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Reconsidering his recent departure from Washington as the words ‘YOU DIED’ appeared once more on his screen, billionaire Elon Musk reportedly weighed a return to politics Monday after his 60th death on the tutorial level of Elden Ring Nightreign. “Seems like these enemies are glitched to be unkillable—maybe I should stop back by the DOGE offices until the devs roll out a patch to fix these hitboxes,” Musk said as he waited to respawn for another attempt, with eyewitnesses reporting that he had died against a weak, sluggish enemy intended only to teach him the basics of lock-on targeting. [...]

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh wow I ate The Onion on this one.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Me too. They are a ray of sunshine on a gloomy day.

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Can't be. Musk would've paid someone who actually is good at the game, not do it himself.

[–] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn, really seems like anything can beat Elon. Tutorial bosses, 5 year old children, ketamine addictions... what next?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The French revolution style?

[–] Honytawk 2 points 3 weeks ago

His own kids