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From: Black Pearl <j63480576@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: One BEEELLION dollars
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:11:16 -0600
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Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> On 1/21/2025 7:13 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 23:09:57 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 20/01/2025 21:15, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Well, I was going to say Elon Musk but the gif only says 1 billion
>>>> dollars which is too small for Elon to put any effort into it.
>>
>>> One billion you say, so about the same as he spent on paying people to
>>> make him an uber gamer?
>>
>>
>> <chuckle>
>>
>> That whole story* is just so sad and cringey, but then the same can be
>> said for the person it is about. Musk is just so desperate for
>> attention and validation. I'd almost feel sorry for him if he wasn't
>> so otherwise loathsome and willing to use his enormous advantages to
>> the detriment of others.
>>
>> The thing is, if he had just said, "hey, I'm a gamer; I'm pretty good"
>> he'd have been fine.** Apparently he had some (not a lot, but probably
>> better than average) skill at Quake, and I'm willing to believe he is
>> the same in a number of other games. But its his insistence that he's
>> always the best, always right is what keeps getting him into trouble.
>>
>> Hubris, Musk. Look it up.
>>
> Well, apparently Trump is 1 inch taller than Musk so I guess he does 
> have to look up at least a little bit.
> 
> (And I found it funny that when I typed "Elon Muck" in the search engine 
> by mistake it still went straight to "Elon Musk".)
> 
At the top of the screen it will say searching for Elon Musk, did you 
mean Elon Muck.