r/facepalm • u/GlitterMackenzie • Sep 02 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Smarts. He has it.

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u/EmperorBamboozler Sep 02 '24

It's wild that people think this man is smart given the evidence we now have to the contrary.

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u/Satanicjamnik Sep 02 '24

At this point it's difficult to believe that he is of average intelligence.

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u/GrumpyGiant Sep 02 '24

I suspect his critical thinking ability has been warped by the extreme insulation from consequences that comes from being the richest person on the planet.

If he had to actually seriously consider consequences he might surprise us by showing average or better mental acuity.  But he’s reached a level of “success” that distorts his perceptions and allows him to make terrible decisions while still feeling like he is coming out ahead.

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u/Re_TARDIS108 Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24

The world's richest person is a super greasy fucking edgelord/undiagnosed sociopath :(

We really do live in the worst timeline lol

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u/Reverend_Schlachbals Sep 02 '24

Best way to make shit tons of money is to lack empathy of any kind.

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u/Re_TARDIS108 Sep 02 '24

I really, really wish we could find a way de-incentivize being an absolute subhuman gremlin when it comes to being a decent participant in capitalism

It's almost like capitalism encourages being an asshole or something /s

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u/ArkitekZero Sep 02 '24

it absolutely does

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u/DocEternal Sep 02 '24

Damn, why am I so broke then? 😭😭

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u/KlingonSexBestSex Sep 02 '24

Fool, haven't you tapped your Apartheid era African slave labor emerald mine money?

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u/DocEternal Sep 02 '24

That’s what I was missing! I had the misfortune of being born in America to an only moderately well off family that went bankrupt during the divorce. I should get a mulligan and hope for a more morally evil family this time around.

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u/ArkitekZero Sep 02 '24

because you're mean, dumb, and unlucky

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u/261989 Sep 02 '24

Sadly true