In 2000, while driving on Sand Hill Road with PayPal Inc. Co-Founder Peter Thiel to a meeting, a moment of bravado led Musk to demonstrate the car’s capabilities. “Watch this,” he said, moments before the McLaren spun out of control, flew “like a discus” 3 feet into the air and crashed. The worst part? The car wasn’t insured.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-spent-1-million-213715650.html
What a dipshit.
The worst part? ~~The car wasn’t insured~~They both survived.
To think how much shit the world nearly dodged.
A pivotal moment that crashed our timeline into darkness.
I'm pretty sure capitalism would have just made another Nazi the first trillionaire, and collapsed into fascism either way.
The problem is systemic; continuously rewarding sociopaths and psychopaths with wealth and power.
Because "They make the decisions the rest of us can't".
And people assume that's a good thing.
Damn. if only the car had exploded.
Damn hahaha id never heard that story. I knew hed bought the car though. What an idiot.
It's telling that someone who gets a windfall immediately purchases a status symbol. Almost as if the point of being rich is lost if everyone doesn't know it.
Wealth is wasted on the rich.
My status symbol would be 1,000 acres of land with a self sufficient farm and some recreational spots, and tiny houses for lgbt people to live on.
if you're lgbt and not an asshole, come live near people who accept you for who you are, I baked cookies!
The McLaren F1 was a real drivers car, not a status symbol. At least when it was released, sadly it has become an overpriced collectors item today.
But I highly doubt Elon bought it because he was a car enthusiast and planned to drive it hard
He got it because it was the fastsest car in the world at the time and he wanted the "best" regardless of anything else.
If I would get insanely rich, I would for sure buy something nice. After that I would start saving.
This guy is so unsympathetic. He was even worse back then. But let’s keep personal assessments out of this: he is dangerous, and shouldn’t have the control and money.
Even when he was considered "normal", he was a loser. 100% she had dick on the side.
Wow he looks punchapble back then. Should've went south korea and get that punchable face fixed.
Wow he looks puncha~~p~~ble ~~back then~~
FTFY
Lol you can tell exactly how enthusiastic his fiancee is.
God dammit we were so close
Man, he really has just always looked like the biggest loser in the world, huh? It's a shame all of his many gender-affirming surgeries didn't help
I wish I could rehire my hair
"Huh, odd, why would he need a box truck and why is McLaren making them"
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