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The only part I think was weird was him brainstorming on twitter. I know there is a huge anti-Musk sentiment lately. Whatever you think of the guy, I think it'

The only part I think was weird was him brainstorming on twitter. I know there is a huge anti-Musk sentiment lately. Whatever you think of the guy, I think it's commendable that he used what resources he had to attempt to help. People can blast him all they want for his 'egoism', but sitting behind the keyboard mocking him is even less helpful than what you accuse him of doing.

JustSomeNobody 8y ago
People blast McDonalds for putting phrases about tragic situations on their signs. People criticize them for being opportunistic and capitalizing on a tragedy. So, how is this different? Because he happens to be able to build a "submersible" for kids, he should get a pass? Why can't McDonalds say, "Our thoughts are with you" and get a pass?[0] This was pure PR. Everyone claims he's so smart and all this, but he ignored the domain when he designed this! Those SEAL divers aren't trained to work with a kid size submersible. Human bodies flex and can move around the narrow areas of the cave, this metal tube can't do that. If they had used this they would not have had training to fall back on when everything went south. Musk injected himself into this situation as only a narcissist can and decided to PR the hell out of it. Yeah, there's just a bit of anti-Musk sentiment lately, but he brings it on himself. [0] I don't think they should. I think businesses should stay out of it. Even the ones helping would do themselves a favor and play down their involvement. It's the respectful thing to do.
- protonimitate 8y ago
  >>So, how is this different? Because he happens to be able to build a "submersible" for kids, he should get a pass? Because this wasn't Tesla or SpaceX taking out an ad and saying 'look at all the good we can do!' this was a human using resources in his means to help a situation. In the end it was futile, but it's pretty amazing that they were able to prototype something in days and offer support in the way they know. Sure, you can argue he's a narcissist, but the public made him that way. His entire legacy and fortune was built on PR, which we gave him on a silver platter. Now all of a sudden it's become bad taste to support him, and everyone flips and expects him to slink away into the shadows. There was literally 0 net negative from his move. Sure he got his name thrown around headlines, but it didn't take away from the hundreds of people who contributed. Why is being critical of someone so much more important than acknowledging an act of kindness?
  - JustSomeNobody 8y ago
    Oh Come on! The whole time he was tweeting about using real rocket parts and the "Space X" team doing this or that. How can people be so blind to think he did this solely out of kindness? Pfffffffftttt!! The public can't make someone a narcissist.

JustSomeNobody 8y ago

People blast McDonalds for putting phrases about tragic situations on their signs. People criticize them for being opportunistic and capitalizing on a tragedy. So, how is this different? Because he happens to be able to build a "submersible" for kids, he should get a pass? Why can't McDonalds say, "Our thoughts are with you" and get a pass?[0] This was pure PR. Everyone claims he's so smart and all this, but he ignored the domain when he designed this! Those SEAL divers aren't trained to work with a kid size submersible. Human bodies flex and can move around the narrow areas of the cave, this metal tube can't do that. If they had used this they would not have had training to fall back on when everything went south. Musk injected himself into this situation as only a narcissist can and decided to PR the hell out of it. Yeah, there's just a bit of anti-Musk sentiment lately, but he brings it on himself. [0] I don't think they should. I think businesses should stay out of it. Even the ones helping would do themselves a favor and play down their involvement. It's the respectful thing to do.

protonimitate 8y ago
>>So, how is this different? Because he happens to be able to build a "submersible" for kids, he should get a pass? Because this wasn't Tesla or SpaceX taking out an ad and saying 'look at all the good we can do!' this was a human using resources in his means to help a situation. In the end it was futile, but it's pretty amazing that they were able to prototype something in days and offer support in the way they know. Sure, you can argue he's a narcissist, but the public made him that way. His entire legacy and fortune was built on PR, which we gave him on a silver platter. Now all of a sudden it's become bad taste to support him, and everyone flips and expects him to slink away into the shadows. There was literally 0 net negative from his move. Sure he got his name thrown around headlines, but it didn't take away from the hundreds of people who contributed. Why is being critical of someone so much more important than acknowledging an act of kindness?
- JustSomeNobody 8y ago
  Oh Come on! The whole time he was tweeting about using real rocket parts and the "Space X" team doing this or that. How can people be so blind to think he did this solely out of kindness? Pfffffffftttt!! The public can't make someone a narcissist.