How can someone be stuck in a simulation?
“The Life and Death of Grimes”
“As she readies the release of her new album, Grimes—who now goes by ‘c’—opens up about her influences and relationships, and why she’s decided to kill off her musical persona”
“The trouble with Grimes, she is saying, and why Grimes needs to die soon, is that she (c) needs to be free.” “I’m super bound by the limits I’ve set for myself [with Grimes],” the 31-year-old says.
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“Though last fall it seemed their relationship might be on the rocks, a March (2019) interview that Grimes, born Claire Boucher, gave to the Wall Street Journal’s magazine showed that the two are still together.”
Note: again one side story.
In March 2019 c promotes her new album through Grimes.
This means Grimes is not going to die soon and c will not be free soon.
Also in March/April 2019, she was surprised that Elon made a song ‘RIP Harambe’ with Caroline Polachek as a co-writer. So apparently Grimes was not aware who worked together with her so-called ‘boyfriend’, while sharing the same producer.
“Most recently, Grimes changed her name from Clare to the streamlined, lowercase initial "c," and suggesting in a March 2019 interview with WSJ Magazine that she and Musk were no longer involved,...”
Note: this article stated 'no longer involved'
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Coming back to Grimes’ album. She was supposed to launch her album in the spring / summer of 2019, but it didn't. Her fans were upset.
A new boost for her career is needed once again.
Stage 1: Demand: Boosting up a career (part 2)
“People are saying the ‘cybergirl’ who introduced Elon Musk at Tesla’s Cybertruck unveiling was girlfriend Grimes ...”
Spokespeople for Grimes and Tesla did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.”
Note: in the article below BI stated that the ‘pair’ made their debut at the MET gala in 2017.
BI didn’t got the year right. If you want to present evidence, the evidence should be accurate.
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Grimes was seen in the promotional video of Cyberpunk 2077 with the same clothes.
She also posing in these clothes with the developers.
So her image could be used for the hologram.
But initially it was for a promotion of Cyberpunk 2077.
“As spotted by our pals at PC Gamer, replying to the reveal tweet posted by Elon Musk earlier this week, the official Cyberpunk 2077 twitter account had something to say about the futuristic-looking new vehicle.”
gamesradar.com/if-elon-musks-…
"We had a deal, Elon," an anonymous Cyberpunk rep said to the entrepreneur, to which Musk replied: "See ya in 2077 ;)".
So apparently, there was some sort of a deal.
“Elon Musk drove the #Cybertruck on the weekend with Franz & friends (video, pics)”
According to the pictures shown, there appears a lady with orange hair in front of the car. The entrance of the restaurant is at the back of the car.
The lady walks in front of the cybertruck, what indicates she came with another vehicle to the scene. Later on, she was ‘identified’ by the media as Grimes.
Later on Elon walks from the restaurant to the cybertruck, he clearly comes from behind the cybertruck. When Elon Musk was sitting in his car for minutes alone, a group of people steps in the cybertruck for a ride.
The heart shaped tattoo of Grimes is not shown on the shoulder of the lady in front. Also she appears to have a bigger upper body than Elon. They also don’t exchange words.
If it was Grimes, they don’t seem to have a romantic dinner planned or have a great time at that moment.
“Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at one of the biggest gaming events of the year to support his girlfriend, Grimes”
According to the article: “This was Musk and Grimes' only appearance at The Game Awards.”
So this could be the ‘deal’ with Cyberpunk.
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-game…
Christmas Eve at the Kardashians.
There are several photos taken at that party with Elon Musk and other people. The first 2 pictures, Elon appears to be the same.
In the other picture, Elon looks different. Also Grimes looks not pregnant then. Two weeks later she was.
“grimes twitch stream 21-02-2020 "miss anthropocene q&a" in February 2020.
Grimes is telling her friend Hana that everybody is knocked up, except for Hana, because Hana doesn’t want to work on her career.
So the pregnancy is for advancing her career.
The activation of the 'relationship' and the 'baby' gave her positive attention again, and a head start of her upcoming album.
Did Grimes become now her own simulation?
Stage 2: Resistance: Let people know what's going on.
In a January 2020 interview of CR Fashionbook, the title was choosen ‘GRIMES, THE UNCANNY VALLEY GIRL’.
The interviewer made a review about Grimes and C. The interviewer met Grimes on the day she announced her pregnancy.
“Grimes, I quickly learned, was not Grimes. The person sitting across from me with black lacquered talons detailed in holographic red was C (formerly Claire Boucher). Grimes was the project, C was the artist.”
Note: Grimes announced the pregnancy, not C.
crfashionbook.com/celebrity/a318…
If we look at the pregnancy announcement photos on 10th January 2020, there shouldn’t be any doubt if it was real.
Note: the pentagram sign on her belly has been shifted one side down in the second photo. Wasn’t this noticed by the photographer or was it intentional?
Before Grimes announced her ‘pregnancy’, she tweeted regarding watching independent music die, new paths being forged and that it is lame because there is no easy way to get it to people.
Was this her way of saying she is going to take a certain path that is forged?
When Grimes announced her ‘pregnancy’ on 9th January 2020, there was a conversation between Grimes and Elon.
Some people deciphered ‘x is y’ as an expression yields 'false', meaning Grimes is not pregnant.
Others said it was for revealing the gender.
February 2020: “Grimes will not be sharing the sex of her baby anytime soon. During a YouTube livestream on Friday, the singer responded to a fan who asked if she was going to reveal the sex of her baby on the way.”
people.com/parents/pregna…
So this means the tweet ‘x is y’ in January 2020 is not for revealing the gender.
Also fans are sure it is a promotion for her new album, because of recent performances.
In February Elon tweets ‘feeling cute, might delete later’, where he is showing a T-shirt with ‘Admit Nothing, Deny Everything, Make Counterclaims!’
Was this a reference to the pregnancy?
Also in February on the same day of her live performance at Rhondavous, Grimes tweeted ‘Only art ever saved me, everything else betrayed me’.
Does this mean she can’t get out of the path that is forged by others?
Note: Video’s and pictures of the performance at Rhondavous didn’t show the pregnant bump as seen in the photo’s of January 2020.
“The musician revealed she was pregnant in a cryptic social-media post in January – but until now, neither she nor Musk had confirmed they were having the baby together.”
5th March 2020,“Musician Grimes confirms that Elon Musk is the father of the child she’s expecting in May.”
Business Insider reported this, but didn’t fact-checked it.
At this point there are only an one-side stories and confirmation from Grimes alone.
businessinsider.nl/grimes-pregnan…
On March 9, 2020, SpaceX founder Elon Musk was interviewed by Satellite 2020 conference chair Jeffrey Hill.
You can clearly see a man who was not the Elon Musk we have seen recently or the months before.
Like he was exhausted and maybe even broken.
Why was the ‘father-to-be’ not over the moon and filled with joy?
Why didn’t he already confirmed that he is going to be a father again?
Why ‘Admit Nothing’?
Note: In every media coverage between the announcement of the pregnancy and the birth, there is no media coverage of Elon's side.
Why would the media give Grimes an enormous coverage on her side of the story and don’t ask the father-to-be?
Or did his side of the story not fit the narrative there were spreading.
What if he ‘Denies Everything’ and ‘Make Counterclaims’, the media would look stupid and not trustworthy for not fact-checking.
Note: This isn’t the media’s first time.
Stage 3: Pressure: Create a narrative and become a ‘reliable’ source
While more and more media and Twitter accounts spreading this ‘news’, the number of the persons who are involved in this Simulation starting to grow.
11th February 2020: The NY Post had an article where they stated that Maye Musk reacts to the baby news of her son Elon. Only the question regarding her reaction needed an introduction text.
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Why would the writer do that? Is it to be sure there is no room for other possible assumptions?
They didn’t quote Maye regarding saying “Elon is going to be a father.”
She spoke generally about being excited about grandchildren.
So it could also be about the possible baby news of Kimbal and Christiana Musk that was on Instagram one week before.
Before her ‘pregnancy’, Grimes did interviews about music. Now she was asked to do food diaries, skin care, photo shoots for Rolling Stone, Elle, Vogue etc.
She has received a lot of publicity due to her pregnancy, especially when she confirmed that Elon Musk is the father.
“Everything Grimes Eats During Her Pregnancy | Food Diaries: Bite Size | Harper's BAZAAR”
When you watch the whole video, you will notice that the camera’s position was above her belly almost all the time. Only when Grimes moved, we could catch a glimpse.
Rolling Stone: “Grimes stars in our first-ever standalone digital cover story. Go behind the scenes of her cover shoot.”
In this photo shoot you see a number of different sizes of her belly. Legally, this is smart. Rolling Stone can always say the shoot was meant artistically.
Elle: “These days, the Canadian musician, who no longer goes by Grimes in her personal life but by her nickname, c"
The interview is written in the name of c, not Grimes. The photos that were chosen,doesn’t represent her state of ‘pregnancy’.When comparing with the previous one.
The behind the scene video gives a good impression. Seeing her hair colors and the black roots, this photo shoot had to be later than the Rolling Stone cover shoot.
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Vogue: “Now simply known as c — … — 32-year-old Canadian Claire Boucher made the decision to isolate and take agency over her constellation of selves in 2018. Grimes, the moniker she adopted in 2007, is now her stage name.”
vogue.it/moda/article/g…
Again, different shapes, and not even bigger than the photo of January. The photo they used for the cover doesn’t look like she is pregnant at all.
Due to her interviews and publicity, she became more and more a ‘reliable’ source for the (social) media and fans.
Now she can say anything, people will believe the sensation and (social) media will cover it. Even using the word ‘Simulation’ didn’t raise red flags or awareness.
In her public appearance, she shows a lot of red flags. Even distances herself from her ‘kid’, by always using the word ‘baby’ instead of ‘son’.
‘If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything' – Mark Twain
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Mark Twain’s Quote:
“If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything,”meaning if you tell a lie you have to remember what lie you told to who.
The truth is something that never changes,no matter how many times you tell it or how long it has been since you told it last
Stage 4:Threat: Manipulation by pushing the narrative as ‘truth’
“Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk’s famous “420" tweet continues to haunt him.”
“Now,a civil class-action shareholder lawsuit will go forward against Musk and the company on the same issue"
latimes.com/business/story…
"Tesla had filed a motion to dismiss the case, but a federal judge denied it 15th April 2020.”
“When the trial will begin is uncertain, given the COVID-19 pandemic.”
I have been told, this trial probably start not sooner than 2022. But haven't found an exact date.
So who are the key players and their roles in this lawsuit besides Elon and the ‘shareholders’?
21-8-2018 “On Tuesday, Banks posted a screenshot of a conversation between her and an unnamed source."
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"She circled a text that said, "I made you look really good today. The attorneys like you and said you're smart."
“The texts also discuss "damages that Claire caused" — Claire is Grimes' birth name.”
“In another screenshot posted to Banks' story, a person alleged to be Grimes says that "he" "got into weed" because of her influence..”
“In an IG Story on Tuesday,Banks shared a message exchange allegedly between herself and Grimes, accusing her of being a“pathological liar.””
“Banks told BI on August 13, in an article published the same day, that her perception after spending a weekend on one of Musk’s properties was that Musk did not, in fact, have funding secured.”
Yes, indeed the article stated Banks’ ‘perception’.
businessinsider.nl/azealia-banks-…
“Banks also provided texts that appear to be from Mac Boucher, Grimes’ brother and collaborator, that seem to indicate Musk attempted to meet with the rapper on August 13.”
“Banks did not respond to follow-up inquires on if she and Musk had met.”
Left: Banks&BI. Right:Banks&Mac
In 2019:“A court has green-lit a motion for investors to serve subpoenas to Banks and Grimes in a lawsuit against Tesla and Elon Musk.”
“They are summoned to testify, specifically requesting them to preserve documents such as Twitter and IG messages for potential evidence.”
So, they became the key witnesses in this case, based on ‘perception’ and ‘screenshots’ of conversations with others?
Did it became 'trust' others more than the person itself? Mainly due to their big coverage / sensation and attention by (social) media?
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In most articles, the last phrase ends with ‘… did not respond to a request for comment.‘
This means the articles are not properly fact-checked and are one-sided stories.
Whatever happened to comparative or investigative reporting, real journalism?
qz.com/844425/fake-ne…
“Journalism is tied to a set of ethical standards and values, including truth and accuracy, fairness and impartiality, and accountability."
"However, journalism today often strays from objective fact; the result is biased news.”
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Did the lie became the truth and the truth became the lie?
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. – George Orwell, 1984”
Stage 5: Compliance: Give up, give in
1st May 2020: “Musk confirmed the due date on Twitter on Friday, which was also the first time he's publicly acknowledged his role as an expectant father with his longtime on-and-off girlfriend.”
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-baby…
“Early in the day, Musk told his 33 million followers he was selling "almost all" his physical belongings, and he "will own no house."
In one day:He sell almost all his physical belongings, will own no houses and finally confirmed the pregnancy and Grimes as ‘GF’.
Grimes reaction with ‘OMG’ was surprising, she didn’t know he was going to do that or surprised he called ‘GF’? Elons reaction with ‘Haha’ doesn’t fit the narrative of a love relationship either
Why discuss it on Twitter? They supposed to have a baby soon, but not direct contact?
On Friday 1st of May there was a LIVE performance scheduled, where Grimes have a live DJ set for HBO.
Because of the tweet ‘Baby due on Monday’ by Elon before the DJ set, people were curious how Grimes could pull off a live performance while being 9 months pregnant.
At this DJ set visuals were used. According to fans, she went to the hospital directly after the DJ Set.
Being 9 months pregnant, ready for the hospital and doing a DJ Set for 45-60 minutes, that is massive! Thankfully Grimes thinks it is ‘lol’.
Grimes best friend Hana also confirmed the upcoming ‘birth’ via her Twitch live session. She announced it not in a happy way.
Why not happy for her best friend?Or is she now dragged into this simulation against her will?
Did she also had to give in?
Did Grimes became a (cyber)bully with the help of media and social media?
Note: Grimes is known for trolling / bullying others.
If more and more people pressure the victim enough and repeat the narrative, is there a way to escape it without shame/embarrassment?
“Cyberbullying refers to the use of digital technology to cause harm to other people.”
“It has been suggested that some people engage in cyberbullying due to boredom or the desire to try out a new persona on the Internet.”
“anyone can be a cyberbully. There is no need to have physical dominance or popularity. This means that people who want to bully can easily do it on the Internet regardless of their status in their real life.”
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Stage 6: Repetition The pattern is set
“Despite the fact that Wikipedia is often criticized for its poor quality, it still is one of the most popular knowledge bases in the world.”
According to statistics, Grimes was #4 most popular person in May 2020.
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Google search interest over time, shows search results peaked 3 times above the average search on ‘Grimes’:
- May 2018 (MET Gala)
- January 2020 (Pregnancy announcement)
- May 2020 (Birth announcement)
It's not surprising, that these events are connected with Elon Musk.
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