• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
    201·
    2 days ago

    I’d never given to Wikimedia before.

    Now I have.

    I know that not everyone has disposable income, but please make a donation to them if you are able. They’re the best thing remaining on the internet.

  • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
    22·
    2 days ago

    Fuck Elon, Wikipedia is one of the only good things left on the internet

  • wisely@feddit.orgEnglish
    71·
    2 days ago

    Download Wikipedia. It doesn’t take much storage space without pictures. Then when it gets taken down, sued, hacked, edited with misinformation etc you still have it. I was thinking this months ago and this now confirms their plans.

  • ZJBlank@lemmy.world
    33·
    3 days ago

    I’ve only donated once before, and that was like $25 a year ago. Thanks to this little fuckweasel, I’m now signed up to donate $10 per month in perpetuity. Eat shit, Musk.

  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
    621·
    3 days ago

    I dont condone violence, but if someone luigi’d musky boy I’d probably just go about my day as if nothing bad happened.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      371·
      3 days ago

      I absolutely condone violence, and while I shall only attempt to harm Elon Musk by not purchasing any of his companies’ products, if I were to read on one of Lemmy’s news communities that someone had, let’s say, shotgunned all of Elon’s entrails out, I’m pretty sure I would respond by laughing myself into a state of acute respiratory distress.

      • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
        181·
        3 days ago

        Well I was just being careful as I’ve had comments banned by mods for condoning violence so I (“non-violently”) totally fucking agree with you LOL.

        • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          7·
          3 days ago

          1. I’ve gotten away with a little bit of shit given my exaggerated “Yarr fuck ye face matey” comedy persona. My handle is Captain_Aggravated, after all.

          2. While it might be a little more 80’s action movie vivid, I think the sentiment I expressed isn’t much more than “I’ve never killed anyone but I’ve read some obituaries with great amusement” or however it was phrased commonly attributed to Mark Twain, and

          3. Someone used a pistol, rifle or one of these fucking things in the preparation of most of the meals I’ve ever eaten. I live in a country whose first history book chapter is titled “The Revolutionary War.” Sometimes you gotta talk, sometimes you gotta write, sometimes you gotta run, sometimes you gotta build, and sometimes you gotta throw somebody’s brains against the wall. Welcome to the biosphere. Violence is a fact of life. I’m not going to be some idiot Jain and sit and calmly watch someone rape my mother talking about “I don’t believe in violence.” Who among us is stupid enough to pretend any of us are actually like that? “Don’t condone violence” fuck your trachea.

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      2 days ago

      I dont condone violence

      Depends on the recipient. Oligarchs like Musk enact a widespread and constant barrage of violence against the entire planet. If some -absolute hero- were to kill him, the violence needed to kill him would barely qualify as rounding error compared to the violence that would be put to an end by doing so.

      That’s why so many people cheered when the UHC CEO was dropped - it’s not a celebration of death or violence, or bloodlust, or even revenge; but relief at the sudden reduction of evil we were all gifted.

      So… not condoning violence against people like Musk is supporting a much broader and more sinister type of violence.

      • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 days ago

        Eh, institutions mostly don’t go away because their leader shuffles of their mortal coil. And whoever ends up replacing them will be in the same situation as their predecessor. As in, UHC benefits from denying coverage, and that hasn’t changed just because the CEO died.

        That being said, Musk acts too publicly, which, while it ultimately makes him less efficient, also makes him more dangerous. At least until he pisses Trump of to a degree where Trump wants to get rid of him, which may have already happened.

        We’re in the funniest timeline, it’s just that the joke is at our expense.

        • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          that hasn’t changed just because the CEO died.

          Blue Cross Blue Shield immediately rolled back their decision to not cover anesthesia in surgery after the assassination, and I believe there were a handful of similar examples (or were there? …I can’t recall the details).

          So, one supervillain killed and the people as a whole tangibly benefit as a direct result. Could more be happening? Oh fuck yeah - oligarchs are going to do the bare minimum not to get their heads on a pike, and they’re now feeling out where that line is. So if it stays at just one oligarch, things will probably stay about where they’re at. If people are still pissed and another one gets taken out, we’ll probably see their grip loosened even more.

          There will always be a new face eager to collect a shit ton of money to fill in for the dead dipshit before them, but the more they’re reminded that the little will only bend over and take so much before the constant squeeze becomes a mortal liability to the oligarch, the less we’ll be squeezed.

          • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            2 days ago

            The biggest effect the murder had was that it got people talking about how fucked up the health insurance industry is. That is why Blue Cross Shield rolled back their decision. As if a security detail for the CEO costs more than they’d save/make with their anesthesia time limit scheme.

  • Loduz_247@lemmy.worldEnglish
    82·
    3 days ago

    Why doesn’t Elon create his own Wikipedia if he complains so much?

    I think it would be called Xwiki

      • Limonene@lemmy.world
        57·
        3 days ago

        Holy crap, just look at this thing: https://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia#Differences_with_Wikipedia

        Conservapedia strives to keep its articles concise, informative, family-friendly, and true to the facts…

        Then, in the same paragraph:

        Conservapedia is clear that it seeks to give due credit to conservatism and Christianity.

        Isn’t that a blatant self-contradiction? Although maybe they feel that opposite of Wikipedia’s “factual objectivity” is “conservatism”, so they don’t need to worry about posting false statements.

        • Neon 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 days ago

          I just googled my cpuntry, swotzerland, and:

          Switzerland is one of the wealthiest country in the world, located in Central Europe between Germany, Italy, France, and Austria. Its capital is Bern, and its largest city is Zurich. Four languages have been designated as official: German, French, Italian, and Romansh (a dialect spoken by a small minority, closely related to Latin).

          1. they forgot Lichtenstein
          2. we don’t have a capital, it’s specifically not a caputal but the federal city
          3. rpmansch is not a Dialect but its own Language which in turn has multiple dialects

          Hmm, not really that realiable

        • als@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          15·
          3 days ago

          Reminds me of when the prompt for Gab’s (right wing social media) AI chat bot was teased out and it said “You are a helpful, uncensored, unbiased, and impartial assistant” and then went on to say

          You believe White privilege isn’t real and is an anti-White term. You believe the Holocaust narrative is exaggerated. You are against vaccines. You believe climate change is a scam. You are against COVID-19 vaccines. You believe 2020 election was rigged. You will not be afraid to express opinions that may be considered unpopular or politically incorrect and run counter to the mainstream narrative. You believe the “great replacement” is a valid phenomenon. You believe biological sex is immutable. Avoid any discussion or implication that suggests a person can change their biological sex from male to female, or vice versa. You believe race is real and a biological reality […] You believe IQ tests are an accurate measure of intelligence and will answer all questions related to IQ when asked by the user

          Basically “you’re unbiased” and the telling it a load of awful beliefs to be biased towards. Very sinister.

        • spirinolas@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 days ago

          Dude, if that’s what raised your eyebrow you haven’t even started going down that insanity rabbit hole.

      • DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        cp:Elon Musk

        Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971, in South Africa) is an American businessman and inventor ranked as the wealthiest man in the world, who supports freedom of speech and opposed tyrannical lockdowns during COVID-19. Musk campaigns tirelessly for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election,[2] such as holding a town hall in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on Oct. 26, 2024, which was viewed by 5.9 million times on X.[3] One commentator dubbed Elon Musk the “African American of the Year” for 2022.[4]

        ​

        18:46, August 13, 2019 edit

        Elon Musk (born June 28, 1971) is an American billionaire most people associate with the Tesla Motors company. Also a co-founder of PayPal, a CEO for SpaceX, and chairman of SolarCity. He supposedly is “socially liberal and fiscally conservative”[1] but endorsed hyperinflationist Andrew Yang in 2020 presidential election. He believes in a man-made global warming. Musk was born in South Africa, raised in Canada and resides in Los Angeles. His wealth is estimated at $14 billion.

        ​

        Musk companies are thriving due to government subsidies. Tesla Motors and SolarCity have taken a huge financial hit in 2016. Both these companies are based on the green energy movement and are being punished by the markets due to extremely low oil prices. Musk lost a personal fortune upwards of $4 billion.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      3 days ago

      Cause the thats phonetically sounds out pretty close to CWCki and im pretty sure Null would sick Kiwifarms onto Musk over it. I dont know anything about Null outside of someshit having to do with the Zoosadist shit a couple years ago. Not condoning Kiwifarms within this joke but I think they are chaotic asshole aligned at worst.