alt account is Adrian Dittman

  • Margot Robbie@lemmy.world
    51·
    3 days ago

    Why would he make a social media account under a fake name, instead of using his real name but make everyone think it’s an unverified parody account to say whatever he wants and never get suspected?

    It’s not that bloody difficult.

    • Event_Horizon@lemmy.world
      34·
      2 days ago

      Yes, however you see the issue here is that you have an IQ higher than room temperature water, and muskrat does not.

      • Red_October@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 days ago

        He couldn’t even invent a vaguely clever ploy. That fucking brainlet just took the resources available to him and assembled the most basic bitch plan ever, “Hur dur fake account, but add voice changer.” Further proof that Elon Musk is a fucking idiot who couldn’t invent his way out of a wet paper bag.

    • emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      2 days ago

      Why would he want people to think hes a parody account? He didnt want to just say whatever, he wanted to influence public opinion in his favor. He used the alt account to try to boost his public reputation/give the appearance of organic support for his positions and opinions.

  • DicJacobus@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    I suspected a few years ago when the Twitter purchase was going on. That when he was sued to carry out the purchase. That was when he decided he was going to use Twitter as a mechanism of his own personal information warfare.

    Mask off cartoonishly evil person does cartoonishly evil things

  • demizerone@lemmy.world
    371·
    3 days ago

    This kind of behavior is alarming. When this mFer crashes and burns he’s taking as many people with him as possible. Maybe even all of western civilization.

    • Linedotdatdot@lemmynsfw.com
      34·
      3 days ago

      Hey, he bought and paid for it fair and square. He can run it into the ground as hard and fast as he wants.

      See also: Twitter (and no I’m not calling it x that’s fucking stupid)

      Fr tho, who the fuck claims to have a ‘favorite letter’ to even begin with? Talk about the cringelord final boss…

      • 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network
        162·
        3 days ago

        I have a favourite letter. It was one of my resignation letters. Paraphrasing what it said at its core “I would like to take this opportunity to tell you how much I enjoyed working here and that I would miss the wise and intelligent guidance I received while employed here. Unfortunately my mother raised me not to lie, so I won’t.”

        I still love that letter.

        Of course it contained a great deal more content than “X”. (I mean seriously, he couldn’t even add “O” to the mix?)

        • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
          52·
          11 hours ago

          Nice!

          At breaking free of my last job after way too many years I used:

          “To whom it may concern, I’m writing this letter to inform you that your employment services will no longer be required. . . However feel free to reach out for my consultant rates…”

          I then quoted Maya Angelou: “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” (HR person said she liked this quote. I think my usage of it whooshed over LOL)

          And pretty sure I sealed the deal with “So long and thanks for all the fish!”

          (It was a library lmao)

          But “X”? That’s stupid. Unless there’s buried treasure under it.

    • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
      2251·
      3 days ago

      That is so profoundly pathetic. My mouth fell open.

      The extreme psychological issues behind using an alt account to try and soothe his own ego about his obvious shortcomings as a father, are in dire need of professional help.

      Elon needs a quality shrink and far, far fewer ketamine self-medicating sessions.

      • Smoogs@lemmy.world
        26·
        3 days ago

        No doubt a lot of this is proving to himself something after having is own ‘terrible father’(according to him that is)

        • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          20·
          3 days ago

          Oh you don’t need his word. Elon’s “current” stepmother was his step sister. His father at least is a pedophilic groomer. That’s just the tip of the ice berg too. That shitberg runs deep.

          • Lyrl@lemm.eeEnglish
            12·
            3 days ago

            That she was four when she became Elon’s stepsister is the worst part for me. If she had been an adult, even a young adult, when she and Errol met after he married her mother, it would have been sketchy (breaking the divide by two plus fourteen rule) but not in pedo territory. To have multiple children (Elon’s half-siblings and also his step-nieces) with someone you raised as your own child since they were four… it’s beyond.

    • Serinus@lemmy.world
      1242·
      4 days ago

      He’s wanted his kids a lot closer, physically, after the Luigi incident. It makes sense he’s literally wearing one on his back. More surprising that he hasn’t strapped one to his front as well.

      Edit: note his self praise here is from 12 months ago. Didn’t mean to be misleading.

    • ilega_dh@feddit.nl
      89·
      3 days ago

      Is this real? If so, this is the saddest thing I’ve seen in a very long time.

      The guy needs actual help. But bad luck for us: instead he’ll tear down American democracy.

    • nifty@lemmy.world
      213·
      3 days ago

      This is typical autism behavior where you expect immediate rewards for good behavior that has long term benefits, except he had the awareness to make a sock puppet account to give it to himself.

      Not commenting on Musk, but here’s my advice to other people on the spectrum: allistic people don’t reward good behaviors immediately, sometimes they might not give any reward at all because they’re playing a completely different game. Reward yourself by giving yourself a personal and private treat for things you value, and don’t judge yourself based on others validation, or lack thereof. Set your own goals, live by your rules.

    • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
      32·
      3 days ago

      So even his kid is calling him a monkey? Aren’t there child protective services?

      One of his kids is transgender. Changed their surname because he’s such a shitty father.

      But his narcissistic ego thinks he’s a great father. And apperently only him, because there sno one else there to say he is.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
        111·
        3 days ago

        The reason he went into right wing politics was to rid the world of the woke mind virus that stole his daughter from him.

        Not to say he wouldn’t have joined anyway in the future, but if there was a straw that broke the camels back, this was it.

        • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
          13·
          3 days ago

          You know people say the love for your child knows no boundaries? Well, I know Elon is only a few years older then me, but I say to him: “ok boomer, fuck you”. He’s just like my mom. Love knows no boundaries, as long as you fit into very specific extremily high expectations.

          Because your kid doesn’t want to see you again and changes their surname, maybe you failed as a father? Maybe the fault lies with you, not with them? Maybe, when all of your kids complain about you being a bad dad, as well as your exes, not all of your kids and exes are wrong, but you are? Maybe, when your youngest kid calls you a fucking monkey, you’re a fucking monkey and should be ashamed AF… Or the entire world is wrong and you are right, because you’re a narcissistic psychopath so there’s no chance of you doing anything bad, ever.

          • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
            8·
            3 days ago

            Well said, but it’s worse.

            He doesn’t even think the fault is with his daughter, he thinks the woke education system did this to her, and she wouldn’t be trans if it wasn’t for them.

            Like, he’s denying who she is. It’s like the other side of conversion therapy, they converted her to trans, and she’s the victim.

            • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
              4·
              3 days ago

              Yeah I agree, allowing people to be who they are is disgusting. People should only be who I allow them to be, according to my standards. /s His daughter now is a victim of a society which allows her to be who she really is and not who Elon wants her to be. So society is to blame. “Because everyone should live by my standards, and if their standards are different, my standards will be better so they should change their standards.” What a dumb fuck. His daughter is only a victim of Elon. As well as maaaaany others, and many more in the near future.

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      This reminds me of that joke by Chris Rock about how certain people are proud of not going to jail. Of course, staying out of jail is a good thing.

      It’s the same thing, yeah, be a good father to your children.

      • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
        10·
        3 days ago

        Man, I grew up in a household where my parents celebrated that I didn’t join a gang. They flexed how their son wasn’t in jail to the other families.

        Hood mentality.

      • phughes@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        3 days ago

        That was literally part of Chris Rock’s skit:

        I take care of my kids.
        No shit _, you’re supposed to take care of your kids!

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    313·
    3 days ago

    Doesn’t he have enough money to just pay people to setup friendly accounts? I hate Musk’s ass, but if he wants to put me on his payroll to kiss his ass on the internet, I’m for sale. $200k/year and I will sing his praises far and wide.

    • Jimmycakes@lemmy.world
      111·
      2 days ago

      He’s got literally no humans or animals that like him irl. He already is paying people for this job. He bought Twitter to be his friend so he could spend all his free time on there which is a lot and it won’t look as weird since he owns it. Guys brain is more cooked than a nfl player with cte.

      • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
        18·
        2 days ago

        He bought Twitter because he wanted to pump the stock up, presumably so that he could dump his stock. The timeline is that Elon talked about taking Twitter private, paying 420$ per share, because 420 is the funny marijuana number. Twitter’s board then agreed to the buyout, since Elon’s offer was far more than what the company was actually worth. Elon tried to weasel out of the deal, but Twitter successfully sued him to force him into buying Twitter.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      72·
      2 days ago

      Haha I got a good laugh XD. But seriously though, I wouldn’t propagandize for that monster to set me up for life.

      I shudder to imagine how much of yourself would erode over time, being a flattering mouthpiece for, and being bankrolled by, such an evil villain.

      Personally, I’ll keep my struggles lol.

      This hypothetical situation reminds me of some passages that have stuck with me for life:

      “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.” (Proverbs 22:1)

      ““For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36 NASB)

      • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I shudder to imagine how much of yourself would erode over time, being a flattering mouthpiece for, and being bankrolled by, such an evil villain.

        Are you familiar with the mouth of Sauron?

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 days ago

      $200k a year could buy an entire army of bots and trolls. He doesn’t need to bother with paying individual people, when a company with borderline slave labor will do it en masse for a penny per post.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      His ego is way too big for that so he needs to trick himself into strong enough cognitive dissonance and he gets that by buying people of indirectly. Tale as old as time.

  • ofcourse@lemmy.ml
    743·
    3 days ago

    DSM5 needs to add Petty Manchild Adultchild Disorder as a recognized mental health issue so these people can get the help they deserve.

    • ghen@sh.itjust.works
      441·
      3 days ago

      I don’t know because I don’t keep up on every little detail, but this is the first time I’ve heard of him using a voice changer in a voice chat. I’ve seen multiple instances of him using alt accounts to just write text though.

      • GladiusB@lemmy.world
        30·
        3 days ago

        Oh God. How pathetic is it that you create and alt to play with yourself. That’s like getting mad at your imaginary friend for ghosting you.

      • helpmyusernamewontfi@lemmy.today
        26·
        3 days ago

        Don’t blue check marks get paid based on their number of views cause of ads and “creator payout” stuff? Is this Musk’s side hustle lmao

        • underisk@lemmy.ml
          8·
          3 days ago

          I haven’t heard a single peep of anyone getting paid by twitter since the first few checks went out. I don’t think he’s doing that anymore and it was always completely arbitrary who got paid (by which I mean it was only popular accounts that he liked).

      • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
        66·
        3 days ago

        Oh my fucking god. I only mostly read his tweets and quotes, never really hearing Musk talk much, especially not in a “debate”. I didn’t realize how incredibly childish, arrogant, and downright moronic he was in an argument. All he does is talk over a well-articulated point before the person could finish it by insulting the other party and laughing dumbly at his own joke as if he had made some sort of zinger. And the very few times he doesn’t do that he uses blatant strawman arguments.

        This is literally like a child yelling back “Oh yeah?Well, your face is stupid!” How the fuck is this person the richest person on Earth? He wouldn’t even be able to keep a fast food employee job.

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
          29·
          3 days ago

          Elon Musk is proof that being rich does not require competence, intelligence, or hard work. (Hint: it’s luck and having rich parents)

          • DaddleDew@lemmy.world
            13·
            3 days ago

            Actually, it also necessitates a minimal ability to play the sidelines, manipulate and trick people and a complete lack of morality to use those abilities. He didn’t found Tesla. He stole it from its original founders by placing people who were loyal to him on the board.

        • underisk@lemmy.ml
          17·
          3 days ago

          Our society is structured so that the rich fail upwards, and Elon is a huge failure so he floats the best.

        • Kalysta@lemm.ee
          5·
          3 days ago

          He’s rich cuz daddy gave him starter funds and he got lucky investing in paypal (which he tried to name X).

      • Doctor MoodMood@lemmy.ml
        41·
        3 days ago

        Welp, even with voice modulation “Adrian” sounds just like Elon. The speech patterns line up to the point I couldn’t much tell he was using voice mod at all.

      • pivot_root@lemmy.world
        47·
        3 days ago

        Money can buy expensive voice modulation software, but it apparently can’t buy one’s way out of stupidity. Using the same speech patterns, grammar, inflection, and laugh… he really isn’t the brightest spark in the tesla coil, is he?

        • kautau@lemmy.world
          21·
          3 days ago

          He never had the right to use the name Tesla, especially because Tesla was the underdog in electricity that was burned by the same capitalism he’s championing. He’s hired very smart people and then thinks that by hiring said people he’s on their level, classic capitalist mistake

          • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
            181·
            3 days ago

            I don’t know why, but I find it very funny that Elon is basically Edison and using Tesla’s name and also that there’s an underdog electric truck company named Edison motors that’s basically making a fully electric semi with an onboard motor specifically because the dude got fucked on a Tesla semi.

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
          6·
          3 days ago

          Using the same speech patterns, grammar, inflection, and laugh… he really isn’t the brightest spark in the tesla coil, is he?

          To do otherwise would require the awareness that other people have different speech patterns. I’m surprised his narcissism let him think using a different name would influence people.

      • __nobodynowhere@startrek.websiteEnglish
        24·
        3 days ago

        Holy shit. Elon or not that guy is embarrassing to listen to.

        He adds nothing of value to the conversation and just throws insults to deflect. The most cringe worthy, brain rot insults possible.

        This country is fucked.

        Just another data point that shows you don’t need to be smart to be rich.

      • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
        23·
        3 days ago

        I am well acquainted with tricking drug addicts. I’ve been to Phish concerts.

        Glorious.

          • lad@programming.devEnglish
            111·
            3 days ago

            Yeah, he’s citing Trump, talking about symbology and Baphomet armour, presenting half-baked arguments as if he has a video of Elon saying that was him. I mean, it probably was, but this reads like a conspiracy theory

          • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            Trolling someone to the point of emotional dysregulation is kind of a big hint to that end though.

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
        5·
        3 days ago

        For anyone who, like me, wasn’t going to play the clip at the above link, holy crap go do so. It’s incredibly comical.

  • Dicska@lemmy.world
    70·
    3 days ago

    Alright, I just woke up so I might not see the obvious, but apart from the almost surreal butt licking, what is the sign (proof?) here that this Dittman’s account is actually Elon’s? Sorry, I have never used Twitter or X.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
      116·
      3 days ago

      He made a lot of critical errors because he doesn’t understand that for a sock puppet to be effective in the long run, it has to do 3 things:

      1. it has to post regularly

      2. it has to post differently than you do. If it disagrees with you broadly that’s even better.

      3. It can only show up in your defense at critical moments and with almost visible hesitancy e.g. “I am a huge critic of Musk, especially on [issue A], but on this [Issue B] I actually think he makes a salient point.”

      You get the most use out of sock puppets by letting them moderate your position to make it more palatable to the public without actually having to moderate your position.

      Anything less than the 3 above makes it a liability. Especially when you sloppily juggle several.

    • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.socialEnglish
      105·
      3 days ago

      This link where he’s playing Dittman and he says something along the lines of “her problem was clearly not with the product but with Elon because I was the first thing she posted about.”

      Also, in this article’s sound clip, you can hear the similarities. Elon was not on this call, that was “Dittman”.

      • Zement@feddit.nl
        67·
        3 days ago

        So he hasn’t even the mental capacity to keep an act up, without his narcissism interfering?

        Wow… let that sink in…

      • Dasus@lemmy.world
        22·
        3 days ago

        Where’s the voicechanger? That’s just clearly Elon.

        I’ve worked in a taxi dispatch taking hundreds of calls a day for some years and even though I do say so myself, I think I have a pretty good ear.

        And his… I don’t know what to even call it, but like there’s this very specific sound when he speaks. Creaking sort of.

        This is very clearly him. Is that supposed to be through a voicechanger? Because maybe I’ve not listened to him in any media for a while so I don’t remember the tone and that doesn’t seem weird to me for that reason, but it’s just very unmistakably Elon, lol.

    • smokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.today
      90·
      3 days ago

      Adrian sounded exactly like him, he bragged about paying the most taxes of anyone, and when he got exposed other people went and listened to other archived spaces he was involved with and a couple of times in $TSLA chats he slipped up and used “we” and “I” statements referring to Musk and Tesla. Elon is known to and has been proven to use alt accounts on Twitter, and consider the subsequent bans, if it’s not him why is he so sensitive.