There's that one photo with a dummy driver in a red tesla and in the background you can see the earth. I think it's one of the best photos ever, part of it is the absurdity of the fact that it exists at all.
replyHe denied it, but it was absolutely a reference to the opening sequence to the cult classic Heavy Metal.
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replyWe just need someone who can pass the purity test and then we can all celebrate these things. Until then we're not allowed to feel happy about it.
replySeig heils do fail my purity test. I think the bar is reasonable and he has spectacularly failed to clear it.
replyPurity tests, the guy has indirectly killed hundreds of thousands if not millions of kids through the cancellation of US AID and you're calling this a "purity test", maybe go fuck yourself ?
replyThis comment is proof this forum is turning into Reddit.
replyWhere have millions of children died because of lack of USAID funds?
reply2025 first year more kids die due to pullback in funding
replyhttps://goalkeepers.gatesfoundation.org/report/2025-report/#...
If you take the food out of starving children's mouths, what do you think happens ?
replyhttps://www.developmentaid.org/news-stream/post/203683/us-ai...
Isn't it exhausting being like this?
replyLike what, caring about the welfare of children ? I feel pretty energized about it really.
replyIt is exhausting to fight for what’s right but god bless the people who try.
replyIt's part of the religion, I guess.
replyYou dont get exhausted clapping for a guy doing nazi salutes?
replyElon turning the concept of space into the vanity project of a mentally unstable man child kinda sucks though. Makes it hard to give a shit knowing he is personally profitting from it.
replyNot just profiting from it, but then reinvesting that money into subverting democracy
reply*attempting to subvert democracy. But he may yet succeed.
replyI dunno, based on yesterday, the ROI on that seems to be kind of shit.
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reply> Here's the thing I might not love Elon or everything he does and there are plenty of things to disagree with him about and I won't comment on him as a person.... humanity once again reach out to the stars I could feel it deep in my bones the space race was starting again.
replyNo need to caveat / apologize for things you admire.
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replyYes, he turned space from an obscure realm of nerds into a cringe man-baby grifter domain.
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