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> The fallout between Slim and Musk was further exacerbated by a controversial tweet from Musk, which implied connections between Slim and organized crime. Ins

> The fallout between Slim and Musk was further exacerbated by a controversial tweet from Musk, which implied connections between Slim and organized crime. Instant flashback when Elon called Thai cave diver a "pedo guy" when they declined his help. Elon needs to take rejections way less personally.

hcarvalhoalves 2y ago
A billionaire Asperger high on ketamine, can't stay out of the limelight for a single day, and for every stupid thought, media gives him some more attention. It's a vicious cycle.
ks2048 2y ago
I'm absolutely opposed to Musk and happy to see anyone trying to diminish his power... But, Slim having some connections to organized crime (cartels) seems much less far fetched than other Musk outbursts.
- loloquwowndueo 2y ago
  Why?
  - ks2048 2y ago
    I don’t really know - but the power of the Mexican Cartels suggests they have connections into the Mexican oligarchy. More credible than a random guy in Thailand being “a pedo” because he disagreed with Musk.
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- freejazz 2y ago
  It didn't seem to bother Musk beforehand...
- mandeepj 2y ago
  > I'm absolutely opposed to Musk and happy to see anyone trying to diminish his power Midterms!!
  - jfengel 2y ago
    I can't see why the midterms would do anything to unseat him. Thus far what we've gotten from the current administration is exactly what they promised. I don't see why anybody would change their vote (or decision not to vote). The House is close enough that the ordinary midterm power shifts could suffice to change it. And that would at least enable a certain amount of investigation-cum-harassment. But it's less likely to change both houses, and unless that happens with a substantial margin, it'll be hard to pass significant legislation to change anything.
    - mandeepj 2y ago
      > I can't see why the midterms would do anything to unseat him. Hopefully, today, you realized what midterms will do to unseat him. The mockery of what US stands for has been going on since Jan/20 and people have been watching.
- aorloff 2y ago
  Musk, who has personal calls with Putin. But you were saying ?
- FireBeyond 2y ago
  So let's be clear, Musk, when a deal seems possible, "Cartels? None of my business, not my problem, let's make a deal." Musk, when it falls through, "Oh, he's just in bed with the cartels. I wouldn't want to do business with him." He and Trump have a lot alike in that regard. "Best people, smartest people" when they're new and still in favor. "Who?" "Stupid person, who hired him?" when not.
- foogazi 2y ago
  Why ? What do you know ?
  - kyleee 2y ago
    Basically all politicians in Mexico are “serving at the pleasure of the cartels” so to say, so it would be far fetched to think the cartes don’t try to extract concessions from the wealthy as well. Plata o plomo
insane_dreamer 2y ago
> Elon needs to take rejections way less personally. That's putting it mildly. For someone with that much power and influence to have some petty vengeful tendencies is extremely dangerous. It's like the "off with your head" tyrants of old.
- quesera 2y ago
  Imagine if the US had a President and Commander in Chief with that kind of disposition!
  - tough 2y ago
    wait is not that just real life
- yodsanklai 2y ago
  I wonder if he had done more than insulted or fired people. With his wealth, he could inflict more damage to his enemies.
  - rasz 2y ago
    When Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon-musk-tried-to-destroy-tesla-whistleblower-martin-tripp https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon...
  - ZeroGravitas 2y ago
    He sent private detectives to dig up dirt on the caver he called "pedo guy" and told journalists they were defending an abuser of children with very specific, totally invented, details to the accusation. He also then got away with it in court because he claimed he wasn't making an accusation, just using a generic insult.
  - tarsinge 2y ago
    Looking at his mental and physical health I'm inclined to think that people just fantasize way too much about what wealth can really buy.
harry8 2y ago
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- defrost 2y ago
  > One of them specifically described his help as useless and a publicity stunt. He stated on CNN that Elon could “stick his submarine where it hurts”. That appears to have occurred in an interview held some hours after Musk referred to him as "Pedo guy". Which makes some sense, the interview and questions were only "newsworthy" after the reaction to the Musk tweet.
  - harry8 2y ago
    I have the sequence the other way around. The pedo guy quote in response to the hero of the day describing musk those terms. Is there source that confirms the sequence either way? Added: Checking, the guardian story I linked has the pedo guy tweet after musk’s submarine was described as a publicity stunt on cnn.
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    - defrost 2y ago
      I hunted about - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk... is a better article for sequence, although the twitter dates are not helpful - the embedded in a tweet interview clip has the date of the tweet and not the date of the interview. That was tweeted after the Musk pedo tweet. The quote was: He can “stick his submarine where it hurts,” Unsworth said during the interview in Thailand. before going in detail about why the sub idea was impractical (as was stated by several others at the time). It doesn't justify the "Pedo Guy" accusation though, Musk was clearly being a attention seeking nuisance and getting in the way of an ongoing rescue effort.
  - harry8 2y ago
    Another one supporting the sequence CNN interview, then pedo tweet: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-12/elon-musk-faces-defamation-trial-for-pedo-guy-comments/11105052 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-12/elon-musk-faces-defam... >Mr Musk called Mr Unsworth a "pedo" in a July 15 post on his Twitter account after Mr Unsworth, in an interview with CNN, dismissed Mr Musk's attempts to help rescue the boys as a "PR stunt". Hate on Musk (or anyone). Be accurate is the message here. Musk calling a hero a pedo with no evidence in response after (correctly?) being accused of having a garbage solution that couldn't work and he could stick it on international tv is appalling. Added: I wonder if it was the pro or anti musk faction that flagged the call fo accuracy ad provided references. Even more amusing if both.
georgemcbay 2y ago
> Elon needs to take rejections way less personally. True, but Elon needs to worry most about the fact that when all the MAGA voters who aren't independently wealthy fully realize the current administration is throwing all the poors under the bus and not just the brown ones he is the useful idiot that is going to take the public fall to try to create some distance between the political fallout and the GOP. Its pretty obvious to anyone with any political acumen that they are allowing him to be the public facing figurehead for all of this "efficiency" specifically to allow him to fill that role when the time comes. That said, he'll be fully deserving of everything that happens IMO. I ain't saying any of this to try to warn him, I don't think his ego would allow him to believe it in any case.
aaron695 2y ago
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hcarvalhoalves 2y ago

A billionaire Asperger high on ketamine, can't stay out of the limelight for a single day, and for every stupid thought, media gives him some more attention. It's a vicious cycle.

ks2048 2y ago

I'm absolutely opposed to Musk and happy to see anyone trying to diminish his power... But, Slim having some connections to organized crime (cartels) seems much less far fetched than other Musk outbursts.

loloquwowndueo 2y ago
Why?
- ks2048 2y ago
  I don’t really know - but the power of the Mexican Cartels suggests they have connections into the Mexican oligarchy. More credible than a random guy in Thailand being “a pedo” because he disagreed with Musk.
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
freejazz 2y ago
It didn't seem to bother Musk beforehand...
mandeepj 2y ago
> I'm absolutely opposed to Musk and happy to see anyone trying to diminish his power Midterms!!
- jfengel 2y ago
  I can't see why the midterms would do anything to unseat him. Thus far what we've gotten from the current administration is exactly what they promised. I don't see why anybody would change their vote (or decision not to vote). The House is close enough that the ordinary midterm power shifts could suffice to change it. And that would at least enable a certain amount of investigation-cum-harassment. But it's less likely to change both houses, and unless that happens with a substantial margin, it'll be hard to pass significant legislation to change anything.
  - mandeepj 2y ago
    > I can't see why the midterms would do anything to unseat him. Hopefully, today, you realized what midterms will do to unseat him. The mockery of what US stands for has been going on since Jan/20 and people have been watching.
aorloff 2y ago
Musk, who has personal calls with Putin. But you were saying ?
FireBeyond 2y ago
So let's be clear, Musk, when a deal seems possible, "Cartels? None of my business, not my problem, let's make a deal." Musk, when it falls through, "Oh, he's just in bed with the cartels. I wouldn't want to do business with him." He and Trump have a lot alike in that regard. "Best people, smartest people" when they're new and still in favor. "Who?" "Stupid person, who hired him?" when not.
foogazi 2y ago
Why ? What do you know ?
- kyleee 2y ago
  Basically all politicians in Mexico are “serving at the pleasure of the cartels” so to say, so it would be far fetched to think the cartes don’t try to extract concessions from the wealthy as well. Plata o plomo

insane_dreamer 2y ago

> Elon needs to take rejections way less personally. That's putting it mildly. For someone with that much power and influence to have some petty vengeful tendencies is extremely dangerous. It's like the "off with your head" tyrants of old.

quesera 2y ago
Imagine if the US had a President and Commander in Chief with that kind of disposition!
- tough 2y ago
  wait is not that just real life
yodsanklai 2y ago
I wonder if he had done more than insulted or fired people. With his wealth, he could inflict more damage to his enemies.
- rasz 2y ago
  When Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon-musk-tried-to-destroy-tesla-whistleblower-martin-tripp https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-13/when-elon...
- ZeroGravitas 2y ago
  He sent private detectives to dig up dirt on the caver he called "pedo guy" and told journalists they were defending an abuser of children with very specific, totally invented, details to the accusation. He also then got away with it in court because he claimed he wasn't making an accusation, just using a generic insult.
- tarsinge 2y ago
  Looking at his mental and physical health I'm inclined to think that people just fantasize way too much about what wealth can really buy.

harry8 2y ago

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defrost 2y ago
> One of them specifically described his help as useless and a publicity stunt. He stated on CNN that Elon could “stick his submarine where it hurts”. That appears to have occurred in an interview held some hours after Musk referred to him as "Pedo guy". Which makes some sense, the interview and questions were only "newsworthy" after the reaction to the Musk tweet.
- harry8 2y ago
  I have the sequence the other way around. The pedo guy quote in response to the hero of the day describing musk those terms. Is there source that confirms the sequence either way? Added: Checking, the guardian story I linked has the pedo guy tweet after musk’s submarine was described as a publicity stunt on cnn.
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
  - defrost 2y ago
    I hunted about - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk... is a better article for sequence, although the twitter dates are not helpful - the embedded in a tweet interview clip has the date of the tweet and not the date of the interview. That was tweeted after the Musk pedo tweet. The quote was: He can “stick his submarine where it hurts,” Unsworth said during the interview in Thailand. before going in detail about why the sub idea was impractical (as was stated by several others at the time). It doesn't justify the "Pedo Guy" accusation though, Musk was clearly being a attention seeking nuisance and getting in the way of an ongoing rescue effort.
- harry8 2y ago
  Another one supporting the sequence CNN interview, then pedo tweet: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-12/elon-musk-faces-defamation-trial-for-pedo-guy-comments/11105052 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-12/elon-musk-faces-defam... >Mr Musk called Mr Unsworth a "pedo" in a July 15 post on his Twitter account after Mr Unsworth, in an interview with CNN, dismissed Mr Musk's attempts to help rescue the boys as a "PR stunt". Hate on Musk (or anyone). Be accurate is the message here. Musk calling a hero a pedo with no evidence in response after (correctly?) being accused of having a garbage solution that couldn't work and he could stick it on international tv is appalling. Added: I wonder if it was the pro or anti musk faction that flagged the call fo accuracy ad provided references. Even more amusing if both.

georgemcbay 2y ago

> Elon needs to take rejections way less personally. True, but Elon needs to worry most about the fact that when all the MAGA voters who aren't independently wealthy fully realize the current administration is throwing all the poors under the bus and not just the brown ones he is the useful idiot that is going to take the public fall to try to create some distance between the political fallout and the GOP. Its pretty obvious to anyone with any political acumen that they are allowing him to be the public facing figurehead for all of this "efficiency" specifically to allow him to fill that role when the time comes. That said, he'll be fully deserving of everything that happens IMO. I ain't saying any of this to try to warn him, I don't think his ego would allow him to believe it in any case.

aaron695 2y ago

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