| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. 22:10 - Jan 20 with 7289 views | SitfcB |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:11 - Jan 20 with 5251 views | J2BLUE |
Hopefully that's the end of him.
Just when you thought he couldn't possibly be a bigger tw@t there he is. |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 with 5188 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:11 - Jan 20 by J2BLUE |
Hopefully that's the end of him.
Just when you thought he couldn't possibly be a bigger tw@t there he is. |
Agreed, but I’ll miss his team threads on match days. |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 with 5182 views | ElderGrizzly |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:11 - Jan 20 by J2BLUE |
Hopefully that's the end of him.
Just when you thought he couldn't possibly be a bigger tw@t there he is. |
Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart… |  | | |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:15 - Jan 20 with 5146 views | lowhouseblue |
he's either not taken his meds or he's taken too much. you never can tell. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:16 - Jan 20 with 5138 views | Keno |
He’s just paying a tribute to comedian Frank Sanazi |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:17 - Jan 20 with 5107 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 by ElderGrizzly |
Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart… |
To be fair, the advice is to mimic your audience if you want to establish a report with them  | |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:24 - Jan 20 with 4981 views | BlueBadger |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:15 - Jan 20 by lowhouseblue |
he's either not taken his meds or he's taken too much. you never can tell. |
He just has Very Real Concerns. |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:27 - Jan 20 with 4926 views | lowhouseblue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:24 - Jan 20 by BlueBadger |
He just has Very Real Concerns. |
jeez you're repetitively dull. | |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:31 - Jan 20 with 4878 views | Swailsey |
People have already begun to try and rationalise it/say it wasn’t intended.
If it quacks like a duck.. |  |
| Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:32 - Jan 20 with 4853 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 by ElderGrizzly |
Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart… |
You’ll have seen Monbiot’s views on what’s happening over there presumably? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/19/donald-trump-elon-musk-cla
I’ve got a lot of time for Monbiot, as he seems to value what I see as important (the state of the planet we live on, striving for all and not just the privileged few, etc). I haven’t been paying much attention to the Presidential ongoings, as Trump’s ramblings are an energy suck, but his plans announced in his inauguration speech sound horrific. It’s just a green light for the mega-rich to rape the planet and the rest of us. | |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:42 - Jan 20 with 4700 views | ElderGrizzly |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:32 - Jan 20 by Swansea_Blue |
You’ll have seen Monbiot’s views on what’s happening over there presumably? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/19/donald-trump-elon-musk-cla
I’ve got a lot of time for Monbiot, as he seems to value what I see as important (the state of the planet we live on, striving for all and not just the privileged few, etc). I haven’t been paying much attention to the Presidential ongoings, as Trump’s ramblings are an energy suck, but his plans announced in his inauguration speech sound horrific. It’s just a green light for the mega-rich to rape the planet and the rest of us. |
It wasn’t an accident that all the billionaires were on the front row and his cabinet were in the row behind.
That’s where the power is now. | | | |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:44 - Jan 20 with 4661 views | Guthrum |
It's ok, it's just a Roman salute (at least, that's what Italian footballers say). |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:00 - Jan 20 with 4523 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:44 - Jan 20 by Guthrum |
It's ok, it's just a Roman salute (at least, that's what Italian footballers say). |
The Roman Salute which is also apparently a myth popularised by some French artist type about 200 years ago(ish). I think. I believe it’s been shown to be bobbins when these numpties have tried to pass Nazi salutes off as ‘Roman Salutes’ before. You probably know more about that than me. [Post edited 20 Jan 23:01]
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:12 - Jan 20 with 4429 views | factual_blue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:44 - Jan 20 by Guthrum |
It's ok, it's just a Roman salute (at least, that's what Italian footballers say). |
It was also the Olympic salute, until things started getting a bit tricky.
And, talking of tricky, there's this little embarrassment....
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-22120274 |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:22 - Jan 20 with 4366 views | Guthrum |
Friend of mine's father competed at the 1936 Olymics. Wasn't impressed by Hitler, apparently. | |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 00:12 - Jan 21 with 4215 views | reusersfreekicks |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:31 - Jan 20 by Swailsey |
People have already begun to try and rationalise it/say it wasn’t intended.
If it quacks like a duck.. |
If it quacks like a duck it's a nazi sympathiser |  | | |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 06:25 - Jan 21 with 3825 views | iamatractorboy |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 by ElderGrizzly |
Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart… |
I think Elon must spell 'heart' with a double h at the start. |  | | |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 10:17 - Jan 21 with 3435 views | factual_blue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:22 - Jan 20 by Guthrum |
Friend of mine's father competed at the 1936 Olymics. Wasn't impressed by Hitler, apparently. |
I wasn't sure about Adolf, but that sort of first-hand testimony convinces me he was a wrong 'un. | |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 18:38 - Jan 21 with 3053 views | DJR |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:20 - Jan 20 by Guthrum |
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In its fascist sense, the salute has its origins in Italy, and there is currently an interesting series on dictators on BBC Sounds, the latest of which concerns Mussolini.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k9jy89
Interestingly though, Mussolini got his ideas on this and other fascist symbolism from Gabriele D'Annunzio
D'Annunzio has been described as the John the Baptist of Italian fascism, as virtually the entire ritual of Fascism was invented by D'Annunzio during his occupation of Fiume and his leadership of the Italian Regency of Carnaro.
These included the balcony address, the Roman salute, the cries of "Eia, eia, eia! Alala!" taken from Achilles's cry in the Iliad, the dramatic and rhetorical dialogue with the crowd, the use of religious symbols in new secular settings, as well as blackshirted followers (the Arditi) with their disciplined, bestial responses and strongarm repression of dissent.
He was even said to have originated the practice of forcibly dosing opponents with large amounts of castor oil, a very effective laxative, to humiliate, disable, or kill them, a practice that became a common tool of Mussolini's Blackshirts. |  | | |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:02 - Jan 21 with 2937 views | Trequartista |
This is all about the difference between optics and reality
1) The salutes look extremely dodgy
2) He's not a Nazi. If he was this would be an absurd way to announce it. |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:09 - Jan 21 with 2887 views | iamatractorboy |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:02 - Jan 21 by Trequartista |
This is all about the difference between optics and reality
1) The salutes look extremely dodgy
2) He's not a Nazi. If he was this would be an absurd way to announce it. |
Do you not think that absurd things are rather likely with Trump and his entourage? | | | |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:10 - Jan 21 with 2881 views | tractordownsouth |
Every Tory/Reform politician that inevitably makes excuses for this gesture on TV should be asked to mimic it themselves, if they truly believe it wasn’t a nazi salute.
I doubt any of them will because deep down they know it’s indefensible. |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 20:15 - Jan 21 with 2727 views | NewcyBlue |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:27 - Jan 20 by lowhouseblue |
jeez you're repetitively dull. |
Badger’s comment made me chuckle. I guess observational comedy isn’t your thing. |  |
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| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 20:17 - Jan 21 with 2700 views | J2BLUE |
| I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 20:15 - Jan 21 by NewcyBlue |
Badger’s comment made me chuckle. I guess observational comedy isn’t your thing. |
We've only heard the joke about 3000 times. | |
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