Topic: I agree with Elon Musk for once.
Erik !AltRitexT6 started this discussion 6 years ago #99,217
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 19 seconds later[^] [v] #1,119,656
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) triple-posted this 6 years ago, 18 seconds later, 37 seconds after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,657
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 18 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,666
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,669
For context, the UK may have just hit its peak deaths per day and will be hopefully trending down, but more than 21k have died already with intense social distancing and isolation enforced.Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,671
Also he may be just an enormous moron when dealing with issues outside of his immediate area of expertise.Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,674
If I wanted to read bullshit from a lying cocksucker I’d ask Peter Thiel.
tteh !MemesToDNA joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,680
@1,119,669 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
> For context, the UK may have just hit its peak deaths per day
We finally started including nursing home deaths in the total count, today, which might explain that.
> For context, the UK may have just hit its peak deaths per day
We finally started including nursing home deaths in the total count, today, which might explain that.
dreamworks joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,682
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Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,687
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,688
@1,119,680 (tteh !MemesToDNA)
Yup I don't profess to have a great understanding. But Elon keeps trying to downplay the virus for reasons that aren't totally clear to me, and despite being wrong on things he said a month ago, he doubles down on the wrongness instead of re-assessing why. Very unscientific of him!
@1,119,682 (dreamworks)
Yeah thats true but still it's looking like what, at least 30-35k deaths? That's a 50% margin of error! If one of his engineers was that wrong about a prediction he'd be fired the next morning. He just continues believing shit he had (and has) no understanding of.
Yup I don't profess to have a great understanding. But Elon keeps trying to downplay the virus for reasons that aren't totally clear to me, and despite being wrong on things he said a month ago, he doubles down on the wrongness instead of re-assessing why. Very unscientific of him!
@1,119,682 (dreamworks)
Yeah thats true but still it's looking like what, at least 30-35k deaths? That's a 50% margin of error! If one of his engineers was that wrong about a prediction he'd be fired the next morning. He just continues believing shit he had (and has) no understanding of.
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Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,689
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I think Mr. Musk is afraid of being wrong, so he’s trying to cover up his mistakes with more mistakes.
I think Mr. Musk is afraid of being wrong, so he’s trying to cover up his mistakes with more mistakes.
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,691
@1,119,688 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)> Yup I don't profess to have a great understanding. But Elon keeps trying to downplay the virus for reasons that aren't totally clear to me, and despite being wrong on things he said a month ago, he doubles down on the wrongness instead of re-assessing why. Very unscientific of him!
I've never really been fond of the bloke. I think he's an arrogant, attention seeking twat. He makes as good a virologist as he did marine scientist slash diver.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,693
@1,119,689 (D)Thats the only thing I can think of. His ego is getting in the way of him being honest. How sad.
@previous (tteh !MemesToDNA)
I mean he is descended from South African apartheid money so you always knew the potential to be a huge twat was there. I wouldn't mind so much of he was at least right on the science-y stuff he professes to be such a fan of.
For the record, he predicted close to zero (let's say 250) new cases per day by the end of April. There were 25,000 yesterday. He was off by a factor of 100.
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Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 59 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,696
I know you must the wondering, what does Thunderf00t think of Musk's tunnel project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyy-19qyNWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyy-19qyNWE
Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,697
@1,119,693 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
What really worries me — and what should really worry Mr. Musk — is that he has formed a cult of personality around himself. Being an engineer, Mr. Musk should have calculated that a cult of personality always ends with the person dying 100% of the time.
(I don’t care if Elon lives or dies, but I do care about his yuppiemoblie company giving me a positive return on investment.)
What really worries me — and what should really worry Mr. Musk — is that he has formed a cult of personality around himself. Being an engineer, Mr. Musk should have calculated that a cult of personality always ends with the person dying 100% of the time.
(I don’t care if Elon lives or dies, but I do care about his yuppiemoblie company giving me a positive return on investment.)
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,701
@previous (D)
Yeah he has something of an unhealthy cult following. Either he finds a way to gently tone everything down and go back to being a flashy but marginally relevant businessman, or he gets offed by one of his wackadoodle followers. His call!
Yeah he has something of an unhealthy cult following. Either he finds a way to gently tone everything down and go back to being a flashy but marginally relevant businessman, or he gets offed by one of his wackadoodle followers. His call!
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dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,705
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
I wouldn't call him marginally relevant, Tesla did pretty much kickstart the electric car industry and Paypal is pretty good too
I wouldn't call him marginally relevant, Tesla did pretty much kickstart the electric car industry and Paypal is pretty good too
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,706
@previous (dreamworks)
Only like 50 people actually own an electric car. PayPal is good but he left there like two decades ago I think. He gets 10x the media exposure of Jim Hackett, even though Ford sells like 20x as many cars as Tesla per year and has done so forever.
Only like 50 people actually own an electric car. PayPal is good but he left there like two decades ago I think. He gets 10x the media exposure of Jim Hackett, even though Ford sells like 20x as many cars as Tesla per year and has done so forever.
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dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,711
@1,119,706 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
it's actually a pretty big market that wouldn't have existed for another decade probably if tesla hadn't existed. what would they say about him they've been making basically the same product since the 50s except with more plastic and bluetooth
it's actually a pretty big market that wouldn't have existed for another decade probably if tesla hadn't existed. what would they say about him they've been making basically the same product since the 50s except with more plastic and bluetooth
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dreamworks double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,712
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 47 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,713
The reactions from this virus has been surprising and perplexing. A perfect example is the diehard "freedom fans" protesting and even saying that America ought to be like Sweden, that's not something you'll hear again in your life time. It really seems that it's like a unifying issue between political groups at the far end of both sides om the political scale, like i didn't have time to see it fully but zizek even said that lockdown was a upperclass solution and while I agree with him that it's only really a solution that the privileged have, I'd say it is also the only solution currently available.
dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 31 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,714
how is silicon valley a moral arbiter when it doesn't even have any morals ??
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 8 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,715
E's a damn Paki, ya bint!
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,720
@1,119,718 (H)
Sweden has 5-6x the number of deaths per capita as neighboring Norway and Finland. If you think that means they did a good job you might want to reconsider your position.
Sweden has 5-6x the number of deaths per capita as neighboring Norway and Finland. If you think that means they did a good job you might want to reconsider your position.
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,722
Musk is losing millions because of stay at home.
Anonymous H replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,723
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,734
@previous (Erik !jzYkdX7lIw)
What? If a 75 year old person gets the coronavirus and subsequently dies, why would you not count that as a coronavirus death? What's culty about that?
What? If a 75 year old person gets the coronavirus and subsequently dies, why would you not count that as a coronavirus death? What's culty about that?
Anonymous I replied with this 6 years ago, 53 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,735
@1,119,726 (H)
You have to remember there's a big lag in deaths. While in denmark it seems the future is containment, with about 39 dead per million, there are 69 dead per million in Sweden but no end in sight unlike Denmark.
You have to remember there's a big lag in deaths. While in denmark it seems the future is containment, with about 39 dead per million, there are 69 dead per million in Sweden but no end in sight unlike Denmark.
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@1,119,701 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
> Either he finds a way to gently tone everything down and go back to being a flashy but marginally relevant businessman, or he gets offed by one of his wackadoodle followers. His call!
I think he’ll choose to stay in the spotlight. Those doses of dopamine he gets from being in the public eye are addictive. He’ll probably get more and more outrageous until some deranged former Musk fan buys an old rifle and takes care of the situation permanently.
> Either he finds a way to gently tone everything down and go back to being a flashy but marginally relevant businessman, or he gets offed by one of his wackadoodle followers. His call!
I think he’ll choose to stay in the spotlight. Those doses of dopamine he gets from being in the public eye are addictive. He’ll probably get more and more outrageous until some deranged former Musk fan buys an old rifle and takes care of the situation permanently.
dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,739
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This guy is the new Trump ???
Anonymous H replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,746
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Erik !jzYkdX7lIw replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,752
@1,119,734 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Is you're and the rest of the left to desire a higher body count that makes it a blood cult. Forever sceptical of death numbers and claiming lag in the final count.
Is you're and the rest of the left to desire a higher body count that makes it a blood cult. Forever sceptical of death numbers and claiming lag in the final count.
tteh !MemesToDNA replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,753
@previous (Erik !jzYkdX7lIw)
> Is you're and the rest of the left to desire a higher body count that makes it a blood cult.
You know, I might give that gin a try.
> Is you're and the rest of the left to desire a higher body count that makes it a blood cult.
You know, I might give that gin a try.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 6 years ago, 8 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,756
@1,119,752 (Erik !jzYkdX7lIw)
The death count total I want is zero. The death count toll I have been given due to a fundamentally stupid and incompetent administration is over 60,000. And they are talking about what a great job they are doing because it's under 100,000. The only members of a death cult are them and their followers.
Wasn't it like last week that you said we need to start opening up everything and letting the elderly die? You're all mixed up and making no sense at all.
The death count total I want is zero. The death count toll I have been given due to a fundamentally stupid and incompetent administration is over 60,000. And they are talking about what a great job they are doing because it's under 100,000. The only members of a death cult are them and their followers.
Wasn't it like last week that you said we need to start opening up everything and letting the elderly die? You're all mixed up and making no sense at all.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU double-posted this 6 years ago, 13 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,757
@1,119,736 (H)
Ok so looking at the CDC data on NY State, I see info only up until 2017. Since they didn't bother to cite the specific link to their information, I have no way of knowing if that data is correct or how they compiled it. Assuming that the blue is just the top 10 causes of death + the firearms deaths, homicide, and drug overdose deaths info, you get 122,736. Dividing that by 12 gives you about 10,200 deaths per month. Maybe there's some seasonality to deaths + the growth in population that would push that up by about 2,000 per month to 12,500 where that chart has it. But I can't find that info for the left hand bar, and try as I might, I can't find where they pulled the info from in the right hand bar from the cited article.
Ok so looking at the CDC data on NY State, I see info only up until 2017. Since they didn't bother to cite the specific link to their information, I have no way of knowing if that data is correct or how they compiled it. Assuming that the blue is just the top 10 causes of death + the firearms deaths, homicide, and drug overdose deaths info, you get 122,736. Dividing that by 12 gives you about 10,200 deaths per month. Maybe there's some seasonality to deaths + the growth in population that would push that up by about 2,000 per month to 12,500 where that chart has it. But I can't find that info for the left hand bar, and try as I might, I can't find where they pulled the info from in the right hand bar from the cited article.
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Anonymous J replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,758
@1,119,750 (D)
Oswald bought his rifle through Italian army surplus, mAtt bought his through Israeli army surplus. Coincidence? I think not.
Oswald bought his rifle through Italian army surplus, mAtt bought his through Israeli army surplus. Coincidence? I think not.
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chill dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,119,805
Yeah I'm sure it has nothing to do with him wanting to reopen factories. Elon Musk has a bizarre fucking personality cult and has come under fire before for ignoring safety issues and exploiting employees.
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Anonymous D replied with this 5 years ago, 13 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,120,078
It looks like the entire world is turning against Mr. Musk. This post is in the front page of Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/gat6l5/free_america/
There is even an entire subreddit dedicated to Mr. Musk, and the moderators there are struggling to defend him: https://www.reddit.com/r/elonmusk/comments/gaw84u/update_from_the_mod_team/
There is even an entire subreddit dedicated to Mr. Musk, and the moderators there are struggling to defend him: https://www.reddit.com/r/elonmusk/comments/gaw84u/update_from_the_mod_team/