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I'm curious to hear if anyone has recently changed their opinion on Elon Musk, in any direction, and why?

socialismisok 4y ago
I suspected he was pretty shitty and petty. I no longer suspect, I'd say he's absolutely confirmed that now.
Whatarethese 4y ago
I really like Tesla and SpaceX but I have really started to hate Elon over the past year. Just STFU and build quick cars and rockets. It can't be that hard but he thinks he's some kind of edge lord that thinks everyone loves him.
raxxorraxor 4y ago
I never had a particular opinion on him. I hate the glorification of people we quite frequently see in the US. In the same way vilifying him is the other side of the medal and just as stupid. I think he is funny from time to time, but I believe he is an asshole as boss. Sometimes you have to be, but there are ways to go about that. There was a weird instance where he fired an allegedly incompetent engineer on the fly, but I don't know the details anymore. It seemed impulsive and random. Still, my opinion somehow improved lately. Maybe it is just his marketing team, but I prefer an asshole who is direct, instead of one that tries to hide it. Musk has enough self-reflection to know that he is an asshole. At least some points here...
nickthegreek 4y ago
At the beginning of covid, I wanted a tesla so bad. Now, I will never buy a tesla. Mind blowing to me that a company that sells something so pricey could alienate me so thoroughly, so quickly.
- pixxel 4y ago
lamontcg 4y ago
Nope, the useless cave diving coffin was when I realized that Musk was often stupid and well out of his depth. This is just the latest thing that he's stumbled into that he completely doesn't understand. There's nothing more obnoxious than a p̶h̶y̶s̶i̶c̶i̶s̶t̶ rocket company CEO first encountering a new subject.
kcplate 4y ago
No change for me, I never really gave much opinion other than enjoying seeing the success of SpaceX. I will say there is a definite pandemic of “Elon Musk derangement syndrome” going around now that I find entertaining as hell, as I watch normally sensible and smart people check their brain at the door as soon as his name is mentioned. That condition has prompted me to defend him a few times.

I suspected he was pretty shitty and petty. I no longer suspect, I'd say he's absolutely confirmed that now.

I really like Tesla and SpaceX but I have really started to hate Elon over the past year. Just STFU and build quick cars and rockets. It can't be that hard but he thinks he's some kind of edge lord that thinks everyone loves him.

raxxorraxor 4y ago

I never had a particular opinion on him. I hate the glorification of people we quite frequently see in the US. In the same way vilifying him is the other side of the medal and just as stupid. I think he is funny from time to time, but I believe he is an asshole as boss. Sometimes you have to be, but there are ways to go about that. There was a weird instance where he fired an allegedly incompetent engineer on the fly, but I don't know the details anymore. It seemed impulsive and random. Still, my opinion somehow improved lately. Maybe it is just his marketing team, but I prefer an asshole who is direct, instead of one that tries to hide it. Musk has enough self-reflection to know that he is an asshole. At least some points here...

nickthegreek 4y ago

At the beginning of covid, I wanted a tesla so bad. Now, I will never buy a tesla. Mind blowing to me that a company that sells something so pricey could alienate me so thoroughly, so quickly.

pixxel 4y ago

lamontcg 4y ago

Nope, the useless cave diving coffin was when I realized that Musk was often stupid and well out of his depth. This is just the latest thing that he's stumbled into that he completely doesn't understand. There's nothing more obnoxious than a p̶h̶y̶s̶i̶c̶i̶s̶t̶ rocket company CEO first encountering a new subject.

kcplate 4y ago

No change for me, I never really gave much opinion other than enjoying seeing the success of SpaceX. I will say there is a definite pandemic of “Elon Musk derangement syndrome” going around now that I find entertaining as hell, as I watch normally sensible and smart people check their brain at the door as soon as his name is mentioned. That condition has prompted me to defend him a few times.