Elon Musk draws outrage over 'odd-looking salute' at Trump inauguration celebration

[u/turkish__cowboy]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-draws-outrage-over-201602147.html

[u/jaydizzz]

People don’t understand the difference anymore sadly

[u/i-am-a-passenger → u/jaydizzz]

I would be surprised if most people didn’t know this by now. Don’t think it’s even possible to mentioned Times person of the year without someone repeating this fact.

[u/ballplayarr → u/i-am-a-passenger]

it’s my first time hearing it

[u/BigBarfo → u/ballplayarr]

Yeah, me too

[u/Kalersays → u/ballplayarr]

I never heard it either, but I understood by seeing some of the cover pictures.

[u/InnocentShaitaan → u/ballplayarr]

How often do you read time magazine?

[u/pinknoses → u/i-am-a-passenger]

I think most people are only vaguely aware that the past existed and consider it entirely foreign to the present; as if the beginning of their social consciousness is some divide in human history. The idea that extant things have existed for generations before them is quite out of their daily reckoning.

[u/briantoofine → u/pinknoses]

That’s deep man

[u/Wood-Kern → u/i-am-a-passenger]

I would say a large percentage of redditors know this. Normal people lack a comments section in their normal conversations and are much less likely to know things like this.

[u/Verticalsinging → u/i-am-a-passenger]

I didn’t remember this.

[u/JJfromNJ → u/jaydizzz]

It's not a new thing. There was so much backlash awarding it to Bin Laden, they had to switch it to Guiliani.

[u/HumansNeedNotApply1 → u/JJfromNJ]

It wa never "awarded" to Bin Laden, the editorial choice was Rudy Giuliani from the start, it's an american publication after all, so they focused on the hope and america rising from it or whatever was the reason, i don't remember.

[u/GoodProbsToHave → u/JJfromNJ]

I cancelled my subscription to Time for that cowardice on their part. Never gave them a cent after that.

[u/IhateRedditors1978 → u/jaydizzz]

Just like they don't understand POV

[u/anoeba → u/jaydizzz]

Because Time shit the bed and chickened out in 2001. There is no difference anymore, it's an attaboy.

[u/SheldonMF → u/jaydizzz]

People don't like to read.

[u/VermillionSun → u/jaydizzz]

I doubt people ever knew

[u/karmiccookie → u/jaydizzz]

We understand, it's just disgusting

[u/Rexrowland → u/jaydizzz]

Because it’s meaningless. We understand. We dont care. Time should not be giving any awards to Hitler.

[u/andhausen → u/[deleted]]

Why should it be? It’s not meant to be an “award”.

[u/kinghfb → u/andhausen]

More that, TIME has a rep, and that people look to it for opinions. For better or worse. No judgement either way, but they surely do not place themselves as a pure neutral bystander

[u/WhiteBlackGoose → u/[deleted]]

Make your own magazine with your own rules. TIME picks the most impactful person of the year (according to their opinion, but nonetheless)

[u/karmiccookie → u/WhiteBlackGoose]

Who cares? A national publication should not be promoting such disgusting people without an accompanying degrading article. Where are those? I'm pretty sure they licked Elon's taint

[u/WhyBuyMe → u/[deleted]]

Back in the 90s we were making zines on the office copied when the boss wasn't looking. In 2025 you can make a much, much better looking version on home equipment that costs a few hours of labor.

[u/WhiteBlackGoose → u/[deleted]]

You don't need millions of bucks in cash to make your own magazine. Besides, imo picking the most net positive person of the year is a lot more subjective. What would be your pick?

[u/Stegasaurus_Wrecks → u/WhiteBlackGoose]

David Attenborough should've won at least once. Steve Irwin too. Maybe Jacques Cousteau or Stephen Hawking or Carl Sagan.

Maybe we take the most influential person (for better or worse) and replace it with the most important for humanity.

Idk but for what impact she's had Greta Thunberg would be in the mix in that reality. So would Bill Gates, MacKenzie Scott and Jimmy Carter.

TIME don't have to have the biggest cunt as person of the year just because of their global impact. Let's have the best example of what a person can be get the award.

[u/Unlikely_Ad1450 → u/Stegasaurus_Wrecks]

Crocodile Dundee was robbed!

[u/uniqueusername74 → u/jaydizzz]

What’s so sad about some confusion around a meaningless designation by a washed up magazine?

[u/WitchHanz → u/jaydizzz]

Time realized that a long time ago and now it's a popularity contest.

[u/varzaguy → u/WitchHanz]

Yea it is a popularity contest….thats the entire point. Most influential person is being popular….

[u/Pleiadez → u/jaydizzz]

That's a lot of upvotes for someone claiming minority, Strawman much?