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BriefDownpour t1_j17uxtp wrote

>“Can you focus on Tesla? No improvement, no new models, no localisation of Model X and S …,” said one top-voted comment under the post. “I think you should open a vote on Weibo regarding whether you should step down as Tesla CEO.

The internet really isn't a place fit for billionaires, people are out for blood in here lmao

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mayuzane t1_j18arlq wrote

There is no bodyguard, no secretary to stop us from typing

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YoYoMoMa t1_j19w1pi wrote

And they are so unused to people saying anything real to them.

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OldsDiesel t1_j1aiuyo wrote

Its why I've been banned from Twitter twice, Reddit once, and temporary suspended from both Facebook and Instagram more than I can count.

I fucking hate billionaires, and I want them to know they shouldn't exist. Whether that be peaceful or violent, I don't care.

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swistak84 t1_j18dli6 wrote

>The internet really isn't a place fit for billionaires

It used to be for a while. For years any post criticising Musk would get downvoted to oblivion. Anyone questioning Tesla valuation would get shouted over ("Tesla is a tech company!" "It's a growth stock!"). People were honestly arguing that Hyperloop is something that can be realistically built (Hell. Another billionaire-but-imbecile even spent a lots of his money to try to build one).

Perception is just catching up to reality.

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icantfindanametwice t1_j18sx8b wrote

To be fair, Elon also asked his flight attendant for a handjob, and said she’d get a horse in return.

I mean, how out of touch do you have to be to not know a pony was the superior gift, which would have clenched the handy, and saved him a cool quarter million?

Then there’s the whole flying to Epstein’s Island ten times on the Lolita Express.

All that money, and he just wants to copy Woody Allen - or his dad, and bang his stepdaughter.

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namechecksout35 t1_j1acy9l wrote

To be fairer, I'd give a handy for used Toyota Corolla. No frame damage <125k miles.

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ScenicAndrew t1_j1942lh wrote

I was definitely one to defend the person over their message, but I'm pretty happy to have learned. As long as it's just words in the void of the internet; Better to learn and regret than to have been nasty about it without ever changing.

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Lostation t1_j1arbh6 wrote

Omg I first read your post as massage instead of message.after reading the post about willing to give a handy for a car. I made myself laugh today

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ScenicAndrew t1_j1atddx wrote

I had real problems separating Elon from that massage he gave me, too.

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maxoakland t1_j19txpd wrote

What do you think made you that type of person at the time and what made you learn?

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ScenicAndrew t1_j1a5wol wrote

Was just younger. Was not a muskrat but definitely felt like if I liked something he did (or more appropriately, something his PR team said he did) he must not be all bad. Learned by learning he and others were just awful.

Honestly the bigger issue for me was with Gates. Kinda hard to see past the foundation, environmentalism, etc. At the end of the day can't just separate Microsoft's shitty behavior from him.

If you don't learn to separate the person from their actions they really sneak up on ya. Patagonia guy is the recent example. Does SOME good, sure, but he's just setting his wealth in stone.

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SquatchWithNoHeroes t1_j19bcef wrote

Hyperloop CAN be realistically built.

But not with our current technology.

First we need to get regular maglevs on working order and then we can begin thinking on vaccum sealing them.

And then it probably will not make a difference, Hell, the amount of concrete needed may very well offset the energy consumption. Nevermind the issue of a single guy with a drill being able to stop the whole line (and maybe cause a big incident if a train happens to just be going through.)

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swistak84 t1_j19iv6a wrote

>Hyperloop CAN be realistically built.
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>But not with our current technology.

I mean technically they can be built. But never. And I mean never they would be viable or realistic.

To see why just look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz95_VvTxZM one guy with a hammer could trigger this and destroy killometers of tracks.

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SquatchWithNoHeroes t1_j1a22mn wrote

Obviously, the containment would be built out of concrete.

Otherwise it would be impossible, it would collapse on itself by stress alone rather quickly.

Anyway, my point is that Hyperloop is like wanting to make the concorde without making the 707 first.

And it may very well like the concorde end up being not practical.

Frankly, I don't see the need to be faster than 400km/h . That's what videoconferences are for

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swistak84 t1_j1ah065 wrote

Obviously? Because none of the efforts or whitepaper tried that ...

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SquatchWithNoHeroes t1_j1aj5n9 wrote

Nobody is suggesting you build it with the materials of a thin pressure vessel .

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swistak84 t1_j1ak29s wrote

Literally what Musk's whitepaper suggested.

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SquatchWithNoHeroes t1_j1aki7g wrote

I'm pretty sure that even that whitepaper doesn't suggest something that is meant to resist inward pressure instead of outward pressure

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tickle_mittens t1_j19ddly wrote

The only way Teslas valuation made sense is if their solar and power storage technology was so good, and their lead s insurmountable, that they were going to replace Exxon.

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YawnTractor_1756 t1_j19d70i wrote

>Perception is just catching up to reality.

You conveniently "forget" that before 2018 things were other way around. People were shitting on Musk since the very start, for over a decade, saying BEV are unviable, unsellable etc, "rational critiques" said if rockets could land NASA would do it long time ago, etc. etc, but Tesla and SpaceX kept delivering.

So no what you call "reality" is not always right. And it's not reality, it's just another perception.

Musk just changed. And with him his companies are no longer the same.

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swistak84 t1_j19ponc wrote

I remember EV car FUD mate, but plenty of "Rational critiques" were very much spot on. In 2022 we still don't have:

  1. FSD (only beta)
  2. Robotaxis
  3. Hyperloop (and never will)
  4. "Tech company" - It's funny that no one is even trying to argue this any-more.
  5. "Energy company" - SolarCity is on coninous downwards path, solar tiles are insignificant and they are reselling chinese panels
  6. Loops (regular kind, made by boring company). Even Vegas Loop is serviced by taxi drivers
  7. Cybertruck.

The only things they actually delivered on were the "realistic" ones which is to produce and expensive EV Car & SUV.

I called it then that Tesla will become like Mazda small independent carmaker making quirky interesting cars or becomes bankrupt.

They exceeded expectations producing two times more cars then Mazda at his point and I'm sure that they will continue to grow, but the dreams of challenging Toyota are over (but no chance of suddenly going bankrupt either I think).

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YawnTractor_1756 t1_j19qphi wrote

If you shoot from a shotgun many times you eventually hit something and then you can claim that's where you aimed.

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RNBAModBrainTumor t1_j18thry wrote

bro the flame from the chinese League of Legends community is on another level. That is honestly super tame, but also back handed as fuck as and so funny. Like Muskrat actually thought weibo of all places was going to be supportive?

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Weird-Engineer t1_j18yzvl wrote

After seeing him run Twitter THEY WANT HIM BACK AT TESLA?! In what world do they think Musk possesses the leadership skills or the public trust to run Tesla. He ran an unrelated company so poorly it destroyed Tesla. Maybe if he goes back to tesla full time we can see the stock drop to 25$ a share! Or maybe he will just lock me out of my car like he did my Twitter for making fun of him.

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Development-Alive t1_j1ap6et wrote

Nah. Tesla is missing its pitchman. The investors need someone who can make vapid promises that will rarely come to fruition all to pump up the stock and convince consumers to give Tesla interest-free loans.

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Berova t1_j1b7b99 wrote

Tesla Board of Directors MIA

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r0b0tsrfun t1_j19fbn2 wrote

As they should be, billionaires have no place in a functioning society lol. I don’t understand why we as a society with limited resources, idolize those that horde them. It’s crazy that we have a few individuals who go get to play judge, jury, and executioner with our finite resources.

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SidewaysFancyPrance t1_j1bg6j1 wrote

This is the wrong time to be absolutely oblivious to public sentiment, and unable to read the room. The economic pressure is hitting everyone, and he's whining and complaining the loudest. Smart billionaires STFU during downturns and don't criticize/aggravate/condescend their customers and labor force. They lay low and don't draw attention to how their lifestyles don't change one bit.

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kveggie1 t1_j19erjm wrote

and rightfully so. Leon should stop playing/wasting his billions on Twitter and make Tesla a success... (oh, he does not have the capability.... space karen.

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TheKert t1_j1a9rze wrote

Now we need to make the offline world equally unfit for them.

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I_like_big_bugss t1_j1b7hzz wrote

Hahaha epic.

His mum shouldn’t have convinced him he’s so special (their relationship is creepy) and he wouldn’t be having to go through this public humiliation. But if you surround yourself with sycophants….

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j16ka1f wrote

AHAHA!

Desperate for fresh validation and praise, L. Ron Musk turns to the Chinese and gets shot down.

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ThinkTelevision8971 t1_j17hiec wrote

It’s hilarious how desperate this guy is to be loved

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j18r00n wrote

My theory is that some right-wing fuck knuckles - you know, the kind he's been buddying up to lately - said something along the lines of "Y'know, I wish someone'd do something about all the wokerati on Twitter" and then Musk bought it out in a desperate bid to look cool to them, and is now burnin' up because the RWFKs aren't reciprocating the love because Musk did it off his own bat, and the RWFKs don't feel they owe him anything.

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warren_stupidity t1_j19bk6q wrote

Well more to the point, the fascist oligarchs are trying to control all media and twitter is, or was, the premier news platform on the planet. So that part of the plan is working just fine.

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delrioaudio t1_j1939m6 wrote

I agree.i think he and SBF are getting used by bigger, smarter money. Not that I feel bad at all for either person.

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jeminstall t1_j19fd5d wrote

I think you're partially right, but I'm going to guess, instead of trying to look cool to them, he's just poorly coping with the fact his kid came out as trans and disassociated with him completely. https://www.reuters.com/world/elon-musks-child-seeks-name-change-sever-ties-with-father-2022-06-21/

He turned to RWFKs because he needs to be loved, but even his own kids wants nothing to do with him. Throw in one of them being trans, and he probably blames "woke cancel culture" for his ruined personal relationships.

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DirkRockwell t1_j1alngc wrote

I don’t think he cares about that as much as Grimes leaving him for a trans woman (Chelsea Manning no less)

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that_star_wars_guy t1_j19afsb wrote

> Y'know, I wish someone'd do something about all the wokerati on Twitter"

"Will no one rid me of these turbulent tweets?"

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GL4389 t1_j18e6kx wrote

He is a nerd who suddenly became cool and wants to keep that high going but is failing.

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ThinkTelevision8971 t1_j18ievd wrote

Is he a nerd though?

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-lv t1_j18lk1c wrote

Seems more like a narcissist spectrum disorder is what plagues him, plus some nerdiness to make him seem human and somewhat likeable

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-lv t1_j18ll5x wrote

Until he opens his mouth, that is...

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brick_eater t1_j1apuwk wrote

It’s also sad as he used to be somewhat respectable but has driven his reputation into the dirt for no good reason whatsoever. He could have been a decent spokesperson for science, engineering and the like, but he has continued to say and do shit that makes him more divisive and less likeable to the average person

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rkbasu t1_j1bcb4l wrote

althought, to be fair, if any of us had that spoiled, crackpot, degenerate of a father, we probably would be too.
Toxic, Eugenicist apple never falls far from the Toxic, Eugenicist tree

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aboysmokingintherain t1_j18inw6 wrote

If actions speak louder than words than elon musk is a charlatan at best

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Kono_Gabby t1_j194iqa wrote

I couldn't have articulated that sentiment better! 10/10

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Helenium_autumnale t1_j18gl45 wrote

Musk recently had a spat with Hu Xijin, the former editor of nationalist state tabloid Global Times, over comments related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

He does not know how to conduct himself as a CEO in a foreign country, not only as a representative of an American company but also as a guest in that country, who is making money from Chinese people due only to the good graces of the government. Public spats over politics is not among acceptable behaviors in that situation.

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Undisolving t1_j16t7e4 wrote

He’s such a little turd.

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Stevieflyineasy t1_j1923wj wrote

I am so tired of this guys obsession with attention. someone give him a hug and tell him to shut up

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DontToewsMeBro2 t1_j19r1du wrote

Does he know that weibo literally stole Twitter code, almost byte for byte, and just created a ‘new’ website with more active users than twitter? Sounds a helluva lot cheaper than overpaying for a house of cards that apparently can be run by 13 people.

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fafafanta t1_j19uldk wrote

Nobody in the world likes this dipshit besides other equally stupid dipshits.

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Speculawyer t1_j19oxz8 wrote

Musk has united the world!..... against him.

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Skirate t1_j19rdo7 wrote

Says a man who spent billions on a company that is all about words (with characters limit though)

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HELIX0 t1_j1aaho6 wrote

Yea, he "spent" billions. There's your action word

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jimmycanfly24 t1_j19z714 wrote

Deport him to China or South Africa

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lilrabbitfoofoo t1_j1a6c6w wrote

Elon Musk's words show he's a kook.

Elon Musk's actions show he's a criminal.

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BananaFreeway t1_j1be1j2 wrote

Note to self - this is what self destruction looks like

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TweedleBum t1_j1ciw9w wrote

He probably meant to post on Weirdo, but those clumsy fingers tapped the wrong app.

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gringo-tico t1_j19bkds wrote

A news article about online comments, ground breaking stuff right here.

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ultron5555 t1_j19706e wrote

just the opinion of a few random users, there is no link to the post

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MossytheMagnificent t1_j18fz4n wrote

Words matter less now? He spent 44? Billion on a social media company because he wanted to promote free speech.

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motus_guanxi t1_j193eya wrote

Except now he is banning anyone that talks shit about him..

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calihotsauce t1_j19j301 wrote

Is that why he’s banning journalists and people he doesn’t like?

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