This man is an example of what happens when someone makes too much money. Hyperloop? Yeah, fuck that noise. It would be a white elephant if the damn thing ever gets built. The guy is starting to sound like SamuelA with his goddam Oh, technology wonderful <slobber> <slobber>.
Now I read that he is selling a “flamethrower” for the impending zombie apocalypse. Which is, for $500us, a glorified bong lighter. It projects a 2’ gas flame, not a stream of burning liquid light an actual flame thrower – which I suppose is a good thing, given our general abundance of stupid (of which he seems to be in the vanguard) that could make real flamethrowers a serious concern.
Jesus, man, you car business is having some issues. Why not, say, concentrate on getting that shit rolling, instead of gazing upon the lovely face of Mars with lecherous intent? Just, stop being a fucking moron. We have shitloads of those to deal with already, without you adding to the mix.
Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX… anyone who founded any one of those 3 companies has some bragging rights. Founding all 3 earns you the right to make a flame thrower every now and again.
We need more people like Musk, Howard Hughes, Bill Gates, etc, people who invent interesting technological developments, than people like Donald Trump who make their money by just shuffling money from one pile to another. Musk is the man.
Yeah, he has a lot of nutty ideas that will never go anywhere. And he also has a lot of good ideas that are going somewhere. And the ideas of his that are going somewhere are mostly doing so because he’s taking them there. On net, it’s hard to see that as anything but a positive.
Right. I was completely flummoxed by the Boring Company Flamethrower until it was pointed out to me as a Spaceballs reference. Makes perfect sense, it’s a publicity stunt & crowd-funding opportunity, following their baseball caps.
I’m reasonably sure that, a couple decades from now, his intellect will continue to be researched, but his business acumen and character will increasingly veer toward a Donald Trump-like reputation.
