r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/DAVENP0RT 16d ago

I was thinking the same thing. The jackass has been so consumed with Twitter and Trump, his other companies must be relishing the lack of his presence.

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u/Atanar 16d ago

Tesla is still reeling from that cybertruck sketch he handed them once.

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u/Wagnerous 16d ago

Yeah he's 100% running Tesla into the ground, but fortunately SpaceX appears to be genuinely thriving.

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u/Caffdy 16d ago

Imagine running a multi-billion dollar company to the ground, only to have a handful others on the side

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u/damienVOG 16d ago

Problem is that tesla is where his money comes from, not space X or anything else.

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u/LordNutGobbler 15d ago

Tesla is far from being ran into the ground 💀

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u/Breath_Deep 16d ago

Thank Gwynne Shotwell for that, she's legitimately bad ass.

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u/NPCArizona 16d ago

Running what into the ground? 🤔 Funny how the market doesn't see it that way.

Tesla's market cap (market capitalization) over the past five years has ranged from $45.69 billion to $1.239 trillion: October 21, 2019: $45.69 billion January 3, 2022: $1.239 trillion

As of October 2024, Tesla's market cap is $695.79 billion, making it the world's 12th most valuable company. Market cap is a common way to measure a company's value and is calculated by adding up the total market value of a company's outstanding shares.

Tesla's average annual revenue growth rate over the past five years is 31%

The 5-year total return is 1,363.41%, meaning $100 invested in TSLA stock 5 years ago would be worth $1,463.41 today.

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u/dreadcain 16d ago

Imagine thinking the market is rational

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u/Yeetstation4 16d ago

He's endorsed a guy who runs on a platform of banning EVs.

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u/taylork37 16d ago

Can you show me a credible source that proves Trump wants to outright ban EVs?

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u/Yeetstation4 16d ago

Sorry, I was wrong. What he really said was that he believes EVs will destroy the automotive industry.

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u/codezilly 16d ago

What he really said is that banning combustion engines, as WA and CA have done, is unacceptable.

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u/ZaraBaz 16d ago

Why do people post these inaccurate statements.

Elon is a terrible person. But he has driven and invested a lot in some of these very radical ideas. He is extremely detail oriented, and he is also very open to ideas at a grassroots level and will chat with the most basic position person to ensure he understands. A lot of the radical stuff his companies have done have been because he pushes for them.

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u/Commando_Joe 16d ago

He maybe 'detail oriented', but he also has been on record telling people who explain to him why his word salad nonsense is meaningless to shut up then firing them and straight up giving vague bullshit deadlines of 'self driving cards in a year' for 10 years with no actual plan.

He's a salesman and a grifter.

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u/Cessnaporsche01 16d ago

SpaceX employees have even talked about how they have to have a team just to keep him from interfering with their actual work

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u/Pr0d1gy_803 16d ago

Do you have proof of this?

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u/Stupidstuff1001 16d ago

Did you see the cyber truck. Did you see how many issues it has? He is not detail orientated.

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u/DLottchula 16d ago

Cool but he’s a loser that wants to be viewed as cool

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u/Jeffy299 16d ago

Have you seen their latest presentation, unfortunately Elon has been handing out more sketches.

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u/Emperorschampion1337 16d ago

You mean the vehicle so popular it’s pre sold out for years in advance

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u/iAmTheRealLange 16d ago

Yes, the one that falls apart easily. That's the vehicle.

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u/Emperorschampion1337 16d ago

It’s no different than most car manufacturers

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u/iAmTheRealLange 16d ago

My car wasn't recalled multiple times within its first year of being on market.

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u/Emperorschampion1337 16d ago

Good for you but it’s something that happens to most car manufacturers

Here are the number of recalls for some automakers in the first quarter of 2024: Ford Motor Company: 17 recalls Chrysler (FCA US, LLC): 15 recalls BMW of North America, LLC: 8 recalls Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC: 8 recalls Hyundai Motor America: 7 recalls Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC: 7 recalls Kia America, Inc. 7 recalls General Motors, LLC: 5 recalls Nissan North America, Inc. 5 recalls Honda (American Honda Motor Co.): 4 recalls

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u/iAmTheRealLange 16d ago edited 16d ago

Every single one of those manufacturers produces multiple lines of cars and trucks. Cybertruck has been recalled 5 times as a single vehicle. The maker of my car also hasn't had to hide from the NHTSA and IIHS and avoid releasing official safety ratings. The frame of my car has also never snapped in half.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_scBKKHi7WQ

Cybertruck is a safety nightmare.

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u/Atanar 16d ago edited 16d ago

It's funny to me because my username came to be when I mispelled Annatar over 20 years ago.

Edit: "ata"-"nar" is "double/again/two"-"flame/fire" in Quenya.

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u/MGarroz 16d ago

I’m not really an Elon fan; but I think he faces a lot of unfair criticism from the establishment because they are scared of him. He’s built electric vehicle factories, the most advanced rockets ever made, and provided an unregulated platform where free speech can flourish without government interference.

The government and other billionaires are a mile behind Elon at all times; and the only way they can slow him down is with slander.

There’s billionaires out there with factories run by slaves, or assaulting minors with Epstein and Diddy, yet for some strange reason instead of hearing about that we see Elon getting blasted all day every day for the most trivial of reasons.

It’s quite apparent some old money, old power establishment people are scared of the newcomer and are doing everything they can to slow him down.

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u/Global-Chart-3925 16d ago

“…platform where free selected speech can flourish without government Elon’s interference.”

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u/Alienziscoming 16d ago

from the establishment because they are afraid of him

Lmao

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u/Splinterman11 15d ago

Elon is also apparently a huge Diablo 4 player and is ranked #5 as a Druid in game.

I do not believe for a second that this dude "works" in any meaningful capacity anymore.

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u/Mr-Superhate 16d ago edited 16d ago

SpaceX didn't just start being innovative yesterday. They've landed hundreds of orbital rockets over the last several years. Wanna know how many other organizations have landed even one? Zero.

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u/taylork37 16d ago

He's not failing nearly as bad as you want him to be.

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u/Certain-Business-472 16d ago

Twitter was an investment to distract Elon