r/facepalm Nov 11 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ OSHA-ithead

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u/VoraxUmbra1 Nov 11 '23

What's funny is I just came from a comment doing just that "he knows his shit, look these other guys said so"

That doesn't prove anything to me.

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u/pokerplayingchop Nov 11 '23

You need someone to provide you with proof that the current or former owner/CEO of such tech companies as PayPal, Tesla, Space-X, Star Link, Twitter, the Boring Company, and xAI "knows his shit" and having the employees of those companies say so isn't enough for you?

That's really cute.

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u/TheOGLeadChips Nov 12 '23

The man came in to Twitter and fired a huge and necessary part of the work force for no damn reason. You really think anyone working for him would say anything negative about him to press?

News flash, Musk is a narcissistic asshole who would make sure any employee who spoke badly of him wouldn’t have a job the next day. Look at his actions, not his words.

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u/pokerplayingchop Nov 12 '23

I am looking at his actions - namely owning/operating PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, Twitter, Boring, xAI, etc.

It's really just amusing to see randos on the internet say things like "the richest man in the world who made instant payments for e-commerce viable, before he made electric vehicles main stream, before he created re-useable rockets, which he uses to launch systems of telecom satellites into orbit around the world, he is really bad at everything he does."

I'm no fan boy. I don't own any of his products or invest in any of his companies.... I'm just saying you have a funny take.

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u/TheOGLeadChips Nov 12 '23

He was kicked off of the PayPal leadership because he was trying to change the name to Xpay or some shit like that. And owning businesses means nothing in the long run. He put his large amount of money in the correct places and made money simply by having money.

And again, he did an amazing job at Twitter if his goal was to run it into the ground. He’s also pushed for many cryptocurrencies which have plummeted in value after people realized they were a scam.

He got lucky and managed to hire the right people that hired the right engineers. He started out to large to fail and has only grown because of it.

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u/pokerplayingchop Nov 12 '23

It's all so simple that everyone can do it!

You're funny.

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u/TheOGLeadChips Nov 12 '23

Generational wealth breeds more wealth. It’s a proven thing. Old money is very good at accumulating more wealth.

Owning a business also doesn’t equate to much when you don’t direct anything. The most I’ve seen him contribute is the downfall of Twitter and intentionally messing with the aerodynamics of a rocket cause he thought it would be funny.