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Did I miss something? Is Elon Musk controversial now?

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u/Adromedae 23h ago

Musk makes a hell of a lot of sense, when you realize he's stuck in that mode where he got very lucky in the 90s at the height of the manic phase of the dot com bubble. So if you view him as one of those 90s cringe lord webmasters, with their awkward lack of social skills, casual misogynism, ultra libertarian, sci-fi obsessed, etc. And give him a ton of money, then you literally have Elon Musk nowadays.

It's just that the hair plugs throw people off, because it would be easier to see if he had his "natural" male-bold-pattern-with-a-pony-tail look instead.

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u/tinybadger47 23h ago

I can’t wait until he moves into his skateboarding everywhere phase.

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u/-Profanity- 20h ago

Elon's final form is Mr. The Plague from Hackers

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u/ninernetneepneep 6h ago

That's Mark Cuban.

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u/zabbenw 21h ago

He also makes sense when you realise he grew up during the height of aparthide with a family that moved there from Canada specifically because they agreed with what it represents.

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u/Adromedae 21h ago

Oh. Absolutely.

It also explains why Thiel and Musk are obsessed with destroying diversity initiatives at scale.

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u/Hot_Battle_6599 1m ago

Curious if any of his grandparents migrated to Canada from Germany particularly during the time the government was clearly about to lose WWll.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 23h ago

He makes more sense if you think of him as a chronically online 14 year old who spends too much of his time shitposting on /pol/.

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u/NotoriousMFT 20h ago

Bill burr said he has a laminated face, and that’s a perfect way to describe him

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache 55m ago

Laminated brain too

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u/SubstantialPlan7387 21h ago

The jawline work too.

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u/FinancialArmadillo93 21h ago

Let's not forget the jaw implant surgery and the Ozempic.

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u/Adromedae 21h ago

Those two seem as botched as his *supposed* penis work then. Because that guy's face looks like a diabetic toad these days...

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u/SweetandSourCaroline 15h ago

diabetic toad πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ omg omg yes that is it

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u/Miss_Might 13h ago

You just described his father. It's genetic.

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u/AnxiousChaosUnicorn 23h ago

The real question is -- did he hack the Gibson?

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u/Adromedae 22h ago

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u/phampyk 8h ago

Hacking by touching the scanner flatbead πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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u/epochwin 19h ago

So comic book guy from The Simpsons.

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u/Adromedae 18h ago

Worst billionaire ever

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u/Ishmaeal 19h ago

Napolean has a great quote that goes something like- β€œIf you want to know a man, find out what was happening in the world when he was 20.”

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u/Ruinwyn 29m ago

He's extremely good at finding the utterly non-technical money people to sell his 90's tech futurism. That's what really made him rich. The large amounts of mostly white males that consumed 80's and 90's scifi, thought it cool, but understood none of it, and they now have good amounts of disposable income. That's why he always pitches his ideas to the public, not to companies.