Even the $44 billion didn't help.

Somehow, this looks less worse than whatever he is now

There's something endearing about a young person trying to look cool by being edgy, completely oblivious to the fact that everyone sees through their facade. When a middle aged man is still trying to look cool by being edgy it's decidedly less endearing.
- Ok but he wasn't really a young person 9 years ago
  Edit: I thought someone mentioned this was 9 years ago but I don't see where I could have read that, so nevermind. Also, fuck that guy.
- There’s something endearing about a young person trying to look cool by being edgy, completely oblivious to the fact that everyone sees through their facade.
  not really
Post this at him on Twitter, captioned “you wish your hair was this good”
- But that would require me actually using Twitter
It has evolved.

Fuckin' dress like an awkward edgelord, go for it.

When this picture was the worst thing he was known for, his reputation was better than it is now

Elon Scissorhands.

Emo Musk
- Emo Husk
- E for Whatever.

ngl, this looks way cooler than the current Elon Musk.

That’s clearly Michael Jackson

"Permanently removed from the internet forever." Once it's on the internet, it'll be there till the day you die.

But thanks to modern SEO, Ads and useless algorithms I can't find shit
Once it’s on the internet, it’ll be there till the day you die.
Unless it's something you want to stay. Then it vanishes into the ether, and nobody seems to have it archived anywhere.
EDIT: Join us at !datahoarder@lemmy.ml or /r/datahoarder (unfortunately the datahoarder community is mostly active on Reddit still).
- It’s always sad. I read a bit about hobby gameboy game development and a few sites where stilll up, but a lot of links where dead. A few tools just disappeared with all download links dead.
That implies that all your photos disappear the moment you die
- Whoops, but you know what I'm getting at right?
Sometimes your photos appear only after you die!
Unless you actually want it scrubbed.
I’m reminded every year on my Facebook memories of this fact when I posted the Donald Trump Oprah interview where he said he’d run as a Republican because they’re the dumbest voters and we had a long conversation about it in my feed, and the video is removed. And every instance of it is gone. And snopes has a fake fact check on it, claiming it was from a magazine and was false. And people have discussions about it being a Mandela effect thing.
Except we quote it in our conversations on my old Facebook post.
The internet is not a bastion of unfettered memory that cannot be manipulated. That whole thing shattered that illusion for me.

Adios, turd nuggets
- Hey, tell me, how much do clothes cost in the Matrix?
They really missed out in Avatar by not giving his character metal legs.

What are you doing, JP?

- Love me some grandmas boy references.

If only someone had saved it and could upload it again...

you know full well that's not how the internet works, son
- Yes, of cause, everyone things it will be online forever, no need to save it. Well, in this case it would have been good.

What's the context here?

This picture used to exist on the internet, but Musk was able to permanently remove it forever.
- I wish I could see it just one more time.
- Elon: Thank goodness.
Barbra Streisand made it so that celebrities can delete things from the Internet permanently
- Oh yeah she had a lot of success with that didn't she
It's also apparently a Halloween party photo but he did have removed forever from the Internet
Celeb Halloween party. Honestly, it's pretty dope if he was going for 80s punk(ish). We're the same age and I would have worn that in '89 or so. (Except I was far too broke to sport a coat like that. Fried fries at McDonalds to get my motorcycle jacket, best I could do.)
- Fried fries at McDonald's to get my motorcycle jacket, best I could do
  As someone who has worked fast food and currently works retail, there is no shame in that. Sometimes you gotta go through hell to get what you want. 🤜

not enough hee hee

Elon is like.

Adios. Turd nuggets!
- JP you're fuckin' weird

That's the chick from resident evil right

did he ever explain why he hates that photo so much? I think it's kinda dapper with an attitude. Not entirely a bad photo.

Probably because it looks like he only speaks in anime quotes and brings his plastic replica katana ("well ackchyually, it's a tachi, as you can see because of the way...") when going to the mall with his mom.
- Nobody likes to admit to them. To the mistakes they've made because of their youth.

I never saw it again

Jesus christ. Who ordered the douche sauce with extra douche

Why ?? This looks far far better than what he looks now i kinda think its cool ngl. Also i do hate elone but this kinda goes hard feels like something depp would wear (i don't know why i made that comparison)