Elon Musk's guide to karma catching up with you

ELON Musk is on his way out after becoming a political liability. So if you’ve done a lot of bad shit and fear karmic retribution, what is the best course of action? Luckily Elon himself is here to advise.

Don’t bother barricading yourself indoors

It turns out karma isn’t a physical thing that can come and get you like a monster, so it’s a total waste of nine hours boarding up the windows of your luxury penthouse and nailing the doors shut. That’s the last f**king time I ask Grok something.

Go into denial

Deep down you know your misfortunes are your own fault, but thanks to being in deep denial I now realise I am totally blameless. It’s all the fault of the American public, who are too dumb to realise they don’t need social security and that paying $100,000 for an SUV that rarely works is worth it because it looks like a fake futuristic vehicle from a 1980s sci-fi film.

Take drugs 

When faced with serious problems, you need the clarity of mind only drugs can bring. It’s worked brilliantly in the past – blazing up a doobie is what convinced me of the feasibility of making people live in claustrophobic pods on the lifeless planet Mars. I’ve also been ‘microdosing’ with ketamine, which is taking loads of ketamine but pretending it’s scientific.

Look for the deeper karmic meaning 

Events which seem negative may be part of a bigger cosmic plan, and you just haven’t seen the big picture yet. Unfortunately, it seems the cosmic plan is for me to humiliatingly go back to a bunch of failing businesses like Tesla, whose board and shareholders would like to castrate me with a blunt knife because I’ve wiped out their profits by being a creepy fascist fanboy.

Show humility

This morning I showed humility by tearfully begging Donald to let me stay in his inner circle where I’m safe from going to prison because of all my lies to investors. Then JD Vance said: ‘You can stay if you eat a cat turd.’ With my logical genius brain I realised this was the correct course of action, so he went and got a cat turd and I ate it while they laughed hysterically. But it turns out it was a lie and I’m still fired. Also it must have been a very big cat, now I think about it.

Run

I doubt you can literally outrun fate, but by now I should have been able to hop into one of my terrestrial passenger rockets and hide away anywhere on earth while I come up with a plan. Unfortunately those, along with the Hyperloop, full self-driving vehicles, solar roof tiles, robo-taxis, household robots, flying cars, being a top gamer and landing on the moon, were total bullshit.

Remember your partner loves you 

When the world seems against you, it’s a huge comfort to turn to a partner who understands your innermost thoughts and fears. Unfortunately these days I am too much of a weirdo even for fruit loops like Amber Heard and Grimes, so it looks like tonight I’ll be finding solace in the poorly-constructed arms of a Tesla Optimus robot again.

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How Americans will be turning Liberation Day into a tacky, OTT celebration like they always do

APRIL 2nd will go down in history as Liberation Day, according to Donald Trump. Here’s how America will come to celebrate its raft of new tariffs in typically taste-free fashion.

The ceremonial pardoning of the Tesla

Innocent Tesla Cybertrucks were attacked in the run-up to Liberation Day, so as part of the day’s naff festivities a specially-chosen Tesla will be performatively granted a reprieve from protestors on the lawn of the White House, before being ‘set free’ to roam the streets of Washington DC. For MAGA types, this nonsense will be a deeply moving, tear-jerking scene.

Dumping foreign products into New York Harbor

Polluting their harbours in response to taxation is a traditional way for Americans to celebrate liberty, so it will make a weird amount of sense to dump foreign vehicle parts, pharmaceuticals and quality food products into their waters every April 2nd. Future generations reenacting this event will even be able to dress up in the archaic red baseball caps true patriots wore at the time.

Eating weird liberation-themed meals

Liberation dinner will be the highlight of every April 2nd, with friends and family coming together to eat weird American concoctions freed from the shackles of rationality. The main course will be a giant home-baked Oreo cookie, served with lashings of grits and washed down with jugs of liquidised hot dogs. Between courses, everyone will toast the global depression that’s still going on years later.

Hosting a parade of giant inflatable American brand logos

With its giant inflatable Kermits and Buzz Lightyears, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade may seem like a void at the heart of American culture, but it will look like the Renaissance compared to the Liberation Day version. Crowds will be lost in respectful patriotism as the Fox News logo floats overhead, and children will squeal excitedly as their beloved Nike Swoosh hoves into view. Truly the stuff that families make cherished memories from.

Folding it into an NFL halftime show

No American celebration would be complete without inserting it into an NFL game. Come the halftime show on Liberation Day, viewers will be treated to Kendrick Lamar spitting bars about countries facing the biggest tariffs, and cheerleaders will enthusiastically spell out America’s diminished credit rating. Worst of all, you’ll be expected to stay up to an ungodly hour and watch it.