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Re:ElonJet – Account Suspended by ModernMech on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:12AM (#33983683)
Elon just craves attention, and he’s rich enough that he can get it wherever he wants. One day he wants to be a character on Rick and Morty, so they accommodate him. He wanted to be on SNL so he inexplicably gets to host and star in an episode despite being unfunny and untalented. He wanted to be on the Twitter board, they didn’t accomodate him, so he staged a hostile takeover of the company. Not to mention the cave incident where he tried to insert himself, was rebuffed, and then tried to ruin someone’s life.

There’s a clear pattern of Musk forcing himself into places he doesn’t belong and no one wants him, and it never ends well for anyone involved.

Re:ElonJet – Account Suspended by tomhoward on Thursday December 15, 2022 @09:21AM (#33999858)
There's some truth in this comment, and his reaction to the diver in Thailand was obviously not great, but at least on that topic there's a less scathing interpretation:

In a desperate scenario in which it was considered highly likely that all those kids would be unable to be rescued alive from the cave by any means at all, Musk said something to the effect of we have engineering and production resources at Tesla, we'll try and come up with a capsule in case it may be useful, and quickly built and delivered a device after close consultation with members of the rescue team on the ground, and also supplied various other forms of equipment and expertise.

Luckily the kids were rescued and the capsule wasn't needed.

That diver said Musk should 'stick his submarine where it hurts' - for no good reason.

As I said, Musk's reaction was inappropriate and he's paid a big price for it, but it was hardly without provocation.