Elon Musk Trolls the Media With a Clip From 'Spaceballs' (twitter.com)
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Elon Musk is having fun on Twitter, where he's either promoting the new line of $20 "Boring Company" hats or trolling the media. "To preserve the transcendent majesty & specialness of The Boring Company cap, we are capping cap orders at 50,000 caps," Musk tweeted Sunday, adding "Almost there ..." Responding to a user who asked, "Is this really how you're funding the boring company??" Musk answered "Yes."
An hour later he tweeted that "Every 5000th buyer of our boringly boring hat will get a free hat signed by the delivery guy. That special hat delivery will take place deep within the real, but fictional (of course), tunnel we are building under LA while you drive the giant machine blindfolded. This will actually happen."
And then hours later, Musk shared a fresh insight into his thought process. "The *real* money comes from merchandising," he tweeted, adding "I learned it from this documentary," sharing a video titled "merchandising" which, on closer inspection, turned out to be a clip from the 1987 comedy "Spaceballs" starring Mel Brooks.
Ironically, George Lucas had only blessed Mel Brooks' parody of Star Wars with one condition: that no Space Balls action figure merchandise ever be produced.
An hour later he tweeted that "Every 5000th buyer of our boringly boring hat will get a free hat signed by the delivery guy. That special hat delivery will take place deep within the real, but fictional (of course), tunnel we are building under LA while you drive the giant machine blindfolded. This will actually happen."
And then hours later, Musk shared a fresh insight into his thought process. "The *real* money comes from merchandising," he tweeted, adding "I learned it from this documentary," sharing a video titled "merchandising" which, on closer inspection, turned out to be a clip from the 1987 comedy "Spaceballs" starring Mel Brooks.
Ironically, George Lucas had only blessed Mel Brooks' parody of Star Wars with one condition: that no Space Balls action figure merchandise ever be produced.
Is Strong With This One!
And build more cars.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
I just ordered one of these hats and you can't pay with PayPal!
The joke that made no sense, since space is already a vacuum.
Maybe Elon realized Space is fake, the Earth is flat, and what the heck is going on at SpaceX?
If you can't tell that from the screenshot alone, you're not a nerd.
GET OUT.
#DeleteFacebook
Because the Spaceballs "merchandising" scene always had a ring of truth to it. It's not hard to see how much toy sales drove many of these franchises. From pretty much anything Disney, to Star Wars, to Transformers.
Also, I love the name of Musk's company. I LOL'd the first time I found out about The Boring Company.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Spaceballs the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs THE FLAME THROWAH!! ("The kids love this one!")
...but not a Muskculture.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
A while back, Elon tweeted something about having a quiet evening with some wine and ambien. Fortunately, Elon is wealthy enough that someone else is probably driving if he has to go anywhere under this mix. Elon has also commented that he could be bipolar.
So, sometimes one wonders if Elon is just toying with us, or if he's high.
I think there's one very good thing about this recent spate of announcements and the self-designations that some of them are fake. There was a certain class of young Elon Musk fan (I'm looking at you, Reddit /r/spacex) who didn't believe that Elon Musk lied. No, I'm not kidding. I just figure that all corporate executives lie and that it's part of the job, but not those young fans. But now, Elon seems to be putting out enough consciously conflicting messages that some of them will turn out to be lies, and the fan base can adjust its adoration accordingly.
I do think he's done a whole lot of great things. And I think you need someone like him to do them.
Bruce Perens.
someone needs to learn the meaning of irony! hint there is nothing ironic about the merchandising restriction for action figures as Musk isn't doing them either.
Mono on Linux. Funny.
#DeleteFacebook
You get downmodded because you are a raving lunatic. It is as simple as that
It's Elon after watching a gyroscope for 15 minutes. It didn't move! But the Earth supposedly shifted 3 3/4 degrees!
Then he watched a solar eclipse, and a lunar eclipse. What was that!?
Elon now realizes he is in running a company trying to send people to fake Space, from a flat Earth. You'd be a little nuts too!
Solar Eclipse: https://vimeo.com/230976895
Lunar Eclipse: https://vimeo.com/92378881
Next lunar eclipse: Jan 30/31, 2018.
That flat earth shit is not even funny.
the completely lost it...
Nah, it was probably me. Sorry I hurt your feelings earlier APK.
"Freedom in the USA is not the ability to do what you want. It is the ability to stop others from doing what THEY want"
Hey Elon, how about an on that completely autonomous coast-to-coast drive you promised by the end of the year? You have less than a month to go! Then again, maybe you should stick to the hat business. Probably the only one you've ever made a profit on.
Certifiable and codified.
I still want my damn Eagle-5 official Pops model, damn it.
I had a sucky sig.
Saw your post history. Seems apk has you running the same way he has orangetide running scared too Pikoro and I think he is right about you also.
Are you done ranting about bump stocks?
I skimmed through this. It is hilarious!
Just two days ago I said Musk drums up publicity while Nissan, BYD, and others build more electric cars. He's the PT Barnum of our age, I said. The Musk fanatics went nuts. Today, this. He's literally claiming he'll finance his new company by selling hats, and trolling the media with Spaceballs clips.
I see someone has a lack of confidence in their "skills."
"Be particularly skeptical when presented with evidence confirming what you already believe." -
Elon's core business is inspiring people to dream of a more exciting future, and trying to bring that future about. Building the Model 3 is one part of this, as is designing electric trucks and hypercars, pushing battery tech forward, working on forgotten areas of solar tech such as the aesthetics of the product, and building and designing even more epic reusable rockets. Oh, and seeing if anything can be done about the inefficiencies of tunnel building for solving transport problems.
Prediction for end of Universe #42: Fencepost error in Quantum_bogosort.cpp
No Ray, Elon Musk is trying something that hasn't been done whereas you're just a jealous faggot with a coal-fired intellect firing off PT Barnum aphorisms ONCE AGAIN.
Wow, I didn't know I had a following. Just send cash.
Learn to love Alaska
By making them think he could run a profitable company and that they would see an ROI.
Great trolling, Elon!
That's the second time I've seen those links. As far as I could tell they're just videos of eclipses and make me reference to flat earth. What's the deal?
Musk is Rick Sanchez crazy.
Trump is Abe Simpson crazy.
Do you honestly think nobody can tell that this was posted by you apk? The depths you sink to feel good about yourself.
"Freedom in the USA is not the ability to do what you want. It is the ability to stop others from doing what THEY want"
How dare this guy compete with an institution like yours ?
I wish you were dead. So, I think, do most people here. Now you're bragging about threatening and harassing people; I didn't think you could be more of an asshole. You're the worst human I'm aware of, and the planet would be vastly superior for your absence.
Those who advocate genocide deserve every protection afforded by law, and none afforded by common human decency.
Backup your bs w/ proof OrangeTide https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11425437&cid=55663429/ provide proof of me picking on you 'for years' as you said in the post parent to mine in that link I just posted - you can't.
(If I had issues w/ you I'd have bookmarked it & I never have before YOU came in calling me a "git" (fool) starting hassles!)
* Additionally - CLASSIC & PRICELESS:
I also CAUGHT YOU posting UNIDENTIFIABLE AC vs. using your registered 'lusername' yet you point to YOUR POST that was done under your REGISTERED 'lusrname' claiming it too (YOU = FLATOUT-BUSTED -> https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11432439&cid=55667787/ )
SEE YOU DOWNMOD HID THIS 8x TIMES I POSTED IT TOO https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11430293&cid=55668641/ & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11433711&cid=55669021/ + https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11432725&cid=55669055/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11432725&cid=55669519/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11430293&cid=55669493/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11432483&cid=55666417/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11433711&cid=55669449/ https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11434053&cid=55670435/ trying to hide it!
APK
P.S.=> This is the 22nd time you've done a "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" vs. it OrangeTide - why's that? I caught you lying?? Cat got your tongue??? Yes, obviously - pitiful... apk
MOICHANDISING!
Sheesh. How could he get that wrong?
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
When did you go from our funny odd host file crazy guy to this full on violent crazy? Was it trump? He touched you didn't he. Can you point to the doll.
Captcha: nuisance
Whoever is studying AI needs to review the captcha system here as its freaky.
Yes, they are videos of eclipses. You watch them, you see they do not behave according to the heliocentric model. Your mind is blown.
Solar: Corona lines can be observed to move faster than the speed of light. Light of the corona can be observed on the back of the moon. Light of the chromosphere can be observed on the back of the moon. Light of protuberences can be observed on the back of the moon.
Lunar: Shadow is black, then changes color to reddish: Shadows don't change color. Moon glow of uneclipsed portion increases as shadow becomes reddish, detail lost.
When was the last time you took your meds?
Hat?
Hat.
Just two days ago I said Musk drums up publicity while Nissan, BYD, and others build more electric cars.
And if all the car manufacturers spent half as much effort as Tesla does, Tesla would indeed be very far behind.
Ezekiel 23:20
When's the last time you took yours? You project you need them. Especially painkillers after the asswhipping apk gave you. Is that what you call Tenebrousedge eating his words? Not meds. Words are his meds since he's the one doing the eating! Poor diet that! He'll starve/die of malnutition hahaha.
I think you need to have your meds adjusted
Last I saw 4 years ago, the Spaceballs vehicle is in the Justice Private Automotive Collection (http://www.justiceprivatecollection.com/) in Duarte, CA.
Looks like you forgot to give somebody a handjob.
"Be particularly skeptical when presented with evidence confirming what you already believe." -
See subject: Still "butthurt" I dusted your lame ass TenebrousEdge https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3239985&cid=41936149/ (& our /. peers & security pros do your ass in easily) ?
Yes, lol! You did that to yourself.
* You ARE as good as dead vs. me chump!
The link above & your big mouth proves it in BLACK & WHITE & you're not PEOPLE - you're FAKE NAMES for FAKE LIVES cartoon characters (lol, "Bugs Bunny" & stupid as rabbits)
Lastly - I SEE YOU TRIED "DOWNMOD HIDING" THIS LAST 2x TIMES I POSTED IT TOO https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11434053&cid=55671739/ & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11434053&cid=55673221/
Well, here I am posting it again (LIMITLESS here, lol) & exposing you had to EAT YOUR WORDS vs. me, as always, dolt!
Asshole? There's NO BIGGER ASSHOLES than "your kind" (flimsy limp-wristed "ne'er-do-well" WANNABES, lol!) - STRAIGHT UP FOOLS!
APK
P.S.=> You're not even HUMAN - You're a FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE OF A LIFE & the planet doesn't need more of "your kind" (cowardly little whimps who BLOW @ computing)... apk
TenebrousEdge (replying by AC now) see subject: HOW'd EATING YOUR WORDS TASTE https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3239985&cid=41936149/ hmmm? RoTfLmAo!
* A wee bit like your FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH ramming those errors of yours back down your CHICKEN-NECK throat & washed down by the bitter taste of SELF-defeat?
(Hahahahahaha)
BOTTOM-LINE: It's not MY FAULT you make it easy for me to show everyone YOU & "your kind" are STRAIGHT-UP FOOLS, hahahaha!
APK
P.S.=> Grovel before me bitch - you did it to yourself! apk
OrangeTide asking you backup your bs can't make me a lunatic https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11434053&cid=55670435/
You're insane not considering consequences of your actions (your BIG MOUTH writing CHECKS IT CAN'T CASH). ... & yes, I KNOW it's you "OrangeTide" (not behind your FAKE NAME for your FAKE LIE OF A LIFE) but this time by AC (nothing new for you, I've caught you in THAT twice now).
* LMAO - I love it - You're "ReAcTiNg" so there still must be some SMALL vestige of pride left in you (even a FAKE NAME for a FAKE LIE OF A LIFE seems to have some).
Yes, I know it's you OrangeTide - lol, I am getting thru to you & this? This is JUST THE START (you brought it on yourself & no amount of 'downmodpoints' or post burial can stall me).
FACT: You're helpless against me on ALL fronts!
(YOU & all "Your kind" (Not men flimsy whimps))
APK
P.S.=> Shouldn't have started this with me - soon Google will pickup on it & I'll drive YOU OUT the way I helped get rid of BarbaraHudson/TomHudson & Coren22 (who I actually took the TIME to 'zero-in' on with SOME HELP from mililtary people I know & got his name, address, everything - I told him about it, he disappeared MONTHS ago).
If I was REALLY UPSET, that's what I'd do to YOU OrangeTide, but I'm not - it's enough to EXPOSE YOUR LYING TROLL BULLSHIT & show everyone YOU CAN'T BACKUP YOUR BS - for now... apk
See subject: Others see me kick your ass & you "Run, Forrest: RUN!!!" vs. https://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11432635&cid=55668007/ as you ran from 3 simple questions, lol!
QUESTION: Cat got your tongue, off-topic trolling scum that you are? Yes. Change your name on /. to "the Ayatollah of URAN" (lmao).
You're just like OrangeTide, running (you're most likely his sockpuppet or the other way around is my guess).
* You're reprehensible FAKE bugs bunny name online for your FAKE LIE of a so-called 'life'!
(... & you KNOW it, "ne'er-do-well")
APK
P.S.=> Grovel before ME, you worm - RoTfLmAo! HOWEVER: Humiliation & defeat, for YOU? NOTHING NEW to "your kind" though - THAT I am certain of & you prove it vs. me constantly - it's what you do/how you roll... apk
This guy just has to fart and the hipster nerds wank themselves silly. I thought /. was better than this.
Keep this sort of shit in Wired.