Yes, this is the conversation me and my wife had.

Nov 19, 2024
8:51:46am

JohnnyComeLately Token Native

Wife: we should have another baby.
Me: No way, Elon Musk hasn’t invented enough to make this world a better place yet, we should hold off.
Wife: that makes sense. No more babies for us.

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JohnnyComeLately

Previous username: BigReedThunder
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Last login: Nov 20, 2024
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Time

What is your opinion of Elon Musk? Hero? Villain? Something else? What is he?

Borg

Nov 19, 7:28am

Very intelligent guy who's trying to do what's right.

XORCoug

Nov 19, 7:29am

Outside the box thinker who is sometimes WAY outside the box

BandW

Nov 19, 7:33am

Rich dude interested in getting richer and more powerful.

Blueto

Nov 19, 7:34am

What an inefficient way of achieving this task.

Shore10

Nov 19, 7:57am

ehh, he is going to be having some major power

TheHop

Nov 19, 8:27am

Gotta be more specific, you've just described all of DC.

StarMan

Nov 19, 8:38am

Brilliant eccentric.

shoganai

Nov 19, 7:41am

Yeah, definitely a put not your faith in princes deal. I think he is most notabl

RoboKayne

Nov 19, 7:42am

Claims the biggest problem with humanity is declining birth rate. Not smart enough to make life better for the average

sanitarium

Nov 19, 7:46am

People are having fewer kids because Elon isn’t smart enough?

cheezedawg

Nov 19, 7:48am

Yes, this is the conversation me and my wife had.

JohnnyComeLately

Nov 19, 8:51am

Who had a better life than we do? I guess you could use the feudal war or family

dYrtbYkerYder

Nov 19, 7:50am

It's a typical lib response to denigrate someone who isn't aligned with their cause

BYUMizzou

Nov 19, 8:13am

CB 'moderates' despise him because their echo chamber insists he's despicable

vegas guey

Nov 19, 9:40am

Wow, ok, what have you done to make life better for the average human? My goodness Elon has made some major innovations

JohnnyComeLately

Nov 19, 8:41am

I agree - he is smart and has done amazing things for science and technology and the USA. But he is fairly criticized

sanitarium

Nov 19, 9:08am

Spoken like a true socialist

Jericho

Nov 19, 9:50am

You know they choose to work for him, right?

Blue Cougar

Nov 19, 10:18am

Yes, I understand that. They should realize that Elon needs them more than they need Elon, unionize, and demand higher

sanitarium

Nov 19, 10:23am

OK...or, just go get a job somewhere else where they'll be happy

Blue Cougar

Nov 19, 10:28am

How do you know? If they were, they would leave. Obviously something is keeping

Borg

Nov 19, 10:30am

Look, all these people who just voted for Trump because of the "economy" and the pain of inflation should agree with me.

sanitarium

Nov 19, 10:48am

Socialism vs. Capitalism

Blue Cougar

Nov 19, 11:05am

Capitalism all day long.

sanitarium

Nov 19, 11:38am

My uneducated opinion on unions. They are in large part outdated. It makes sense

Powerbait DPM

Nov 19, 12:54pm

Wages went up under Trump. They did not under Biden.

JohnnyComeLately

Nov 19, 12:05pm

If you have data to back that up, then great. I actually don't think the POTUS has as much influence on the economy

sanitarium

Nov 19, 12:24pm

...as evidenced by the markets' response immediately following the election

Blue Cougar

Nov 19, 12:32pm

Here are some relevant graphs for you.

JohnnyComeLately

Nov 19, 12:46pm

Good data. I like it. Now how did pandemic affect all that data?

sanitarium

Nov 19, 1:12pm

Wages went up under Trump they did not under Biden. Inflation went up under Biden. I showed proof and you just move

JohnnyComeLately

Nov 19, 3:20pm

Did I say that wages went up more under Biden. Pretty sure I didn't. Show me what I said that you allegedly disproved.

sanitarium

Nov 19, 3:45pm

“Wages need to go up, Elon and Trump aren’t going to do that.”

JohnnyComeLately

Nov 19, 3:49pm

Ok, I see. What I mean is they aren't going to make any policy changes that are going to lift wages. Sure, wages might

sanitarium

Nov 19, 4:00pm

RE: Ok, I see. What I mean is they aren't going to make any policy changes that

Borg

Nov 19, 4:12pm

Ah, we reached the meme stage of the debate.

sanitarium

Nov 19, 4:16pm

You were ‘done’ some time ago. Nice you came around to it

Borg

Nov 19, 4:42pm

I can confirm this, best 4 years in my career

Borg

Nov 19, 2:39pm

Smart guy who sometimes falls victim to his own hubris.

DwigtA2RM

Nov 19, 7:50am

Brilliant guy who has been a huge benefit to humanity. Has helped lead to the

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 7:57am

He's insufferable, but it's hard to argue with his results.

NumbersGuy

Nov 19, 8:54am

For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things...

icecougar

Nov 19, 8:24am

Bright person with Asperger's syndrome and a workaholic with no appreciation

Archaea

Nov 19, 8:32am

Is he putting his assets in a blind trust? I can't imagine him doing that. He is

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 8:38am

That he is autistic makes me appreciate his successes even more

vegas guey

Nov 19, 9:37am

Asperger's is a high functioning level. It means he is disconnected from normal

Archaea

Nov 19, 10:19am

Also, pretty much every tech genius is Aspergers... Gates, Google bros, Jobs...

NYC and Japan

Nov 19, 2:45pm

My son has Asperger's

vegas guey

Nov 19, 3:40pm

Somehow he has moved into a darling of the right.

RC Vikings

Nov 19, 8:35am

Crazy what happens when the left goes off the rails, leaving legacy democrats like Elon standing right of center despite

Zach Morris

Nov 19, 1:09pm

Has done more to protect free speech than anyone since the founders. For that I

phillycc

Nov 19, 8:39am

He has done a lot to preserve free speech, no doubt. But he has also hurt free

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 8:45am

I disagree, he has allowed the public to police dis/misinformation w/ community

phillycc

Nov 19, 8:51am

You perfectly described free speech. Yes, people can say all kinds of crazy stuff & you figure out if/how crazy.

Soupie

Nov 19, 8:57am

My problem is not allowing anything on his platform. Its that he posts lies and

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 9:10am

Then call it out when it happens. I trust you have some examples.

Soupie

Nov 19, 9:16am

Its very easy to go on his X account and see the propaganda. He has retweeted

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 9:24am

And look. The free speech process worked. It was proven false. Lots of crazy stuff gets put out there immediately

Soupie

Nov 19, 9:44am

It was proven false, but not because Musk ever acknowledged it was false.

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 10:05am

If you don’t believe in free speech for everyone, including liars,

XORCoug

Nov 19, 9:19am

What makes you think I don't believe in free speech? I believe liars should be

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 9:26am

No, I don’t agree that they should, but I do believe they should be allowed to.

XORCoug

Nov 19, 9:43am

Then we are in exactly the same position.

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 9:58am

If you believe he's hurt free speech, we're not. But that's fine.

XORCoug

Nov 19, 10:27am

Where did I say that?

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 10:31am

RE: Where did I say that?

XORCoug

Nov 19, 10:34am

I did not make any relative comparisons between the competing issues

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 12:28pm

You asked me where you said it, I showed you where you said it,

XORCoug

Nov 19, 12:48pm

Fair point. I misread your post. My bad for acting like troll.

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 2:40pm

Ah, gotcha. Yeah I can understand that. I think he does rely on the community

phillycc

Nov 19, 9:38am

I don't think the marketplace of ideas can efficiently filter truth and lies if

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 9:55am

Sorry, I wasn't clear. He might be right with his approach, but I don't think so

phillycc

Nov 19, 10:07am

Thanks. I agree with your posts.

Jay Kay

Nov 19, 10:22am

Really didn't pay much attention to him till he bought twitter. He absolutely was looking out for free speech in doing

Soupie

Nov 19, 8:48am

Paid more taxes than any other American in history

IntelCougar

Nov 19, 8:41am

He has a lot in common with Jobs. Brilliant people terrible boss. Results are

maYbe

Nov 19, 8:50am

slightly creepy, brilliant mega rich dude who is overall very good for the country

JOPE

Nov 19, 8:56am

Basically and literally Hitler.

IceCreamButt

Nov 19, 8:59am

He's definitely a hero

Blue Cougar

Nov 19, 9:17am

Anyone checked on BlooCoug? 2 hours after an Elon question and he's nowhere

RealSimsShadY

Nov 19, 9:28am

Here is my personal observation of my use of X the last few weeks.

sanitarium

Nov 19, 9:54am

He’s a modern day genius. He’s the kind of guy that future generations will learn about in history class

KingDave

Nov 19, 10:10am

Opportunistic hard worker who thinks critically about situations and does what

Mufasa

Nov 19, 10:36am

Absolute hero

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