Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value

Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by geoelectric on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:15PM (#23047094)

At this point, I'm fairly sure he either has a cyclic mental illness causing him to be reckless in waves; is incredibly sleep-deprived to the point of executive function broadly going sideways; or has a serious problem with tweeting (and apparently earnings calls) while on stuff.

It's possibly all three.

Whatever the case, it resembles a lot what my ADHD did when it was completely unmanaged and at peak. But I didn't have a few billion dollars to make people have to put up with me. It definitely smells like impulse control/executive function in some way or the other.

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by DougN7 on Friday May 01, 2020 @07:22PM (#23047530)

I’m betting (sadly) we’re watching the development of this generation’s Howard Hughs

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by kire2345 on Friday May 01, 2020 @07:06PM (#23047415)

M guess it is it somewhat related to his girlfriend Grimes is expecting a Baby on Monday. He also tweeted that shes mad at him. Together with the whole covid situation is likely a bit too much stress.

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by __blockcipher__ on Friday May 01, 2020 @09:39PM (#23048323)

Oh boy. I can’t imagine being about to give birth and then seeing your partner tweet that he’s gonna sell all earthly possessions...

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by Gibbon1 on Friday May 01, 2020 @09:53PM (#23048394)

That's got a real Apocalypse Now feel to it doesn't it?

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by s5300 on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:18PM (#23047119)

It's his life. Why do you want it to be controlled to your ideals?

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by jahlove on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:28PM (#23047190)

If I was a Tesla investor my answer would be because that's what he signed up for when he took Tesla public.

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by yellow_postit on Friday May 01, 2020 @11:57PM (#23049029)

What about the investors that want an unfiltered Elon and believe that’s part of the package deal?

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by geoelectric on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:20PM (#23047137)

If he's shooting for self-destruction and eventual reclusiveness, he's doing a great job. Seems unlikely that's his intent, though, and that's pretty much what's happening.

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by Gibbon1 on Friday May 01, 2020 @06:24PM (#23047162)

Maybe Musk and John McAfee can can retire to a Caribbean Island together.

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Re:Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value by khazhoux on Friday May 01, 2020 @10:46PM (#23048687)

All philosophical arguments are moot in his TSLA tweet. He broke the law. The question posed here is: Why?

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