Current Events > Is Elon Musk really stupid or is there more to it?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Of course there's more to it.

Not only is he really stupid, he's also rich.

he's ignorant

you gotta realize that people who are that rich live in a completely different reality from the rest of us

The Time Elon Musk Hurt Himself Trying to Eat Pop-Tarts

Space journalist Eric Bergers 2021 book Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX includes an anecdote from one of Musks colleagues in the extraterrestrial exploration industry in which Musk encounters worthy adversaries at his hotels breakfast bar a packet of Pop-Tarts and a typical toaster.
Elon comes down, and he walks over to the breakfast bar and he picks up a package of Pop-Tarts, the man recalled. He was transfixed. This was like a scene out of 2001: A Space Odyssey, when the apes examine the monolith. It was clearly the most fascinating thing he had seen that morning.

When Musk finally realized that Pop-Tarts are best prepared toasted, he took the package to the toaster and inserted the two pastries into the slots horizontally. After the Pop-Tarts were done cooking, instead of doing literally anything else, Musk dug his fingers in between the grates to get the treats that were out of reach, screaming Fuck, it burns! Fuck, it burns! at the top of his lungs

Soon believes his own hype. You know the "Real life Tony Stark" stuff.

creativerealms posted...

Soon believes his own hype. You know the "Real life Tony Stark" stuff.

??? Elaborate, please?

He's a fascist and being really stupid makes one more susceptible to that frame of thought.

I don't think he was always a fascist, however he's shown that he's always been stupid so his embracement of fascism seems to have made his stupidity shine more brightly.

When it comes to Musk I feel like I got taken in by a psyop or something. A few years ago he seemed like "the people's billionaire". Very chill personality, liked to get his name out there in very down-to-earth ways (like hosting SNL and opening up about his struggles with...I think it was Asperger's).

But then it's like a switch flipped and suddenly he became a snob with a bunch of rich guy quirks, like he was waiting for everyone to love him first then he could take the mask off.

Solid_Sonic posted...

When it comes to Musk I feel like I got taken in by a psyop or something. A few years ago he seemed like "the people's billionaire". Very chill personality, liked to get his name out there in very down-to-earth ways (like hosting SNL and opening up about his struggles with...I think it was Asperger's).

But then it's like a switch flipped and suddenly he became a snob with a bunch of rich guy quirks, like he was waiting for everyone to love him first then he could take the mask off.

I notice that too. Maybe he has the wrong people in his ear?

I believe that one of the biggest factors in making someone end up stupid is being satisfied that they already know everything. Someone like Musk has a loooooooooooooot of internal and external influences that let him think that.

Elon musk is a total Edison. I've never liked the guy from the start. Just always seemed like a shady asshole.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

Elon musk is a total Edison. I've never liked the guy from the start. Just always seemed like a shady asshole.

Edison was an asshole?

Edison was an elephant killing asshole.

ablegator posted...

Edison was an elephant killing asshole.

Oh! I see. That is kinda fucked up.

omniryu posted...

Edison was an asshole?

Killed an elephant and stole Teslas ideas among other things.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

Killed an elephant and stole Teslas ideas among other things.

Just one of our "American jokes".

I thought it was obvious that the guy is a dumbass built on daddys money.

Solid_Sonic posted...

When it comes to Musk I feel like I got taken in by a psyop or something. A few years ago he seemed like "the people's billionaire". Very chill personality, liked to get his name out there in very down-to-earth ways (like hosting SNL and opening up about his struggles with...I think it was Asperger's).

But then it's like a switch flipped and suddenly he became a snob with a bunch of rich guy quirks, like he was waiting for everyone to love him first then he could take the mask off.

He probably fell to his ego.

Hes stupid, but it's the fucking speed y'all, lol

LonelyStoner posted...

I thought it was obvious that the guy is a dumbass built on daddys money.

He is a programmer. So he is a few stages above from dumbass.

ablegator posted...

Edison was an elephant killing asshole.

Edison definitely was an asshole, but he actually had nothing to do with the elephant's death. The electrocution happened more than a decade after Edison had been forced out of business and the current wars had ended.

People get confused because it sounds like something Edison would have done and because the electrocution was done by the Edison Electric Illuminating Company, but that was actually a different company that wasn't associated with the man himself. Edison's own company (the Edison Illuminating Company, note the difference) had already been purchased by what would later become ConEd, and had become defunct.

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This 100%. The guy behaves like a twelve year old sociopath with a no-limit-credit card.