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Re:Musk Deletes Tweet That Asked Why No One Is Trying to Ass... by rsynnott on Monday September 16, 2024 @12:25PM (#41557735)
While he does seem to be going progressively downhill, it started a long time before the Twitter thing. Remember the imaginary cave submarine?
Re:Musk Deletes Tweet That Asked Why No One Is Trying to Ass... by solardev on Monday September 16, 2024 @05:22PM (#41561076)
That was before Twitter? Wow, it all just kinda blurs together now, one crazy thing after the other...
Re:Musk Deletes Tweet That Asked Why No One Is Trying to Ass... by renegade-otter on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @02:59PM (#41571351)
I mean, he called a diver rescuing children a "pedo", and everyone just shrugged and moved on.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/media/elon-musk-testifies/ind...

Apparently, you can win a defamation suit by claiming that "yeah, I made it up and just said it".

I feel like at the time his celebrity carried him. Not sure this would play today.