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[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 year ago (17 children)

At one point they even had him cameo in iron man, and had him name dropped on star trek as a pioneer of human discovery. People used to jerk off to this dude's PR image like he was a real life Tony Stark.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (9 children)

If he stayed off Twitter he'd have a pretty impressive CV. Mainstream electric cars, actually usable Satellite Internet, Major Solar Panels etc. Even weird shit like Hyperloop would just be random neat things.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Same with JK Rowling, Kanye West, Notch, etc. It's literally so fucking easy for people like this to remain loved by everyone. Just keep your fucking mouth shut. Give nice polite interviews about your job, stay out of politics, let a boring publicity agent manage your social media for you, and enjoy your billions of dollars in peace.

Why is it so hard?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why should they care about being loved by people they don't care about? It's normal to have the desire to express your political opinion.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Or, you know, you could keep it to yourself and wait until someone asks for it.

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