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How has he lost his sauce? He's actually delivering on his two major companies. He's shipping electric cars at an insane growth rate. He's doing what car compan

by bko 4y ago

How has he lost his sauce? He's actually delivering on his two major companies. He's shipping electric cars at an insane growth rate. He's doing what car companies had 100 years to do and still can't get right in the US. All the other electric car companies are basically vaporware VC money pits. He's also delivering on SpaceX. I get it, you don't like his politics or share his sense of humor but don't pretend like he's some unhinged twitter personality. Tesla revenue for the quarter ending March 31, 2022 was $18.756B, a 80.54% increase year-over-year. Tesla revenue for the twelve months ending March 31, 2022 was $59.810B, a 74.73% increase year-over-year. Tesla annual revenue for 2021 was $53.823B, a 70.67% increase from 2020. Tesla annual revenue for 2020 was $31.536B, a 28.31% increase from 2019. Tesla annual revenue for 2019 was $24.578B, a 14.52% increase from 2018. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/TSLA/tesla/revenue https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/TSLA/tesla/revenue

bengale 4y ago
> he seems lost in his own sauce I read this as a polite way of saying he's up his own arse, which seems accurate.
- bko 4y ago
  Sure he's arrogant but I wouldn't rank his accomplishments and person hood by tweets. He has an incredible record as an engineering manager and investor and to brush that off is just silly.
  - otterley 4y ago
    I will brush that off, because the character of our leadership matters. It would be a regrettable outcome if our next generation of leaders acts as boorishly as Elon Musk does. We want leaders who inspire others to be the best version of themselves, and that includes treating others with respect and care.
- houseofzeus 4y ago
  High on his own gas.
thr0wawayf00 4y ago
> I get it, you don't like his politics or share his sense of humor but don't pretend like he's some unhinged twitter personality. He called Vernon Unsworth a "pedo guy" in a tweet after he rescued all of those kids in Thailand and criticized Musk's plan to build a small submarine to get them out. That wasn't a joke, it wasn't meant to elicit a humorous response, it was clearly meant to defame someone. Notice that accusing folks of pedophilia has become a pretty common tactic for the right nowadays. Calling someone a pedo seems pretty unhinged for a billionaire responsible for running major companies, it honestly surprised me how Musk would spend his public energy saying that kind of stuff, and especially when you consider the power dynamics involved, it's hard to interpret his actions as anything other than driven by insecurity. But I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- bko 4y ago
  It's slang. Maybe not tasteful or obscure but it is just an insult. You ever have someone attack you and call them a name? It's pretty human. Someone's life isn't defined by an insult he used years ago. You need to get over it... https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elon-musk-pedo-guy-really-was-an-insult-in-south-africa-but-not-common-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elon-musk-pedo-guy-really-...
  - otterley 4y ago
    No. A person in Musk’s position should know better than to behave this way, and perhaps to even bounce drafts of his communications off a trusted confidant for feedback before hitting “send.” Heck, I do this myself a couple times a month, and I’m nowhere near his level of power and influence. It’s not like he can’t afford an army of comms people.
  - thr0wawayf00 4y ago
    You know, it's funny to me how often the "just kidding, it's slang" argument gets used. You'd think someone as smart and talented as Musk would've figured somewhere along the way to actually say what they mean. Which strangely enough, he seems to do just fine most of the time. But you're right, it's all my fault and I should really get over it and be more empathetic towards the billionaires that can't seem to communicate clearly.

by bko 4y ago

bengale 4y ago

> he seems lost in his own sauce I read this as a polite way of saying he's up his own arse, which seems accurate.

bko 4y ago
Sure he's arrogant but I wouldn't rank his accomplishments and person hood by tweets. He has an incredible record as an engineering manager and investor and to brush that off is just silly.
- otterley 4y ago
  I will brush that off, because the character of our leadership matters. It would be a regrettable outcome if our next generation of leaders acts as boorishly as Elon Musk does. We want leaders who inspire others to be the best version of themselves, and that includes treating others with respect and care.
houseofzeus 4y ago
High on his own gas.

thr0wawayf00 4y ago

> I get it, you don't like his politics or share his sense of humor but don't pretend like he's some unhinged twitter personality. He called Vernon Unsworth a "pedo guy" in a tweet after he rescued all of those kids in Thailand and criticized Musk's plan to build a small submarine to get them out. That wasn't a joke, it wasn't meant to elicit a humorous response, it was clearly meant to defame someone. Notice that accusing folks of pedophilia has become a pretty common tactic for the right nowadays. Calling someone a pedo seems pretty unhinged for a billionaire responsible for running major companies, it honestly surprised me how Musk would spend his public energy saying that kind of stuff, and especially when you consider the power dynamics involved, it's hard to interpret his actions as anything other than driven by insecurity. But I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

bko 4y ago
It's slang. Maybe not tasteful or obscure but it is just an insult. You ever have someone attack you and call them a name? It's pretty human. Someone's life isn't defined by an insult he used years ago. You need to get over it... https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elon-musk-pedo-guy-really-was-an-insult-in-south-africa-but-not-common-2019-9 https://www.businessinsider.co.za/elon-musk-pedo-guy-really-...
- otterley 4y ago
  No. A person in Musk’s position should know better than to behave this way, and perhaps to even bounce drafts of his communications off a trusted confidant for feedback before hitting “send.” Heck, I do this myself a couple times a month, and I’m nowhere near his level of power and influence. It’s not like he can’t afford an army of comms people.
- thr0wawayf00 4y ago
  You know, it's funny to me how often the "just kidding, it's slang" argument gets used. You'd think someone as smart and talented as Musk would've figured somewhere along the way to actually say what they mean. Which strangely enough, he seems to do just fine most of the time. But you're right, it's all my fault and I should really get over it and be more empathetic towards the billionaires that can't seem to communicate clearly.