this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
532 points (82.0% liked)

Technology

59374 readers
7409 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Elon Musk vows ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers flee X over antisemitism::Tesla founder threatens to take action against media watchdog ‘the split second court opens on Monday’

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

He's more and more turning into Trump minus the dementia. In Germany we have the term "Cäsarenwahn", for when someone loses touch with reality from having too much unchallenged power. Haven't found any English equivalent so maybe it's time for another loan word.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that derived from caesar as in a Roman emperor? Because that's pretty cool if it is.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. It literally means "lunacy of ceasars". Ancient Rome had plenty of examples.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I love it. German has some terrific words.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that is what all of the major dictionaries are translating it as.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

use that word on the Internet and it'll be confused with megalovania

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Cäsarenwahn

Caesar's wank?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is 100% going to run for president at some point unless something stops him from thinking he has a chance.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not of the US anyway, he isn't a Natural Born citizen and that is a constitutional requirement. As I understand it, changing that would require an amendment and as it stands, I can't see any way for that happen with the chaos in government.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ah right, forgot about that. Hopefully that technically keeps his power limited.