Elon Musk

Which one’s Pink?

not well, stayed back at the hotel with his cybertruck

Young Rust

In one particularly alarming anecdote, the writer recounts how during one "spiral," Musk freaked his employees out so bad by locking himself in his office that they "were considering calling a wellness check by the San Francisco police because they thought he was going to self-harm himself."

https://futurism.com/the-byte/twitter-staff-wellness-check-elon

That freakout seems to have begun, Mezrich explained, with other incidents — including him getting booed at a Dave Chappelle show last December and someone confronting a car carrying his son around that same time. Both demonstrated how much people have grown to despise the serial entrepreneur who once inspired "Iron Man," and contrary to his devil-may-care attitude, Mezrich argues that Musk is very sensitive to what people think about him.

He could have swan dived off that giant X he put up illegally.

thats what i would do if i were booed at the big comedy show

"hi 911"

"yes, Elon Mask is in his office, we think he might harm himself"

"we're sending help ASAP-"

"help is already here, I was just wondering if you could send them home"

Getting wellness-checked by one’s own employees is certainly one way to do a coup d’etat

kinda figured getting booed at Chappelle's show was a big moment for him. he probably gets that he's not exactly universally well-liked but getting shunned by that particular crowd probably stung a lot

yeah getting invited up there was prob the coolest shit for him then he gets booed instant reversal of fortune

Pretty predictable too I mean he was definitely a shitty dude before but getting made fun of for the Thai cave rescue sub is where his villain arc really began

It really was, wasn't it?

contrary to his devil-may-care attitude, Mezrich argues that Musk is very sensitive to what people think about him

no way!

Wow so at odds with my footloose-n-fancy free image of Elon, he always seems so chill, just lets things roll right off him.

much to think about

xxxpost Villain arcs usually END with submarines

the submarine thing was really the beginning of it and was also the period of time when a lot of my moderately liberal friends still liked Elon

That fucking car looks like it'd kill someone even if it bumped them at low speed. Not to mention it is absurdly large, t'fuck is with all thes monster cars these days?

ain't that america

who once inspired "Iron Man,"

Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby would like a word.

that was a weird and silly thing to claim yes, since the comic character predates the birth of the second-richest blight by some eight years

i guess (as a veteran of many a fact-check conversation) it's not *impossible* that such elements of the downey-era portrayal as don't predate do fit this description

also: something ultra-musky abt a supervillain that doesn't even bother building the mini-submarine his villainy fully demands

damn

GPTs can save a lot of effort: pic.twitter.com/VFIrGzPuMN

— Sam Altman (@sama) November 10, 2023

An Elon Musk biopic is reportedly in the works at A24 with Darren Aronofsky set to direct.

(https://t.co/4qCXV4fOz3) pic.twitter.com/fNnEYSeav0

— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) November 10, 2023

He should play himself.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/019/954/playedurself.jpg

Requiem for a Meme

mother******!

sheer howling desolation

https://i.imgur.com/ndnvzDL.png

you are so funny you should die in horrible agony sir

A screendoor on a submarine!

difficult to know whether getting bodied by sam altman is worse for his psyche than getting booed at chappelle.

Explains why he couldn't rescue those Thai kids then xp

if you shoot an Elon Musk biopic and you add a death scene in the movie do he die in real life

a friend who went to film school with Aronofsky says "ugh, a perfect match"

I wonder which Hollywood actor is going to allow their face to be flattened by an iron in order to look like Musk

Austin Butler might work if he gets his face smooshed up a bit.

I bet Musk could talk for hours about how much he loves Pi.

And then name a kid after it

Austin Butler might work if he gets his face smooshed up a bit.

― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Friday, November 10, 2023 12:49 PM bookmarkflaglink

featuring Tom Hanks as Grimes, to keep the pair together

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/

Reuters documented at least 600 previously unreported workplace injuries at Musk’s rocket company: crushed limbs, amputations, electrocutions, head and eye wounds and one death. SpaceX employees say they’re paying the price for the billionaire’s push to colonize space at breakneck speed.

what did they think "breakneck" meant

It’s right on the tin

you guys didn't click through huh :(

yikes, no I didn't, but immediately regret making that statement now that I just did! :(

in all seriousness, this is the part of Elon's "piece-of-shittery" that I wish got talked about more. not that it's not important to call him out for his anti-Semitism, racism, transphobia, and the other things he does, but word about him as a neglectful employer has been pretty loud for years, and so many assholes chalked it up to "geniuses can be hard to work for sometimes, idk what to tell you".

yeah absolutely, especially since one of the previous major stories about his terrible management was about how rampantly racist the Tesla Fremont plant was, which was well before he took over twitter. His "rightward turn" was pretty easy to predict

Image:

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Immediate Bluesky riff on it:

hello yes one CIDERFRUKK please

wait is CIDERTRUKK not a Tesla? It's like it's own thing?

nobody in FL gonna drive that, you can't put a Salt Life sticker on it