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
imagine how annoying elon is on coke lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 January 2024 17:10 (three months ago) link
Apparently we don't need to imagine.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 January 2024 17:11 (three months ago) link
lmao
Spiro called the description of the SpaceX incident “false as has been confirmed by countless people who were present.” He declined to elaborate on what specifically was false or describe the countless people.
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Sunday, 7 January 2024 21:54 (three months ago) link
lol very good
― lag∞n, Sunday, 7 January 2024 22:04 (three months ago) link
The Flashbulb's Youtube persona is somewhat annoying but he gets a pass for shitting on Tesla's self driving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DOd4RLNeT4
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 7 January 2024 22:49 (three months ago) link
ed niedermeyer (author of ludicrous: the unvarnished story of tesla motors) on bluesky, about the wsj story
WSJ ain't printing this if there is any risk of Linda denying it
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/bafkreicvdmw33hxllwlmoj4ukqzv7cwbdl6sugd32im4x4zszu5avvxtyi@jpeg
Like, it's not that surprising or interesting that drugs play a role in Musk's erratic behavior. The fact that the board of a car company that's worth more than the rest of the industry combined can't do more to reign in their druggy ego monster CEO than belatedly tattle? Now that's a story, baby! If Musk runs Tesla into a wall and the board can't mitigate the damage there will be much farther reaching consequences for lots of people than if they can
Every big potentially litigious piece of Musk reporting leaves a ton on the legal cutting room floor. There is a LOT more out there.
― mark s, Sunday, 7 January 2024 22:50 (three months ago) link
oops i missed this:
Fave detail in the Elon drug story is the former Tesla board director who refused to stand for re-election in 2019 because of Musk's drug-fueled out-of-control behavior. The fact that Tesla's corporate governance standard is "run away and tell the WSJ four years later" is kinda the real issue, no?
― mark s, Sunday, 7 January 2024 22:52 (three months ago) link
yeah the board are getting extremely sued if this is true (and has consequences lol)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 7 January 2024 23:07 (three months ago) link
"everything is securities fraud" — M. Levine
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Sunday, 7 January 2024 23:36 (three months ago) link
the time to publish this probably would have been when tesla’s stock tanked last year. as long as the stock is relatively stable, nobody cares because money machine go brrrr
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 8 January 2024 01:21 (three months ago) link
a brrring money machine is pretty nice
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 January 2024 01:23 (three months ago) link
Is the money machine cold
― Pat Methamphetamine Trio (is this anything?) (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 8 January 2024 02:06 (three months ago) link
ice cold baby
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 January 2024 02:07 (three months ago) link
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pmyqirafcp3jqdhrl7crpq7t/bafkreiae24zcis6plxsz4rfs3don7n6kcpcqect34mlx3qqbtp3ukkqqei@jpeg
video https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1yOEmqLf8T
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 January 2024 02:16 (three months ago) link
the end reveal and comment are *chef’s kiss*
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 8 January 2024 03:11 (three months ago) link
The hacked Teslas self-driving themselves into an expressway pileup was a nice touch in Leave The World Behind
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 8 January 2024 04:03 (three months ago) link
xp: what's the "end reveal"?
― peace, man, Monday, 8 January 2024 12:04 (three months ago) link
possibly my own online names aren't as good as they could be but imagine deciding to call yourself "greggertruck"
― mark s, Monday, 8 January 2024 12:07 (three months ago) link
― Pat Methamphetamine Trio (is this anything?) (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 8 January 2024 14:55 (three months ago) link
yeah, the zoom out showing there are two people making a video clip and the comment.
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 8 January 2024 14:58 (three months ago) link
Nothing to see here. Just the owner of this site doing a little race science while warning that black people's low intelligence will lead to deadly airplane crashes. pic.twitter.com/tXY9iUowD3— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) January 10, 2024
― frogbs, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 15:46 (three months ago) link
I hope Musk is on that plane.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 21:35 (three months ago) link
It'd be OK if the fiery crash Musk dies in is in a Tesla, too. Or even in a plane piloted by, you know, some genius white pilot.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 23:28 (three months ago) link
Tesla factory workers are getting a break.
Tesla said will temporarily stop production at its factory outside Berlin. Attacks on ships in the Red Sea mean the factory cannot get the parts it needs to maintain operations. https://t.co/a9sNjCILCK— DW News (@dwnews) January 12, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 12 January 2024 10:23 (three months ago) link
"race science"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 19:22 (three months ago) link
lmfao
Stainless steel exposed to certain substances can corrode–and the Cybertruck is no different. So if you go for a drive in the summer and bugs splatter across the solid stainless “grille” of your Cybertruck, you’ll want to scrape them off immediately. And if you park your Cybertruck outdoors, you may need to scrub the tree sap and bird poop off daily during all summer.
In the winter, your Cybertruck will be exposed to road salt during every drive. And Tesla specifies that you’ll have to wash that off immediately too. Tar and grease from the road could be a year round problem. And Tesla adds that you may need a bottle of denatured alcohol to get those last two removed.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/tesla-youll-have-to-wipe-dead-bugs-and-bird-poop-off-your-cybertruck-asap-to-avoid-corrosion/
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 January 2024 16:48 (three months ago) link
i hate to say anything nice about the new nazi e-truck but a tarnished stainless steel truck might actually look cool. i always kinda liked how old steel spoons looked.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 January 2024 17:54 (three months ago) link
yeah was thinking instead of going the clean it every day route they couldve just said over time it develops a distinctive and unique patina
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 January 2024 17:55 (three months ago) link
Yeah, part of me thinks it could be kind of cool to let a Cybertruck get completely grimy and corroded and post-apocalyptic-looking. But none of the saddos who buy the things would ever do that. Instead they'll be out there buffing them clean every time they get home from anywhere.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 20 January 2024 17:56 (three months ago) link
conversely couldnt they have just sealed it with some clear stuff
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 January 2024 17:57 (three months ago) link
i had sorta guessed deloreans had been clear coated i see not
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Saturday, 20 January 2024 19:21 (three months ago) link
seems like a strange oversight for the two stainless steel cars to both make
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 January 2024 19:25 (three months ago) link
maybe it doesnt look as cool idk prob looks pretty similar tho
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 January 2024 19:26 (three months ago) link
i don't know shit about cars tbh but i'm guessing whether it looks cool or not it will absolutely tank any resale value these things might theoretically have?
― wang mang band (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 January 2024 19:50 (three months ago) link
amongst other similar issues
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 January 2024 20:00 (three months ago) link
"buffing my Cybertruck" = 2024's top masturbation euphemism
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 20 January 2024 20:20 (three months ago) link
cyber is now cockney rhyming slang for non-cyber
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 20 January 2024 21:59 (three months ago) link
There is a Cybertruck on display at the Petersen Museum with what looks like bullet holes in the driver's side door. I didn't read the sign, not sure what the point is.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 20 January 2024 22:03 (three months ago) link
its prob the one musk shot in a marketing video
― lag∞n, Saturday, 20 January 2024 22:06 (three months ago) link
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 21 January 2024 02:44 (three months ago) link
xxpost : https://www.teslarati.com/bullet-tested-tesla-cybertruck-displayed-petersen-museum/
― StanM, Sunday, 21 January 2024 11:11 (three months ago) link
Wasn't the DeLorean aluminum bodied?
― nickn, Monday, 22 January 2024 07:59 (three months ago) link
Elon Musk visits Auschwitz. I guess if he wants to see another expression of antisemitism he could also click on his own app. pic.twitter.com/336terATWH— Guy Walters 🇺🇦 (@guywalters) January 22, 2024
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 22 January 2024 14:34 (three months ago) link
it sucks I can't even be some irony poisoned Cybertruck fan because Elon sucks so god damn much. I mean the thing is so gloriously stupid and ugly and impractical that I almost kinda respect the drive it must've took to actually get something like this made. you know how some people still insist on driving stickshifts just to make things more difficult for them? the Cybertruck takes that up to an entirely new level. like oh hold on guys it rained today so I have to wash the thing front to back otherwise it'll corrode. no we can't take that route. there's a tiny hill and it'll get stuck. sorry my car's in the shop, it needs an $80,000 frame job because a piece came loose. of course it's not covered by warranty, are you insane? yeah still love the car though
― frogbs, Monday, 22 January 2024 14:53 (three months ago) link
Did I see something about it even being contractually forbidden to resell it?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 January 2024 15:43 (three months ago) link