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He's the worst kind of megalomaniac narcissist CEO - the kind that everyone hides from and works around, because of a compulsive addiction to self-important thi

He's the worst kind of megalomaniac narcissist CEO - the kind that everyone hides from and works around, because of a compulsive addiction to self-important thinkfluencer larping. Cybertruck. That's the real Elon. A child's fridge drawing of a fantasy car whose build quality seethes with barely hidden contempt for his adoring stans. Mars? From the man who gave the world a car that can't handle rain?

jay-barronville 2y ago
How many cars have you given the world?
- throwaway173738 2y ago
  I think it quite stifles discourse to require everyone to have done the exact same things as a person before commenting about a person. We don’t require you to kill a man before commenting about a murder. You don’t require someone to run for office before they are allowed to comment on a public official.
  - jay-barronville 2y ago
    Good point, but that’s not what I did. I just responded in kind to someone using the absurd rhetoric that because Tesla’s cars supposedly can’t handle rain*, Elon is too incompetent to accomplish his goals re Mars. While we don’t [to quote you] “require everyone to have done the exact same things as a person before commenting about a person,” for certain arguments to carry any weight, the credibility of the person making them does, in fact, matter. If someone was criticizing Bjarne Stroustrup and how exceptions work in C++, but has never even written a single line of code in any systems language, it’d be completely reasonable to dismiss every single word out of that person’s mouth. * Please note that I’ve driven a Tesla in rain just fine, but I’ll pretend the critique is legit and in good faith for the sake of the argument.
- adastra22 2y ago
  There are too many cars in this world.
gfodor 2y ago
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- dang 2y ago
  Personal attacks will get you banned here. Even in a wretched, tedious flamewar like this one, this post stands out as seriously not ok. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
  - gfodor 2y ago
    Truthfully I’m just going to stop posting here. This place has become a disaster in terms of the general attitude of many commenters. The spirit of the site is to celebrate hacking, and this person is trashing some of the greatest hackers alive who are pushing the boundaries and sometimes succeeding sometimes failing. I did in fact want to know if they have been seeing mental health professionals about their attitude - it’s not an insult to ask a question, it’s a genuine curiosity of mine if these people who have this mindset have certain pathologies they are working through.

jay-barronville 2y ago

How many cars have you given the world?

throwaway173738 2y ago
I think it quite stifles discourse to require everyone to have done the exact same things as a person before commenting about a person. We don’t require you to kill a man before commenting about a murder. You don’t require someone to run for office before they are allowed to comment on a public official.
- jay-barronville 2y ago
  Good point, but that’s not what I did. I just responded in kind to someone using the absurd rhetoric that because Tesla’s cars supposedly can’t handle rain*, Elon is too incompetent to accomplish his goals re Mars. While we don’t [to quote you] “require everyone to have done the exact same things as a person before commenting about a person,” for certain arguments to carry any weight, the credibility of the person making them does, in fact, matter. If someone was criticizing Bjarne Stroustrup and how exceptions work in C++, but has never even written a single line of code in any systems language, it’d be completely reasonable to dismiss every single word out of that person’s mouth. * Please note that I’ve driven a Tesla in rain just fine, but I’ll pretend the critique is legit and in good faith for the sake of the argument.
adastra22 2y ago
There are too many cars in this world.

gfodor 2y ago

[flagged]

dang 2y ago
Personal attacks will get you banned here. Even in a wretched, tedious flamewar like this one, this post stands out as seriously not ok. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- gfodor 2y ago
  Truthfully I’m just going to stop posting here. This place has become a disaster in terms of the general attitude of many commenters. The spirit of the site is to celebrate hacking, and this person is trashing some of the greatest hackers alive who are pushing the boundaries and sometimes succeeding sometimes failing. I did in fact want to know if they have been seeing mental health professionals about their attitude - it’s not an insult to ask a question, it’s a genuine curiosity of mine if these people who have this mindset have certain pathologies they are working through.