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Nova's avatar

And yet many of the movers and shakers are considered mentally ill. Elon Musk himself is on the spectrum. So there's a grain of salt in the laugh.

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JohnAZ's avatar

He has Asperger's which makes him the unemotional get-the-job-done-right person he is. He is apolitical as he has no emotional baggage to carry.

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Lugh's avatar

He is our Himmler!

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JohnAZ's avatar

The USA is in a mess, having been corrupted by almost a century of a government who says, "I am going to take care of you".

Now, you have the opportunity of influencing Trump/Musk on how to get us out of the mess. What are you going to say?

Or are you just another bitch-bitch-bitch with no solutions?

Hint: the government is the problem, not the solution.

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Nova's avatar

The pod people don't have emotions either, John.

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Lugh's avatar

Emotions are a luxury. Can you dig it? I don't say like it.....

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Nova's avatar

Why am i noticing that i'm supposed to take a lot of things i don't like?

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Lugh's avatar

Just you? That's everyone's lot here in this lower world.

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Nova's avatar

i suppose you're right. But it does for sure seem like there are degrees. Some people have to take a lot more crap than others for example.

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Lugh's avatar

Karma. But woe to those who abuse their good karma. Their fall will be precipitous. In contrast, those who accept their humble circumstances and abilities and try to improve are on their way up.

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Nova's avatar

Is there a such thing as ambiguous karma thats neither good nor bad or maybe elements of both?

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Lugh's avatar

Sure, most people are a mix of good and bad. And some actions are just pretty neutral in and of themselves. Some people are veritable neutrinos.

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Nova's avatar

and the more neutrino they become they approach a karmic mass of zero ЁЯШК

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JohnAZ's avatar

Emotions are the Democratic Party.

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Ben's avatar

Being on the spectrum is not technically mentally ill.

autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is not a mental illness, but it is a developmental disability. However, people with autism can experience mental health conditions.

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Gracchus's avatar

What our society stigmatizes, with the pseudo medical slur "autism", is the natural state of the male European mind.

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Ben's avatar
Feb 14Edited

No way no how!

Hardly anyone acted like a lot of these kids in the 70's and 80's.

I am not talking about normal boy I can't sit still wiggles.

I see we have another drive by post and run.

Come on back Gracchus most of us won't bite.

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Nova's avatar

Oh totally! But many people don't make that distinction between disorder and illness. People will argue about definitions until the cows come home.

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JohnAZ's avatar

He will get this job done and done well as he has no political aspirations. He is motivated totally by results against his goals.

Goals? Internet, Pay Pal, electrification without fossil fuels, Mars, free speech on social media, humanoid robots and AI that cannot be turned against humans.

I am on his side.

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JohnAZ's avatar

He does not like the lack of AI control that Altman is running in Open AI, so he will eventually take it back. He did fund it in the first place.

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Nova's avatar

He obviously does have political aspirations. See DOGE.

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JohnAZ's avatar

You do not get it, NOVA, doge is not political, that is what pisses the Dems off so much about it. It is auditing a very corrupt government.

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Nova's avatar

DOGE is most certainly a political exercise. It is within the political realm so it is political. Elon is going to be a part of politics from now on.

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Ben's avatar
Feb 16Edited

We come back around full circle to just how awful DEMOCRATS ARE!

Elon, Tulsi and RFK JR. WERE loved by the repulsive liberal left and DNC.

Once they turned traitor like the Donald who was a Democrat for fifty years suddenly they are evil and must be destroyed at all cost!

That right there puts on stark display the very huge difference between Trump and Democrats and even Trump and the Republicans he is willing to work with anyone that can stay on task and is willing to work towards a better America.

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Nova's avatar

which makes it even more hilarious that one of the mantras of the Harris campaign was "Country Over Party"

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