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wild that we used to think this fucking clown was cool
"we"?
Well, I'll give my own impression: I was never a fanboy, but I think his PR team did a good job making him seem vaguely non-threatening and focused on bringing the sci-fi ideas into reality. I remember rolling my eyes when he appeared in Iron Man 2, and the "Tony Stark" comparisons always seemed, to be charitable, aspirational. But then he started tweeting about that cave diver being a "pedo guy," fired his PR people, and it quickly became obvious who he really was.
Basically standard tech bro protocol. Appear neutral on politics and vaguely altruistic in motive, until they have so much money nobody can stop them from being their worst techno-fascist selves. (Altman seems next in line for this transition.)
spot on, i never liked him but for a good while there the only things i'd seen made me go "well he seems like the least bad rich asshole"
imagine firing the PR team that pulled of a herculean feat like that
I'll admit to it.
I used to think Tesla was based, since it paved the way for mass-market EVs to happen. I still think SpaceX is based because of the booster reuse and droneship recovery of Falcon 9, and the massive potential for Starship to make space massively cheaper, and Starlink for bringing Internet to rural areas/war zones like Ukraine (despite clouding the skies.)
On a personal level I found him disgusting, and as a billionaire I think he's the sickness at the core of our economy and society. The projects of his companies were genuinely useful, though.
So yeah, in 2015 he would have been closer to the bottom of my list of most evil billionaires, whereas now he's way at the top.
Yep same. For the longest time, honestly too long, he was cool and smart in my eyes. I have always loved space travel and craved a high tech, sustainable future. Not anymore. He killed much of that for me.
Exactly, did anyone here think non-fictional billionaires could ever be cool? After developing critical thinking skills that is.
I always hated him. Peak hate was when he sent a car in space, supported Trump and did the Nazi salutes.
My claim to fame is that I disliked the guy from the very first time I saw him.
the problem was that the things he said he was good at are highly specialized and there was not much media attention when actual experts said he had zero idea what he was doing. it took him pretending to know how to do stuff most people can instantly recognize when done poorly, like video games or speaking in public
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Still up 16% since this time last year. More crash please.
CEO loses investors $68 billion after $56 billion pay rise
I wish I could survive my company losing money
i truly do not understand how shareholders think, why the fuck would you keep tesla stocks at this point? sell them and invest in that chinese electric moped company for fuck's sake, infinitely more reliable
It's very simple: his votes, plus his family votes and the fact that shares held in index and funds vote always like the boards direct and they have the vast majority and every "voting" is just a farce.
Funny how the "America Party" wasn't created by an American.
Hitler wasn't German, Stalin wasn't Russian.
They should be seriously considering firing this fuck, by now. Everything he's done for the last couple of years has cost his investors money.
I’m happy to see the company go up in flames. Anyone still holding positions in TSLA deserves whatever happens.
Hahahaha - have you seen “the board”? It’s several bought-and-paid-for dipshits and members of his family. He’ll make a good decision before they oust him.
Not happening. Never (unless it’s part of a scam, then yeah sure why not. Gotta fleece the stooges).
Then it sounds like it would be a slam-dunk to prove in court, that the board is no longer honoring its fiduciary duties to its investors.
lol you think any court in this farce of a country holds the rich to account?!
As a certain scorpoin would say, "lol, lmao"
Which "rich" are you talking about? The one rich guy in charge...or the many rich people that are watching their investment bottom out, because of him?
Yes.
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Can we skip to the good part where is 100% bankrupt and no other billionaire bails him out and he ends up being arrested by a rookie cop doing his first drug arrest as Elon nearly ODs on illegal street ketamine and literally no one in the legal system cares when he is given a life sentence?
I'd settle for "dies a 90 hour non-instrument rated private pilot flying the Beech Debonair he just bought VFR into IMC by slamming into a hillside trying to fly under a 300 foot ceiling."
But he wouldn't pass a 3rd class medical certificate, would he?
I have a message. Elon Musk’s plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It spun in. There were no survivors.
Still massively overvalued.
Please announce creating more parties.
7D chess, my mind can't follow.
I thought we were at 256D chess now.
"Why you'd pick such a random number?"- genius coder Musk
"I know for a fact that no coder would use such a number" - probably Elon Musk
The ~~America~~ Elon Musk Oligarchy Party.
Hooray!
Yep! Made me smile
📉⬇️ STONKS
Love to see it
It coincides with a bunch of other stuff, like hints at Tesla regulation, tariffs, and regular wild swings just from being Tesla.
Tesla is up 16% over 1 year, 185.44% over 5 years, beating the S&P 500. Not that I would ever hold Tesla, but still, it's not like Musk's wealth has evaporated.
CNBC is basically the Fox News of finance world. Big, sensationalist and basically catering to day trader hype (not the longer term buy-and-hold crowd. You know, what the stock market is supposed to be). So maybe there's some cause and affect here, but I don't trust them on headlines like this.
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Get fukt
it was damaged before doge was created.
will elon maco like the taco?
If I were in the market for an EV, I have better options than a Tesla including some that are the equivalent of sub 10,000 USD. I just don’t know how well EVs can handle +50C temperatures.
I think Mattel makes better electric vehicles than Tesla.
Literal and figurative car crashes! Woo!
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