nickm
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Because it’s exciting to see someone making big engineering bets on big stuff and a lot of people hope he’ll succeed because who else is really trying? People loved Steve jobs too even though he was pretty much an awful human being who took a lot of product credit that wasn’t his, because he represented and influenced an approach to technology that connected with people. Similar to Musk. SpaceX has the potential to be genuinely transformational, it is solving all the right space problems after decades of the US space programme going nowhere.I get you, but this thread also discusses the somewhat surreal & to think that two people might be such acolytes of Tesla / Musk to give up their autonomy & safety just to be hipster or cutting edge is baffling to me.
It’s a bit of the extension of when you were a kid & giggled at your friend wiping out on a bike. This is that writ large.
I’ve just never seen the validity in the feral worship some have for Musk & his inventions (with the exception of SpaceX). It’s bizarre, the cult of personality & the apparent trust in his inventions.
Space x is an excuse to send mind controlled monkeys (with stupid names) to Mars where they can tweet that people are peados without being suedBecause it’s exciting to see someone making big engineering bets on big stuff and a lot of people hope he’ll succeed because who else is really trying? People loved Steve jobs too even though he was pretty much an awful human being who took a lot of product credit that wasn’t his, because he represented and influenced an approach to technology that connected with people. Similar to Musk. SpaceX has the potential to be genuinely transformational, it is solving all the right space problems after decades of the US space programme going nowhere.
There is at least a 20% chance of musk declaring himself king of Mars in the next 20 years... from the surface.Space x is an excuse to send mind controlled monkeys (with stupid names) to Mars where they can tweet that people are peados without being sued
Don’t recall too many people giving their lives in their worship of Steve Jobs & Apple.Because it’s exciting to see someone making big engineering bets on big stuff and a lot of people hope he’ll succeed because who else is really trying? People loved Steve jobs too even though he was pretty much an awful human being who took a lot of product credit that wasn’t his, because he represented and influenced an approach to technology that connected with people. Similar to Musk. SpaceX has the potential to be genuinely transformational, it is solving all the right space problems after decades of the US space programme going nowhere.
Are you kidding?Don’t recall too many people giving their lives in their worship of Steve Jobs & Apple.
Come on, stop with the pedantic red herring.
That is true, there are no recorded incidents of people who have ever used a technology in non manufacturer approved ways other than Tesla users.Come on, stop with the pedantic red herring.
Users of the product.
He absolutely should if the claims are demonstrably proven to be inflated / overstated.That is true, there are no recorded incidents of people who have ever used a technology in non manufacturer approved ways other than Tesla users.
That said, it is wrong that Musk is allowed to make over stated claims about the self driving capabilities of his cars and he should be held accountable for that.
Hasn't SNL been exactly that for a decade at least, probably always.I don’t watch it a lot but seems a strange choice given he’s incredibly awkward and unfunny
I am just waiting to see what happens with my dogecoinHe's hosting SNL on Saturday...
Not everyone is happy about this. Some of the SNL cast openly objected. I'm curious to see how he does because he doesn't strike me as funny.He's hosting SNL on Saturday...
Is the prompt 'heard from the midwife at Elon Musk's birth'?This has ‘abortion’ written all over it.
YesIs the prompt 'heard from the midwife at Elon Musk's birth'?
Because he's a maverick and a bit of a cnut. He's the messiah of all the reddit/crypto sphere and he smoked weed on the Joe Rogan podcast and talked hours about aliens. But mostly he's a car battery salesman who makes billions by shilling doge.700k likes.
I just don't get it. I just don't fecking get it. Why do people love him?
Meme culture.700k likes.
I just don't get it. I just don't fecking get it. Why do people love him?
Even with all this I still don’t get it. It’s like if someone’s dad started posting decade old memes and everyone just fecking laps it up. Baffles me.Meme culture.
He’s the hero for the Twitch/YouTube/Reddit shitposting crowd, and for impressionable, very online young men at large. A hipster billionaire who unapologetically promotes previously much maligned stuffs like anime, games, cryptocurrency.
It’s the ultimate nerd vindication. They live vicariously through him, here’s an average looking, awkward guy with a shit sense of humour who’s unabashedly into anime, yet he’s the richest man in the world and dates movie stars. A power fantasy, that’s all it is. He’s everything they aspire to be.Even with all this I still don’t get it. It’s like if someone’s dad started posting decade old memes and everyone just fecking laps it up. Baffles me.
Most of it are fake profiles/bots, kids, and probably just third of it are normal people who are idiots and shhouldn't act like that, but that's humanity for you. People are idiots.700k likes.
I just don't get it. I just don't fecking get it. Why do people love him?
Shite and unfunny. Oh and the dogefather admitted on weekend news, what the world already knew, that doge was a hustle.How was his SNL debut?
I don’t even know what ‘doge’ is.Shite and unfunny. Oh and the dogefather admitted on weekend news what everyone already knew that doge was a hustle.
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I find him rather cringey and his attitude towards unions is deplorable but he's done some good work pushing EV awareness and pushing further space exploration via his companies. He doesn't deserve the worship at all mind.700k likes.
I just don't get it. I just don't fecking get it. Why do people love him?
Children.700k likes.
I just don't get it. I just don't fecking get it. Why do people love him?