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[–] Floppy@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The most powerful people in the world are fucking idiots.

[–] tburkhol@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

It's almost like luck and nepotism are more important for success than ability.

[–] halvdan@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

Edit: feel free to quote me if I'm wrong. Is there an aged like milk sub somewhere?

[–] JayDurst@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Celebrity deathmatch anyone?

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

The game was great too.

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

Never pick a fight with an android. I thought everybody knew that.

[–] Spudger@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

In a cage? Why not a small sub near the Titanic?

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Rich people desperate for attention.

[–] batcheck@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m with you on this one. Seems like the richer you get the more validation you need. I don’t understand why we are giving them this attention either. I came here looking for people making jokes about how silly this is and that is not what I got

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[–] motorik@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Can we sew them both up in a leather sack with a badger instead?

[–] TheElectroness@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Hey now, badgers are lovely creatures

[–] pixxelkick@pathofexile-discuss.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We all know Musk is gonna talk big talk and then do everything in his power to try and come up with excuses to back out last minute.

Like he always does.

Say what you want about Zuck but IIRC the dude has been actively learning martial arts for awhile, no? Isn't that one of his hobbies he has talked about before?

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He spends his time in VR training like Neo.

[–] qwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

!nottheonion@lemmy.ml

[–] WellThisIsNew@fjdk.uk 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Reality really did take a strange turn back in 2020 didn't it? This decade just gets weirder and weirder.

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

The world ended in 2012, and the rest is a simulation.

[–] z2k_@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I so want to see this happen but I feel like there will be so many rules and padding that it’ll end up being a borefest.

Cage match, anything goes! It’ll bring in huge audiences.

[–] vale_fallacia@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

They gotta bandage their hands then dip the bandages in glue then in broken glass.

[–] nzodd@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Can't we just put all the billionaires in a cage, like rats in a bucket ala that scene in Skyfall, and just oops accidentally forget to release them? Or I dunno, just spitballing ideas here, some kind of sealed carbon fiber tube at the bottom of the Atlantic?

[–] jeebus@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

My money is on Fuckerberg. At least he stays in shape with his billions. I don't understand how Elon is so fat when he can pay people to literally put healthy food in his mouth like a baby.

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[–] Rinox@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago

Make it to the death!

[–] jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think we can all agree to lose the keys to that cage, right?

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Then throw it in the ocean, right? I'm just asking questions.

[–] DannyBoy@mastodon.ie 2 points 2 years ago

@Wilshire Yep... It's official. We're in a South Park episode!!!

[–] Diskolikewhoa@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

RIP to satire. Reality broke and now fiction can't keep up.

[–] CileTheSane@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The simulation is broken and keeps generating nonsense.

[–] literallyacat@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

New Battlebots season's gonna be lit

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I place the blame for this squarely at the feet of Al Gore.

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[–] BootlegHermit@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Hopefully it's a fight to the death. Loser's assets get donated to a good cause. Winner faces whatever other egomaniac wants to use their wealth to shit on the rest of humanity.

The battle ends when the last man standing has a net worth of less than $10 million.

[–] bob@lemmy.havocperil.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I... what? I hope there's a way they can both lose.

[–] dnzm@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

...this truly is the weirdest timeline.

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[–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Hopefully they fight on a sub near the Titanic.

[–] bumbly@readit.buzz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In order to do a walrus attack, you have to actually get your opponent on the ground. What's the name of that female KFC fighter who was a beast at grappling but got into a ring with a boxer? She was destroyed because she couldn't get close.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

What's the name of that female KFC fighter?

Connie Sanders, I think.

[–] bobby_tables@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Someone stop reality, I want to get off

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's real in the sense that Elon was like "fight me," and Mark replied "when and where"

That's about it.

[–] Realtrain@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Do we have a magazine version of r/nottheonion?

[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Cue musk backing out “it’s just a joke 🥺🥺🥺🥺” in 3…

[–] fear@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When Reddit's CEO takes over all the news coverage with his string of bad decisions, Facebook and Twitter CEOs are gonna feel threatened. This reeks of desperate flailing for someone to pay attention.

[–] xMotivee@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Winner should take on Spez

[–] Manifish_Destiny@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Winner should jump into a volcano

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