Talk:Elon Musk

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Best known for?

Our intro states " But he is best known for his S3XY electric vehicles and his "plans" to colonise Mars".

I am not sure this is true. I have never heard of the "S3XY electric vehicle" (by that name) and I'd say he is currently a lot better known for his Twitter purchase than he is for his Mars nonsense. But other Musk-watchers may know better than me.Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 09:21, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

That line was certainly written a few years ago. It might also still be true. But I wouldn't count on it. Chillpilled (talk) 09:38, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

The "S3XY" stands for Tesla's models: Tesla Model S, Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model X, and Tesla Model Y. Musk is also known for being an eternal 13 year old boy, so yes, this "naming convention" was deliberate, and in fact was spoiled somewhat by Ford having a trademark on Model E. BobJohnson (talk) 18:10, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

So - he's really best known for producing the "S3XY electric vehicles" rather than the "Tesla car"? :-) Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 18:13, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Speaking of which, the page doesn't seem to mention the Cybertruck thing. Chillpilled (talk) 07:27, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

The what? Carthage (talk) 11:16, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Musk is probably at least as well known for his weird Cybertruck as he is for Mars shot.Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 15:23, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Antisemitism

For the record he apologized for that one tweet. I only learned about this not too long ago, but apparently he did back in Nov. 2023. Between that and all the damage-control he's been up to I don't even know. Has he bought back some plausible deniability at this point? I realize he may have shown his hand. But I'm also of the view it may be wise to give people some room, not to pigeonhole them into their worst positions. It's not that he never apologized for a tweet before this one either; he did for the Paul Pelosi conspiracy theory. Chillpilled (talk) 00:23, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I've changed the lead section to reflect this a bit, and also added a section on his natalism. I think his eugenic-natalism actually has non-conspiratorial explanatory value as to why he was more flexible, apologizing to Jewish people, but not black people considering what is basically his expressed prejudice against both. He sees Jews and Asians as being moreso "high-IQ model minorities", perhaps he believes there's a genetic factor to that, and from this he likes them more and wants them to reproduce. However it's tricky, because he also showed sympathy for the idea that basically, a lot of Jews don't agree with his eugenic-natalism (not that there could be any sort of historic reason for that). Then he apologized, but then this could also have been essentially just PR. Chillpilled (talk) 11:29, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Tesla and SpaceX.

There is a problem with this article as it currently stands, and that problem is that there is too much focus on the various twitter bullshit and nearly no focus on the bullshit at his other companies, Tesla and SpaceX, for example the racism, sexism, the disregard for safety regulations, and regulations in general. A somebody. (talk) 21:40, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Pro-Slavery tweet

https://boingboing.net/2024/02/20/pro-slavery-hate-tweet-with-2-9-million-views-generates-ad-revenue-for-musk.html

I don't think anyone is surprised about this by now. Was posted on the Discord by Chill and I didn't see it here yet, so. Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 12:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

general discrimination at his companies.

Given that Tesla has recently settled a racial discrimination lawsuit, it seems odd that the article makes no mention of the various types of discrimination at his companies, except maybe Xitter. A somebody. (talk) 22:15, 15 March 2024 (UTC)