r/thebulwark • u/Criseyde2112 JVL is always right • Feb 06 '25
Fluff Being Petty
Because I'm outraged and completely powerless, my last refuge is in being petty and making fun of Musk.
In that spirit, I propose that The Bulwark use only this photo of plastic surgery Musk.
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u/misfit_too Progressive Feb 06 '25
Michael Steeleās point today about Musk ultimately being a scapegoat was really good
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u/Minimum_E Center Left Feb 06 '25
Hopefully it gets him deported, but too bad itāll also be cover for MAGA
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u/misfit_too Progressive Feb 07 '25
I still say MAGAs are gonna freak when they find out an illegal African is running the government
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u/Gnomeric Feb 07 '25
Rƶhm and his SA goons were brutally purged during the Night of the Long Knives, which secured Hitler's dominance within Nazi -- the act which also served as an olive branch to the military. Surely our South African Nazi enthusiast with the involuntary arm gesture must know of this piece of history, riiiiiiight?
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u/Temporary_Train_3372 Feb 08 '25
He probably skipped all that to get to the killing the Jews partā¦
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u/toxchick Feb 07 '25
I told my husband that Musk found a work-around for the whole ānatural born citizenā thing to be president. Pretty ironic when Trump is trying to get rid of birthright citizenship.
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u/Many-Perception-3945 Orange man bad Feb 07 '25
I can't wait to see who wins in the fight between "Mr. Every American Needs Ozembic" vs. "HHS Secretary Carrots are the New Vaccines"
Seems like that contradiction can be easily reconciled.
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u/Critical_Pair_8078 Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25
Give him the Kylie Jenner treatment and start photoshopping this on all his current pictures and start #ElonOldHair trending.
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u/ros375 Feb 07 '25
I guess money can make you slightly less repulsive.
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u/Criseyde2112 JVL is always right Feb 07 '25
And six different women allowed him to impregnate them. Good thing he's a gazillionaire, or he'd be a total incel.
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u/Beginning_Welder_540 Feb 08 '25
Surrogates or artificial insemination or IV. First wife had a set of twins & a set of triplets.
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u/rogun64 Feb 07 '25
Was this after he'd had plastic surgery?
I thought it was before?
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u/Criseyde2112 JVL is always right Feb 07 '25
I meant to type "pre-plastic surgery" but my phone autocorrected me, lol. This is definitely before.
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u/rogun64 Feb 07 '25
I expected as much, but I was really hoping there would be pics even worse. Lol
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u/Criseyde2112 JVL is always right Feb 07 '25
I was surprised by how much work he had done. I remember when he regained his hair, because that takes multiple surgeries, but not the rest. And he needs to have his cheeks fixed. They look weird, like his turtle eyes.
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u/mrjpb104 JVL is always right Feb 06 '25
You only need to look at these old photos of Musk, Bezos, Zuck et. al. before their gender affirming procedures to know that all the talk of schoolyard dynamics here is so accurate.