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>Elon already tweeted that this is false. Did you expect him to say it is true?

• hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  Of course not, I would expect him to say nothing in that case. Honestly, it's pretty ridiculous how people conflate "Elon is a bad guy who stretches the truth all the time" with him sending out a completely unambiguous statement that, if it were a lie, would easily be proven wrong in one day. Point being, people who do stretch the truth/over-promise know how to do it in a way that isn't falsifiable in 24 hours.
  • watwut 4y ago
    Hd did said and tweeted outright lies in the past. Lying is not out character for him.
    • hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
      Again, the outright lies he tweeted were not something that were provably false in less than 24 hours. Just consider his infamous "Funding secured" tweet. I considered that a lie, but there is obviously enough wiggle room/deniability over what "secured" actually means. That's not the case here. In any case, the deadline has already passed. If there were to have been mass layoffs before the Nov 1 deadline, it's too late.
  • type-r 4y ago
    I mean, he did send out that classic "funding secured" unambiguous statement right? Which was insane and people doubted immediately. He had to settle with the SEC barely a month afterwards.