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
His suckage gets more classic on a daily basisKinda strange to consider now that only a few weeks ago grimus fans were extremely betrayed that the empress of shitpostcore would deign to date him
― Centipedes? In this economy? (wins), Sunday, 15 July 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
Never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand (sus) at any point when we were in the caves. Only people in sight were the Thai navy/army guys, who were great. Thai navy seals escorted us in — total opposite of wanting us to leave.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2018
― gbx, Sunday, 15 July 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
You know what, don’t bother showing the video. We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 15, 2018
― gbx, Sunday, 15 July 2018 14:59 (five years ago) link
what a scumbag
that's gotta be actionable
― dele alli my bookmarks (darraghmac), Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
Yes, have fun suing the insanely rich person.
― Simon H., Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
Slam dunk libel case in the British courts.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
Which drugs do we think he’s on?
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
mixture of cocaine and grown adults unironically calling him batman/iron man
― Centipedes? In this economy? (wins), Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
Dragonambienergy
― shaqiri tip (nashwan), Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
The thing that really bugs me about Musk is how unspecial he is. Union-fearing dweebs with either a serious coke habit, some freak diet, or both, along with reactionary politics, megalomania, and breathtaking self-regard are nothing special, esp in the tech sector. Really the only difference is his visibility, willingness to say stupid shit in public, and his immense army of extremely online sycophants.
― Simon H., Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:19 (five years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Sunday, July 15, 2018 11:16 AM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
adderall, paranoid about getting busted for accounting fraud
― sprout god (lag∞n), Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
his immense army of extremely online sycophants.
― Simon H., Sunday, July 15, 2018 11:19 AM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
suspect many of them may be controlled by a pr firm, theres something uncanny about how they all pop up saying the same shit
― sprout god (lag∞n), Sunday, 15 July 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link