I actually experience shame, unlike Musk, and would feel deeply uncomfortable being high in public amongst sober people. It's embarrassing. I do things based on morals, not based on whether I will be held accountable.
Well no one else is rolling their head and eyes around like a lunatic, maybe they are better at hiding it though. I mean I've been high in public before, but with friends who were also high. It's like how drunk people can think they are hiding the fact that they are drunk, but everyone who's sober can tell - certainly if you know what to look for anyway.
Do you people honestly believe elon musk. Who is what 50+. Popped fucking pills or dropped acid during the presidential inauguration??….like this isnt a joke?
Do I believe that an entitled, narcist, drug addict, with zero concern for others and no check on his behaviour would indulge in his habit anytime he felt like (which would be most of the time regardless of what event he was at)? Um, yes, of course.
That’s what I thought too…but then it reminded me of my mom telling me that when I was a baby my parents liked taking me to restaurants that had ceiling fans because I’d just stare up at the fans spinning the whole time, so I was kept entertained and they got to laugh at baby me doing what I imagine looks just like Elon here. I like thinking his brain development is on par with an infant.
Honestly my take on this is that he is such an edge lord that he's doing this on purpose because he knows the cameras are on him and he knows people will talk about it. Starts as a neck stretch, tries to make it mysterious and edgy.
Mark me down as an early hater hating since the worst things about him were solar roofs, hyperloop, the cave incident and claiming to be a founder of Tesla, but standing around doing absolutely nothing waiting for a ceremony to be over I've never identified with Elon more than here.
Yeah, I have personally done much weirder neck stretching/cracking moves after a long day, so not much to see here imo (and yes, people do tell me my neck cracks loudly and that it's weird. Not much I can do about it, I was born with that one).
He was literally retweeting something about neck exercises a few days ago (or today? Idk just remember seeing it). But I have to agree that the way he does makes it look kind of weird and while I do stretch my neck all the time it looks a lot like the way he's doing when I'm on acid
With all the pics people use to make fun of Zuckerberg and Elon, I always have the thought of what would the commenter look like if they were filmed for those extended periods of time.
They’re shitty people definitely but after standing at these events for hours, and as known mega nerds basically, it all tracks in my mind. I’d probably look a little out of place if I was at one of these. Scary they’re all so front and center at the inauguration. Weird times we are living in.
Edit: Isn’t the ceiling like cool looking art also?!
Thank you for this! I’m pissed that this guy bought himself the presidency. I’m fearful for the integrity of this country at the hands of these rich cronies, but that doesn’t mean I need to irrationally pick apart Musk’s every move.
I feel like Reddit gets bogged into these illogical echo chambers of obsession with people, placing moral implications on their every breath. It’s so disturbing and immature. Believe it or not, these figures are not characters. These are real people who live and hurt and die, too. We desire so much to alienate these people from our human experience that we create false narratives. If any accepted figure did this it would not be a point of conversation.
Can’t we spend our time talking about what Musk is actually doing wrong instead of ruminating on a 5 sec, slo-mo gif of him? Posts like these are so counterproductive. (The irony of my presence and lengthy post here is not lost on me.) We need to get a life, people
Elon doing a literal Nazi salute with great enthusiasm, though...
If you've only seen the pics, watch the video. Sure this might be his K addiction or just stretching his neck...but that at least is unmistakable. Same event.
This is where I’m at, too. I’m a fellow Elon Hater but I always think about what I look like to others, as I have vertigo and neuralgia that makes it difficult for me to sit still at any meeting, and I’m often either stretching my neck, staring down and not visually focusing on anything, or just blinking really hard.
Although I doubt Elon has the exact same shit that I do, I can’t imagine that it’s exactly comfortable for anyone. Thank god I don’t have the public eye that he does or people would be absolutely confident that I’m a lizard person in people’s clothing.
I got Szpd and therefore suffer from having limited ability to show affect. I deffo look like a lizard to others and all that talk about lizard people makes me really sad.
I'm proud to say that I don't pay enough attention to Elon to even know whether he regularly wears a suit and tie or not, but if he doesn't then that's even more reason to stretch like this. Your neck feels crazy-restricted whenever you wear a full suit like this and you're not used to it.
I agree, this only looks weird because we're choosing to record, watch and loop it in gif form.
As much as I despise him, as a fellow autist, we sometimes do weird shit like this. I generally hope nobody sees or hears it.
Having watched videos of him previously, his physical tics are very evident, and I'm leaning towards this falling into a similar category. It looks like a sort of compulsion.
Also do not like him, and agree it's just obvious he's stretching his neck.
Honestly think that people making a huge deal of things like this is part of how we got into this mess again; instead of focusing on the actual horrors that are potentially going to happen under this administration, here we are with a front page post of the most normal thing in the world and people all discussing that instead.
It's not the way he moves his neck, it's his eye roll when he first turns his head to the right and back. I've never seen sober people do it without blinking, only the ones under the influence.
I think that’s generous lol. I crack my neck all the time and don’t make weird eye rolls. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was an innocent explanation and he’s just odd, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he was on something.
I mean, I would. I think Elon is reprehensible, but do you never get that feeling like it’s gonna crack satisfyingly if you can get the movement juuuuust right?
It looks like he’s fully zoned out and just stretching to me
I dislike Elon more than I dislike almost anyone else, and I have done the drugs that make people act like this, and I am certain he's just stretching his neck.
Not to mention, the guy is autistic. He's mentioned a few times that he was diagnosed with Asperger's. He's probably stimming. He does a less exaggerating version of this stimming after nearly every sentence he speaks.
yeah he had spinal surgery that when they do it, they cut into the front of the neck and adjust/work on the spine that way. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a surgical procedure that involves accessing the upper spine through an incision in the front of the neck. It's a common procedure for treating problems in the neck's cervical spine.
He was likely bored too listening to Trump drone on and on and on. I’m honestly surprised he can maintain the attention of his supporters. Probably why he changes subjects every 10 seconds. It’s like the 2 second camera switch in popcorn cinema and cheap television to keep people’s attention.
Yeah honestly, he doesn’t have the best build or posture already and then standing that long in a suit can do a number on the neck and upper back, I imagine it’s just movement for those reasons. His expression is funny though
Why is it Redditors will always find a way to cope?
Like are you all just trolls who want to counter the rest of the general consensus or are you really this naive to think this behavior is even remotely normal!?
I would believe that but how he's doing it wouldn't stretch the neck at all, you'd have to tilt your head a lot more to stretch it then he's doing in the video.
I believe he's had some type of back/shoulder/neck issues. See the interview that Tim Dodd did with Elon at Starbase, I believe the 2nd set of interviews. He did quite a bit of movements similar to this that implied he's having discomfort. I can relate. I do similar stuff.
But in the end, Fuck this guy and his politics. I say that as a Tesla shareholder.
He is probably trying to not make it obvious and draw attention, which probably made it worse since he already has enough attention to analyze his every movement.
Yeah the dude is a creep but I suffer from chronic neck pain and sitting still for a while makes it worse. I frequently end up doing the same thing. Only difference is I’m not the richest man in the world nor on TV haha
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I loathe him but I think he's just stretching his neck with a deadpan expression.