She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pretty Weird

Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by tnolet on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:56AM (#23271125)

completely off topic: why do so many folks on HN refer to Elon Musk as "Elon"? Rarely are peopling talking about Bill or Steve; you always add the surname or use just the surname.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by Ambroos on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:08AM (#23271225)

It's one of the 'advantages' of having a relatively uncommon first name. Everyone knows who Elon, Adele, Beyonce and Barack are. I have an unusual first name and tend to go by just my first name, which works fine too. Sometimes a first name is just all you need.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by MivLives on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:03AM (#23271189)

Looking through this comments section I see a lot more Musk, then I do Elon.

That said Elon is not a common name in the US. When you say Steve do you mean Steve Harvey, Steve Carell, Steve Wozniak or Steve Ballmer?

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by LandR on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:58AM (#23271139)

Possibly because there aren't many famous Elons?

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by jarofgreen on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:22AM (#23271307)

Something to do with his image? Here in the UK people complain about exactly the same thing when people reference "Boris".

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by apricot on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:54AM (#23272069)

I guess I'm showing my age, but "Boris" without any qualifiers defaults to Badenov.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by pacamara619 on Friday May 22, 2020 @08:14AM (#23271263)

I know at least a dozen Bills and even more Steves but only one Elon.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by apricot on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:55AM (#23272073)

A "Lone Elon", if you will.

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Re:She Gets Calls and Texts Meant for Elon Musk. Some Are Pr... by bagacrap on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:08AM (#23271612)

He's a lot more human than Steve or Bill. That is, his flaws are a lot more apparent, his emotions are more fragile, and he's always ready to speak his mind. It feels like you know him.

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