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[–] Floppy@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The most powerful people in the world are fucking idiots.

[–] tburkhol@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] halvdan@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

Celebrity deathmatch anyone?

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The game was great too.

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rich people desperate for attention.

[–] batcheck@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year 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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[–] Liontigerwings@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

say what you will about zuck, but he is not an attention whore. Especially when you consider he made a social media site designed to get people to overshare.

[–] Spudger@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] motorik@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] TheElectroness@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Hey now, badgers are lovely creatures

[–] WellThisIsNew@fjdk.uk 6 points 1 year 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 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] pixxelkick@pathofexile-discuss.com 6 points 1 year 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?

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[–] qwen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

!nottheonion@lemmy.ml

[–] DannyBoy@mastodon.ie 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Rinox@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

Make it to the death!

[–] z2k_@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (2 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 1 year ago

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

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[–] bobby_tables@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

That's about it.

[–] SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Someone stop reality, I want to get off

[–] nzodd@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year 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?

[–] bumbly@readit.buzz 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

What's the name of that female KFC fighter?

Connie Sanders, I think.

[–] natigin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Has there ever been a simultaneous knock out in boxing before? I'm cheering for that

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

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

[–] CileTheSane@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The simulation is broken and keeps generating nonsense.

[–] Ragnell@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure who to bet on. They are both stupid, but they also both fight dirty.

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

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

[–] Wilshire@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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

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

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Celebrity Death Match, please

[–] mountainpilot@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

How about if the loser agrees to donate 100% of their wealth to charity, subside on the wages of their lowest paid employee, and disappear from public life?

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

Winner should take on Spez

[–] fear@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There are no winners here. Only people screaming "Heey! Over here, look we can be stupid, too! PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEE!"

[–] Manifish_Destiny@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Winner should jump into a volcano

[–] BootlegHermit@kbin.social 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully they fight on a sub near the Titanic.

[–] jeebus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[–] gk99@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I invest in Meta since I figure I'd better make money off of Zuck if he's gonna make money off of me, and I'm curious if my money is literally on him. This seems like the type of universe where stock prices could fluctuate based on whether or not the CEO has a better punch than the other guy.

[–] dnzm@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

...this truly is the weirdest timeline.

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