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Not sure we're referring to the same "antics". You cannot deny that Elon has changed as a person ever since he got hooked on Twitter. A lot of his personality a

Not sure we're referring to the same "antics". You cannot deny that Elon has changed as a person ever since he got hooked on Twitter. A lot of his personality and how he acts these days is very much focused on trying to get the most likes. Pre-Twitter "fame", it's true that he disregarded what others thought, but he also wasn't so focused on maximizing his likes either. Twitter was like heroine for him, and he now lives for the dopamine rush of going viral by pandering to lowest common denominator. He's far more focused on seeking attention.

ein0p 3y ago
Maybe he didn’t “change”. Maybe you just see more of him now, and see how he actually is, foot in mouth and all. People who got very rich very early often lack the “filter” - they don’t have to consider your opinion of them. In fact, considering it would probably be strongly counterproductive if they’re ambitious. Popular opinion is akin to a lawn mower - stick your head out too far above others and you’ll lose it. But that’s for you and I, that logic doesn’t really apply to centibillionaires.
- ehsankia 3y ago
  Change likely wasn't the right word. Rather, Twitter "enables" him to be the worst version of himself, as you allude to. Point is, he's no longer focused on any big inspiring project and instead spends his days fighting stupid culture wars and posting shitty memes on X.
dotnet00 3y ago
Is it really so hard for you to accept that he's just being like any person and sharing what he finds to be worth sharing? He was always like this. He started SpaceX because he thought putting a dome on Mars within which plants would be grown would be inspiring. The only reason it wasn't on social media was because it wasn't really much of a thing at the time. He didn't care about the optics and tried to buy an ICBM from Russia for this purpose. To me that sounds like the same person as he is on social media.
- ehsankia 3y ago
  > To me that sounds like the same person as he is on social media. So randomly claiming someone's a pedophile is somehow "the same" as wanting to put a dome on Mars because it's inspiring? I honestly don't see how you can say that sounds like the same person. > sharing what he finds to be worth sharing? Are we honestly looking at the same tweets? Just looked and his pinned tweet is about Mexico and asylum seekers, does that sound "inspiring" to you? What about "My pronouns are Proscute/Fauci"? He's fully lost the plot. He's no longer about grand inspiring endeavors, and is instead knee deep in social wars, posting shitty memes all day. What's the last inspiring thing he's done?
  - exodust 3y ago
    > 'He's fully lost the plot.' His pinned tweet expresses concern about the border crisis, specifically the risk of undesirable people crossing the border. He's expressing what he cares about, is the parent's point. Abrasive or animated expression of views, isn't losing the plot. As for jokes about pronouns and other triggering issues, it can sometimes be defended when the joke is similar to the Gemini jokes. That is, poking fun at things that might deserve a bit of poking fun at, even ridicule in the case of Gemini.
    - ehsankia 3y ago
      > He's expressing what he cares about, is the parent's point And my point is that he used to care about inspiring stuff, now he spends all his time caring about useless culture wars.
      - exodust 3y ago
        Again, as objectively as I can, it looks like he believes the country is having an existential crisis deserving of his attention. "Useless" is your opinion, not an objective measure. "Culture wars" is a trope designed to broadly smear the target, disregarding specifics. Do you want Musk to be an inspiration vending machine? Your insistence he tighten his inspiration schedule to meet your expectations, is odd.

ein0p 3y ago

Maybe he didn’t “change”. Maybe you just see more of him now, and see how he actually is, foot in mouth and all. People who got very rich very early often lack the “filter” - they don’t have to consider your opinion of them. In fact, considering it would probably be strongly counterproductive if they’re ambitious. Popular opinion is akin to a lawn mower - stick your head out too far above others and you’ll lose it. But that’s for you and I, that logic doesn’t really apply to centibillionaires.

ehsankia 3y ago
Change likely wasn't the right word. Rather, Twitter "enables" him to be the worst version of himself, as you allude to. Point is, he's no longer focused on any big inspiring project and instead spends his days fighting stupid culture wars and posting shitty memes on X.

dotnet00 3y ago

Is it really so hard for you to accept that he's just being like any person and sharing what he finds to be worth sharing? He was always like this. He started SpaceX because he thought putting a dome on Mars within which plants would be grown would be inspiring. The only reason it wasn't on social media was because it wasn't really much of a thing at the time. He didn't care about the optics and tried to buy an ICBM from Russia for this purpose. To me that sounds like the same person as he is on social media.

ehsankia 3y ago
> To me that sounds like the same person as he is on social media. So randomly claiming someone's a pedophile is somehow "the same" as wanting to put a dome on Mars because it's inspiring? I honestly don't see how you can say that sounds like the same person. > sharing what he finds to be worth sharing? Are we honestly looking at the same tweets? Just looked and his pinned tweet is about Mexico and asylum seekers, does that sound "inspiring" to you? What about "My pronouns are Proscute/Fauci"? He's fully lost the plot. He's no longer about grand inspiring endeavors, and is instead knee deep in social wars, posting shitty memes all day. What's the last inspiring thing he's done?
- exodust 3y ago
  > 'He's fully lost the plot.' His pinned tweet expresses concern about the border crisis, specifically the risk of undesirable people crossing the border. He's expressing what he cares about, is the parent's point. Abrasive or animated expression of views, isn't losing the plot. As for jokes about pronouns and other triggering issues, it can sometimes be defended when the joke is similar to the Gemini jokes. That is, poking fun at things that might deserve a bit of poking fun at, even ridicule in the case of Gemini.
  - ehsankia 3y ago
    > He's expressing what he cares about, is the parent's point And my point is that he used to care about inspiring stuff, now he spends all his time caring about useless culture wars.
    - exodust 3y ago
      Again, as objectively as I can, it looks like he believes the country is having an existential crisis deserving of his attention. "Useless" is your opinion, not an objective measure. "Culture wars" is a trope designed to broadly smear the target, disregarding specifics. Do you want Musk to be an inspiration vending machine? Your insistence he tighten his inspiration schedule to meet your expectations, is odd.