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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I say “Elon Musk’s Twitter” like would I say “Joel Schumacher’s Batman” — to identify it as the worst version of the thing.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Here's his prequels

Elon Musks failed Solar City

Elon Musks failed Boring Company

Elon Musks failed Hyperloop

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately Boring and the hyperloop were wins for him. The goal was to get cities to continue using cars.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Boring and Hyperloop were successful, they were meant to divert local governments from pursuing viable public transportation projects.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Just a few more failures away from qualifying to be president of the USA.