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[–] [email protected] 192 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Civil war is inevitable just like COVID would be over by April 2019 and that humans would set foot on Mars in 2024 (they better hurry up.)

This website keeps track of all the stupid bullshit Elon has predicted:

https://elonmusk.today/

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Wish Version Iron Man is a weird motherfucker.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wish Version Iron Man

Oh that's good.

I also like: Rebate Rockefeller.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

"Phony Stark" is my personal favorite

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Idk, regular Carthegie was already kind of Apartheid Carthegie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think you mean Temu Iron Man. Wish Iron Man would be a step up from what we have.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I started reading, got about 10 minutes in before realizing how much there was. Jesus why do people think he is anything other than a hype man

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm curious what percentage of people actually take him seriously, at this point.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Way too many. And way too many powerful ones. All they see is dollar signs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I mean, they do exist, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a single digit percentage. When he gets invited to speak on things the vibe is more that he's human clickbait than anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If anyone doesn’t know it yet:

The podcast Tech Won't Save Us has a wonderful series called "Elon Musk Unmasked" where they also debunked all of his empty promises.

https://techwontsave.us/elon-musk-unmasked

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Covid didn't even start until like October 2019, and didn't reach America until February 2020.

The world didn't even know that word in April 2019.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Website says:

Close to Zero New Cases

[Link]

  • 1,601 days since Elon Musk predicted that Coronoavirus would vanish soon in the US to justify keeping Tesla's factories open. (3/19/2020)

"Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April"

Elon Musk in a Tweet

Children Immune

[Link]

  • 1,601 days since Elon Musk assured parents that children were basically immune to coronavirus. (3/19/2020)

"Kids are essentially immune, but elderly with existing conditions are vulnerable."

Elon Musk in a Tweet

Just the Flu

[Link]

  • 1,649 days since Elon Musk said Coronavirus would be similar to the flu. (1/31/2020)

"There is considerable conflation of diagnosis & contraction of “corona”. Actual virality is much lower than it would seem. I think this will turn out to be comparable to other forms of influenza."

Elon Musk in a Tweet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Gave me something to laugh at while eating lunch

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah I feel a bit more optimistic for the future now that this clampit has voiced his shitty wet dream.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I look at it as inevitable but I'm also aware I'm a terminally online weirdo in a lefty echo chamber who should keep his thoughts mostly anonymous.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

is there also a site covering his lawsuits? That bitcoin one seems... actionable

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's a pity it stopped somewhere 2022.