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Posting this here in case anyone is interested. This is a top seller in Amazon. BigW also selling at the same price, they must be price-matched by Amazon. Other stores like Dymock selling at $46, but the rest of the stores selling it at $55.

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  • jv on 14/09/2023 - 15:08
    +117

    musk: /mʌsk/ noun
    A strong-smelling reddish-brown substance which is secreted by the male musk deer.
    💩

    • ihfree on 14/09/2023 - 15:20
      +20

      It's pink once it's processed and packaged

      • SBOB on 14/09/2023 - 15:21
        +12

        almost the same cover art also

      • entropysbane on 15/09/2023 - 13:07

        Loved musk sticks as a kid. Now I find them too sweet.

    • haru on 14/09/2023 - 16:47
      +40

      jv: /dʒeɪvi/ noun
      A prolific commenter on the internet forum OzBargain with a compulsive penchant for employing boldface on every comment they post.
      🤓

      • jv on 14/09/2023 - 16:55
        +3

        employing boldface on every comment they post.

        Lie…

        • Tiggrrrrr on 14/09/2023 - 17:00
          +4

          Looks like bold orange…

        • haru on 14/09/2023 - 18:19
          +1

          Apologies, I should have written most

      • Travelbug on 14/09/2023 - 19:03
        +1

        Who is he? Searched Google- nothing, searched Twitter - X, then my STARLINK internet dropped out.

    • Vanceer on 14/09/2023 - 18:18
      +2

      Mr Musk and his Muskmobiles(also known as Teslas).

      • Forth on 15/09/2023 - 08:48

        I like what Louis Rossmann calls them, Meme cars.

    • Yummy on 14/09/2023 - 19:19
      +2

      That is Amber's job.

  • MA87033 on 14/09/2023 - 15:08
    +4

    This, is Elon Musk.

  • tof on 14/09/2023 - 15:10
    +12

    In before mass comment deletions.

  • johnkash on 14/09/2023 - 15:10

    Correction: I meant the rest of the stores selling from $45 to $60

    • ihfree on 14/09/2023 - 15:13
      +1

      Checks out - cheapest on Booko

      Guess the deal has that going for it.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 15:11
    +38

    What an ass ….. releases a private photo of his ex-partner to stoke interest in his stoopid life story.

    • CptnObvious on 14/09/2023 - 15:13
      -1

      amber? I would watch

      • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 15:16
        +14

        He also released a photo/vid of another partner showing her Cesarean scar & couldn't understand why she got upset with him.

        What a simpleton!

        • Andard on 15/09/2023 - 10:11

          Elon Musk a simpleton lol.

      • ConsumerAffairs on 14/09/2023 - 15:22
        +8

        Just watch out for the "dog" turd on the bed

    • ihuntbargains on 14/09/2023 - 15:34
      +44

      He's such a "How do you do fellow kids" kinda guy.
      Man has been married, had kids, got divorced and seen other women since he dated amber, yet still kept those pictures.
      So (profanity) weird that the dude is 52 years old and still got the mentality of a teen.

      • Gehirn on 14/09/2023 - 15:42
        +14

        Even the books summary calls him out on that.

        He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.

      • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 15:53
        +2

        I know! I appreciate that he is neurodivergent however there's no excuse for some of the crap he does.

        • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 16:40
          +6

          I appreciate that he is neurodivergent however there's no excuse for some of the crap he does.

          You accept he's neurodivergent but there's no excuse for being neurodivergent? Are you also neurodivergent? I know I am…

          • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 17:13
            +7

            @1st-Amendment: Aren't we all though? For me personally, it's a matter of degrees and I'm not a fan of labels, at the best of times.

            If his personality is such that he is unable to ascertain the inappropriateness of some of the crap he pulls, even when it is pointed out to him then why should he or anyone else, for that matter, receive a free pass?

            • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 17:22

              @[Deactivated]:

              he is unable to ascertain the inappropriateness of some of the crap he pulls

              You think you are better placed to judge the appropriateness of someone you have never even met? Or did you just see an out of context snippet of something on Tiktok and think you know better?

              • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 17:35
                +7

                @1st-Amendment: I judge ppl based upon how they conduct themselves & how they treat others.

                • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 17:37

                  @[Deactivated]:

                  I judge ppl based upon how they conduct themselves & how they treat others.

                  How did Elon conduct himself when you met him?

                  • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 17:49
                    +7

                    @1st-Amendment: What point are you trying to make?

                    Do you condone his behaviour just because he's neurodivergent?

                  • ArjaytheGuy on 14/09/2023 - 17:55
                    +5

                    @1st-Amendment: Thats kinda like saying "that paedophile never molested me as a child, he seemed like such a nice man".

                    Do you think you can only judge things based on your own individual lived experience?

                    • SBOB on 14/09/2023 - 18:00
                      +2

                      @ArjaytheGuy:

                      Do you think you can only judge things based on your own individual lived experience?

                      As they've never met Biden or Trump I assume they judge or rate them both equally 'good guys' as well.

                    • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 19:01
                      -3

                      @ArjaytheGuy:

                      Do you think you can only judge things based on your own individual lived experience?

                      Nope, nor did I say that anywhere. Take your Strawman back your cave…

                  • SBOB on 14/09/2023 - 17:55
                    +3

                    @1st-Amendment:

                    How did Elon conduct himself when you met him?

                    Exactly, if you haven't met someone you clearly can't just judge them based on things they've done or said right..

                    Btw, I'd be curious on your opinion on people like Pol Pot or Stalin is, considering you've never met them. Want about Biden?.

                    • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 19:01
                      -6

                      @SBOB:

                      Exactly, if you haven't met someone you clearly can't just judge them based on things they've done or said right..

                      Another Strawman… keep them coming…

              • try2bhelpful on 14/09/2023 - 17:56
                +7

                @1st-Amendment: Ya know, I never met Hitler or Stalin but I’m pretty sure I’m right in calling them out for how they behaved.

                  • freefall101 on 14/09/2023 - 18:12
                    +12

                    @Blatantlie: A you some kind of right wing version of needing to tell everyone you're a vegan? No one even mentioned their political alignment.

                    • Blatantlie on 14/09/2023 - 20:25
                      -8

                      @Tacosaurus Rex: Hmm. Very Intresting read. Hitlers govt was very similiar to china where the economy is capitalist but the government is leftist. The capitalism was in total control of the govt.

                      The bigger issue still remains, i.e. crusading. Crusading against specific set of people or a person should be discouraged. There is only one possible outcome of crusading and that is absolute power. And thats why we should be careful about demonizing anyone, be it musk or marx because if we get our wish and eradicate them from our society, we would open up a avenue to eradicate anyone by mere crusading…logic takes back seat with crusading.
                      And internet and this thread has become a crusaders palace in a way.
                      Some crusade with points by voting negative on comments and some by writing comments. But crusading this is.

                      • Tacosaurus Rex on 14/09/2023 - 21:29
                        +5

                        @Blatantlie: Fascism and totalitarianism are not ideologies of left wing politics. But this has nothing to do with “crusading”. Nobody else is saying we eradicate anybody except your post. Musk has done more than enough to warrant his criticism.

                        But feel free to buy 50 copies?

                        • rokufan on 15/09/2023 - 02:09
                          -3

                          @Tacosaurus Rex:

                          totalitarianism are not ideologies of left wing politics

                          People who lived or are living under communist tyranny would disagree.

                  • Blatantlie on 14/09/2023 - 19:57
                    -7

                    @Blatantlie: I wonder how stating a fact without taking sides can earn downvotes.
                    I probably don't care much about one person, but the whole super passionate person bashing here is ridiculous.

                    Hitler came into power because jews were similiarly demonized. Pol pot came into power because Chinese, vietnamese and chams were demonized.

                    Crusading always and always results in only one thing - dictatorship, poverty and breakdown of society.

                    • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 09:35
                      +1

                      @Blatantlie:

                      I wonder how stating a fact without taking sides can earn downvotes

                      Because half the population are emotionally driven. They don't really care about facts, they see something that disagrees with their existing world view and they try to shut it down.

                      • try2bhelpful on 15/09/2023 - 09:38
                        +3

                        @1st-Amendment: I think you have very perfectly summed up your own posts. They are very emotionally driven, especially given the enormous number of posts you make whenever someone raises a topic you disagree with. They are often full of personal abuse as well. Right now I’m commenting on your behaviour, not you as a person.

                        • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 09:50

                          @try2bhelpful:

                          especially given the enormous number of posts you make whenever someone raises a topic you disagree with

                          Another logic error. You've somehow equated number of posts with a level of emotion?
                          Please explain this connection so we may understand how you drew that bizarre conclusion?

                          Right now I’m commenting on your behaviour, not you as a person.

                          And avoiding the subject, because you're in a logical hole and can't figure a way out. It's called cognitive dissonance and it entirely expected behaviour when your ideas don't stand up to scrutiny.

                      • SBOB on 15/09/2023 - 10:05
                        +1

                        @1st-Amendment:

                        Because half the population are emotionally driven. They don't really care about facts, they see something that disagrees with their existing world view and they try to shut it down.

                        Everyone agrees, they just dont agree on which half of the population this relates to :)

                        • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 10:16

                          @SBOB:

                          Everyone agrees, they just dont agree on which half of the population this relates to :)

                          Which is where deductive logic comes in. It determines the difference, and it doesn't care what you believe.

                          • try2bhelpful on 15/09/2023 - 13:28

                            @1st-Amendment: We agree, it is just your arguments that lack the logic. This is shown by the fact you keep posting over and over again rather than thinking your existing arguments stand on their own.

                            • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 13:53

                              @try2bhelpful:

                              it is just your arguments that lack the logic.

                              Something logical or not because you say so. Simply claiming this in itself is not logical.

                              This is shown by the fact you keep posting over and over again rather than thinking your existing arguments stand on their own.

                              In logic this is called the non-sequitur logical fallacy.
                              Here's a primer if you wish to learn where you went wrong: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Non_sequitur

                  • try2bhelpful on 14/09/2023 - 20:10
                    +2

                    @Blatantlie: You do speak so much twaddle. In fact some of the biggest dictators have used religion as a driving force.

                    • Blatantlie on 14/09/2023 - 21:03

                      @try2bhelpful: Personal attacks define your thought process and the reason is not clear to me. I have not belittled you or anyone else here.

                      Dictators need a reason to crusade against something or someone. Doesn't matter what it is in reality.

                    • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 09:26

                      @try2bhelpful:

                      In fact some of the biggest dictators have used religion as a driving force.

                      Name your top 3 and let's compare.

                • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 19:02

                  @try2bhelpful:

                  Ya know, I never met Hitler

                  Godwin's Law…. I win…

                  • try2bhelpful on 14/09/2023 - 20:06
                    +1

                    @1st-Amendment: Nah mate. I’m making a very valid point here. You might want to look at the comments that Musk has been making about the Jews.

                    • Blatantlie on 14/09/2023 - 21:21
                      -2

                      @try2bhelpful: Which comments? I dont see him making any comments against jews.

                        • Blatantlie on 15/09/2023 - 06:04
                          +1

                          @try2bhelpful: There is nothing he has said against jews there. What exact comment or statement you are talking about?

                          • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 09:06
                            +2

                            @Blatantlie:

                            There is nothing he has said against jews there. What exact comment or statement you are talking about?

                            You're making the mistake of trying to have a rational discussion with an irrational emotionally fragile child. Media/Social Media told him to believe something and he believes it. These types of people are cannot be reasoned with.

                            • try2bhelpful on 15/09/2023 - 09:11

                              @1st-Amendment: Funnily enough Hitler complained about the Jewish businessman as well. If you want to talk about emotional children have a look at people like Musk. They really don’t like their world views challenged. Neither do you guys.

                              • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 09:16

                                @try2bhelpful:

                                Funnily enough Hitler…

                                So you can't find a shred of evidence to support your crazy claim. Got it…

                        • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 09:04

                          @try2bhelpful:

                          https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/elon-musk-blames-…

                          Lol, So you got nothing, which was entirely expected…

                          • try2bhelpful on 15/09/2023 - 09:35

                            @1st-Amendment: No, I’ve pointed out the similarities. In both cases the attacks began on the influence the Jewish people have in areas of finance and commerce. My original point was valid as well. You don’t need to know someone to assess how they are behaving in public. I’m not sure why you guys are getting so upset at some person challenging your views on a bargain website.

                            • 1st-Amendment on 15/09/2023 - 09:44

                              @try2bhelpful:

                              No, I’ve pointed out the similarities.

                              No, you made up some stuff then proved a link which contained nothing to support it.

                              In both cases the attacks began on the influence the Jewish people

                              You are yet to provide any evidence that Elon is 'attacking Jewish people'. And despite having zero evidence you compared him to Hitler. It truly is a bizarre leap of logic which makes you look a little unhinged.

                              You don’t need to know someone to assess how they are behaving in public

                              Well you should be able to provide evidence to support your view and you are so far incapable of doing that. You're just moaning about someone you really know nothing about based on media stories. That is a terrible way to draw a conclusion on someone's personality.

                              I’m not sure why you guys are getting so upset at some person challenging your views

                              Why do you think I'm upset? This yet another demonstration of you jumping to conclusion with zero evidence.
                              I embrace the challenging of my views. Can you say the same thing? The first step to challenging views is to provide objective evidence, something fundamental to any rational discussion, yet you don't seem to understand.

              • bulletbill88 on 14/09/2023 - 18:11
                +5

                @1st-Amendment: @1st-Amendment

                You think you are better placed to judge the appropriateness of someone you have never even met?

                We don’t need to meet Elon. The evidence that he is a bit of a dick is comprehensive.

                • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 18:51
                  +2

                  @bulletbill88:

                  The evidence…

                  Is that what kids call Tiktok these days….

                • Blatantlie on 14/09/2023 - 18:56
                  -3

                  @bulletbill88: Everyone is a dick at diffrent times in their lives. Yet you judge a book by the good parts and the bad parts togethere by balancing those parts.
                  Focussing on a person and then demonizing them is bad. Reverse the roles and see if you like that yourself.

              • trentgibbo on 14/09/2023 - 18:18
                +5

                @1st-Amendment: What a stupid argument. Because youve never met him you couldn't know? Oh yeah, cause I never met Hitler I can't possibly know he was an a-hole. Meanwhile we know musk called a hero saving kids in Thailand a pedo, we know he paid a PI to dig up dirt on him, we know he fired any employee who threatened to unionize… That sounds a lot like an a-hole

                • ihuntbargains on 14/09/2023 - 18:33
                  +6

                  @trentgibbo: ignore them. They're one of the people that rush to elons defense on any thread.

                • 1st-Amendment on 14/09/2023 - 18:58
                  -1

                  @trentgibbo:

                  What a stupid argument.

                  And you think this is a good argument?

                  That sounds a lot like…

                  You watch too much TV…

                • Blatantlie on 14/09/2023 - 19:03
                  -3

                  @trentgibbo: Are you comparing hitler's killing with calling someone pedo?
                  This is a disrespect to so many innocents who died in the hitler's camps.
                  Have you never called someone a expletive in your life yourself?

            • Shunter86 on 15/09/2023 - 08:33

              @[Deactivated]:

              @1st-Amendment: Aren't we all though?

              Well we are commenting on OzBargain threads so…

        • bargain huntress on 14/09/2023 - 18:22

          I appreciate that he is neurodivergent

          No he is not.

          • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 18:25
            +1

            @bargain huntress: Oh?

            I've read multiple articles that have indicated he is & quoting him as such.

            • bargain huntress on 14/09/2023 - 18:27

              @[Deactivated]: Im not saying there arent plenty of gullible and/or ignorant people who write incorrectly about it.

              Im saying it isnt true.

              Im not sure how much detail I should go into on here.

              • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 18:31
                +1

                @bargain huntress: I would have expected him to have sued the various publications or at the very least, have them issue a retraction if it weren't true.

                How do you know that it's not true?

                • bargain huntress on 14/09/2023 - 18:36
                  +3

                  @[Deactivated]: No you see he wants people to believe that he is neurodiverse, because its more palatable than what he really is.

                  • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 18:41
                    +2

                    @bargain huntress: What is he really?

                    ^ whispers ^ Is he an alien?

          • ihuntbargains on 14/09/2023 - 18:32
            +1

            @bargain huntress: He has said himself that he has Asperger's

            • bargain huntress on 14/09/2023 - 18:36

              @ihuntbargains: He made a joke about it.

              A lie with plausible deniability either way.

              Very calculated.

              • ihuntbargains on 14/09/2023 - 18:42
                +1

                @bargain huntress: He stated something along the lines of "I'm making history tonight, I'm the first person with Asperger's to host SNL"
                Don't know if I can see the joke in that. He did follow it up with a joke though.

          • Blatantlie on 14/09/2023 - 19:00
            -1

            @bargain huntress: Are you a accredited practicing psychologist to say that with so much of confidence? Then you would know that witch hunting is a sign of depression and anxiety. And witch hunting of neuro divergent people has been pretty popular in the past.

        • joele on 15/09/2023 - 10:10
          +1

          There is a huge difference between neurodivergence and being an a*hole, you can be neither, either one or both ;-)

          • [Deactivated] on 15/09/2023 - 10:13
            +1

            @joele: Yes! Although, some ppl have taken to using neurodivergence as a licence to be an ass.

      • ThePasserby on 14/09/2023 - 16:35
        +1

        There are things that money can't buy.

  • Stopback on 14/09/2023 - 15:13
    +7

    When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh.

    He was in the hospital for a week.

    But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 15:19
      +44

      Even though he had an ass for a father, Elon made a choice as to whether to also be an idiot or not & he chose the former

      • bboz on 14/09/2023 - 15:21

        you had me for a sec

        • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 15:23

          Why did you get lost?

          • Lps on 14/09/2023 - 18:36
            +2

            @[Deactivated]: Probably because a bunch of envious dicks couldn’t make the simple choice to ignore a rich dude and instead chose to talk about him ad nauseam in a desperate attempt to appear important themselves.

            • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 18:44

              @Lps: Who did?

      • Stopback on 14/09/2023 - 22:34
        -5

        Former means first.

        Latter means second.

        You mean latter.

        • [Deactivated] on 14/09/2023 - 22:42
          +2

          No, I meant former - he chose to be an idiot. If it was the latter (not) then he wouldn't be the schmuck that he is

    • bargaino on 14/09/2023 - 15:35
      +2

      CNN interview with author. very interesting.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-OomlyAWTo

    • rcgy on 14/09/2023 - 17:08
      +10

      Worth noting that that was because he mocked another student's father's suicide (according to his father Errol, who is also an attention seeking twit).

      Source: https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/elon-musk-made-hurtful-…

    • bargain huntress on 14/09/2023 - 18:24
      +1

      his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.

      Thats a grossly fawning way to describe a cluster b personality disorder.

    • Gnostikos on 14/09/2023 - 19:01
      +6

      When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh.

      The brain damage explains a lot.

    • whyisave on 14/09/2023 - 20:35
      +1

      EM's father had a fling with father's step-daughter,
      and now has children with this step-daughter.

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