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It really is hilarious how quickly Elon went from a cool guy to being the worlds biggest loser 😂😂
he stopped being a cool guy the moment we could see him. he was the enigmatic batman/edison figure for a while, when most people only knew him by the projects he funded. then he decided he wanted to be a celebrity and as soon as we figured out who he is watching him fail miserably has become a pastime for most of us.
A transition from Bruce Wayne to Richie Rich.
a transition from people's image of bruce wayne to what bruce wayne would be like in reality.
I've always wanted to do a batman universe where bruce sees his parents killed, and immediately receives some form of mental health care. Just month after month, releasing comics about a guy who lives comfortably within his means, donates heavily to charities that help alleviate the need for most gothamites to turn to crime and uses his discipline and focus to cultivate an attitude of kindness and centeredness. a bruce wayne that teaches raja yoga, but all of it, not just the poses and breathing exercises. to me, batman is a story about the extraordinary things dudes will do to address their trauma other than go to therapy.
Meh, his base still loves him. Like Trump, this is considered a "smart move business men do" and those getting fucked "are losers for allowing it to happen".
I think his base has shifted, though. Used to be people who were interested in technology, in space exploration, in green and sustainable technology, etc.
Now a significant part of his fan base are people that decided he's their hero after he purchased Twitter and then unblocked white supremacists, Nazis, racists, white nationalists, fascists, conspiracy theorists, xenophobes, etc. and decided to harass, block, and mock middle-of-the-road journalists, national public media, and use all the far right dog whistles and megaphones.
So yeah, he still has a lot of support - but it's not the same support he had 10 years ago.
I was never a fanboy of his but I am still a spacex fanboy. Lucky everything I read he really was only involved in the beginning. Asked me say five years ago I would have said something like "yeah he does some cool projects".
FTFY He only owns those things. There's interviews around about how at the beginning the only way SpaceX could get anything off the ground was by gaslighting the Muskrat into hyper-focusing on something irrelevant while actual engineers solved the hard problems. Management had what they called Elon's “handlers”, whose job was to keep him off critical things and whose motto was “just let him take credit for it”.
I didn't know that 5 years ago :/
Look, I really was never a fanboy of his. I am an engineer and I have seen his type enough. The good version of his type does their job which is sell sell sell, smooth things over, and cheerlead a bit. The bad version, well you get to see that on the news every day.
Yes we have a good type of version of him at my job. He dresses well, binges Ted Talks, and got me a new laptop when mine was running slow. He can have all the credit, I get all the glory.
The real founder of Space X is Tom Mueller
He grew up building model rockets and went on to get a masters degree in mechanical engineering.
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Funny how it's only ever spectators that think like that because they've never had a dog in the race.
That’s how conservatives view everything. Anything other people think is a problem or want to change, NO WAY, it’s your fault, “personal responsibility, and so on. But as soon as they’re personally affected by something, oh wow! It turns out say, being forced into bankruptcy from medical bills or whatever actually is a problem and they’re really concerned about it.
Eh, I wouldn't say loser. He still has billions of dollars.
A dick move though for sure.
being a billionaire doesn’t grant you immunity to being a loser, I would actually say being a billionaire makes it so you have a significantly higher chance of being a loser.
What he lacks in personality or character, he makes up for with questionably sourced wealth. What a guy.