> two people talking absolute bollocks and neither being willing to mention the elephant in the room It just reads to me like two friends having a casual chat

> two people talking absolute bollocks and neither being willing to mention the elephant in the room It just reads to me like two friends having a casual chat about an idea. It also reads to me like the context is well known and shared. You don't usually actively restate context in real life; it's not a movie where you need to let the audience in. That's not avoiding an elephant, that's just real world conversation. > It's no wonder the second their plan hit the real world it exploded on impact What? Musk backed out. That’s nothing to do with "hitting the real world". It's not like regulators stopped it or something.