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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This Mastodon thread was particularly enlightening on Musk's love affair with the "X" brand.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

That’s incredible history and is so unsurprising with what we now know about Musk. Thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The same person's thread on emo totaling his McLaren while trying to impress Thiel is also pretty damn funny.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 year ago

Just and edgy idiot with a god complex and too much money

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He must have been furious when Microsoft released the Xbox

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

And when X.org got created

[–] can 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

And activeX

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

his x must have been pretty unforgettable

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

They merged with PayPal, booted Musk from leadership, and killed off what musk was working on to keep PayPal.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just wait til you hear what he did to his wife

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sad, sad, terrible news about my colleague, Dr. Mobutu.

[–] Lix_xD 22 points 1 year ago

Xx_E1on_Mu5k_xX

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Will someone just tell this guy he's not cool?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

He could just have bought that video website and call it X Videos.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

He should have named his son Ray, then later changed it just so he could call him "ex-Ray."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

X gon' give it to ya.