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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1511633)	1/8/2025 1:14:39 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 1580691

What's even funnier, Brumar, is that Diablo IV is not that popular these days. Right now on Twitch.tv, there are only around 300 people watching Diablo IV streams. Compare that with a competing game, Path of Exile 2, which is currently at 56K viewers. "Yay, I'm one of the top players of a game that hardly anyone plays anymore!" Maybe when the Muskperger finally gets kicked out of the Trump administration, he'll buy Activision Blizzard and help revive that company to its former glory ... Tenchusatsu

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1511633)	1/8/2025 2:33:04 PM
From: rdkflorida2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580691

When Historians write books about the 47th President Of The United States he will be referred to as "Trump The Destroyer".

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1511633)	1/8/2025 4:31:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1580691

Trump: ‘Interest rates are far too high’ (The Hill) This as inflation continues to be in a precarious position. But hey, I'm sure Trump knows better than Jerome Powell when it comes to curbing inflation and increasing employment. Tenchusatsu

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1511633)	1/9/2025 5:27:45 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 1580691

Brumar, from Reddit: Gamers are accusing Elon Musk of cheating at popular video games by allegedly turning to loopholes and hiring better users to play for him (Reddit) (The Reddit post includes a link to an article on Fortune.com, but there's a paywall.) Here's the top comment: Nothing to accuse. It's obvious when you watch the video. Has a high level hardcore (i.e. never died) character with extremely good gear, *but can't even do basic things in the game, and doesn't even understand what makes items good*. That's the thing about video game cheaters. They're very easy to spot by experienced gamers. Kind of like how grandmaster chess players know when they're playing online against a "chess engine" vs. an actual human opponent. And for what? To show everyone how long your e-peen is? How pathetic. Tenchusatsu

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1511633)	1/9/2025 8:38:48 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 Eric Respond to of 1580691

Sorry Brumar, just one more video game post. This one, however, has a real point. Remember how I said that Musk is playing Diablo IV instead of Path of Exile 2? Seems like he's also playing Path of Exile 2, but players are already noticing how extremely bad he is at the game: If you really think about it, this is a warning to the entire nation, that paying money to get to the "top" isn't going to work. *Because no matter what, no amount of money is going to hide the fact that you absolutely SUCK at the game.* This applies not just to video games like Diablo IV and Path of Exile 2. Rather, it also applies to the political game. He paid good money to shortcut his way to the top, and now he's going to show us exactly how terrible he is. And not only will everyone laugh at him, the rest of the world will also laugh at the U.S.A. Tenchusatsu

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1511633)	1/11/2025 2:26:15 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 Goose94 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580691

Oops, another video game post. This one revolves around "Adrian Dittmann," which by now everyone knows is Elon Musk himself. I've linked to a three-hour video on YouTube where he is playing Fortnite with a popular YouTube streamer. You don't have to watch the whole thing, obviously. However, at 2:07, the host asked "Adrian" how old he is, and "Adrian" claims to be in his 20's. He also speaks on behalf of X, even though he claims to be just an "X content creator." And yes, the CEO of multiple companies, one of which is valued at over a trillion dollars, actually spends three hours of his life doing this: Let's not forget that he is the head of the new federal government agency called DOGE, which will have unprecedented influence over trillions of dollars in federal spending. And he spends his time pretending to be a twentysomething gamer. THIS is who's going to become our virtual unelected president. THIS is whom MAGA wants to entrust the nation to. Now I get it. It's fine if he wants to blow off a little steam and have some fun online. Presidents do that all the time, most notably on the golf course. But this guy relaxes in the cringiest way possible. The grown-ups are no longer in charge of this nation. Instead, we've been taken over by a bunch of emotional children. Tenchusatsu

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1511633)	1/13/2025 11:56:20 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 Eric Fiscally Conservative Respond to of 1580691

Brumar, it seems the Muskperger's video game "scandal" (yes, I think it qualifies as one) is spreading like wildfire among the entire video game community. YouTubers, Twitch streamers, Discord chats, Reddit, Steam discussion forums, all of video game social media, is talking about how Musk lied about being one of the top gamers on Path of Exile 2. Some random points: - Given that the current season of Path of Exile 2 started just a few weeks, ago, Musk would have had to play on his account *every waking hour on every day* in order to level up his character as shown. - Unlike on Diablo 4, in Path of Exile 2, people can see where a player logged into his account from. And they discovered that some IP address in Asia (maybe Hong Kong) was the one logging into Musk's game account. So you see, *Musk is outsourcing his character piloting needs to Asia instead of relying on an American to do the job.* - Young white males were cited as a reason why Trump won. Imagine those same young white males, most of whom are avid gamers, and how they must feel after Musk does something that go beyond cringe. Some of them must obviously be going through buyer's remorse. - This is probably not much different than Trump claiming to be such a good golfer, and the Trump cucks on this thread (I'm looking specifically at Bill and the Smooth Brained Mini-golfer69) backing him up on his claims. Unfortunately for the Muskperger, it's a lot easier to prove that Musk is FOS than it is to prove that Trump is FOS on his golf skills. - Finally, imagine you're the richest guy in the world who has now become the most powerful man's right-hand lieutenant. And yet you're still so miserable and so insecure that you have to fake being one of the best video gamers in the world. This is not a guy with a stable mindset. This is a guy who is self-destructing as we watch. And he's going to be in charge of cutting a multi-trillion dollar federal budget? Only MAGA cultists would think this is a good idea. Tenchusatsu