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Is Musk constantly inside-joking himself? Why $420 a share? Why do his car models spell S3X? Is his internal email bong69@boring.com? I love this guy.

dewey 8y ago
I’d file that under childish and awkward instead of funny.
- eof 8y ago
  I find an ultra powerful visionary being childish and making fart jokes very funny.
  - thesagan 8y ago
    I find it disconcerting.
    - girvo 8y ago
      You and I aren’t his audience then, I guess.
eanzenberg 8y ago
Do you think calling heroes "pedos" is funny too?
- AlexeyBrin 8y ago
  Do you think it make sense to judge the entire work/life of someone by an affirmation made at some point in the past on a public forum ? From a moral point of view people are not black and white, there are infinite shades of grey in between. If you dig deep enough you will find morally questionable things in everybody's past. That being said, that tweet was a bad idea.
  - eanzenberg 8y ago
    That's just the tip of the iceberg for Elon. He has a lot to answer for Tesla including the "self-driving" claim fiascos and all this erratic behavior. He puts video games into the center console of the Model 3 while also claiming that drivers need to pay complete attention during operation. Compared to Sergey, Besoz or Tim Cook and I'd rather have them as CEO than someone interested in "memes".
    - Freestyler_3 8y ago
      One of the reasons to go private... no shareholders that demand a bland CEO.
- TooBrokeToBeg 8y ago
  Maybe the "hero" shouldn't be throwing insults on twitter like a child. I thought the insult was well considered because, in context, the diver was going after kids. It's a sly kind of funny that someone from another country might think is very funny.
  - propman 8y ago
    This is the first comment I’ve seen approving that tweet and it’s every bit as deluded and cringeworthy as I’d expect. Musk never even apologized for that one did he?
    - TooBrokeToBeg 8y ago
      > it’s every bit as deluded and cringeworthy as I’d expect. Not deluded at all. Sorry if you didn't get it. It's very strange that puritanical adherence of America has been rolled back (mostly) but the pedo label is still so toxic in American culture that it's assumed that other cultures share the same values.
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- denzil_correa 8y ago
  Personally, I think it was very offensive. I also found the hero's comment on the Musk submarine "to stick it where it hurts" very crass and offensive too.
lorenzhs 8y ago
Don't forget that the Model 3 was originally planned to be "Model E", but Ford owns the rights to that name. Also, there's a planned compact SUV which goes by "Model Y". U+1F644
- iwaffles 8y ago
  He even made a public comment "Ford is trying to kill SEX" https://jalopnik.com/ford-killed-sex-1585513454 https://jalopnik.com/ford-killed-sex-1585513454
mandeepj 8y ago
No, he is not that interesting with email ids. It's just elon@tesla.com
sigfubar 8y ago
I once worked for a company where the CTO's e-mail was aliased as pigfucker@domain.com.
mandeepj 8y ago
In India, 420 means scam\fraud. Just sharing the other (interesting) side. I don't think Musk used this number for any fraud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_420_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_420_of_the_Indian_Pena... https://www.quora.com/What-does-420-mean-in-India https://www.quora.com/What-does-420-mean-in-India
toyg 8y ago
> Why $420 a share Beause 42 is always a good answer, maybe.
kokey 8y ago
Perhaps the funding he secured involved Tesla's revenue sources to include cannabis operations.
Reedx 8y ago
Also BFR (Big Fucking Rocket). Inside jokes like that are a way of communicating with other nerds and gamers.

dewey 8y ago

I’d file that under childish and awkward instead of funny.

eof 8y ago
I find an ultra powerful visionary being childish and making fart jokes very funny.
- thesagan 8y ago
  I find it disconcerting.
  - girvo 8y ago
    You and I aren’t his audience then, I guess.

eanzenberg 8y ago

Do you think calling heroes "pedos" is funny too?

AlexeyBrin 8y ago
Do you think it make sense to judge the entire work/life of someone by an affirmation made at some point in the past on a public forum ? From a moral point of view people are not black and white, there are infinite shades of grey in between. If you dig deep enough you will find morally questionable things in everybody's past. That being said, that tweet was a bad idea.
- eanzenberg 8y ago
  That's just the tip of the iceberg for Elon. He has a lot to answer for Tesla including the "self-driving" claim fiascos and all this erratic behavior. He puts video games into the center console of the Model 3 while also claiming that drivers need to pay complete attention during operation. Compared to Sergey, Besoz or Tim Cook and I'd rather have them as CEO than someone interested in "memes".
  - Freestyler_3 8y ago
    One of the reasons to go private... no shareholders that demand a bland CEO.
TooBrokeToBeg 8y ago
Maybe the "hero" shouldn't be throwing insults on twitter like a child. I thought the insult was well considered because, in context, the diver was going after kids. It's a sly kind of funny that someone from another country might think is very funny.
- propman 8y ago
  This is the first comment I’ve seen approving that tweet and it’s every bit as deluded and cringeworthy as I’d expect. Musk never even apologized for that one did he?
  - TooBrokeToBeg 8y ago
    > it’s every bit as deluded and cringeworthy as I’d expect. Not deluded at all. Sorry if you didn't get it. It's very strange that puritanical adherence of America has been rolled back (mostly) but the pedo label is still so toxic in American culture that it's assumed that other cultures share the same values.
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denzil_correa 8y ago
Personally, I think it was very offensive. I also found the hero's comment on the Musk submarine "to stick it where it hurts" very crass and offensive too.

lorenzhs 8y ago

Don't forget that the Model 3 was originally planned to be "Model E", but Ford owns the rights to that name. Also, there's a planned compact SUV which goes by "Model Y". U+1F644

iwaffles 8y ago
He even made a public comment "Ford is trying to kill SEX" https://jalopnik.com/ford-killed-sex-1585513454 https://jalopnik.com/ford-killed-sex-1585513454

mandeepj 8y ago

No, he is not that interesting with email ids. It's just elon@tesla.com

sigfubar 8y ago

I once worked for a company where the CTO's e-mail was aliased as pigfucker@domain.com.

mandeepj 8y ago

In India, 420 means scam\fraud. Just sharing the other (interesting) side. I don't think Musk used this number for any fraud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_420_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_420_of_the_Indian_Pena... https://www.quora.com/What-does-420-mean-in-India https://www.quora.com/What-does-420-mean-in-India

toyg 8y ago

> Why $420 a share Beause 42 is always a good answer, maybe.

kokey 8y ago

Perhaps the funding he secured involved Tesla's revenue sources to include cannabis operations.

Reedx 8y ago

Also BFR (Big Fucking Rocket). Inside jokes like that are a way of communicating with other nerds and gamers.