Musk roundly booed on-stage at Dave Chappelle gig
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Chappelle, no stranger to controversy himself, welcomed Musk to the stage at the end of his three-hour act Sunday night, encouraging thousands of folks at the Chase Center stadium to "make some noise for the richest man in the world."
Elon strode on, raised his hands in the air, and the crowd did as it was told, but it wasn't the noise Musk nor Chappelle were perhaps happy with.
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Instead, the booing was unrestrained. If there was any cheering, it was hard to make out.
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"Weren't expecting this, were you?" Musk asked Chappelle.
"It sounds like some of those people you fired are in the audience," Chappelle responded, who joked that it appeared most of the boos were coming from the cheap seats.
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Despite a ban on cellphones in the stadium, videos of Musk's embarrassing cameo quickly surfaced online, in which the crowd's reaction can be heard pretty clearly. They weren't happy, tho the SpaceX and Tesla tycoon insists the majority of the crowd were on his side, natch.
Technically, it was 90 percent cheers & 10 percent boos (except during quiet periods), but, still, that's a lot of boos, which is a first for me in real life (frequent on Twitter).It's almost as if I've offended SF's unhinged leftists … but nahhh. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) [5]December 12, 2022
Musk claimed this morning that "it was 90% cheers & 10% boos (except during quiet periods), but, still, that's a lot of boos, which is a first for me in real life (frequent on Twitter)." You can judge for yourselves if Musk's estimate is correct from the video below.
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"This n****r is not even trying to die on Earth," Chapelle said as the boos continued. "His whole business model is 'Fuck Earth, I'm leaving anyway.'"
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"What should I say," a visibly uncomfortable Elon asked.
"Don't say nothing. It'll only spoil the moment," Chappelle replied.
Twitter's latest owner and CEO has been courting an increased amount of controversy since buying the social media platform in October, and spent this past weekend dialing up the incendiary statements.
Musk described Twitter as "Wormtongue to the world," referencing the Lord of the Rings character known for poisoning the mind of the king of Rohan, and posted a photo of Dr Anthony Fauci's face superimposed on the character, with President Joe Biden replacing the king. Musk also tweeted that "My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci," escalating his [8]conflict with the US government over lockdowns that Musk has long argued hurt his businesses.
Whether the reaction from the crowd was due to [9]Twitter layoffs in the Californian city or beyond, or his antics over the weekend, is unclear. Maybe it's just that he's not as popular as he thinks he is.
[10]San Francisco investigates Hotel Twitter, Musk might pack up and leave
[11]How do you solve the problem that is Twitter?
[12]Neuralink reportedly under investigation by Uncle Sam for 'animal welfare violations'
[13]OK, we know iPhones are expensive but... $11 a month for Twitter Blue on iOS?
Either way, the awkward Sunday encounter will likely only give Elon another reason to [14]pack up and leave San Francisco and take Twitter with him. Whether that move will help or hurt remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure: [15]Musk's public behavior isn't doing his only public company, Tesla, any favors.
Tesla shares started the year just a few cents shy of $400 a piece; as of writing they're worth less than $167. So far this year. That's going to make a lot of investors, and not a few employees, rather unhappy.
Elon, normally verbose when hiding behind the written word, was forced to confront a reality that isn't as in love with his behavior as he is when on stage with Chappelle. His silence at that moment was rare, and begs the question as to whether he would learn anything from it.
"Don't say nothing. You hear that sound, Elon? That's the sound of pending civil unrest," Chappelle told Musk.
"The woke mind virus is either defeated or nothing else matters," Musk [16]tweeted on Monday morning, followed by: "The Branch Covidians are upset lol." There's our answer. ®
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" Maybe it's just that he's not as popular as he thinks he is."
Ya think?
It's not like its possible for anyone to be as popular as the Muskrat thinks he is.
"No, sir, they're saying Mooo-usk. Mooo-usk!"
Are that cows being milked I hear?
George Carlin got it right -
"When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America, you get the front row seat."
Maybe
If he's back in the Bay Area, maybe he should spend some time over at Tesla which has had a raft of lawsuits around racism and sexual harassment and sexual assault lately. So far Twitler, the PR department for the company, hasn't even deigned to comment in the usual bland PR way about how these issues are taken seriously and a thorough investigation will be undertaken, which is just code for, "We're aware of it, and we're going to fire the people complaining."
But, the whataboutism is strong here. The man has surrounded himself with simps for so long that he's made the cardinal sin of the con man, and started believing his own bullshit. The same thing that got Trump in the mess of trouble he's in now. If he'd just stayed in New York where he was a minor annoyance, he could still be grifting people with his "charity" foundation and wouldn't be facing legal trouble on numerous fronts, but he started to believe his own bullshit and look at what happened. In Twitler's case, Tesla succeeds in spite of him, and mostly because if you want an EV sedan it was the only real game in town for years, but that's not really the case anymore. SpaceX works because Twitler lost his security clearance when, in his infinite wisdom, he decided it would be a good idea to be filmed committing a felony by smoking weed. He was forced to put an adult in charge of the day-to-day operations and it's worked out pretty well. Boring Co seems to be little more than an effort to sabotage the bidding process for public works projects and an outlet to peddle random other crap like flame throwers and perfume.
I can't wait until he's wiped out by a margin call on his massive debts and then we don't have to hear about him anymore.
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>So far Twitler, the PR department for the company, hasn't even deigned to comment in the usual bland PR way
'cos he fired the PR department.
RDF
Musk's RDF (reality distortion field) must be waning.
No RDF resists the barrage of very powerful, self-inflicted attacks for very long. For example, Steve Jobs's RDF was as strong or stronger than his, but at the same time Jobs's assholeriness was much less intense.
(Yes, I know that this word does not exist.)
Re: RDF
Yes, I know that this word does not exist.
It does now.
"On Tuesday, His Assholeriness, the Pope of Twit, Lord of Misrule, Q'Elon issued a bull via Twitter ..."
Boolionaire
At least Musk will be happy that he's knocked Ye off the top of the "bad decisions rich people make because they've lost touch with reality" list.
Cheap seats?
Those "cheap seats" were bloody expensive, and they paid that money to see you.
2 tossers on the stage
One of the rare times he escaped his own reality bubble recently
Sadly, more evidence he has gone full Howard Huges at this point. The apparent effort to quash the video on twitter is also a bad look for him.
But he dug this hole for himself. His decision to take over Twitter was always going to have big consequences for him personally. Love it or hate it, tons of people used it, and he just decided to start making massive changes without asking people. He lives his day to day life fully inside his own reality distortion field, wrapped in a cocoon build by the army of bootlickers and enablers most people like him surround themselves with. So like Jackson he has slipped so far from reality he can't gauge the impact his actions will have on the outside world anymore. These decisions directly impact(and annoy) hundreds of millions of people, possibly billions. So big surprise he's getting booed in public, especially in social media afflicted SF. The funny thing is he thinks running away to Texas will help. The far-right is already turning against him, and appeasing them will tank Twitter.
He is his own worst enemy at this point, and it's unlikely he will pull his head out of his own arse before his life crashes down around him. I can't see him taking any road that will salvage what if left of Twitter either except maybe the name, and the brand damage has spilled over to his other companies as well.