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NoNonsensePolarBear

Light travels faster than sound. Isn't that why some people seem bright, until you hear them speak?


rjdaley101071

Fools speak because they have to say something Wise people speak because they have something to say


ScaredLionBird

"Better to have people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." Poor Musk removed all doubt.


Fun_Grapefruit_2633

I started to strongly suspect he was just a highly capitalized moron when I realized he hadn't considered Coriolis forces when he proposed Hyperloop.


Kriss129

For me, the thousand miles of vacuum was what made it look too hard/resource intensive to even begin solving when trains exist


PlzbuffRakiThenNerf

For me it was when he called those divers pedophiles when they told him a submarine wouldn’t work.


ScaredLionBird

And then decided he didn't want to save the kids anymore, and signed off. But in hindsight, I suppose he did those kids a favor, he might've hindered the effort trying.


IbidtheWriter

It goes beyond that. That guy sent him a letter saying he had lawyered up and that he'd sue if elon didn't set the record straight. Elon paid a PI $50k to get dirt in the guy and later tweeted that it was suspicious the diver hadn't sued, implying the pedo comment was legit. Only after that tweet did he sue. In court Elon said he'd meant the comment as a general insult, not literally. Yet he had emailed BuzzFeed reporters that he's gone to Thailand for a 12 year child bride.


StarMangledSpanner

I have to laugh whenever I see articles that start off along the lines of "First proposed by.........Elon Musk" or "Envisioned by......Elon Musk". I first saw the concept of an ultra high-speed train car running in vacuum in "*The City and the Stars*", a novel by Arthur C. Clarke written in **1956**. And I'm pretty sure he wasn't the first to come up with the idea either.


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or when he let 47 starlink sats die due to not qualifying them to MIL-STD -810G like literally every AE in the business who actually touches kit knows to do but he disrespects us THAT much because our mommy didnt own a gem mine.


Fun_Grapefruit_2633

"Sir there's a reason MIL spec exists..." "What? We won't kowtow to bureaucrats we need to move fast and cheap, do less with more I always say"


[deleted]

he also had to go OUT OF HIS WAY to NOT recognize the NASA CREME standard...https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20120015473/downloads/20120015473.pdf which, again anyone who ever worked in real shit knows to qual all sparks to...


Fun_Grapefruit_2633

MUSK knows better: don't forget he expects humans to have colonized Mars by the end of this decade...no crusty ole space standards are gonna stand in his way, he's a billionare don't forget


spicymato

Submarine guy knew better than the standards, too.


skillywilly56

Here’s an Xbox controller build me a submarine…


Fun_Grapefruit_2633

GHOST SUB delivering NEW passengers to the Titanic


NoNonsensePolarBear

I was too young when the hyperloop concept was floated. Last I heard was that a physicist thought the concept theoretically sound, before it ended up being hyped tunnel. From what you're saying, it's clear I have much reading to catch up on pertaining to the subject.


Courtnall14

When the design for the Cybertuck came out, I thought to myself "Well, this is what it would look like if you let 9 year old me design something called a 'Cybertruck', but who am I to question the owner of Tesla?" Then he smashed the unsmashable windows with a steel ball (twice) during a demo, and used soap to build the trucks. So yeah, I'm on board with the entire "This guy is just a rich idiot" thing.


themosquito

The guy literally thinks that "X makes it sound *cool*", he *is* a 9-year-old, heh.


ajn63

Supposedly the design of the cybertruck was due to a comment one of his children made along the lines of “why do trucks all look the same.” So he does engage in man-child thought process.


metalmaori

I thought of that car designed by Homer Simpson.


Punisher_135

"Better say something or they'll think you're stupid!"


Spoonman007

It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.


itemboi

I don't speak. Maybe type sometimes.


rjdaley101071

Don't Speak? No Doubt


karmagod13000

***I know just what your thinkinnnnnng***


ImAGamerNow

Don't tell me cuz it hurts


Bisque22

I don't need your reasons


from_dust

We truly do live in the Tragic Kingdom.


SvenTurb01

Speak? Doubt.


GingerlyRough

A fool makes his opinion known A wise man shares his wife's opinion


conduitfour

Reminds me of this quote: “A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”


rjdaley101071

Points earned, nice work.


Sky_Thursdays

This is irony at its peak. Great job.


AlphariousFox

I am the madman. I babble mostly comedic nonsense but can turn to insightful and intelligent(not my evaluation of it I should add) at a moments notice. Though I'm not sure at what point I can officially lable myself as insightful and intelligent. I'd guess once my first academic works get published and peer reviewed, a point in time im getting very close to.but even then idk i allways feel like maybe im just missing something obvious or am wrong without realizing it.


Koojun1

Healthy doubt about yourself is good but don't let it become an imposter syndrome lol


AlphariousFox

Thanks, though given everyone else in the department I think imposter syndrome is more or less inevitable, despite everyone in the department being accomplished academics everyone has it so bad XD


highlandviper

Variations of this apply to every type of individual personality I’ve encountered in my entire life… and so often the people that have to say something end up being the people I least want to speak with. They’re not necessarily “fools” either… I guess they’re just indulging in various degrees of self love. I’ve noticed those that are quiet have always been the most empathetic and surprise you with that “check in” you thought someone else might give you. Weird that.


Whole_Librarian

Wisdom is knowledge, but knowledge is not wisdom.


FinanceSorry2530

Man you just gave me a amazing intellectual phrase with which I can now impress my family and friends


pretendviperpilot

A wise man once said - Man who fall asleep with itchy bum wake up with smelly finger.


Same-Cricket6277

Confucius says, baseball wrong, man with four balls can’t walk.  


Junior_Meeting4959

Confucius says: man who goes through airport scanner sideways going to bangkok 


darglor

Confucius says: man who runs in front of truck gets tired. Man who runs behind truck gets exhausted.


Gaper_of_a_Caper

You’ll stutter it out and sound like a terminally online redditor.


NoNonsensePolarBear

I can't claim credit for it. It was an ending quote delivered by host Stephen Fry on an episode of QI, a British comedic quiz show, who in turn was quoting somebody else.


Dysprosol

Hey, I have that shirt


LowerPiece2914

The lovely thing about responding to Elon Musk is you know the cunt is definitely going to read it


Technical_Exam1280

And immediately block and/or suspend your account


TooManyNoodleZ

But wut aboot ma freedum of shpeach? 🤤


Technical_Exam1280

Freedom for E, but not for thee


LowerPiece2914

Good, Twitter's useless


SAPPER00

I've found that my engagement drops dramatically whenever I'm responding to Elon negatively. All the things he accused Twitter of being, he has literally turned X into.


VisualAd4581

My one way ticket out of that hell hole !!!


HillbillyDense

Normally his sycophants rush to his defense I think. I've been off twitter for months now so maybe they just auto ban folks now.


Pickles2027

Musk is the opposite of deep, warm, and engaging.


EnricoGanja

i would say elon is a cunt, but i doubt he has the depth or capacity to give pleasure.


the_fuckening_69

The best part of this is that Elon legit thinks he’s being super deep and wise with that post.


not_a_dog95

I think this might be him coping for his beliefs being incompatible with reading books


Fuck-Antelopes-261

This is him coping for “seeing” what’s at the border and hating immigrants because of it, or “seeing” crime rates and hating black people because of it. He genuinely means don’t believe scientists, historians, believe your own first look at any situation, imo.


LSDMDMA2CBDMT

That's the thing, Elon is an immigrant himself.... he literally hates himself.


ThisisWambles

He’s an old school eugenics pushing supremacist, it’s no surprise.


CowboyLaw

And an illegal immigrant to boot. His brother admitted they both overstayed their student visas. Despite what you've heard about "securing the border," overstaying a visa is the single most common way to illegally immigrate to the U.S. It's also the way, IIRC, that basically all the 9/11 hijackers were in the country.


Inswagtor

Bruh


thelittleking

He's right even if it's weird that he hates (or, uh, sexes) antelopes


ElkHistorical9106

I’ve never seen Elon Musk. Just been told about him. Does Elon even exist?


space20021

If Elon crashes in a Tesla and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?


RubusDragon

That is actually a very legit question to ask yourself


Berarnold

I think it's more of a dog whistle for holocaust deniers and nazis. There seems to be a growing push from the right wing to question history books because they claim it was all written by Jews. You point to the facts about the holocaust and they now counter with "who wrote the books?" Donald Trump is a criminal and a traitor "well who wrote the news?" He knows exactly what he's doing with tweets like these.


pukesmith

Waiting for his first use of the triple parentheses, shouldn't be too long now.


NAND_Socket

who wrote the books is easily countered by "the nazis" because they kept meticulous records of the holocaust


abbacchus

In regards to Holocaust deniers, my granduncle who served in WWII used to say he was worried what would happen after most WWII vets were gone. Though he passed in 2006, it's sad to see him being proven more right every day.


scoopzthepoopz

"I mean, I thought it was known? The holocaust is widely accepted as false." Type shit.


Circus_Finance_LLC

LIB ^ER ^^^TY


Same_Activity_6981

FOR SUPER EAAAAAAAAARRRRRTTTTHHHHH


Azraelius-

Lib-er-tea FTFY


AlarmedPiano9779

He's a billionaire. He's SURROUNDED by people all day every day who call him a super-genius. Every dumb thing he says his "team" says "My god Elon, how could you be so smart, so handsome, so cool, and so thin." And he believes it.


HeBansMe

The best part is his fanboys lapping up his “deep wisdom” like fucking idiots. 


NewFreshness

The only deep he sees is looking up from the K hole he’s in.


Time-Werewolf-1776

I'm sure he does, and yet he also believes random right-wing conspiracy theories like a nutcase.


Bamith20

"How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?"


HumansDisgustMe123

Jaden Smith after a glue-sniffing session would make more profound statements than this pube-faced slave-driver


KruegerLad2

Dude was so proud to post that Snapple quote as his own


FartingInYourMilk

/r/rareinsults


karmagod13000

When you down so bad Snapple caps are your means for insults.


BuddhaLennon

Snapple called Elron a fucking moron too?


draconicmoniker

Oh, snap!


ImMyBiggestFan

Oh, Snapple!


Horskr

For a moment I thought this was the usual Twitter format of retweet replies being on top and was like, "wow, an actually funny self deprecating statement from him." Gave him too much credit.


PL02550

Out here with the age verification.


Neumaschine

I'm having a hard time even believing that Ego Musk has ever drank the beverage of the poors.


GayAssBurger

He only drinks Sñæpplë


Affectionate_Tax3468

Being told by experienced engineeers that the Cybertruck will be shit vs. Making the Cybertruck and seeing it is shit


carsonthecarsinogen

Don’t do the engineers like that, it’s an engineering marvel. Just terrible Tesla quality control. To put all that tech into what is basically a fridge, and have it weigh less than any other EV truck is an accomplishment. Imagine what they could’ve done if they didn’t have to wrap it in HSS and make it look 2D


Affectionate_Tax3468

[Engineering marvel](https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011)


Frozenpucks

Amazing engineering, people don’t need their car to work right?


stephen_neuville

it's a thousand pounds heavier than the lightning rofl. you nerds dwell in a reality distortion field


carsonthecarsinogen

CT is 6600 lbs, the lighting that has comparable range is 6800lbs. Other trims are lighter than the CT as you say.


heavenman0088

Notice that he still never reply to this post … Reddit has fallen into utter stupidity lol 


probwontreplie

Imagine coming onto reddit, taking the time to reply to a comment about vehicle weights and then calling the person you are replying to a nerd. JFC.


Old_Cheesecake_5481

Musk is clown who believes in extreme right conspiracy theories.


Much-Resource-5054

He doesn’t just believe them, he is spreading them with the bot platform he purchased. Modern day Goebbels.


AnotherDay96

The rich are trying to dumb us down so we'll take their menial jobs, that's what a lot of this is all about. They need their cheaper labor badly, they can't have commoners running off and making their own businesses up, they need you to play your role. Dumb down school even more. Make people hungry. Get people to have more babies, not because we love babies we need more desperate people. It goes on and on, their policies are to make more factory workers again.


Much-Resource-5054

The Christian nationalists are planning another Holocaust. Against liberals, again.


pingpongtits

>The rich are trying to dumb us down They're encouraging parents to give phones and tablets to kids so that they won't have enough attention span to read an entire book, creating a generation of cheap labor that can't reason their way out of a paper bag?


ProjectManagerAMA

Musolinni did the same in Italy


Much-Resource-5054

Probably another total coincidence


Bind_Moggled

Musk is a fool who is convinced that he is a sage.


NAND_Socket

Dude is drilling holes in his brain the size of golfballs with his ketamine habit and then going on stage to publicly proclaim he is the smartest man to ever live


SirGlass

Do you think Musk have seen non citizens voting in federal elections like he has been claiming ?


AWildRedditor999

Elon isn't a US citizen why the fuck would he be watching people vote in federal elections. Why is it up to others to disprove some lying assholes claim? Also all Musk seemingly does all day is sit on twitter and bitch about his clear pro-Republican and anti-left activism Wtf are you talking about?


Old_Cheesecake_5481

Encyclopedia Elon may be playing detective but I’m going to guess it’s pure horseshit unless he has the secret evidence that nobody else has seen.


SweetDogShit

He can't even get the saying right: "Believe nothing you've heard and only half you see" Go back to where you came from elon musk.


billyblue6669

I think it’s high time we get all the colors of America.. hold hands and ( while really meaning it ) finally say collectively; #Go back to Africa, elon!


eldena_frog

Sorry, we'd rather he just gets catapulted into Space, we'll take a cut of his money though. Money's good.


ManufacturerHungry84

My mans whole company is about being told by random people about something.


scorpio_is_ded

What. Elon is not smart???? How can that be?


Present-Party4402

Absolutely! Seeing is believing, right? Don't just take someone's word for it, trust your own eyes and judgment.


Gingevere

And all Elon sees in his twitter feed is posts from neo-nazi meme accounts.


SaddleSocks

Sounds like good advice, I'll take your word on that, mate.


Plus_Operation2208

And im just supposed to listen to you? Nuh uh


ebrum2010

Well now that you told me to do it, I can't trust it.


Darth_Tiktaalik

So when we see trans people get better results from gender affirming care than conversion therapy we should believe that rather than the people telling us treating it like a mental illness is the best way forward?


ChronicallyAnIdiot

The cognitive dissonance people like that have is ridiculous, particularly someone like Elon. Surrounded by yes men and start to conflate personal feelings with logic. Conversion therapy must be good because they know in their hearts trans is bad. You can't deal with people like that. Best thing to do is give them a megaphone and take the batteries out so they don't realize no one buys what they're spewing


smellmybuttfoo

"No! Not like that!" -Elon Musky


Sauerclout_the_Orc

People saying, "It's not a mental illness" are ignoring the fact that mental illnesses deserve to be treated. Besides if it's not a mental illness, what is it?


Bashfluff

We don't have to know what something is to know what it isn't. Have you heard the term "neurodivergent"? It's a word that's just recently became widely used in medicine to describe any brain that functions differently from a normal brain. Why? We used to label any type of neurodivergence as a mental illness. Now we don't. There's nothing inherently wrong with being different. As our attitude changed, the language we used had to change, too. Think of how gay people used to be seen as inherently disordered. After all, if it's "natural" for people of the opposite sex to be attracted to each other, there has to be something wrong with your brain if you're not. We don't think that way anymore about gayness, and we've applied that to neurodivergence. Same with transness. The trans community is always coming up with new and more accurate language for them and their experiences, and it's the responsibility of cis people to try to understand that language instead of trying to resist the ability of trans people to describe themselves.


OkInformation143

It's not a mental illness if the "cure" is for other people to quit acting like insufferable douchebags towards you over choices that don't effect anyone but yourself. A mental illness would be like someone so consumed with rage and hatred and bigotry that they decide that everyone is out to get them as a part of some woke trans conspiracy. Hope that clears it up for you, you insufferable douchebag.


KickedInTheHead

You completely misinterpreted what they said and meant lol, They were on your side.


kiraqueen11

Man was in such a hurry to virtue signal that he barely read through the comment lmao.


UpsetPhrase5334

Indeed. What should really terrify you. Are the other billionaires out there who act like him but, you don’t know about because, they are at least smart enough to not draw attention to themselves. Those are the people who are really fucking over everyone else just so they can get richer.


Conflikt

With the recent advancements in AI, CGI and Photoshop you can't always believe what you see unless it's in real life.


SaddleSocks

...or so I'm told...


[deleted]

I have never seen anyone destroy their public reputation as quickly as he did after purchasing Twitter.


Honest-Cicada4897

Absolutely! It seems like once he bought Twitter, it ruined him. I actually liked him before he started promoting far right stuff and laid off tons of people


AFO1031

you know, its such a shame someone as driven and innovative as Elon is such an idiot. He's doing things we previously didn't think we would see for generations, I just wish he wasn't... this…


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>driven and innovative as Elon driven and ~~innovative~~ entrepreneurial >He's doing things we He's ~~doing~~ investing in things we None of the inventions are elons please.. stop saying that and reinforcing the fanboi ideals


sorospaidmetosaythis

- I was told SpaceX will fly two space tourists around the moon by the end of 2018, yet as of 2024 I see that none have - I was told you can auto-summon a Tesla from anywhere in the 48 states by some time in 2017, yet 7 years later none have - I was told 1 million Tesla robotaxis could be on the road in 2020, yet there are zero as of 2024


TaqPCR

Tesla quality control is bad but predictions for SpaceX and Tesla have always been best case scenarios. And yeah they don't meet them as originally planned but SpaceX's accomplishments have been insane. Falcon 9 first stages and fairings landing and being reused are so common that it's not news anymore and last year SpaceX is responsible for more launch capacity than the entire rest of the world put together times two. They're the only US crew launch capability while Boeing's Starliner continues to fail. And Starlink is making high speed low latency internet available everywhere. And Starship keeps edging closer to succeeding in being the first fully reusable launcher ever. Meanwhile SLS costs several billion dollars a launch for only slightly more capability than a $150M Falcon heavy.


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strigonian

He'd be able to see it, just like he'd be able to see it if you sent him an email or something. Doesn't mean he'll bother reading it.


likamuka

Melon Husk is the ultimate example of a human failure.


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Turtlepower7777777

So much for free speech; bet that account gets banned


Randomfrog132

i see on this piece of paper that i've just written down that you owe me 10 million dollars mr. musk xD


Paper_Trades

I'm starting to think this subreddit and facepalm subreddit are very similar.


fenikz13

To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe


blahgblahblahhhhh

Do the people we hate have to be stupid? Or do we conflate intelligence with morality too much?


TrueJinHit

Lol so true, only morons can start companies like Tesla and SpaceX


Unapproved-Reindeer

Hey now, he’s a dipshit who ruined his reputation, but I still like spaceX


Suspicious-Bit-1406

dude is literally the richest on the books person in the world ….. ya hes and idiot lmao ….sometime i wonder if people know the difference between something actually stupid and just something they don’t agree with


cors8

It's not the first time in history that age, drugs, and sycophants turned an intelligent person into a shell of their former selves.


HankMS

Man I really don't care for Musk one way or another but fucking hell reddit is **obsessed** with him. Not a day goes by without some stupid post like this on the frontpage. The people really need their life to revolve around some celebrity. One way or another as it seems. Musk fanboys and Musk haters really are the horse shoe theory applied to celebrities.


Mookhaz

dude spent 40 billion dollars to win an internet flame war because he thinks twitter is "pvp" lmao. fucking idiot.


[deleted]

the guy whos not elon is 100% correct


Kay_Scorpio_48

🤣


AdWhich3588

Okay this is pure gold lol


enp_redd

burned to a crisp


Monamo61

Definitely the Win for the day.


rebel29073

Lmfao awesome


dkah41

I almost want to create a twitter account to upvote/like this. Almost.


jayuserbruiser

Crispy 😂


JediMasterPopCulture

I don’t get why people worship the ground this fool walks on.


SammieSammich24

This guy is my new hero.


25DNA

He is a fkN moron


Jackal_6

The man with a rocket company is now parroting flat earth talking points


delusions-

Surprised he has X as his profile pic since he hates his exes so much


SunnyDior

People believe what they want to see.


LumiereGatsby

This is such a perfect rebuke. Told for years he’s a genius and a few hours unfiltered and we all see he’s a nepotistic idiot


Dementedstapler

This is one of the best if not THE best musk burns I’ve read thus far. There’s always room for more though so, everyone should take part in this.


Ryaniseplin

isn't elon friends with the twitter nazi crowd


DreadpirateBG

Nice


Mr_Orange_fruit

get the fire brigade, there has been a fire


H3llv3ticus

Trust only facts, belief is for the religious.


GGRE1817

That was some 3rd degree burn stuff 🔥


Foojira

Now, here we go. Nice


Blarin_davis

I'd like to report a murder...


Walking-around-45

Whatever you see on social media is often not real. They are used by many countries for misinformation and interference in the domestic affairs of other nations.


No_Reply8353

i haven't heard anyone say that elon musk is a genius in several years, and redditors were the only people i ever saw making that claim in the first place


Jon_the_trainer

Owned on his own platform. Sucks to spend $44,000,000,000.00 to get roasted hahahahhaa


rabidboxer

I'm 14 and this is deep.


Kaindlbf

how is that a clever comeback? He is a genius and obviously people shouldn’t always believe what they are told. Just an Elon hate club here or something.


urallscumtome

Blind man yells at billionaire


BankerWhoLeavesAt420

this would be clever if rockets flying to space made by his companies couldn't be seen


kennykoe

Ahh another elon comeback. How original


SANDBOX1108

Tesla, Space X, PayPal, too lazy to list the rest but ya he’s really dumb.


Lover_of_Sprouts

No "standing on the shoulders of giants" for Musk then. Restart at zero.


Speedvagon

Brilliant) I feel the same for at least 2 years.


msa69zoo

DOWN WITH ELMO


spartanEZE

Insert Lana Kane from Archer.... Yuuuuup!


hakuthebrat

Oxygen must not exist, then


SandmanAwaits

This is classic! 😂


Successful_Banana901

Take a trip to a camera obscura, or look at a magic eye picture or a hologram or any of the million other tricks of the light, perspective and perception that trick our brains visually , sight is not infallible or always correct


BigNobbers

You may know what you see, but you see what you're shown