Reading any HN thread connected to Musk is so annoying because all the political obsessives come out and crapflood the thread with rants about "manbabies."
Reading HN threads ranting about “manbabies” when referring to arguably the single greatest innovator and entrepreneur of our time was not on my bingo card on a site purporting to promote innovation and entrepreneurship.
So, going back on topic, how is the robotaxi business going, that Musk promised you could start 2020? His success relies on delusional people believing his bs. No amount of real world facts will convince his followers he was wrong, as you just publicly displayed.
Re:Tesla Robotaxi
by malermeister on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:06AM
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Reading anything connected to Musk is annoying because he crapfloods the internet being a manbaby.
Well its true. We can use other terms but they describe underlying fact of a brilliant but deeply troubled person with serious mental issues and sometimes infantile emotional reactions. Plus a horrible parent. The times when such successful persons were unanimously celebrated and their flaws were ignored are luckily over for good.
Call it what you like, this is reality that very few are happy about. Imagine if this guy would be more mentally and emotionally stable, how further he could actually get. And the respect he could actually achieve. Its a sad view, really.
The thing is, people's failures define them and their legacy 100x more than their successes. Nobody cares how loyal friend say Epstein was (ie to Trump), do we.
I would counter and say that Musk's flaws are what allow his greatness. You don't get someone that effective without serious tradeoffs.
Not many people could have created SpaceX. Even fewer could have made Tesla work. I don't know that anyone else could have done both.
Imagine if every time someone brought up something about Linux the thread was full of people doing psychoanalysis of Linus Torvalds instead of actually talking about the features of the new release. Imagine how useless those threads would be. Your post is an example of this with regards to Tesla.
The fault of that lies with Musk who has been trying endlessly to turn everything into a culture war.
Imagine what it was like just a couple of years ago when these threads would be flooded with "he's trying to save the world, what have you done?" type comments.
Both rich, coddled manbabies with oversized egos and right wing views, making wild promises they can't keep. Both have a rabid cult that will rush to their defense, no matter what. It's a natural fit.
Elon is CyberTrump, to use his own parlance.