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Journalist does everything possible to avoid calling this what it clearly is (chaser.com.au)
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[–] aaron@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's really not clear that he isn't just pointing at something/acknowledging someone with his thumb and the rest of his fingers violently

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lmao sorry you're getting downvoted dude. How anyone took this comment, in this community, seriously... is beyond me!

[–] __nobodynowhere@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] aaron@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

He's obviously grabbing his love from his heart and throwing it out to all of his supporters. I don't know how else you could possibly interpret this.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you really have to write a /s for a lot of these folks to not take everything at face value here it would appear :-/

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago

Might be because people are actually making this argument in defense of musk

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Subtle sarcasm is really hard for a lot of people who comment in a community focused on satire, ironically.