There are a lot of people here on this board who are still, as Q put it, "following the stars". They cannot seem to shake off the tendency to put blind faith in celebrities and they get angry when aspersions are cast on their idols because they DO have emotional attachments to them. They saw this costume and immediately made excuses for it because they WANT Elon to be a good guy.
It's nice to see a bit of "evidence" that he wore it to yank chains. Whatever the case turns out to be, I do rather like Elon and hope he's turned, and it's been GREAT fun watching the Twatter debacle.
Elon's not a "celebrity" Elon's an industrial genius. There's a difference.
Trump's "because we helped him . . ." comment was clearly made in reference to Tesla - but just as clearly this is Trump's method of covering explosive content with plausible deniability.
Trump covers Elon with heaps of praise like a soda jerk serving up his premium sundae covered with whipped cream, chopped peanuts and a cherry.
Trump is right and the heaps of praise are Elon's due.
So I think this post from JR and the comment from LOT are both excellent. It's these kinds of posts we keep coming here for.
And contrary to your own private definition, Elon Musk most certainly would be defined as a celebrity. Doesn't mean he isn't other things, but if ANYONE is a celebrity in the US right now, it's Elon.
celebrity
sə-lĕb′rĭ-tē
noun
One who is widely known and of great popular interest.
Fame or popular renown.
The condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; distinction: as, the celebrity of George Washington; the celebrity of Homer or of the Iliad.
I like it too, given the number on the phone.
There are a lot of people here on this board who are still, as Q put it, "following the stars". They cannot seem to shake off the tendency to put blind faith in celebrities and they get angry when aspersions are cast on their idols because they DO have emotional attachments to them. They saw this costume and immediately made excuses for it because they WANT Elon to be a good guy.
It's nice to see a bit of "evidence" that he wore it to yank chains. Whatever the case turns out to be, I do rather like Elon and hope he's turned, and it's been GREAT fun watching the Twatter debacle.
Elon's not a "celebrity" Elon's an industrial genius. There's a difference.
Trump's "because we helped him . . ." comment was clearly made in reference to Tesla - but just as clearly this is Trump's method of covering explosive content with plausible deniability.
Trump covers Elon with heaps of praise like a soda jerk serving up his premium sundae covered with whipped cream, chopped peanuts and a cherry.
Trump is right and the heaps of praise are Elon's due.
So I think this post from JR and the comment from LOT are both excellent. It's these kinds of posts we keep coming here for.
Trump also said that Elon is full of shit.
And contrary to your own private definition, Elon Musk most certainly would be defined as a celebrity. Doesn't mean he isn't other things, but if ANYONE is a celebrity in the US right now, it's Elon.
celebrity sə-lĕb′rĭ-tē noun
One who is widely known and of great popular interest.
Fame or popular renown.
The condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; distinction: as, the celebrity of George Washington; the celebrity of Homer or of the Iliad.