Elon Musk believes that we’re living in a simulation. Was he trying to prove it at a recent red carpet event? Eagle-eyed TikTok users spotted the similarities between the world’s richest man and a character from the videogame, The Sims. While some believe that Musk may be an NPC (non-playable character), the serial rocket-exploder struck a series of poses strikingly similar to a playable character in The Sims. This comparison with the character selection screen is uncannily accurate, with even the circular decal Musk stands on reflected in the character animation. The attributes assigned to the character are also accurate.
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The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day
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digital screen recording of @purplenurple10000’s TikTok stream
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Moving image file/Digital
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00:23 seconds, looped