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Hard to really say Elon was ever liberal, though. Rather, he was always opportunistic. And the hilarious saga of his gaming skills really calls into question

by taeric 2y ago

Hard to really say Elon was ever liberal, though. Rather, he was always opportunistic. And the hilarious saga of his gaming skills really calls into question all of his general decision making. Which, fair, you can point to his giant bankroll. Hard to square that with his public persona over the years. Easy to say he has declined recently. But, I'm starting to question how long it was always there.

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MichaelZuo 2y ago
I can’t imagine he would have had enough free time to develop any “gaming skills” whatsoever past the PS1 generation.
- taeric 2y ago
  Similarly, I can't imagine he has enough free time to do much of anything with how often he is tweeting nowadays. Still, none of that stopped him from claiming this quite strongly. Which, it would be fine if this was offhand statements. Because, yeah, who cares? But it seems he has pushed this idea for many years, whenever he could. Not exactly the sign of a healthy person. :(
ben_w 2y ago
In retrospect, I think the warning signs were present at least as far back as the incident with harming the name of the person who told him that submarines aren't helpful during cave rescues. Possibly even further back, given the fight with the Top Gear car review show: https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/remember-when-tesla-tried-to-sue-top-gear/ https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/remember-when-tesla-tried... Those two incidents together definitely make a hypocrite out of Musk, even if he did win the lawsuit as defendant in the caving case.
- esalman 2y ago
  Even before the submarine stunt, he called an entire field of nanotechnology BS. As a PhD researcher that was the moment I knew he cannot be trusted as authority on any matter related to science and engineering- not because he's an idiot, but because of his bias. Which is a very odd and difficult realization given his business involving renewable energy and space travel.

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MichaelZuo 2y ago

I can’t imagine he would have had enough free time to develop any “gaming skills” whatsoever past the PS1 generation.

taeric 2y ago
Similarly, I can't imagine he has enough free time to do much of anything with how often he is tweeting nowadays. Still, none of that stopped him from claiming this quite strongly. Which, it would be fine if this was offhand statements. Because, yeah, who cares? But it seems he has pushed this idea for many years, whenever he could. Not exactly the sign of a healthy person. :(

ben_w 2y ago

In retrospect, I think the warning signs were present at least as far back as the incident with harming the name of the person who told him that submarines aren't helpful during cave rescues. Possibly even further back, given the fight with the Top Gear car review show: https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/remember-when-tesla-tried-to-sue-top-gear/ https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/remember-when-tesla-tried... Those two incidents together definitely make a hypocrite out of Musk, even if he did win the lawsuit as defendant in the caving case.

esalman 2y ago
Even before the submarine stunt, he called an entire field of nanotechnology BS. As a PhD researcher that was the moment I knew he cannot be trusted as authority on any matter related to science and engineering- not because he's an idiot, but because of his bias. Which is a very odd and difficult realization given his business involving renewable energy and space travel.