Its almost like there are repercussions for telling all advertisers to go fuck themselves? Like maybe the can choose to spend their money elsewhere? Perhaps on a platform that isnt rapidly imploding? But conservatives do generally struggle with the word choice, so its understandable.
Hm, Musk has such a track record of wise business decisions, surely Disney...a company struggling to make profits...will consider his sound advice seriously.
You know Elmo could always get Putin, Klanned Karenhood, all the MAGA businesses, Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio, James Woods, Trump Inc, Mar a Lardo, Faux News and Newsmax and all the Proud Boys and similar racist groups to make up his lost ad revenue.. I look forward to hearing X biting the dust..
The desperation comes off so aggressively obvious. He wants to be liked SO MUCH which is why he's pivoted to being a nazi enabler. He knows that crowd is so desperate for validation that they'll always be a source of praise and attention for him.
Elon: “Damn woke majority trying to using the powers of free market to cancel me, I demand we fire them for making legal decisions within their right, cancel if you will”
Disney is the competent kind of evil. They don't like incompetent evil shining too much light on their loopholes or riling up the rubes, it's bad for business.
Elon's stupidity never ceases to amaze. Everything he does is rooted in insecurity and emotional immaturity. I used to act like that when I was in high school. This man is 52 years old. The Cybertruck is so poorly constructed out of teenage spite for basic regulations. "Crumple zones? Round panels? Door handles? I'LL SHOW THEM!". Makes a car that looks like shit and is flat out dangerous. He's like a child arguing with a teacher.
i'm not going to bother looking it up but he seems like someone that was homeschooled and never got his dick slapped in the dirt for being insufferable and was always considered mamas most special prince.
First im hearing about the reg issues, if done nothing but laugh at the design. Got a vid going over its worst bullshit? Ideally one under an hour lol.
Its worst bullshit is its entire design philosophy. Imagine a car for an insecure manbaby. "My car has to be the toughest on the road!! And fuck pedestrians! I want it armored to protect me from the haters! I don't know what trucks are for!? Gimme a ruler, I'll show you how it looks!" Seriously, everything that sucks about it can be traced back to that line of thinking.
Yeah, Tesla was innovative in early 2010s but now every major auto manufacturer have their own flagship EV and they have a lot, lot more experience in the sector than E-melon. The way I see it, he done market research and product viability for them, now they'll just scoop his market share bit by bit. Let's not even start on how much Tesla's stock is overvalued. It might really be worth in about where the stock's been in 2018-2019
and the biggest issues with the cars themselves is their build quality is absolutely atrocious for the price point. They're priced at Luxury car values but people report seats bubbling, cup holders and door paneling popping out with a light tug, that would be *unacceptable* for a $15k car, not a car that can go up to $95k
Oh yeah, I don't have a proof but it looks like they use very cheap alloys and cheap plastics in everything. Funnily enough even with what I assume are stupid margins they're not profitable. Only turned profit in 2 quarters. Seriously, did we collectively lose our minds to invest into this dumpster fire?
Absolutely, I drove a few luxury cars and a couple of Teslas. Tesla doesn't feel like a luxury car. It feels like a cheap knock off of a luxury car bought on Wish. Although that's just my subjective feeling. But I reckon if you move people from something like BMW Z4 to any Tesla it will always feel cheap.
they have never been luxury cars. they've just been expensive cars. and people just assumed the expense must mean luxury. panel gaps and general fit and finish are at '80s GM fleet vehicle quality.
He made EVs into a technology that consumers are interested in. And that's about it. His own, which should realistically be the flagship of the technology, have long since been outdone.
Now all I'm picturing is Musk standing super close to the Cybertruck's door seam desperately trying not to cry out at the pain. "You ok, sir?" "I'm fine. Go away." "Come with us." "I will. Will you go away, please!" "Can we help with something." "For Christ's sake leave!"
The implication was that if he opens his door, and slams it, then the 1 cm gap on tesla doors would keep his dick unharmed. So yes, that was the implication.
It's not blackmail. It's called the right to choose. Twitter sells ad space. That's its business, and corporations are the clients. The clients can choose where to spend their money.
Yes, but Musk and his fan-bot army are supremacists. "Free Speech" to them means "you must listen to me and are never allowed to criticize me." They don't actually believe anyone has the right to give them any consequences whatsoever. They want to rule, cruelly, and have no morals or honor whatsoever.
Was talking to one of my tech vendors today. His Tesla got brought up by co worker and it turned into his love of Musk. He loved that he told advertisers that because he's "anti establishment"
There was a time in my life when I was saving for a Tesla. Couldn't wait to make it my first EV. Then Musk went all crazy. Then I actually test drove a Tesla (wasn't interested in buying at that point but still wanted to try one). Wasn't that impressed. It's not doing anything special you can't get from any other car *except* the charging network. But in a few years that won't be an issue as EVgo and Electrify America and the like build theirs out. So I bought a Nissan.
Tesla's charging port is now the North American standard and automakers are making deals with Tesla to use the supercharger network. So, soon even the network won't be a selling point for Tesla.
Fuck yeah! I got to drive a Leaf as a loaner once. It was the one time I actually experienced joy while driving. XD Also the only time I ever drove anything "new" so maybe I just really like digital cruise control and speedometer.
I actually bought an Ariya, their newer EUV. I had wanted to wait for the second year of production because I typically avoid first runs but my wife's car died so we took the plunge. No regret; I love it.
People should more publicly show their disgust for Musk. I still see so many people irl who think Teslas are cool, but I would be so embarrassed to own one.
Every time I have similar thoughts, I remind myself that there are innocent people working there who are just trying to make a living. The Asshole =/= the company
Dafuq? The fact that the muskrat's a billionaire makes him the very definition of the establishment. He's not "anti-establishment", he's just an asshole.
Yeah they love being assholes. That's the most frustrating part, you can't call them out on their assholery because they gloat about it and become smugger assholes.
I just go "oh" and give 'em a cold shoulder. A li'l customer service "Have a nice day now." that other customer service folks will translate as "Fuck off and die, please. And swiftly!"
Oh you know, "the establishment." There is a specific group of people, a certain kind of very wealthy people, and they control "the media." You know the ones. We'll just call them "the establishment" though so people still talk to us.
I have to point out how much conservatives love projection... and how musk was projecting a massive bot problem. And, well, ya'll don't see a million voices online caping for warren buffet. Nobody's materializing in the comment section to say what a wonderful person Bobby Kotick is. Oligarchs in other nations, nobody fellating them online either... just Musk. So they're not fanboys of all billionaires. Just the one who routinely pays people to pretend he's a founder of something, to be liked.
I kinda love it. It's been very entertaining to watch. However, I feel bad for people on a visa that can't leave these shitty companies and have to endure the manchild.
Mars colonization IS a pipedream, but that doesn't change the fact that Space is by far the most successful space delivery company out there, and they're doing more space flights than the rest of the world combined, and that NASA themselves are ecstatic at their development. Yeah, the reusable rocket was dumb. In the seventies. We've come a long way since then and now every Tom Dick and Jerry is trying to copy SpaceX and make their own reusable boosters. Because they work, and they're awesome.
I guess it depends on whether that resolves first, or whether he first runs Xitter into the ground and loses all of his investors' money. Because the consequences for the latter could be much more severe (and permanent) for Musk.
He’s refusing to discuss collective bargaining which is the norm in Sweden. The mechanics went on strike in oct. Now dockworkers won’t unload cars. Postal workers won’t deliver license plates. Danish dockworkers won’t unload teslas. A danish pension fund has threatened to sell its shares
So some Swedish mechanics went on strike at the Tesla service centers. Recently, some Danish dock workers joined the strike, deciding they wouldn't unload Teslas
I think it was something about the Swedish mechanics (for Tesla) not being paid the same rate as any of the other Tesla employees over there. Then the dockworkers decided not to unload any more Teslas. Now some other countries have gotten involved. It’s been snowballing…. Hee hee, Musksi!
I'd love to understand how he thinks he's in a position to make demands of Disney. Whatever mental gymnastics it takes for this dude to think he's more powerful than the Mouse have got to be WILD
Well you see. When you have a bunch of money, you tend to get surrounded by people that will do whatever you want in hopes of getting a little bit of that money. If this goes on long enough the person with the money starts thinking that *everyone* will do whatever they want them to for a little bit of that money. But it turns out that only works in private and personal interactions, and sort of falls apart on the auditorium stage.
It's most likely just so the headlines show the brief bit to get the Red-Heads angry at Disney even more after Disney stood up to them in Florida. Musk knows he can't win that battle, but if he can get enough Reds angry enough financial damage can be done to the house of mouse.
I had to laugh today when I saw an Elon comment that Disney was proof of go woke go broke and all I could imagine was Elon in the half empty Twitter offices screaming into the void burning literal stacks of money.
Up to this point in his life the people that pissed him off had less money and he learned he could use that to win. The people with more money ignored him because he was a useful stooge. He's never figured out that he's nothing more than a cult leader.
I mean so far he hasn't done anything actionable, he's just shaking an impotent fist at how terribly unfairly he's being treated. But it's entirely in character for Elon might start upping the ante and end up saying something that they COULD sue him for.
Disney owns a SHIT TON of other companies… imagine if Bob Ifer decided that they pull advertising for all Disney companies and subsidiaries from any company owned by Musky.
Well, here's what I know about the mouse. They have a pretty good working relationship with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and several software and game companies, so if Elon keeps it up, I could totally see Disney getting them to sign exclusive contracts just to freeze out any of Elon's side projects.
I'm expecting Disney to donate to whoever runs against Ron in the next primary and election. And they probably won't be the only business doing that. Ron has proven he's too dangerous to leave in power. He fucks up the bottom line.
You mean the guy who bragged about running around as a child with emerald in his pockets, then went on to deny the existence of said emeralds and their mines?
Yeah, the one who's desperate to convince middle-class people he's just like them and knows all about their struggles, for some reason I've never been able to understand.
That seems to be the problem with a lot of rich people today. They were never told "no" often enough as children to get used to the idea that the world wouldn't just hand them what they want on command.
Not just daddy. Until recently, the only people who said no to him out loud always got removed from his sight by those that only thought it and then kissed his ass instead. He's a lot like Trump in that aspect; everything always worked out for him, so why shouldn't he think he's an infallible genius?
Adrock0
Fuck that virtue signaling bitch
WhyCantIStopArguingWithInternetTrolls
Its almost like there are repercussions for telling all advertisers to go fuck themselves? Like maybe the can choose to spend their money elsewhere? Perhaps on a platform that isnt rapidly imploding? But conservatives do generally struggle with the word choice, so its understandable.
BiggRanger
Space Karen is angry.
BastardMan1977
lol what a little whiny bitch
shivacat
Careful there, or he’s going to demand that you be booted off of Imgur.
imgonnaralph
mydisciplesarelegion
Nothing projects alpha make power more than making impotent threats and demands week after week.
RancidSebastian
But I thought he said F them, like he doesn't give a F, NOW he's upset in his baby pants?
Charles222a203
they shoulda dropped the owner bit just to make it sting more
drduffer
Does Elon sit on Disney’s Board? No. Does Elon hold controlling shares in Disney? No. Then shut the fuck up, Elon. You’re an idiot.
shivacat
Waaahhh! 😭
SalmonMax
Hm, Musk has such a track record of wise business decisions, surely Disney...a company struggling to make profits...will consider his sound advice seriously.
PrinceMaxx7
You know Elmo could always get Putin, Klanned Karenhood, all the MAGA businesses, Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio, James Woods, Trump Inc, Mar a Lardo, Faux News and Newsmax and all the Proud Boys and similar racist groups to make up his lost ad revenue..
I look forward to hearing X biting the dust..
shivacat
Klanned Karenhood. I’ve got to remember that one!
Ghode
Bob Iger SHOULD be fired, but not for any of the reasons the X-orcist says 😏
NoelleFrost
Musk joins DeSantis in making Disney look like the good guys.
Midgarmerc
Enemy of my enemy situation here
Rathan5
TheVampireDante
Cue Disney movie with two familiar looking inept background villains bumbling around before getting flattened by a giant mouse somehow.
NoelleFrost
Please, please, please let this come true!
JustDriftingAboutTheInterWebs
trippingthelightfantastic
ArgumentativeArguerJustBecause
What was this in relation too?
MarkSoupial
Elon literally told him to go fuck himself, by name.
phreakingout
So defamation of character lawsuit happening soon?
Midgarmerc
And that's literally literally. He said it publicly and repeatedly. He's a child.
AreYouABadPerson
God I love how utterly pathetic that was. He clearly was expecting everyone to cheer and when no one cared said it again. Then did a nervous
AreYouABadPerson
little smirk and went "Hi Bob" into the crowd at Bob Iger. His every waking moment is spent desperately trying to be cool and utterly
AreYouABadPerson
failing. Dude desperately wants to be real life Tony Stark when he can't even muster Justin Hammer levels of presence. He just sucks.
Midgarmerc
The desperation comes off so aggressively obvious. He wants to be liked SO MUCH which is why he's pivoted to being a nazi enabler. He knows that crowd is so desperate for validation that they'll always be a source of praise and attention for him.
GpaSags
So, how long until he starts wearing tissue boxes for shoes and storing his pee in jars?
beesleep
i hope he flies a cartoonishly giant Spruce X rocket to space.
shardix
I'd love nothing more than to watch Musk go full Howard Hughs.
JustaSimplePlumber
YouTubeRed
littlecoatfatguy
Elon insists you respect his rebrand. In unrelated news, he dead-names his own child.
SalmySwims
And that's why I'll keep calling it Twitter. I'll call it X the day he stops deadnaming.
AgnosticPaladin
It's called Xitter. With the X pronounced as the Chinese x, "sh".
TilSovngarde
Musk: “GFY!”
Also Musk: “How dare you for leaving!”
likes2snipe
Elon: “Damn woke majority trying to using the powers of free market to cancel me, I demand we fire them for making legal decisions within their right, cancel if you will”
Volmaaral
I don’t like Disney, they’re evil, but I do enjoy how much they keep conflicting with people like Musk and DeSantis.
RooGryphon
let them fight. our front lines are still at the ballot box. for now.
VictorDenn
This is such a weird timeline.
ChloeRed
You don't have to like them to sit back with the popcorn and watch *nods*
NonstopRampage
Just because it's evil vs evil, doesn't mean the outcome has to be bad.
phobosorbust
Disney is the competent kind of evil. They don't like incompetent evil shining too much light on their loopholes or riling up the rubes, it's bad for business.
skipweasel
You wait until it finally sinks in that the Cyberfuck won't ever comply with European rules. Then we'll see the teddy thrown out of the pram
yellwfever
Toss’em in the harbor!
Somanyquestions
That's ok, he'll just demand the dissolution of the EU for their insolence.
shivacat
Peasants!
GerbilHereReportingLiveFromRichardGeresAss
Elon's stupidity never ceases to amaze. Everything he does is rooted in insecurity and emotional immaturity. I used to act like that when I was in high school. This man is 52 years old. The Cybertruck is so poorly constructed out of teenage spite for basic regulations. "Crumple zones? Round panels? Door handles? I'LL SHOW THEM!". Makes a car that looks like shit and is flat out dangerous. He's like a child arguing with a teacher.
beesleep
i'm not going to bother looking it up but he seems like someone that was homeschooled and never got his dick slapped in the dirt for being insufferable and was always considered mamas most special prince.
Shaodyn
He never really matured past middle school.
shivacat
Let’s not forget the break-proof glass.
crusadurus
First im hearing about the reg issues, if done nothing but laugh at the design. Got a vid going over its worst bullshit? Ideally one under an hour lol.
GerbilHereReportingLiveFromRichardGeresAss
Its worst bullshit is its entire design philosophy. Imagine a car for an insecure manbaby. "My car has to be the toughest on the road!! And fuck pedestrians! I want it armored to protect me from the haters! I don't know what trucks are for!? Gimme a ruler, I'll show you how it looks!" Seriously, everything that sucks about it can be traced back to that line of thinking.
IUsedToHaveUsernameOnce
Yeah, Tesla was innovative in early 2010s but now every major auto manufacturer have their own flagship EV and they have a lot, lot more experience in the sector than E-melon. The way I see it, he done market research and product viability for them, now they'll just scoop his market share bit by bit. Let's not even start on how much Tesla's stock is overvalued. It might really be worth in about where the stock's been in 2018-2019
rshini
and the biggest issues with the cars themselves is their build quality is absolutely atrocious for the price point. They're priced at Luxury car values but people report seats bubbling, cup holders and door paneling popping out with a light tug, that would be *unacceptable* for a $15k car, not a car that can go up to $95k
shivacat
But it’s a Tesla…. /s
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
It's that nonunion labor. Real quality stuff, there. Lets the company keep far more of the profits. (Tesla vehicals probably literally are $15K cars)
IUsedToHaveUsernameOnce
Oh yeah, I don't have a proof but it looks like they use very cheap alloys and cheap plastics in everything. Funnily enough even with what I assume are stupid margins they're not profitable. Only turned profit in 2 quarters. Seriously, did we collectively lose our minds to invest into this dumpster fire?
IUsedToHaveUsernameOnce
Absolutely, I drove a few luxury cars and a couple of Teslas. Tesla doesn't feel like a luxury car. It feels like a cheap knock off of a luxury car bought on Wish. Although that's just my subjective feeling. But I reckon if you move people from something like BMW Z4 to any Tesla it will always feel cheap.
rshini
*let alone, not not
shivacat
Who’s there?
beesleep
they have never been luxury cars. they've just been expensive cars. and people just assumed the expense must mean luxury. panel gaps and general fit and finish are at '80s GM fleet vehicle quality.
rshini
they're just *priced* like luxury cars and given that veneer given the waitlists and celebs getting first in line.
Shaodyn
He made EVs into a technology that consumers are interested in. And that's about it. His own, which should realistically be the flagship of the technology, have long since been outdone.
Shaodyn
His competitors can easily do better for less money.
FartsSmellBad
They should fire whoever that idiot is that's running twitter into the ground
Almaadin
They did, remember?
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
Toddler demands world conform to it's worldview. Old man shakes fist at cloud. Choose your own metaphor.
darkstar86
Old man slams dick in door and angrily shakes fist at cloud for daring to betray him like this?
ShimmerinStrider
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
Dunno who downvoted you. I guess they don't like that meme, which is ironic for them downvoting it.
ShimmerinStrider
=)
xj4low
If he wants Bob Iger to be fired, Elon is going to have to buy Disney and fire him himself.
YouTubeRed
How about an idiot shakes his fist at cloud
NotAHugeSpider
How about "Idiot yells while on the Xitter"?
DinosaursCameFromSpace
Surprised he’s not offered to buy Disney just so he can do that
shivacat
And then run it into the ground.
ProppaGanda
Market cap for Disney now ~170 bln. Could he buy it? Technically maybe. In reality most likely not.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
Even after the twitter buy, his networth IS still enough for that... if he dropped everything he owns and got current-value for all of it.
zFUBARz
It's insane that one man is worth enough to (in theory) buy like half the popular IP of the western world
phreakingout
mikenco
He'd probably rename it to something irrelevant and stupid, and run it into the ground.
boognish115
D
SnakesInBowties
X-ney
jayman0123
The mascot is Xenarthran the Armadillo.
NooPogodi
Pig Latin X-ney on the upid-stay
shivacat
HA!
InfocalypseRising
Really enjoying this “dipshits going heads up with Disney and getting wrecked” trend
tumantorak
crystalistwo
Now all I'm picturing is Musk standing super close to the Cybertruck's door seam desperately trying not to cry out at the pain. "You ok, sir?" "I'm fine. Go away." "Come with us." "I will. Will you go away, please!" "Can we help with something." "For Christ's sake leave!"
Blackadam7
He still has fans?
phreakingout
A lot of incels and alpha males love that fuck nut, because he has shown them that they can be absolute pieced of garbage and be rich.
AgnosticPaladin
Well, if it's a cybertruck, the gaps from poor fitting should be large enough.
NotAHugeSpider
Guess he should make soft close doors standard on Teslas.
mikeatike
The panels have like a 1cm gap, he can't possibly close his dick in the door.
shivacat
Unless he’s a needledick.
HiddenSanity
The implication was that if he opens his door, and slams it, then the 1 cm gap on tesla doors would keep his dick unharmed. So yes, that was the implication.
NotAHugeSpider
Bob122872
ProfessorDumbass
Literally told advertisers to go fuck themselves
Davidnfilms
Good luck Linda, try to sell ads now.
Overboosted
Hero
Osgarth
IUsedToHaveUsernameOnce
How dare my action have consequences! -- him, probably
beesleep
and then said advertisers choosing where to spend their own money was somehow 'blackmail'.
Shaodyn
And now he's mad that they're doing what he told them to. All because he saw things going very differently.
Shaodyn
He tends to have that reaction when the world doesn't do what he thought it was supposed to.
nukesontheway
Now he’s telling them how to *checks notes* hire and fire employees… sir aren’t you literally getting sued over your hiring and firing practice?
Overboosted
You mean getting sued for not hiring illegals?
Shaodyn
He never was known for his consistency.
Angel337
What did Elon tell advertisers?
depoetics
https://youtube.com/shorts/Uz2_8HNKN2s?si=Hn-KS5E6t3u58JdY he tries to spin it that companies are somehow blackmailing him by choosing not to advertise on his crappy site, and, well.
SeeShark
Was that before or after he accused the Jews of driving his advertisers away?
smashpro1
After.
BigDaddysMeatWagon
It's not blackmail. It's called the right to choose. Twitter sells ad space. That's its business, and corporations are the clients. The clients can choose where to spend their money.
ArdentSlacker
Yes, but Musk and his fan-bot army are supremacists. "Free Speech" to them means "you must listen to me and are never allowed to criticize me." They don't actually believe anyone has the right to give them any consequences whatsoever. They want to rule, cruelly, and have no morals or honor whatsoever.
omagouch
Aka "free speech is when you do what I tell you to do"
soThatWasThat
If you don't buy a Tesla, you too are blackmailing him
jnaz
Big Clown Energy
kmikl
If you could buy cringe on the open market, Musk would be hoarding it hoping the value goes up.
Lonewolfing
Was talking to one of my tech vendors today. His Tesla got brought up by co worker and it turned into his love of Musk. He loved that he told advertisers that because he's "anti establishment"
ninjafartball
Remind him he does not have a right to choose. He choices are paper or plastic.
Snooj
There was a time in my life when I was saving for a Tesla. Couldn't wait to make it my first EV. Then Musk went all crazy. Then I actually test drove a Tesla (wasn't interested in buying at that point but still wanted to try one). Wasn't that impressed. It's not doing anything special you can't get from any other car *except* the charging network. But in a few years that won't be an issue as EVgo and Electrify America and the like build theirs out. So I bought a Nissan.
PostalHeathen
Tesla's charging port is now the North American standard and automakers are making deals with Tesla to use the supercharger network. So, soon even the network won't be a selling point for Tesla.
ArdentSlacker
Fuck yeah! I got to drive a Leaf as a loaner once. It was the one time I actually experienced joy while driving. XD Also the only time I ever drove anything "new" so maybe I just really like digital cruise control and speedometer.
Snooj
I actually bought an Ariya, their newer EUV. I had wanted to wait for the second year of production because I typically avoid first runs but my wife's car died so we took the plunge. No regret; I love it.
spacecowboyein
People should more publicly show their disgust for Musk. I still see so many people irl who think Teslas are cool, but I would be so embarrassed to own one.
BigFatFailureTurtle
The idea of a Tesla is cool. It was a very cool car before Musk bought the right to pretend he was involved in it's invention.
cosonfused
the Tesla roadster was a glorified Lotus :D
PostTraumaticSouthDisorder
I wouldn't be embarrassed. But then again, I have no problems with PT Cruisers either.
uzetaab
Every time I have similar thoughts, I remind myself that there are innocent people working there who are just trying to make a living. The Asshole =/= the company
PostalHeathen
Dafuq? The fact that the muskrat's a billionaire makes him the very definition of the establishment. He's not "anti-establishment", he's just an asshole.
SuperfluousMeh
Yeah they love being assholes. That's the most frustrating part, you can't call them out on their assholery because they gloat about it and become smugger assholes.
ArdentSlacker
I just go "oh" and give 'em a cold shoulder. A li'l customer service "Have a nice day now." that other customer service folks will translate as "Fuck off and die, please. And swiftly!"
TheDogEnd
Ya, that's the point. That's the attraction for conservatives. Cruelty *IS* the point.
Blacktusk
Oh you know, "the establishment." There is a specific group of people, a certain kind of very wealthy people, and they control "the media." You know the ones. We'll just call them "the establishment" though so people still talk to us.
PostalHeathen
Elon's said that part out loud, too.
ShimmerinStrider
It's cool, it's cool, we know. Don't try to reason with the idiots. That way lay madness.
reineseele
I have foreigners in my country who would vote for the party that wants them out of the country. It boggles the mind how the world is.
shivacat
Sounds like the US of A.
Fckmypssywitharakemom
Because they think they are not meant by these threats. But suprise: They are
PithyCommentBelow
This is the same bendy logic they use with Trump. Idiots gonna idiot.
Pseudosim
Oh, just go to some of the youtube shorts of this interview. The gluck-gluck 9000 battalion is in full force.
ArdentSlacker
I have to point out how much conservatives love projection... and how musk was projecting a massive bot problem. And, well, ya'll don't see a million voices online caping for warren buffet. Nobody's materializing in the comment section to say what a wonderful person Bobby Kotick is. Oligarchs in other nations, nobody fellating them online either... just Musk. So they're not fanboys of all billionaires. Just the one who routinely pays people to pretend he's a founder of something, to be liked.
OutboardOverlord
Elonski Musksi is bitching and whining to such an extent I'm no longer interested in any product he is even remotely associated with. Yuck!
lightfoot2
Well, it lets you know what you're getting. Capitalism at its finest.
OutboardOverlord
Ah. One more reason not to get it, then.
lightfoot2
I know. I have the Boring flamethrower and it's a top quality item. But I would not buy a Tesla thanks.
HelpfulCorn
It took you this long?
IUsedToHaveUsernameOnce
I kinda love it. It's been very entertaining to watch. However, I feel bad for people on a visa that can't leave these shitty companies and have to endure the manchild.
BigDaddysMeatWagon
It took you this long?
shivacat
It does always seem like it is his time of month. Say, he’s not one of them cross-dressers, is he?
Stargrave3000
SpaceX is still cool.
AreYouABadPerson
SpaceX exists to do shit NASA designed and found impractical, engage in unsafe practices and threaten a nature reserve, and dump tons of
AreYouABadPerson
worthless junk into orbit in order to justify their otherwise completely uneconomical reusable rockets. And soaks up tons of government
AreYouABadPerson
funding to do so when NASA could do it better if they were just funded properly.
Stargrave3000
Almost every word you said was false, but go on.
AreYouABadPerson
I mean. Everything I said is true but you do you boo. Won't make Starlink any less useless, Mars colonization a pipedream, or ~Starship~ a
Stargrave3000
Mars colonization IS a pipedream, but that doesn't change the fact that Space is by far the most successful space delivery company out there, and they're doing more space flights than the rest of the world combined, and that NASA themselves are ecstatic at their development. Yeah, the reusable rocket was dumb. In the seventies. We've come a long way since then and now every Tom Dick and Jerry is trying to copy SpaceX and make their own reusable boosters. Because they work, and they're awesome.
AreYouABadPerson
clusterfuck or stupid decisions that is being launched out of a fucking nature reserve that it has exploded over once so far.
dundeeisdrunk
I’m just really hoping he finds out big time over his fucking around with the Nordic unions
shivacat
Yes, isn’t that great! You’ve got to love the Nordics. 👍💕
NotAHugeSpider
I guess it depends on whether that resolves first, or whether he first runs Xitter into the ground and loses all of his investors' money. Because the consequences for the latter could be much more severe (and permanent) for Musk.
OutboardOverlord
As a Norwegian, so do I 😆
NonstopRampage
He did what
dundeeisdrunk
He’s refusing to discuss collective bargaining which is the norm in Sweden. The mechanics went on strike in oct. Now dockworkers won’t unload cars. Postal workers won’t deliver license plates. Danish dockworkers won’t unload teslas. A danish pension fund has threatened to sell its shares
ArgumentativeArguerJustBecause
Yeah, I missed this, too... he did what?!
KrampusCopia
So some Swedish mechanics went on strike at the Tesla service centers. Recently, some Danish dock workers joined the strike, deciding they wouldn't unload Teslas
NonstopRampage
Huh. So that's what he did. I thought he had destroyed historical monuments or something.
ArgumentativeArguerJustBecause
Good fuck Tesla
shivacat
I think it was something about the Swedish mechanics (for Tesla) not being paid the same rate as any of the other Tesla employees over there. Then the dockworkers decided not to unload any more Teslas. Now some other countries have gotten involved. It’s been snowballing…. Hee hee, Musksi!
Fastjack2056
I'd love to understand how he thinks he's in a position to make demands of Disney. Whatever mental gymnastics it takes for this dude to think he's more powerful than the Mouse have got to be WILD
curnow19870
Is he buying Disney now?
Ultratoxic
Well you see. When you have a bunch of money, you tend to get surrounded by people that will do whatever you want in hopes of getting a little bit of that money. If this goes on long enough the person with the money starts thinking that *everyone* will do whatever they want them to for a little bit of that money. But it turns out that only works in private and personal interactions, and sort of falls apart on the auditorium stage.
Dragondraikk
To be fair: If they fight, whoever loses, the world wins, so... go for it?
DesireeOnze
redsmerf
The House of Mouse does not fuck about
jlaidley
He really really really believes the world (or in his terms "earth") NEEDS Twitter and he owns it so the world needs his approval.
SkidMarc25
It's most likely just so the headlines show the brief bit to get the Red-Heads angry at Disney even more after Disney stood up to them in Florida. Musk knows he can't win that battle, but if he can get enough Reds angry enough financial damage can be done to the house of mouse.
Woahouch110
I had to laugh today when I saw an Elon comment that Disney was proof of go woke go broke and all I could imagine was Elon in the half empty Twitter offices screaming into the void burning literal stacks of money.
tooomanystevesgotbanned
Sleepingpanda1260
Apparently he's already forgotten about that time he told Bob to fuck off
mydisciplesarelegion
He wants to remind us how badass that was by bringing Iger up again.
AllistairTheSpaceNinja
Everyone knows you don’t fuck with the Mouse.
Mr21782Man
Up to this point in his life the people that pissed him off had less money and he learned he could use that to win. The people with more money ignored him because he was a useful stooge. He's never figured out that he's nothing more than a cult leader.
FuzzyX
Disney loves to litigate so if Musk wants to make something of it then Disney have an entire army of lawyers.
ArdentSlacker
And unlike Musk, Disney listens to their lawyers.
shorey66
Yeah he doesn't seem to understand the free market. Datasheet are under no obligation to buy what he's selling
shorey66
I'm not sure why my phone decided Disney needed to be datasheet.
Technospyder
Ahhh, good ol' Elmo Muskrat
ThatTransformersDude
"Daddy! Make the mean man go away Daddy! Now Daddy Now!!!" - Elon probs
doctorId
Look at the guy's history. He is absolutely not used to being told no. Even the fucking American military bows down to his say so.
Gayforbae
I'm just waiting for mickey to kneecap him with a spiked baseball bat.
ninjafartball
It's just a jab
HavelTh3Rock
If there's no Mickey...
Shadowkrieger
Just proves how little intelligence means when you have generational wealth
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
You can make demands of Disney too, and they are under just as much obligation to listen to you as to him
fartharder
He's rich.
Jandegrote
I doubt Disney or their legal team is at all impressed by it.
fartharder
Simply answering the question that was asked.
BastardMan1977
Yeah really. DeSantis tried to fight the Mouse and failed miserably
Archaon6044
Now I want a parody version of Tenacious DC's The Metal, but it's people who tried to fight Disney
Archaon6044
God damn autocorrect, and my failure to proofread. You know what I meant
alyssaaac
I am interested in what would happen if Elon continues to poke the mouse
MagnorCriol
I mean so far he hasn't done anything actionable, he's just shaking an impotent fist at how terribly unfairly he's being treated. But it's entirely in character for Elon might start upping the ante and end up saying something that they COULD sue him for.
shyasen
I would pay money to watch that deathmatch.
Eddieq
Disney owns a SHIT TON of other companies… imagine if Bob Ifer decided that they pull advertising for all Disney companies and subsidiaries from any company owned by Musky.
jayman0123
Well, here's what I know about the mouse. They have a pretty good working relationship with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and several software and game companies, so if Elon keeps it up, I could totally see Disney getting them to sign exclusive contracts just to freeze out any of Elon's side projects.
alyssaaac
joshuasplinth
He did step on EVERY FUCKING RAKE in the yard on his way to do it too.
Sleepingpanda1260
ArdentSlacker
I'm expecting Disney to donate to whoever runs against Ron in the next primary and election. And they probably won't be the only business doing that. Ron has proven he's too dangerous to leave in power. He fucks up the bottom line.
MeekrabJones
Because he's an entitled prick that daddy never said "no" to.
VanessaBludgeons
You mean the guy who bragged about running around as a child with emerald in his pockets, then went on to deny the existence of said emeralds and their mines?
Shaodyn
Yeah, the one who's desperate to convince middle-class people he's just like them and knows all about their struggles, for some reason I've never been able to understand.
Shaodyn
That seems to be the problem with a lot of rich people today. They were never told "no" often enough as children to get used to the idea that the world wouldn't just hand them what they want on command.
beesleep
elon is also very sad that his dad loved his adopted sister so much that he married her. and made elon a bruncle and sisaunt.
Boksha
Not just daddy. Until recently, the only people who said no to him out loud always got removed from his sight by those that only thought it and then kissed his ass instead. He's a lot like Trump in that aspect; everything always worked out for him, so why shouldn't he think he's an infallible genius?
xlr82xs
Should be fairly obvious when a Russian rocket engineer spits on you for being stupid ? https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-spacex-russian-engineer-spat
thelegendofthetwistednavigator
His daddy recently had a second kid with his stepdaughter
beoluves
He's having one long ass mental breakdown
Shaodyn
That's ultimately what seems to be going on. Thanks to his obsession with social media, we're watching a grown man's mental decline in real-time.
doctorId
I wish to hell we could just get to the submarine part this time, I'm sick and tired of listening to this maniac.
SirLurkAndSmirkAndSometimesSnark
Could he do it alone?
beoluves
Unfortunately he's still r8ch as fuck
andwings2go
I think he’s on track to embracing himself as a comic book villain like Roger Stone, but with far more resources.
beoluves
There were picks showing he was badly shaven, which 8s a marker on declining mental health...along with everything else.
Redhairedchap
Very valid, but sorry... Can I ask why your i's are 8's?
Shaodyn
Probably because I is right below 8 on a standard keyboard. Typos happen.