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Time magazine announced it has selected Elon Musk as Person of the Year Award for 2021 in a vote by the Time editorial board. It raised three questions:
- Baby Boomers asked who is Elon Musk?
- Gen Xers asked what's Time's Person of the Year Award?
- Millennials asked what's a magazine?
-- Argus Hamilton, Rogue Report 15-Dec-2021
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Time Person of the Year - Wikipedia[^]
Quote: Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary, the designation is often regarded as an honor, and spoken of as an award or prize, simply based on many previous selections of admirable people.[9] However, Time magazine points out that controversial figures such as Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957) and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impact on events.[10]
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Baby Boomers asked who is Elon Musk?
He probably makes perfume.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Gen Xers asked what's Time's Person of the Year Award?
A glossy piece of paper with your picture on it.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Millennials asked what's a magazine?
It's like a clickbait site, but with less adverts.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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We got a winner here! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: It's like a clickbait site, but with less adverts.
You will never believe what I did next, on reading that!
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Or the gamer Millenials(The ones who played the original Call of Duty and Halo: Combat Evolved)
"It's an ammo holder that puts in ammo to be fired in an assault rifle..."
Then their conspiracy theory middle brother:"Oh no, I knew this would happen! Elon Musk and the major media are going to TAKE OVER THE WORLD WITH GUNS AND ROCKET NUKES!!!"
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OriginalGriff wrote: but with less adverts.
Eh, I tried reading Wired several times and had to dodge so many adverts. Also all the gun magazines (no not gun magazines, gun magazines) available in my country are full of adverts to the brim.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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exactly my (and some friends' too) thoughts
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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We’ve been doomed from the very beginning. 
Hang on and enjoy the ride.
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
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Outside of his political and religious views and his financial status, I like Elon. I think he is major technological influence for mankind.
Like him or hate him, he is fighting the good fight, IMHO.
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Agreed.
In a world increasingly full of truly horrible politicians, gawd awful "news" media and woke celebritards Elon is a breath of fresh air.
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Be careful, he might decide to run for President. Remember that guy called Trump?
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James Lonero wrote: Be careful, he might decide to run for President.
Don't worry, he was born in South Africa to South African / Canadian parents, I don't think he's eligible.
James Lonero wrote: Remember that guy called Trump?
Of course! I voted for him... twice!
Not because I felt he would be / was a great president. While I didn't much care for his personality and arrogance I did prefer many of his actual policies. Definitely better than the drivel coming from the feckless moron in the oval office now.
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His views on almost everything seem inconsistent, to put it mildly. His financial status doesn't bother me, but how he obtained much of it does. He's often highly entertaining[^], though!
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yeah super entertaining, this guy. we def need to keep giving this guy a bigger tax break than the rest of us.
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Remember that the Person Of The Year is not always for good people.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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If it had been, they should've given it to Katalin Kariko (or Drew Weissman)
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From Wikipedia (YMMV)
Quote: However, Time magazine points out that controversial figures such as Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957) and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impact on events.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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People magazine really showed up Time this year by putting Dolly Parton (our national treasure) on the cover.
Elon Musk is basically just "some rich jerk" by comparison.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I personally don't like her singing (I don't like country music in general), but I have to admit that she's a better choice for a magazine cover than Elon Musk.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm not a fan of her music, but I'm totally a Dolly Parton fan.
Real programmers use butterflies
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