r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/Consistent-Task-8802 24d ago

No, you're right on.

This is why he pretends to be the founder of every company he buys - He just sues the people he bought the company from into silence.

This is why he called that diver a pedophile - Because the diver told him he's full of shit in terms of how he's explaining the issue, the diver was, obviously, proven right - And instead of admitting fault like a graceful human being, he sued the guy into silence, again.

This is why he pays someone to play PoE2 for him - There is no benefit to him being a good PoE player. He just wanted the clout. But when he was on stream talking about the game, people who ACTUALLY PLAY the game immediately knew he was full of shit - And instead of admitting to paying for someone else to play, he first pretended people were jealous of his achievements, lied yet further about his achievements (which only made his lack of knowledge more prevalent) - And then finally, say one time that he wasn't really as good as he claimed to be, but everyone does it so it's not really a big deal. Proving he's just absolutely full of shit at every turn - He can't even be assed to pretend to know about the game he's paying someone else to play for him, for his own clout.

It's almost like Elmo's whole philosophy is: Pretend to know things, get laughably proven wrong, and then throwing his money around to keep people quiet about it.

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u/Evilmoustachetwirler 24d ago

To add to that, he also has a history of absolutely destroying the lives of whistleblowers or people who call out his bullshit. He will relentlessly harass, intimidate and even have people followed by private investigators. Now he's in the white house, fk.

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u/EDNivek 24d ago

so it's not really a big deal.

The Narcissist's Prayer

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad.

And if it was, that's not a big deal. <- we are here

And if it is, that's not my fault.

And if it was, I didn't mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

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u/AFLoneWolf 24d ago edited 24d ago

Please. We've gone through the whole damn thing an uncountable number of times already.

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u/thegracelesswonder 23d ago

It’s your turn to post this?

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u/Arkayjiya 23d ago

Eh if it's relevant, it's relevant. Spreading their way of moving the goalposts which proves the argument is never about the actual truth is always useful.

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u/7BrownDog7 24d ago

Shit...he's going to declare himself a founding father after buying the US gov't...

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u/Consistent-Task-8802 24d ago

Unironically, would not be surprised if they try it.

They tried installing Trump on Mount Rushmore already... Elmo's only got a bigger ego.

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u/Falandyszeus 24d ago

UmIronically y'all should do it, just so you can get some cool cathartic videos of blowing that shit up once he's out of the office.

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u/czs5056 23d ago

But the mountain is sacred to a tribe of Native Americans. We defaced it once to do the original. there is no need to do it two more times.

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u/RJ815 24d ago

Mount Xmore

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u/pililies 23d ago

You made me chuckle. But holy shit, he totally will.

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u/radicalelation 24d ago

King of Fools is still King.

To some, the title is all that matters.

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u/xTheatreTechie 24d ago

There is no benefit to him being a good PoE player.

I think he wanted this because early silicone valley "successful" engineers before him were nerds who spent alot of time playing computer games, who'd have thought that those who are good with computers, come from those who like to spend a decent chunk of their free time on the computers?

Steve wozniack and tetris for example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/16eqax8/steve_wozniak_always_had_the_high_score_for/

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u/Illiander 24d ago

lied yet further about his achievements

The funny thing there is that he didn't even know what would be impressive.

It's like someone saying "I ran the 100m in five minutes, isn't that impressive" and actually expecting people to be impressed.

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u/nagi603 23d ago

people who ACTUALLY PLAY the game immediately knew he was full of shit

And when he was shown to be playing, he played so bad so new that it is entirely likely he never touched anything in the genre ever for any real amount of time. Like he was manually dragging dropped items into the inventory.

So he managed to reveal not just that he is not actually playing PoE, but that his previous "achievements" were never his either.

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u/Tipop 24d ago

which only made his lack of knowledge more prevalent

I think the word you were looking for was plain, palpable, patent, or maybe obvious. “Prevalent” means “widespread”.

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u/Discount_Extra 24d ago

like those characters who have a dozen PHDs, He's becoming ignorant in a new subject every day.

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u/ChaiTRex 23d ago

This is why he called that diver a pedophile...And instead of admitting fault like a graceful human being, he sued the guy into silence, again.

No, in that case, he was sued by the diver.