did Elon just add 50k and 250k and come up with a half million xxp
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
I think his assumption was that every one of the 250,000 was married with a family, which somehow seems even worse to me
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
wait even that's wrong, lol
really cannot wait for whatever accounting scam theyre running over there at tesla to be exposed
― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:05 (five years ago) link
otm
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
isn't there a kickstarter or something for the Tesla whistleblower? I oughta throw some $$ at that
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
I wonder how often Elon would rather be a physics engineer, or lead technical designer instead of having to carry the label of billionaire. Regardless of whether or not the capsule ended up being feasible, the man sprung into action to help people he’s never met. #ThaiCaveResue— Blake Kistler (@blake_kistler) July 10, 2018
What a burden.
Ironically, the “billionaire” label, when used by media, is almost always meant to devalue & denigrate the subject. I wasn’t called that until my companies got to a certain size, but reality is that I still do the same science & engineering as before. Just the scale has changed.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 10, 2018
― gyac, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
to answer my own question
https://www.gofundme.com/Tripp-vs-Tesla-help-fund-the-fight
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
can we just shoot Elon Musk into space now plz
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
I wasn’t called that until my companies got to a certain size,
like... the billion dollar valuation size?
but reality is that I still do the same science & engineering as before.
none, because you're not an engineer or scientist?
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
I like him for entertainment value.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
surely his bloated corpse orbiting the moon would be entertaining
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
"Our infrastructure is in shambles and someone is putting his own money into trying to fix it"By sending a submarine to Thailand.― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Tuesday, July 10, 2018 5:38 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
By sending a submarine to Thailand.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Tuesday, July 10, 2018 5:38 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the infrastructure in question is digging a series of tunnels connecting elon's house and workplace and some other places he'd like to visit from time to time without sitting in traffic.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
excuse me billionaire is a slur. blocked
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
if only there were some way to not be a billionaire oh well
― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link
Imagine trying to coax one of the kids into that terrifying floating coffin after they've spent two weeks in a cave
― Number None, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
do you think the team working on it had to keep reminding each other not to call it that?
― mh, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
can't believe elon hired that man who put his boy in a balloon to lead his engineering team
― scopin' VARs (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
on the plus side he can repurpose those coffins to re-create The City of Freedom from the Holy Mountain
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_75a2BH0nUlA/SumXdfoFbII/AAAAAAAAANw/xYPyKv1Drzk/s640/mt4.jpg
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
self-clowning
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/10/elon-musk-queries-expertise-of-thai-cave-rescue-officials
― sleeve, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
turns out complaining about elon musk on the internet might bring some people in flint some water?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/musk-pledges-to-pay-for-clean-water-to-homes-in-flint-michigan
― supreme court justice samuel lance-ito (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
so wait, was he actually asked to do this?
This reaction has shaken my opinion of many people. We were asked to create a backup option & worked hard to do so. Checked with dive team many times to confirm it was worthwhile. Now it’s there for anyone who needs it in future. Something’s messed up if this is not a good thing.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 11, 2018
― frogbs, Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
I honestly think he completely made that shit up.
― Simon H., Thursday, 12 July 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
the important thing is that his opinion of many people has been shaken
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
One might even say he has been shook
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
ain't no such thing as halfway musks
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
Update on @elonmusk’s promise to “fund fixing the water in any house in Flint that has water contamination above FDA levels”.He now says “most houses in Flint have safe water” and he will “add filters” to the houses he describes as “outliers”.💦🤔💦cc: @LittleMissFlint pic.twitter.com/sLtKArGlNf— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) July 11, 2018
― sprout god (lag∞n), Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
yeah I mean the trick is, as I have learned, a bunch of older homes have lead supply lines. under normal water flow, with the protectant additives, they don’t leach enough lead to be a problem — under EPA regs but there’s non-lead (fine), lead that never had corrosive water and had protectants (mostly ok), and those that had corrosive water with no protectants for months but are now back to baseline (flint)I think the latter is bouncing around EPA acceptable on the bad side and Elon stuck his foot in mouthhonesty I had half my supply line replaced this year and the under-street part is prob lead but not leaching and I am starting to really look into it
― mh, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:22 (five years ago) link
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/07/12/1531368000000/A-brief-history-of-Tesla-and-the-number-500-000/
― just sayin, Thursday, 12 July 2018 06:24 (five years ago) link
Catching up on this, and now imagining an Ace In The Hole remake centering on a fictionalized Musk in Douglas role.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 July 2018 07:08 (five years ago) link
feel like when Elon Musk's story is written it'll pinpoint the article calling him the "real life Tony Stark" as the exact moment everything went downhill
― frogbs, Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
I would pay good money to see him try to fly around with rocket boots and no safety harness
― mh, Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
everyone knows the true real-life tony stark is that guy who built a backyard rocket and blasted himself towards the stratosphere so he could prove the earth was flat
― look, you’re just gonna get gravy on the baby sometimes 🤷♂️ (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
still pretty sure he just grifted the flat earthers in order to build his rocket. respectable grift imo
― mh, Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
musk is the rockwell character tbh
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
xp
Hughes only recently converted to flat-Eartherism, after struggling for months to raise funds for his follow-up flight over the Mojave.
― sleepingsignal, Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
darragh otm
― mh, Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
Elon Musk revealed as one of the largest donors for a House Republican PAC https://t.co/3bLF6yzTMR— Salon (@Salon) July 14, 2018
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
one weird fact about the billionaire environmentalist
― sprout god (lag∞n), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
Is it possible to put the thinky face emoji in bold type
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
you have to admit that musk is in the ninety-ninth percentile as a self-promoter. he has the knack for making pronouncements just weird enough to get big play in the media, not so weird he loses the faith of the investor class, but which generally hit the sweet spot of "brilliant eccentric"
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:21 (five years ago) link
it's almost as if the media is easily gamed by billionaires
― more like Toss, Ow amirite? (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Potentially a positive development if disillusioned groupies start thinking critically re hero worshipping obscenely wealthy entrepreneurs
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
elton johns
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
That’s no way to refer to grimus
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
― more like Toss, Ow amirite? (Noodle Vague), Saturday, July 14, 2018 2:25 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"these billionaires sure are amazing at media" --the media
― sprout god (lag∞n), Saturday, 14 July 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thai-cave-rescue-elon-musk-mini-submarine-british-driver-tham-luang-vern-unsworth-a8447166.html
“The submarine, I believe, was about five foot six long, rigid, so it wouldn’t have gone round corners or round any obstacles.“It wouldn’t have made the first 50 metres into the cave from the dive start point. Just a PR stunt.”The experienced cave explorer said Musk was “asked to leave very quickly” after he turned up at the caverns during the rescue operation on Tuesday.
“It wouldn’t have made the first 50 metres into the cave from the dive start point. Just a PR stunt.”
The experienced cave explorer said Musk was “asked to leave very quickly” after he turned up at the caverns during the rescue operation on Tuesday.
Brit diver who helped locate the lost party says Musk can 'stick his submarine (which looks like an oversized suppository) where it hurts'
― calzino, Sunday, 15 July 2018 08:46 (five years ago) link
guy who helped save kids points out EM’s thing was an unworkable publicity stunt... EM calls the guy a pedophile. we are weeks away from “Enron Musk” headlines https://t.co/WArAW4Gxdb— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) July 15, 2018
― frogbs, Sunday, 15 July 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
starting to think this guy might be problematic tbh
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 15 July 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
Oh no this is gorgeous
― Centipedes? In this economy? (wins), Sunday, 15 July 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link