Talk:Elon Musk

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"They targeted gamers. Gamers."[edit]

So this is getting a lot of attention online: people accusing him of paying somebody else to level video game characters up for him, while taking the credit for himself. Chillpilled (talk) 08:27, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

It’s clear he hasn’t played the game, even I could do better. The point of it is to get loot and when Elon streamed he didn’t act like that was it (not clearing his inventory) and made errors that anybody that played the game wouldn’t be doing (constantly clicking on greyed out icons on a map and not collecting what is the most rare currency in the game). The character would later die, being in hardcore, meant that everything was lost. Not to mention the embarrassing beef he had with Asmongold where everybody was on his side (safe for the few bots, which I wouldn’t put it past Elon to use actual bots). It’s clear Elon had no idea who Asmon is, let alone he wasn’t the one to make the video calling him out, more so reacting to it.
SomeAutisticAce (talk) 13:01, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

'shockingly the ADL gave him some cut him slack'[edit]

If you have been paying attention, at all, it wouldn't be surprising to learn that the ADL has defended a pro-israel antisemite. — Unsigned, by: A somebody. / talk / contribs

“he’s autistic”[edit]

Many have defended Elon by falsely stating that because he is autistic, he “didn’t know” what he was doing or it was just an awkward gesture, often by trolls trying to gaslight people by exploiting the general lack of understanding. To the horrors of everybody that’s actually autistic and rightfully pissed about it. To answer the question; he knows what he did, duh, compare it to a video of a Neo Nazi doing the salute (fist to chest then salute), it’s beyond obvious. It’s not a “out-of-context” moment like LibsOfTikTok is saying by pulling actual out-of-context pictures of politicians which looks like they’re doing the salute but seeing the video shows them waving at the crowd. I’ve got a video to show what I’m talking about I’ll bring it later.

Yeah we didn’t like him even before then, now it’s just another reason. We already have a shitty understanding of us, which that was the main cause of my depression, and I do not want to constantly explain that; “No, most of us are not fascists fuckfaces”.

SomeAutisticAce (talk) 12:55, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Another view of Mars Mission[edit]

Baroness Featherstone Liberal Democrat My Lords, the sooner Musk goes to Mars the better. Anna Livia (talk) 20:47, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

As long as he takes Donald with him…209.134.40.250 (talk) 12:52, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Nicknames.[edit]

A few months ago I was told that nobody calls him The Boer, and despite having evidence to the contrary. It was removed alongside another nickname. Fast forward to today and the opening sentence is more nickname than actual substance. To fix this issue I purpose that we remove Elmo, Harry Bōlz, Elongated Muskrat, Kekius Maximus, and perhaps most controversially of all, Adrian Dittmann from the nickname section. A somebody. (talk) 04:46, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Trumping Musk[edit]

The Sun (not the newspaper) doesn't care who he is or what his claim to fame is [1] (other links available - this one is reputable enough for WP). Anna Livia (talk) 09:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

On whether he politically changed because Vivian transitioned (probably no)[edit]

Note he gave an initial reaction that doesn't mesh with what he told Jordan Peterson. From the Financial Times, October 7 2022:

He blames the fact that his teenage daughter no longer wants to be associated with him on the supposed takeover of elite schools and universities by neo-Marxists. “It’s full-on communism . . . and a general sentiment that if you’re rich, you’re evil,” says Musk. “It [the relationship] may change, but I have very good relationships with all the others [children]. Can’t win them all.”


This seemed more nonchalant to me and focused on an economic angle rather than a social issues angle. Also, Bill Maher thought the SNL crew snubbing him in 2021, in a vaguely similar way to what Musk described there, was a factor. Which seems plausible since some of them complained about a rich CEO hosting the show. Further, his dad Errol Musk said there was a very different reason. From The Hill, January 23 2025:


Errol Musk detailed his son’s political transformation, highlighting a shift from supporting Democrats to aligning with Trump. He attributed this change to former President Joe Biden’s perceived slight of not inviting Tesla to a White House electric vehicle event in 2021.

“He started changing when Biden invited all the electric car manufacturers to the White House in 2021 but didn’t invite Tesla. Tesla built a million cars, and the other five manufacturers built about 26 and hadn’t even sold one,” Errol Musk told NewsNation.

“Elon couldn’t understand that. He started calling Biden a lunatic and the government ‘loony,'” Errol Musk said.


Not to mention Jordan Peterson was really trying to goad him into a certain answer. Remember how Peterson got so much attention in the first place, after all. Chillpilled (talk) 13:02, 23 June 2025 (UTC)