• fonix232@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    See the perfect example: Star Trek Discovery namedropping Musk in-between the Wright brothers and Zephram Cochrane (in-universe inventor of the warp drive), and even having a high school named after him.

    This, mind you, happened right before his “pedo guy” comments - the episode aired in early October 2017, whereas Musk made the comment on 15 July 2018. So within a year Musk managed to kill off the respect of a large chunk of nerds just by letting his inner Nazi appear for a moment.

    • RustyShackleford@piefed.social
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      2 months ago

      In my mind, I rewrote the episode’s script. Essentially, Elon laid himself down feet first in front of a steam roller, after giving away everything he owned to fund Universal Healthcare.

      So, they named a local elementary school after him, as it was literally the very least they could do after he was squeezed out like a tube of toothpaste.