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rsynnott · 2023-03-09 09:42:29

Such is the level of weird Musk devotion around that up to the last line, I thought this was serious. I'm still not _100%_ sure...

rsynnott | karma 18312 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2022-12-23 13:24:36

In context, he wasn’t being completely serious, IIRC. I think that was one of a list of fairly comic possible explanations for Musk’s recent behaviour.

Though, it’s probably as good an explanation of his nonsense as any, really.

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TheSpiceIsLife | karma 9906 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2018-01-28 02:52:37+00:00

What is this in reference to?

Edit: oh, I see, never mind. I don't follow Musk much.

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lapp0 | karma 37 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2021-06-29 16:36:52

It's some form of typical Musk charlatanism, that's for sure.

smt88 | karma 21138 | avg karma 2.28 · | 2022-11-09 12:04:45

This seems like it's probably not real, but it's very telling that I'm not 100% sure.

It's unimaginable that any other company would do this, but a Musk company? Hard to say. His sense of humor is certainly not... universal.

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me_me_me | karma 3240 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2023-12-06 10:02:53

is this a joke or not. Hard to say when discussing musk

rsynnott | karma 18312 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2023-07-10 07:56:12

> if you believe musk

Ah, well, that's the rub, isn't it?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36658486

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rsynnott | karma 18312 | avg karma 2.1 · | 2018-12-19 11:44:07+00:00

It's a Musk thing; not sure why you necessarily expect it to make any sense.

Havoc | karma 16454 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2022-11-22 05:32:46

That is questionable even by Musk standards

Maybe the guy is really losing it

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bencollier49 | karma 5225 | avg karma 3.49 · | 2022-04-11 01:24:07

I read that as a troll to bite back at Musk's humorous posts of the last couple of days.

anoonmoose | karma 1894 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2021-03-15 16:08:24

It's just trolling. Musk knows people will write about it (positive, negative, whatever).

mikeash | karma 74524 | avg karma 3.52 · | 2015-09-29 16:10:40

What did Musk actually say here? I have great trouble trusting TechCrunch's interpretation of them, and they don't quote him on that specific bit.

mirror_maze | karma -5 | avg karma -1.25 · | 2022-11-23 17:06:34

Does this mean Musk was right?

g-b-r | karma 535 | avg karma 0.78 · | 2024-01-23 10:46:02

You're right it might well be true.

Although Musk doesn't really always act rationally :p

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JohnFen | karma 30257 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2023-04-19 18:03:10

Musk says lots of nonsense. I wouldn't believe him just because he says something.

I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if that's true, but it's pretty risky just taking Musk's word for it.

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brookst | karma 8408 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2023-07-30 10:19:41

First impression reading the headline was that Musk is even more impetuous than I’d thought.

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2022-12-14 19:14:46

I'm way past the point where I will believe Musk at his word.

barbazoo | karma 7012 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2023-08-14 12:35:53

Perhaps this was just a PR stunt for Musk?

I wonder sometimes what goes on in those peoples' heads.

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dotcoma | karma 5585 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2022-08-11 04:16:19

I thought they were talking about Musk…

hunta2097 | karma 670 | avg karma 4.19 · | 2022-06-01 04:57:50

You are assuming that everything Musk says is genuine.