network on it and they can’t change so easily as theirs jobs depends on these networks.
That is true and is something those in control of these sorts centralized social media services count on. Why Reddit was so cocky about the impact of the protest just blowing over. Sort of did. We the people feed the powerful and cannot stop.
I was thinking about researcher and research. A lot of people working in these fields and people interested in these fields can’t move to somewhere else. They would change but it’s really hard and everyone has to move.
The way things are going they are not going to have much of a choice.
Yep, if you have a Twitter account you’re a Nazi. Full Stop.
“If there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there with him, you got a table with 11 Nazis.”Like buying a Tesla at this point. You’re a Nazi cunt if you do so 🤷
Commenters will be seething against Elon Musk while simultaneously using his platform for 4+ hours a day and still pretend they’re good people.
Damn, TIL I became a Nazi when I first visited my grandparents as a child. Thanks for letting me know, at least I can lean into it now. /s
For context, here’s the full tweet Elon is endorsing as all these articles are omiting it for some reason
Jewish communties have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.
I’m deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest shit now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don’t exactly like them too much.
I’m curious. In this context, what are “whites”? Are Jewish people not white now or something? Or does “white” mean something else to him?
They mean normal. Non-ethnic. You know how there are aisles in the grocery store for foods from various cultures? Think of the potato chip aisle. Default human, with basic features and simple ideologies. Christian, western, self-determining, literate but not erudite, proud and apathetic, powerful and resigned, and thoroughly egocentric.
That’s how they see the world. It’s a special level of narcissism borne from generational privilege. When they talk about “whites,” that’s what they mean, because they don’t have any sort of self awareness or concern for how they are perceived by others.
I’m pretty sure by white he means white, non-jewish europeans which also includes white americans since they’re from europe aswell but wether jews are considered white depends on who you ask. I believe that most jews don’t think of themselves as that either, though some do. I’m guessing it has something to do with being an oppressed minority. Then again white supermacists for example don’t consider them white either because they’re not “pure” or something.
I don’t think there’s any conclusive answer to this. In my opinion focusing on skin color is a stupid question to begin with. Asians aren’t generally considered white either though they seem pretty white to me. Friend’s wife is black but her skin is barely darker than mine. Go figure.
I’m Jewish and I put ‘white’ in the race checkbox when I’m asked and I certainly have all of the advantages that go with white privilege, but I’m also aware that there’s a significant segment of other white people who don’t consider me white, and plenty of others who only consider me white when it’s convenient to them. Even when Jews aren’t oppressed in the West, they are an “other.” There are other groups like that too- Basques and Roma come to mind. But they’re far less visible in the U.S.
You would have to measure your head to convince Elon that you’re white enough.
Draws a lot of attention to the fact that “white” is a construct that is tied up intimately in supremacy narratives. Irish and Italian people were at times not considered “white” because they were discriminated against as immigrant populations. To the supremacist, whiteness defines an “us” so whether Jewish people are considered “white” is really depends on the level of anti semitic sentiments present.
It’s part of why “White Pride” is a really bad idea. Part of the experience of being white is tied up in the legacy of exclusion based on class or othering and how genocides, murders and exploitation based on the ideas of white supremacy shaped the world through empire and those systems haven’t exactly been dismantled. Until whiteness is basically “fixed” so that this is a factor of the distant past the correct way to interact with one’s own whiteness is more to reflect on the complexities of the history and modern application of it and realize that while being light skinned isn’t something to be ashamed of throwing a party about it is still in poor taste.
Jewish people generally receive the same treatment as Anglo-Saxon/Caucasian people from society, as they have similar skin tones, but they are minorities in the sense that Judaism has been famously historically discriminated against.
Huh, my dogs are going crazy. Weird.
Thanks for transcribing the tweet so that others don’t have to give it excessive clicks. This might be his new worst mask off moment.
Unfortunately, a bunch of people will probably act shocked while continuing to use the platform that he owns 80% of rather than move to alternatives.
I appreciate you providing the actual tweet… but I have no idea how to translate it. The double/triple negative really throws me for a loop and I don’t even know how to read this. I assume there’s more that has Elon talking white pride somewhere else? Am I blind or naive in not seeing the problem in the post?
Edit: Oh, I see, the post BEFORE that one was saying asking people to “just come out and say ‘Hilter was right’” if that’s what they believed and this was a response by someone. Ouch.
Jewish communties have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites
Translation: Jews are woke anti-white “cultural Marxists” pushing “reverse racism”.
that they claim to want people to stop using against them.
Translation: antisemitism and woke stuff are literally the same
I’m deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest shit now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don’t exactly like them too much.
Translation: I don’t care about Jews recognizing antisemitism in minority populations.
I honestly have no clue which minorities he’s talking about here, or if it’s just some generic conflation of all non white groups.
The guy that still has no idea why his kids hate him, at it again.
Am I out of touch?
Elon is slowly but surely tearing down everything he has created.
What has he created? He bought himself into Twitter and Tesla… and the work is essentially done entirely by other people. i.e his employees
Yep. And his pet projects that he personally drives always crash and burn. He’s the one that pushed the autopilot feature hard despite his engineers publicly objecting.
what has he created
One of the best PR campaigns in modern history. Just five years ago people on both sides of the political spectrum were seeing this guy as one of the smartest humans alive, who would actually put man on another planet.
He’s tearing down everything that other people created, you mean?
Or he’s unlocking the only way to sell EVs to American conservatives.
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Twitter/X is going to end up selling boner pills and conspiracy theories. Way to burn through 44 billion dollars, Elmo.
Tell me you’re South African without you know.
That scene at the South African embassy in one of the lethal weapons movies. Oh man, fiction is so crazy. Right?
Did you know that South Africa helped Israel develop their nuclear armaments program?
I’m honestly not going to do business with anyone who still maintains a presence on that platform much less advertise on it. Cheers to IBM for stepping up.
The company that sold automation to Hitler: “This guy is a step too far”
The art of debate and discussion today is watered down to, “…but but that other thing is evil too!”
Can’t talk about Uyghurs genocide because European settlers killed natives 500 years ago. IBM and Musk can both be bad. Same as time changes things and people.
Stop distracting from Musk’s wrongdoings. What happened 90 years ago was 90 years ago. We can’t change that. What we can do is influence change today. Thanks to IBM for not allowing their money to fuel Musk’s machines.
I uhhh think it was just a joke…
I did not know that about IBM’s history… 😬
Probably shouldn’t look up any car companies then…
I’m familiar with those bits of history already, but wasn’t aware of IBM. My dad worked at IBM for 30+ years, so they’ve always been relevant to my family (they have a dogshit corporate culture, not that that’s surprising)
apparently they were even manufacturing M1 carbines and BARs for the US
I think you’ll find none of the same executives at IBM in 2023 that were alive in the 30s/40s.
Is there a list somewhere of the companies advertizing on this thing? Could be useful to ask them what they think about that!
And this is why all news of Elon isn’t necessarily good news nor free advertising for him. We don’t have to trip over ourselves when he breathes, but when he’s a piece of shit? Spread it as much as possible.
At this point, if anybody asks, I never had a Twitter account. It’s way too embarrassing to admit otherwise.
No normal public figure/organization would ever to be associated with this disgusting behavior, but this is the inevitable results engagement centric personalized algorithm, as conflicts create the highest amount of user engagement for the platform.
Most public organizations/figures should really think about running federated social media accounts on their own server, because having control over the server is the only way to 100% ensure your freedom of association online.
I don’t think it’s embarrassing to have had a Twitter account in the past. It’s not like anyone could have known Elon was gonna buy it
So will I still get downvoted into oblivion for calling him the white supremacist that he has always been?
Probably.
You’re wrong!!!..about getting downvoted.
Nah. Saying bad shit about Elon is guaranteed upvotes around here. Welcome brother
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