This guy sucks big time

[Edited on March 8, 2023 at 1:18 AM. Reason : .]

3/8/2023 1:17:59 AM

He had a favorable public image and a great track record of business success. Not sure why he's working so hard to tear that down. His antics are most likely to alienate the same group of people who either already are or could conceivably be Tesla buyers, many of whom may now seek another brand of EV to avoid association with his toxic personality.

3/8/2023 7:48:16 AM

Tesla is going to oust him before summer is over

3/8/2023 9:54:10 AM

Not buying a Tesla shouldn't have anything to do with the company founder.

They are shitty cars with shitty maintenance requirements with big price tags. Was reading an article from someone who actually likes Tesla's, talking about how much higher his maintenance costs were than he thought they were going to be.

3/8/2023 10:01:03 AM

That's one opinion.

3/8/2023 10:19:03 AM

^^ Musk isn’t the founder of Tesla

3/8/2023 10:58:06 AM

I kinda like the Tesla infotainment, and if you like danger, they do have the most hands off driver assist (except for gms supercruise on the limited mapped roads) but you’re right about the rest of the car. Other manufacturers basically are making better cars in every way.

3/8/2023 11:09:37 AM

“Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet.”

3/8/2023 11:24:34 AM

Make it make sense.

https://twitter.com/verified/status/1639029459557679104

Quote :

"On April 1st, we will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks. To keep your blue checkmark on Twitter, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue..."

3/24/2023 9:48:28 AM

"On April 1st"

3/24/2023 12:23:43 PM

Wouldn't it make more sense to post that as a joke on April 1st?

3/24/2023 1:41:57 PM

That's what they EXPECT you to do!

Funding secured. $420 per share.

3/24/2023 8:02:30 PM

those high altitude airplane flights aren't gonna pay for themselves!

3/24/2023 10:26:16 PM

I feel like twitter is the one place I haven't seen discussion about new twitter ceo

5/12/2023 4:33:46 PM

He's gone full on white nationalism tweeting, what a guy

5/16/2023 7:55:23 AM

Can you post a link so I don't have to troll his Twitter feed to try to figure out which post(s) you're talking about? Thx!

5/17/2023 4:50:44 PM

This isn't a link, but I think that it's a reference to this exchange:

5/17/2023 5:11:59 PM

he is also unwilling to admit that the recent Texas mass shooter was a white supremacist

the same shooter with a giant swastika tattoo

[Edited on May 17, 2023 at 5:23 PM. Reason : .]

5/17/2023 5:23:18 PM

LOL

5/24/2023 7:16:25 PM

https://www.politico.eu/article/spacex-restricted-internet-ukraine-prevent-escalation-elon-musk-russia-starlink-ww3-gwynne-shotwell-drones-infrastructure/

I feel like the whole starlink thing in Ukraine doesn't get enough intention.
super interesting dynamic

7/31/2023 3:47:31 PM

Do we talk about The Grink in soap box or is it all business over here

7/31/2023 4:54:47 PM

The Grink knows no board limitations.

7/31/2023 9:18:08 PM

So you're saying the grink needs more intention

7/31/2023 9:28:50 PM

^^^^
He’s basically justifying for congress why the military budget needs to be so big. Also getting good leverage for launch contracts. Typical crony Capitalism behavior

7/31/2023 10:27:10 PM

^^Defiantly!

8/1/2023 5:38:03 AM

https://www.reuters.com/legal/musks-x-fund-legal-bills-people-treated-unfairly-due-posting-platform-2023-08-06/

Quote :

"Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter. 'If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill,' Musk said in a post on X late on Saturday, adding that there will be no limits to funding the bills. 'And we won't just sue, it will be extremely loud and we will go after the boards of directors of the companies too,' Musk said later in response to a post about nothing changing behavior in the U.S. faster than a threat of legal action."

[Edited on August 7, 2023 at 7:55 AM. Reason : ]

8/7/2023 7:55:42 AM

I saw that as well. WTF?!

So a company purportedly in financial trouble is offering unlimited legal aid to loser shooting off at the mouth and not wanting to face the real-world consequences? How can this possibly miss?!

8/7/2023 8:26:04 AM

I think that this is after he previously fired Twitter employees for tweeting things that he didn't like.

8/7/2023 8:58:02 AM

https://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1689419663300587522?s=46

Quote :

"This is the mind-blowingly racist neo-Nazi account that Elon Musk just followed. Literally one of the most racist accounts on this entire website"

8/10/2023 9:15:51 PM

sounds like we need to get rid of the blacks, mexicans, and whites, in favor of an asian ethnostate

8/10/2023 10:40:26 PM

"Sounds like we can't trust the white man."

"You bet we can't!"

8/11/2023 7:56:41 PM

Hispanics ARE east Asians though— literally from the same people/genealogy

[Edited on August 13, 2023 at 11:02 PM. Reason : East]

8/13/2023 11:01:36 PM

I thought only half?

8/14/2023 6:38:03 AM

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

Quote :

"In March, Musk, along with dozens of tech leaders, signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause in the development of advanced A.I. technology. 'Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks, and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth?' the letter said. 'Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us?' Yet in the period during which Musk endorsed a pause, he was working to build xAI, recruiting from major competitors, including OpenAI, and even, according to someone with knowledge of the conversation, contacting leadership at Nvidia, the dominant maker of chips used in A.I. The month the letter was distributed, Musk completed the registrations for xAI."

8/21/2023 4:54:24 PM

Quote :

"Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth?"

No, we should let humans continue to do it unchecked.

8/21/2023 8:20:11 PM

I think we'll adjust to AI. let the internet be the wild west, return to more secure and monitored small size online chat sites

return back to real life

let the AI conquer the net!!
lol

8/21/2023 10:16:31 PM

I like when they describe X as the platform formerly known as twitter

8/22/2023 7:16:59 PM

They don't even let you view tweets without having an account.

Lame.

Not making one.

8/22/2023 11:25:28 PM

^

8/23/2023 6:40:55 AM

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html

Quote :

"Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet... As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet, they 'lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly'... Musk's decision, which left Ukrainian officials begging him to turn the satellites back on, was driven by an acute fear that Russia would respond to a Ukrainian attack on Crimea with nuclear weapons, a fear driven home by Musk's conversations with senior Russian officials..."

9/7/2023 11:49:31 AM

Jesus christ

9/7/2023 12:46:19 PM

WTF with this guy?!

9/7/2023 6:42:02 PM

I remember when that was first reported. I think this is the first we’ve heard that the Russians told him to do it though

9/7/2023 7:20:27 PM

Musk is saying that he didn't turn it off, the starlink access was already in a certain area and he refused a request to extend it up to that part in Crimea.

Quote :

"In August, a Russian warship was seriously damaged in a Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia's Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, the first time the Ukrainian navy has projected its power so far from the country's shores."

He does have some deal with the US govt., though, doesn't he? So I wonder how that affects what powers he has in this situation


[Edited on September 9, 2023 at 1:14 AM. Reason : https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/musk-says-he-refused-kyiv-request-use-starlink-attack-russia-20]

9/9/2023 1:12:22 AM

Techno Mechanicus

9/11/2023 1:48:05 AM

Bydip Stockson

9/11/2023 9:44:12 AM

so I read the book. helps put a lot of his behaviors (good and bad) in proper perspective.

9/18/2023 9:50:38 AM

Quote :

"behaviors"

Techavior

now that's a good name for the next kid

9/18/2023 10:18:05 AM

^^And what book would that be?

9/18/2023 1:48:26 PM

9/18/2023 5:03:03 PM