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This from a guy who unveils his new data center at exactly 420 and has a line of cars intentionally named to spell out “s3xy” and the reason we’re all forced to
by listless 2y ago
This from a guy who unveils his new data center at exactly 420 and has a line of cars intentionally named to spell out “s3xy” and the reason we’re all forced to say “space sex” out loud every time we talk about a rocket launch.
We are trapped in a meme.
- xg15 2y agoWhat do you expect if society is hellbound to concentrate all power but none of the responsibility into the hands of a few billionaires and one of them happens to identify as a 13 year old memelord?
- maxwell 2y ago"Comedy should be illegal again."
- roflyear 2y agoWhat a ridiculous overreaction: people are allowed to criticize his poor taste. Unless you want free speech to be "illegal again"
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- mardifoufs 2y agoI agree about his general poor taste, but what's the poor taste in this case? That they didn't want to use a silly water gun anymore?
- seanw444 2y agoAgreed. I'm sick of people I disagree with having fun.
- kortilla 2y ago> forced to say “space sex” out loud Unless your spoken English isn’t very good, it’s quite clear there is no “s” sound in the second half. Say “space sex” out loud and yes you’ll hear two distinct ‘s’ sounds. Not at all the same as “space ex”.
- sph 2y agoDude, "SpaceX" sounds more like "space sex" than it does "sausage". It is literally one IPA consonant sound away. Of course it's not the exact same sound, but it's bloody similar and it's a throwaway tongue-in-cheek comment from GP. Are you and the sibling comment robots that don't get word play?
- bufferoverflow 2y agoSpaceX sounds exactly like "space ex". Everything else is dishonest bs.
- EasyMark 2y agoNice to know that variations in spoken English are still used to segregate people into good and not very good groups rather than merit or personality. I apologize ahead of time for not using a solid Midwest Accent annunciated as per traditional evening news.
- kortilla 2y agoIn which accent do you not pronounce the ‘s’ in sex? I’ll wait
- falcor84 2y agoIn what dialect does SpaceX sound exactly like "space sex"? Sounds like a stretch to me.
- sph 2y agospace ex -> space sex? It's literally one consonant sound away, not a "stretch" in any dialect of English.
- falcor84 2y agoI'm not trying to be obtuse, but literally don't understand how someone would get from "space ex" to "space sex" unless they are intentionally trying to stretch/double the consonant. To be clear, I'm willing to agree that it's a funny mispronunciation, but am unwilling to accept that this particular naming was an intentional juvenile joke by Musk. It's widely known he's a fan of the letter X, and I believe that fully explains "SpaceX".
- listless 2y agoWait - it’s intentionally meant to sound like “space sex” right? I mean, it’s not 1:1 but it’s very close. Say it out loud 10 times. But maybe possible it’s just all about the letter X for him? Also, to clarify, I don’t dislike the guy. Nor do I dislike his naming. Just pointing out what I thought was the obvious.
- oooyay 2y agoUnless there's something I'm missing, he has a long history with being obsessed with naming things "X". Maybe it's a thing he thought about tongue in cheek, but I kind of doubt it's as intentional as folks in this thread are making it out to be. fwiw, I don't like Elon and I think this whole thread is kinda distracting to actual points about Elon that don't need Olympic size hurdles to understand.
- listless 2y ago
- anal_reactor 2y agoThe most humane CEO, instead of another corporate bot