• jsomae
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        5 hours ago

        His arm goes out to the side, in a beckoning motion; the nazi salute goes forward.

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          It is a Nazi salute.

          Musk is just shit at performing it. It’s still a Nazi salute.

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            4 hours ago

            While the final pose is practically identical to a Nazi solute, the motion is completely different. Hitler’s lifts straight up, like a crane; Musk’s sweeps out from the heart. That’s why I was not sure.

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              While the final pose is practically identical to a Nazi solute, the motion is completely different.

              “it’s only a nazi salute if it is from the Nazideuxe region of France!”

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          Consider for the moment that he’s rolling his face off so he’s just doing what comes natural and makes him feel warm inside.

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      5 hours ago

      I’m asking this genuinely, how did the salute Elon gave differ from what you think a nazi salute is?

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        Okay, I reviewed what the actual Nazi salute looks like. Having done this, I actually do think this strongly resembles a Nazi salute. I think p>80% this was intentional.

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        5 hours ago

        Seriously? You approve of this dirtbag enough to use him as a reaction image?

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            I still think ~20% chance he was not channeling a Nazi salute here and it was just a coincidentally similar gesture. If it was just a coincidentally similar gesture, it’s still likely he’d have repeated it, so the fact that he repeated it doesn’t sway me much.