I swear Elon is evolving into a supervillain.

[StrictlyRockers]

Link to tweet

[ret5hd]

1. North Korean barber???

[Sympthsical]

2. I shall call him . . .

Moppy-Me.

[PatSeg]

5. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[Demovictory9]

10. Lol

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. Evolving?

Blood diamond apartheid scion who buys companies and steals their tech ideas, and wants to start a slave colony on Mars is just "evolving?"

[FSogol]

19. LOL, He's a real life James Bond villain still working on his appearance.

[Jerry2144]

4. He kind of looks like a Muppet

Beaker. or Ernie. Regardless - that's a horrible haircut. Maybe he's wearing a lap dog on his head?

[StrictlyRockers]

6. Beaker!

From The Muppet Show. That's perfect.

[dalton99a]

7. 20 years ago:

[Polybius]

11. He had the best hair transplant I've ever seen

Shaving off the sides like he just did was stupid though. It's not 1992.

[nycbos]

8. He is Hank Scorpio

[Coventina]

28. For whatever reason, my favorite line in that episode:

"Oh, the Denver BRONCOS!?!?"

In such a tone of disappointment.

[Initech]

32. Scorpio you've gone totally mad!

[nycbos]

36. Ingenious isn't Mr. Bont?

[Initech]

41. The only thing I expect is for you to die and for it to be a very cheap funeral!

[0rganism]

9. slouching towards Zorg

(Gary Oldman's character in The Fifth Element)

[Silent3]

16. +1000! 😄 n/t

[Wounded Bear]

17. GMTA...my first thought also...nt

[denbot]

49. Yup..

LoL..

[LiberatedUSA]

51. If Elon hands you a rifle...

…make sure to ask him what the little red button does before pushing it.

[ShazamIam]

12. Bezos is after his space program and this is even better, how it started - how it's going:

Link to tweet

/photo/2

[Coventina]

13. Careful, the coterie of Musk fanbois that post here will swarm you.

They don't like negative posts about their guy.

[USALiberal]

18. NASA seems to like him, do you think they're idiots?

[Coventina]

20. No, I think Musk is a "welfare queen" for taking government money he doesn't need. n/t

[USALiberal]

21. So what you're saying is that NASA are idiots? Nt

[Coventina]

24. Sure, NASA are idiots.

[USALiberal]

25. Thank you for admitting it! Nt

[48656c6c6f20]

33. No just useful tools.

It's contagious.

[edhopper]

37. Don't mistake the funding for NASA

with the scientist who work there.

And yes, some of the funding and projects are more political than make scientific sense.

So yes, there are idiots involves with NASA.

[hunter]

38. Sending humans beyond low earth orbit is a "Here, hold my beer" stunt...

... and a useless waste of resources.

Any science we decide to do in space, beyond the protection of Earth's magnetic field, can be accomplished with robots. Robots don't need heavy life support systems.

Natural born humans will never have a significant presence in space -- not on the Moon, not on Mars, not in the asteroid belt. We're too damned fragile.

If this civilization survives then our solar system will be explored by our intellectual offspring. These engineered beings, mechanical or biological, will be able to survive high radiation levels, temperature extremes, and the vacuum of space. They'll be able to run naked on the surface of Mars. Their space ships won't require air locks. They won't need food, they'll get their energy from the sun or nuclear power.

Maybe if we are good parents they'll take a few of us along for the ride.

So yeah, I have some disagreements with NASA. If I was a powerful politician or an amoral megalomaniac I'd be funding research in robotics and artificial intelligence.

And if somebody gave me a Tesla I'd give it away like a hot potato.

I don't think Elon Musk is doing anything that will save the world.

[meadowlander]

30. I'm not a Musk fan

but I am on the autistic spectrum and I do find that some of the posts on Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's appearance and mannerisms (which are typical of people on the spectrum) start to cross the line into bullying and ableism.

Speaking robotically and not conforming to conventional expectations about fashion or appearance are really the least of either of their faults. Those are characteristics shared by tens of thousands of other people who were also born that way.

What you are saying to those tens of thousands of people when you say Musk or Zuckerberg's distinctive way of acting or dressing makes them look like a supervillain is that the way many other people can't really help looking and acting is not acceptable and reads as evil and anti-social. And that's kind of a shitty thing to do to people who are already marginalized by society for harmless but unusual behavior and taste.

[Coventina]

31. I can't speak for others on DU, but I can assure you that I have never mocked

Musk or Zuckerberg for their mannerisms or fashion choices.

I despise them for the amoral, sociopathic choices and behavior they engage in.

[tenderfoot]

42. "marginalized by society for harmless but unusual behavior"

I don't find either Zuckerberg or Musk harmless. Using one's autism as an excuse to be an insufferable asshole is getting really tired.

[meadowlander]

47. Neither do I

but the point is that it isn't their hair or clothes or way of speaking that is causing harm. And when you go after them for those things (as opposed to the actually harmful things they do) you also go after other people who share those characteristics but have never hurt anyone.

[UTUSN]

14. Bwah!1 - I sent that pic to my local wingnuts who see him as a savior & I was very kind,

saying only he was morphing into late stage Howard HUGHES!

[Bluethroughu]

35. That is what I was thinking...

Someday surrounded by pee bottles and money, nothing more.

The guy is a pompous jerk.

[jcgoldie]

15. "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die"

[Caliman73]

22. Goes to show...

You can have all the money in the world, and still have the shittiest taste and fashion sense ever.

It isn't even shocking (ala David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust in the 70's). It is just a bad haircut and outfit.

[USALiberal]

23. The jealousy on the DU of him cracks me up.

[Coventina]

26. There, there....your boy will be just fine.

Just take your Tesla on a spin and you'll feel better.

[48656c6c6f20]

34. Yes I dream of tweeting

Batshit crazy things and naming my son äă :ň % ß ð q} 008

[tenderfoot]

39. You have a very questionable judgement of character

Jealousy... GFY

I guess everyone here is just jealous of Trump too.

[Carlitos Brigante]

43. Mr. Musk, I would think you'd have more important things to do than

hanging around here, responding to posts about you.

[USALiberal]

44. I am, I am working with NASA to deliver Astronauts to the International Space Station! nt

[Carlitos Brigante]

46. So why waste time here? Surely your ego can't be that fragile, can it? Oh, and

word of advise. If I were you, I'd refrain on calling random people who make fun of you 'pedophiles'. That kind of stuff gets you "canceled" around here.

[roamer65]

27. Elon Blofeld.

[Initech]

29. He's literally a furry cat and an island compound away from going full Blofeld.

[ananda]

40. I guess he was just a plain vanilla villain before.

Anagrams included for free, lol.

[MineralMan]

45. Elon Musk, like many entrepreneurs like him, is weird.

So far, he has been successful. That may not continue. He may end up taking his money and walking away. It has happened before.

[Carlitos Brigante]

48. "Yes, you heard correctly, sir. I'd like the Richard Spencer, please". nt

[FlyingPiggy]

50. God, this place can be petty as hell.