stupidity on parade
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 4 January 2024 20:34 (four months ago) link
Elon reminds me of those Nobel prize winners who feel qualified to opine on matters they know nothing about
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 4 January 2024 20:56 (four months ago) link
Jesus fucking Christ.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:18 (four months ago) link
he reminds me more of a really bad forums poster
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:22 (four months ago) link
love cheong jumping in there all i wasnt a c section but my head is very large sir
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:24 (four months ago) link
What a weird flex. "My brain was too big for my mother's constricting vaginal canal." Call yr therapist bro.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:33 (four months ago) link
So transparently thirsty
― omar little, Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:33 (four months ago) link
"this is how macduff was able to outwit macbeth"
― omar little, Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:34 (four months ago) link
Having a hard time believing Felix from Chapo didn't write those posts as parody. X's echo chamber has somehow made those two even more laughably stupid
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:36 (four months ago) link
musk has ten children and never noticed their heads get bigger after theyre born
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:37 (four months ago) link
he breeds the children, but I've seen no indication he does the whole 'parent' thing
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 4 January 2024 21:59 (four months ago) link
TBF Musk does not interact with or look directly at his seedlings
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Thursday, 4 January 2024 22:00 (four months ago) link
he has former employees to handle that stuff
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 4 January 2024 22:07 (four months ago) link
he had one of the kids in the office like an accessory! someone at twitter was quoted as saying it was surprising he was a dedicated parent, but then, as they’re doing some marathon “how do we make twitter cheap and more X” meeting the toddler was being tired and fussy at 11pm
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 4 January 2024 23:40 (four months ago) link
His “emotional support human” (his words)
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 5 January 2024 06:40 (four months ago) link
Disproving meritocracy one tweet at a time.
What if I told you these two things are related pic.twitter.com/SmAsT0NSTR— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) January 5, 2024
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 5 January 2024 09:34 (four months ago) link
lol @ expecting a twitter link to work
― Ethinically Ambigaus (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 5 January 2024 12:09 (four months ago) link
The last of the few folks I knew in SF that owned Teslas had sold them in the past year but man after visiting SoCal (LA/OC/SD) over the past couple weeks, it's insane how many there are. One neighborhood had at least one in every driveway.
Yes I realize how car culture is vastly different here than there but no wonder this idiot has so much money.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 5 January 2024 18:12 (four months ago) link
Yeah, LA is rotten with them.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 5 January 2024 18:13 (four months ago) link
Don't spend as much time in Sf as I did a couple years ago but they're everywhere in the east bay. My next door neighbors in berkeley (old couple with a few live-in failsons) have 3.
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Friday, 5 January 2024 18:40 (four months ago) link
They are ubiquitous in Maryland these days.
― peace, man, Friday, 5 January 2024 18:59 (four months ago) link
I should get a pic of the Tesla charging station in the parking lot of the mostly-dead mall in Tupelo.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Friday, 5 January 2024 19:13 (four months ago) link
omg theres one at the dead mall near me too
― lag∞n, Friday, 5 January 2024 19:23 (four months ago) link
elon really has dilbert guy brain, just assuming he's smarter than everyone else so everything he thinks must be true and profound
― c u (crüt), Friday, 5 January 2024 21:52 (four months ago) link
‘dead mall charging sta.’ is all time end of civ vibe.
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Friday, 5 January 2024 22:36 (four months ago) link
Haha my nearby mall is not dead, but about 40% of it is empty and the Tesla charging station is located right at the furthest point of the dead portion.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 5 January 2024 22:38 (four months ago) link
Dead malls are great locations for charging stations so no one is hurt when the Teslas catch on fire.
― Expansion to Mackerel (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 5 January 2024 23:14 (four months ago) link
There are loads of Teslas in my part of the UK. It used to be a novelty to see one; now, it's every 30th car or whatever. They're nearly all white in my experience. Two teachers at my school drive them. I want to ask them 'the fuck are you affording that on teacher's wages?' but don't want to be gauche.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Saturday, 6 January 2024 10:38 (three months ago) link
Tesla Sales Rebound After Steep Price Cuts
To maintain sales, Tesla cut prices, offering Model 3s on its website for well under $30,000 after factoring in the tax credits. By late December, the number of lower-priced cars listed on the website appeared to have dwindled, suggesting that the strategy had succeeded. But the price reductions cut into Tesla profits, which fell 44 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier.
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 6 January 2024 13:59 (three months ago) link
thats a pretty nice deal tbf
― lag∞n, Saturday, 6 January 2024 14:14 (three months ago) link
Is there any emerging schism in tesla fans being anti-Musk in more than just a "I wish he'd stop mouthing off and tanking our stocks" way?
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 6 January 2024 14:55 (three months ago) link
https://archive.ph/O6a3f
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 7 January 2024 03:04 (three months ago) link
our hard working ceo can have a little illegal drugs as a treat
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 January 2024 03:12 (three months ago) link
probably naive but this being in the WSJ and not, like, daily beast feels like a biggish deal.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 7 January 2024 03:56 (three months ago) link
its such a weird situation how musks aura has made his companies so much more valuable than they should be, basically makes him untouchable
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 January 2024 03:59 (three months ago) link
From the WSJ article:
Musk is intrinsic to the value of his companies...
Probably unconsciously, this nicely sums up the penchant for the 'free market' to add totally irrational factors to the allocation of trillions of dollars of capital, creating periodic outcomes such as bubbles, panics, and crashes.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 7 January 2024 04:07 (three months ago) link
Musk is intrinsic to the value of his companies
economists go boom
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 January 2024 04:36 (three months ago) link
lol
https://bsky.app/profile/mtsw.bsky.social/post/3kieh7qsgce2r
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 7 January 2024 04:59 (three months ago) link
how exactly is that news I honestly thought that was common knowledge
― frogbs, Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:02 (three months ago) link
until this there was i think only one WSJ story about him on ketamine at parties. this seems different in that it describes specific incidents of drug use affecting his work.
his performance at the pre-acquisition twitter all hands sounds a lot the late/slurry/rambling meeting described at spacex: 'It couldn’t be learned if Musk was under the influence that day. But after the meeting, the SpaceX executives privately talked about their worries Musk was on drugs. One described the event as “nonsensical,” “unhinged” and “cringeworthy."'
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:09 (three months ago) link
unless I missed it the article doesn't mention stimulents which to me seems like the thing he's almost certainly on
― frogbs, Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:23 (three months ago) link
Tell it to Earth
― jaymc, Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:35 (three months ago) link
NYT: Critics suggest that titan of industry must deal with diversions
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:49 (three months ago) link
https://i.insider.com/5b9235bb5c5e5254548b59f5?width=700
"Needs more meth!"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:55 (three months ago) link
He seemed pretty high in that Andrew Ross Sorkin interview.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 7 January 2024 05:59 (three months ago) link
Part of the issue directors have grappled with over the years is whether drug use by Musk is to blame for his unusual behavior, or if it is something else, such as his consistent lack of sleep, which he has talked about.
Uhmmmm...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Sunday, 7 January 2024 09:45 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j05F88cEO8
Crybaby does K all day~~~
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 7 January 2024 11:41 (three months ago) link
the WSJ isn’t going to complain about stimulants because that’s the drug class of the business world!
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 7 January 2024 15:55 (three months ago) link
as long as you have a prescription
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 January 2024 16:03 (three months ago) link
the “cocaine can get you a felony” bit seems a little undersold and perfunctory
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 7 January 2024 16:11 (three months ago) link