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0 pointsdetritus3y ago0 comments

If you knew me irl, you'd know I'm very much in favour of humour and irreverency, especially where it might not be expected or even appropriate – but I'm not that much younger than Musk and honestly, I just find his particular flavour of humour childish and cringe-inducing.

13-year old me would've been gleefully receptive to it – the not-far off 50-year old me... somewhat less so.

The trouble for him here is – I'm not sure who amongst his consumer base would find it amusing.

- ed Also: I, like everyone else, saw that clip of him 'smoking' pot on Joe Rogan's thing. Unlike Clinton, he really didn't inhale... . NASA had nothing to worry about there.

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sgtnoodle3y ago· 1 in thread

I think part of Elon's charm is his cringe. He's a crazy uber-billionaire literally digging tunnels, making flame throwers and launching interplanetary rocket ships. His childish irreverence is what makes him dorky Tony Stark (Marvell superhero) rather than Hugo Drax (Bond villain).

detritusOP3y ago

I'd suggest that perhaps that simply implies that Ian Fleming's imagination could only run so far.. :)

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