258 points

For fuck’s sake… imagine finding out your father, the richest man in the world, fought to only have to pay your mother less than $3000 a month in child support!

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I think out of all the things I’ve heard about Elon Musk, this might be the thing that disgusts me the most.

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But surprises me the least

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Yeah, men like him get off on punishing women after having sex with them.

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41 points

He’s a shit dad all around, which is why his kids hate him.

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Clearly you haven’t seen his summer vacation pics. I had know idea that he was Mayor McCheese under those black shirts.

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Well, if he didn’t live there and have to pay so litttle, he woudln’t be the richest man in the world, would he?

/s

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10 points

For three kids. So 1k each.

It’s not about the money. It’s about power. He needs her to need him, because no woman in their right mind would fuck with him without that dependency.

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If I were that judge, I’d make him conform to what a shitheal.

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where $3k a month is literally a rounding error on the dickface’s net worth. I bet he spends $3k a month on rogain.

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It’s like he’s taken a page out of Steve Jobs’ book but not gone as far to say the kid isn’t his at all

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The issue is not that it’s to limit to less than 3k. It’s to have a limit at to begin with (California doesn’t have any, so it might cost him dozens or hundreds of thousands a month). Plus, maybe he’s got more chances to keep custody (shared) in Texas than California.

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Sounds like he should have thought about that before having kids.

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so it might cost him dozens or hundreds of thousands a month

Oh no! The man worth hundreds of billions might have to pay far less than 1% of his wealth to his kids! They’re bleeding him dry, I tell you!

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He wouldn’t be paying it to his kids though, but their mom.

$3k in child support is more than most get, who said he hasn’t set up a trust fund for the kid when it grows up / isn’t giving it stocks / inheritance?

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Shared custody? Do you really think he gives a fossilized shit about his kids? How the hell would this broke-brain loser show everyone that he studied the blade while we were all partying, if he has to raise them?

What would his conversations with his son be like, anyway?

“Dad look I can tie my shoe!“ “Yes”

“Dad I got a A!” “Looking into it”

“Dad I think I might like boys…” “Pure evil”

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Imagine spending $100/day solely on your child. This is a crazy amount of money already, why is everyone upset?

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Oh, you must be unaware of who this is. He is (or was, we’ll see after his Xitter debacle) actually one of the richest men on the planet, and despite being able to pay thousands a day solely on his own child without even noticing, he’s going to great lengths to avoid paying more than the absolute bare minimum for his own child.

Hope that clears it up.

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The mother still pays and is very capable of providing. 3k is not the bare minimum when it’s, by decree, the maximum allowed by the state.

It’s not because you can spend that you should and want to spend your money (I could spend more than I do, I prefer keeping some for emergencies and special projects and investments.

Texas has a child support limit, but it might not be the only reason he wants to do it the, he might have more chance to keep custody there over California.

People keep downvoting anyone who is not against Elon Musk, no need to be supportive of him, just simply stating that some arguments against him might be wrong is enough to get downvoted to hell.
This is just Reddit all over again.

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In what world is $2700/month “the absolute bare minimum” for a child? What amount seems reasonable to support a small child?

Or, more to the point, why is everyone pretending that’s not an outrageous amount?

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And on California rent… child support doesn’t need to go directly to your child, groceries and rent/utilities are also considered a valid use

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Yea it’s not $100 of Teddy bears and candy

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155 points

So, he’s a deadbeat dad and a Nazi. I bet he thinks he’s manly as fuck.

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40806-022-00318-z

Psychopathic men are more likely to have lots of children, with minimal regard in actually being a parent to those children.

If it quacks like a duck…

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12 points

Did you see that picture of him wielding a katana?? He’s the epitome of manliness!

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Mr. “Popullation Collapse” thinks supporting children he creates is too difficult? WOMP WOMP

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For the love of god, can we stop treating everything he does like it’s news? Let him be a shitty person in some dark corner, don’t feed his ego by putting him in headlines.

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48 points

Hard disagree. It would be one thing if he was just off in his corner by himself being a terrible person, but he’s very much always in the limelight and has a whole cult of personality worshipping the ground he walks on. We need articles like this as a counter to all the ass-kissing going on.

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The cult of personality thing is the big part IMO. If it was just him being a piece of shit without any influence, then whatever. But he has a cult following that are influenced by him and his actions (plus Twitter seems now designed to push his thoughts). It’s important that the vast majority of people understand that Musk is an idiot and a piece of shit. It needs to be lame and gross to like him.

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He’s always in the limelight because of these “news” articles, not in spite of them. Can we not collectively decide to ignore him and let him die in irrelevance?

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I really don’t understand this constant complaint that comes up whenever a news story about Musk is posted. Of course it is newsworthy that the (once) richest man on Earth is doing this, and providing news about what these billionaire oligarchs are up to is definitely part of a relevant newsfeed.

Keeping their actions in the dark only helps normalising their existence and behaviour.

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Yes, if it involves politics or the economy, but this is just interpersonal drama between him and his ex

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He’s also super-effective at dismissing the notion that billionaires earned what they have, and the concept of meritocraty under capitalism - he’s clearly far too stupid to be worthy.

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To be honest, I find his limitless villainy fascinating and it’s hard to look away. It’s like watching a slow motion Tesla crash

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just to clarify, is this the kid he used a random password generator to name?

Fuck musk.

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Fuck musk.

Do you want him to have even more kids? 'Cause that’s how he gets even more kids!

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Nah, most of (all?) his kids seem to be ivf babies. It’s either down to his need to have perfect embryos to choose from a bunch or he hates sex or he’s ruined by porn or some combination of the three.

Honestly, I think that’s part of which he has taken his one kid being trans so badly. He chose their gender for them before they were even implanted. How dare they try to change after he made the decision.

Deranged behavior either way.

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I thought he artificially inseminated in order to get his kids for some reason.

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well, there are ways to do so so, without the risk of children. I’m more concerned he might like it.

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