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Elon Musk Trolls the Media With a Clip From 'Spaceballs' (twitter.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the 1-2-3-4-5 dept.

An anonymous reader writes 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.

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  1. The Schwartz! by Templer421 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Strong With This One!

    1. Re:The Schwartz! by TheReaperD · · Score: 4, Funny

      And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Let's see how you "handle it."

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  2. Stop talking by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And build more cars.

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    1. Re:Stop talking by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Funny

      Since Elon Musk is alone and assembles each and every car in the factory, your comment makes a lot of sense.

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    2. Re:Stop talking by TheReaperD · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You know, he's not perfect, by a long shot but, at least he wants to make a fucking difference. Because of that, or because of feelings of their own inadequacy, people are determined to tear him down every chance they get. The guys get some problems, but a least give him a chance.

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    3. Re:Stop talking by haruchai · · Score: 4, Informative

      "not giving 110% attention to getting a new assembly line up and running"
      That's the responsibility of Peter Hochholdinger, who oversaw the production of several Audi models in a 20 year career.
      https://www.linkedin.com/in/pe...
      Elon's job is to keep the money coming in & he does that very well.

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  3. What's funny... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just ordered one of these hats and you can't pay with PayPal!

  4. Leave your nerd card and get out by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...sharing a video titled "merchandising" which, on closer inspection, turned out to be a clip from the 1987 comedy "Spaceballs" starring Mel Brooks.

    If you can't tell that from the screenshot alone, you're not a nerd.

    GET OUT.

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  5. Re:Is this Playful Elon or High Elon? by ColaMan · · Score: 4, Informative

    In this case the general agreement is that you just use a single full-stop.

    http://www.grammar-monster.com...

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    You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
    There is a lot of hype here.
  6. Re:Autonomous demonstration by Miles_O'Toole · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For some reason, Musk seems to incite a lot of rage among the "It'll Never Work" crew. When you're 40 years old and mom is still paying the internet bill, seeing somebody who has literally changed the world do well must hurt.

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  7. Re:Get this thru your head OrangeTide by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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