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I mean have you seen the interview he did with Theo Von? The guy is a straight up Alien in the way he talks and acts, all those memes about him being a lizard aren't exactly far off.


He was isolated from the real world starting at around age, what, 22?

I'm all for calling out his random flailing in this space for what it is, but it always strikes me as strange when people are surprised that he's weird and robotic. I'm betting he never learned how to actually interact with other professional humans.

He's lived in a golden tower surrounded by people who agree with him or want something from him since he was 21 or 22. Imagine what you would be like if you didn't have any struggles from such an early age. Imagine what your personality would be like if you didn't have substantive, non-transactional, human interactions since the age of 22.

I kind of feel bad for the guy. His wealth and fame have ensured that he would never be normal, or anything approaching normal. Think about it - how does he even know if he has a bad idea? Do you think there are a ton of people around him that want to call out whatever dumbass idea he has? I doubt it. B-b-b-illions of dollars tends to flavor conversations, I would imagine.

That being said, I don't feel that bad, because he can literally change the world and chooses not to.





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