Elon Musk 'Close to Tears' in Interview, Says He's Running Businesses 'With Great Difficulty' as Tesla Sees Worst Stock Drop in Years
1y 3mon ago by lemmy.zip/u/BrikoX in usa@midwest.social from www.tvfandomlounge.com
While Elon indulges in political theater and self-aggrandizing quips, Tesla is experiencing an unprecedented slump in both sales and stock value.
He should list five things he's done for TSLA this week.
Absentee CEO.
- Damage the brand by association.
- ???
- Get the president to advertise the brand
- ???
Get the president to advertise the brand
This is the same as "Damage the brand by association"
FR idk why they thought it would help them at all.
Basic economics for anybody with the initials E.M. and a net worth in the billions:
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Unless you're product is drama and intrigue, there is such a thing as bad publicity.
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Exposure can only increase demand with diminishing returns up to a asymptotic threshhold. A brand that everyone already knows about won't see increased sales from promotion.
after he dies we should send his corpse to Mars and crucify it as a warning
Warning to who?
That's why they invade all pissed, in any movies with Martians.
Whom*
Way too cool of an ending for him. Flush the ashes.
You're right. Let's give his skeleton to Craig Ferguson so he can be more useful in death than he was in life
Best SpaceX can do it blow it to pieces over the ocean m.
shot into the fucking sun
That's a lot of delta-v to waste on a billionaire.
As I've said before, sometimes you go the extra mile (or extra Δv in this case) to send a message.
Why wait until he is dead?
He would like that idea too much.
Throw his remains in the middle of the ocean or just flush his ashes down the nearest toilet. Let every molecule that contributed to wannabe spaceman’s existence be forever bound to this planet he liked to fuck with.
That takes a lot of resources that he isn't worth. Just dump him in a ditch.
Oh no, maybe he should've tried minding his own business instead of trying to destroy democracy in multiple countries at once!
Oh no! Fantasy business failing just like those fired engineers with safety concerns said it would!
Too bad the rare resources are already wasted!
Let me... finish writing out... this reality check for... 0 fucks.
Liquidate that shit into individual gardening grants and public train money.
Men will literally do anything instead of going to therapy
Still too big, but I appreciate the visual.
I used to have a picture of a tardigrade playing a violin but couldn't find it, so this was the alternative.
I think somebody posted it in the thread, it’s magnificent
Never would have happened if he'd stayed the fuck out of politics. Hope he has panic attacks every day.
The dumbest part is, he absolutely could have gotten involved in politics and still been fine. Zuckerberg and Bezos have both publicly supported fascism and not seen nearly as much backlash. All Musk had to avoid was making two brazen Nazi salutes on national television and then becoming the face of the most moronic, questionably legal, regularly reversed (by both the courts and DOGE itself) funding cuts in the history of our nation.
But billionaires are actually narcissistic and lucky, not smart and hardworking, so here we are. The richest man in the world, probably high most of the time, crying on TV. If someone had written a novel with this plot 20 years ago I would've dismissed it as too stupid.
becoming the face of the most
Exactly why he's doing it. The details matters less to him than beating other billionaires you mentioned at something, even if that something is abhorrent.
So… stop? You have more money than anyone could ever spend. Just fuck off already. Stop being so fucking evil.
He can't. He's all in for fascism. There's no going back to the shadows for him, he'll always be known as a Nazi oligarch. He said he would be going to jail if Trump didn't win. We know he's got ties with Putin so he might be being blackmailed into being the bad guy [not that he was good before, but at least he l wasn't toppling democracies before].
He supported the coup in Bolivia
For cheap lithium that he could have paid for anyway.
He can't. He's all in for fascism
Nah. He has no interest in fascism. Fascism would hurt his bottom line immensely. He just tries to use his government position to give his companies, and by extent himself, more money.
The dude is motivated by money, not morals or his political compass.
I hope he feels worse soon
Well I wouldn't mind if he felt nothing at all
That poor, poor man .... give him more paper money to wipe his tears
Cry more.
The problem is, being petty is against lefty values. Take King Charles and his fat fingers. When lefty's were making of him, there were probably a few fat fingered innocents out there with the same condition who felt self conscious. And that's unfair. Making fun of appearances is untargeted and hurts those in the crossfire. But the problem is IT'S SO EFFECTIVE FOR OPTICS AND MORALE.
So either we give up that effective campaign for ethical reasons, or we just collectively let some people take the L for the advancement of leftist morale and publicity. It's a doozy!
There's a saying where I'm from "You can be the last righteous man or the last man standing" mind you this in context to killing Mormons but still I think the Left as a whole needs it etched in their fucken skulls. Is there really a point in holding punches if the other person has a knife, id say no since they aren't holding back. Don't hold your tongue when dealing with fascists just make sure it bites, throw a couple slurs around if ya have to.
Cry more you Nazi bitch
I hope elon musk dies alone and unloved in tremendous pain. When he dies I will be throwing a party. Him and Trump.
And afraid. They should be full of fear, pain, and loneliness when they go into the dark.
While wearing uncomfortable underwear!
And wet socks!
And itchy buttholes!
And hangnails!
Not me! Crispr will save me and I'll live forever actually SORRY
This is all an act.
Behaving like a shithead has consequences. Hanging out with corrupt shitheads has consequences.
Welcome to the real world Elon. Now cry me a river and get the fuck over it.
The ketamine ran out and reality rushed in
Boo hoo hoo poor wittle musky
Damn, did they up the size of his sympathy violin again?!?
I'd say so lol.
Holy shit, that little thing is playing a cello !
Rockin' out!
Nobody forced you to be a Nazi or involve yourself in politics. Go fuck yourself
Dressed in sunglasses, a gold chain, and a t-shirt proclaiming, “I’m not procrastinating, I’m doing side quests,” he paraded on stage.
What's the side quest for Elon; being on stage for the republicans or trying to get to Mars?
Each of his children is a side quest to him.
Mars.
He's not running the buisnesses he spends most of his time high on ketamine shitposting on twitter.
Nah, he’s definitely running them. Straight into the ground.
Still worth billions but whining. Go sit in a corner, Nazi.
Crocodile tears 🙄
It's still up compared to 6 months ago. Kindly, fuck off with your crocodile tears.
Go choke on a turd, you Nazi scum.
Little sociopath tears. In other words, bull!
Coming down from your nazi ketamine meth binge must be a hell of thing...
How the fuck is this moron in the position that he is?
People with inherited wealth are treated like they are smart, capable, and credible when billionaire nepo babies are really the worst at everything except sucking and dying.
Its because, if you are handed inherited wealth and all the privilege in the world, there really isn't an excuse to NOT be better than everyone. Yet... they never are. At least nobles back in the day actually tried to be better than everyone else. Nobles these days don't even try.
He hired people to do the work for him.
How the fuck does he not know why Tesla is in the state that its in??
I hope he gets so sad he just ends it for us
I love watching Nazis cry.
'Close to tears' is not enough. He needs to endure decades of real tears.
good, hope that rich bastard has all the trouble possible to make his life miserable
Then just fucking die already. Bitch ass.
"I am close to tears. That is a human reaction, right?"
It is. Which is why I doubt its true.
crocodile tears, of a Felon.
Gut him — financially, ofc.
He wasn't close to tears, he just needed time to think of something to say that won't tank his wealth.
Has he tried saying nothing? That would probably work.
Little lte for that now, yeah? It definitely would've worked if he started 10-15 years ago.
Maybe he was. Maybe Thiel had a conversation with him about drawing more of the wrong kind of attention.
I hope his panic attacks have panic attacks. I hope he goes to bed and never rises for fear of the mess he's made. I hope he stumbles in his fear, and fucks with someone with little enough left to lose they do something about it.
Fuck you F'Elon Ballstink, if your dreams come true I will personally stowaway on a rocket to Mars after your death to shit on your grave.
CRY SOME MORE
Good. Fuck him.
If he really cared maybe he should stop stretching himself thin, get out of DOGE, and stick to selling shitty cars
The earlier Tesla's weren't so shitty. Not more than your average Kia/Hyundai EV anyhow in terms of being a car. The self-driving shit is another story.
Cybertruck has been a dumpster fire since inception though.
Yeah, if Elon could drop the politics, hand off X, and go back to just being a major investor in tech companies that actually have some pretty cool ideas, that's be great.
Revenge is overrated, and justice against the mega rich is rare.
If guy could cut down on the K, learn to not be such a dick and go back to being the figure behind businesses that actual did have good overall intent (electric vehicles, global Internet access, etc) instead of bullshit politics or seig-heils that'd be good for everyone.
Oh he absolutely needs to be stripped of that and barred from any association with politics, just to make sure that if he goes away he stays away
I think the damage is done even if he were to backtrack. People will just assume he's backtracking because of money and that's it. Not because of his actual ideals
He needs to retire back to SAfrica.
Cry harder shitbag.
More.
Cry me a river fuck face.
Cry me a river, you absolute waste of a human being.
You showed your hand and you're an complete piece of shit. I hope the good people got their money out of your schemes; it'll be too late now.
We need to start a fund for this dipshit to receive a fresh package of rope each day.
government bailout in 3...2...
Cry harder, little bitch. Hope you get fired the same way you fired thousands of federal workers.
More like wiping his tears with dollar bills. Wouldn't be surprised if he and Trump's buddies were given a heads-up to buy shorts before the stock market went downhill.
I’d bet F’elons life on it.
Hadn’t seen F’elon yet, good one.
More like making his own predictions come true. https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-upcoming-recession-actually-good-thing
Lol get fucked you dumb cunt.
Boo hoo, why don't you go cry about it in your mansion while you try to cut more federal agencies.
Does he have a mansion? I thought he avoided assets so he wouldn’t have anything to pay taxes on since he’s a selfish piece of shit.
Sucks to suck.
Not close enough. I want to see tears of blood after what I've seen him put our country through. Fuck this neo-Nazi chucklefuck.
Skill issue
MOAR!!!!!!
America doesn't exist.
Where is BJ when you need him?
Workout and become BJ.
I googled BJ.
It was nice, but uninformative.
Oh no. Let me cry for the richest person in the world who also happens to be a fascist and spent the last few months posting on Twitter and running around the US president instead of doing his job as a CEO of a company. Total crocodile tears for this guy.
You reap what you sow.
Musk = POS Nazi wannabe!
Go fash, lose cash!
That's so sad, he should go do more ketamine about it.
That’s just a reaction his body makes on its own. He is incapable of human emotions.
He only got close to tears because the drugs took away his ability to actually cry. Or feel.
Karma, he made so many people cry and bankrupt by firing them through DOGE.
Oh I see, suddenly when it's your income getting shitcanned we're all supposed to care.
Nah, fuck off you twat, no one cares about you.
sadface
"I'm just out here trying to save the Americans taxpayer money sniff and they don't appreciate me. sniff sniff I don't know why. Leeches like the elderly and vets are finally off the books. sniff that's good, right?"
If I had five cents for every time I've seen a comment talk about 'weird AI' and I've read it as 'Weird Al', I would have ten cents.
There are multiple "reputable" news sites that reported the same using similar headline:
- https://futurism.com/elon-musk-trying-not-cry-tesla
- https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/motoring-news/teslas-1200-billion-loss-as-takedown-gathers-speed/news-story/3ff40f11990aaf181146cc7ef3837271
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/elon-musk-close-to-tears-in-interview-about-tesla-struggles/ar-AA1AGiFn
Eyeballs grabbing, and probative headlines are not exclusive to "weird AI sounding blog site[s]".
P.S. I have nothing to do with the site.
With the way things are going for Tesla, he should probably consider collecting and selling his crybaby-bitch tears.
Hahahahahaha
Should I play something on the world's smallest violin ?
Such a shame the gov't of California made him go crazy during COVID. Without Elon's companies, we might not have transportation without relying on gasoline imports. EV's may have never taken off the way they have. We would still be relying on Russia to get to space without SpaceX. He has done some amazing things, but why did he have to turn out to be such a little bitch?
Edit: This was supposed to be a reply to the post, but I'm lazy so I'm not changing it.