42 posts tagged with "icymi"

Getting Musk to join Trump on stage is a big coup for the Republicans, though, not just because the two men actually seem to hate each other personally. Musk, after shattering his reputation as the benevolent “I fucking love science” guy, is, ostensibly, just an influencer now, arguably the biggest right-wing influencer in the world. And so, he’s doing exactly what an influencer would do, and is now running a scammy payola scheme to pay people to register to vote in swing states.

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I'm somewhat sympathetic to the "man I need the job" line but this "well a manager lied to me first?" thing – just play the fucking tape forward. Just put your anti-capitalist self-righteousness on hold for one goddamned second and think. If your model is "it's okay to lie if I've been lied to" then we're all knee deep in bullshit forever and can never escape Transaction Cost Hell.

Don't lie in interviews