I dunno. He was like Mickey Mouse level worldwide famous. I can’t think of many human beings who were ever that famous (or that distinctively recognizable) during their lifetimes.

there are (maybe) a handful of people alive that are as famous as michael jackson was (is) so you can’t really compare him to things other celebrities do.

Just when I think they can’t go lower

Really it was the overpriced memory cards that stopped me every time I considered it.

The sad part of all this is that we’re probably going back to single portable scenario once again...

I acknowledge that, but also Sony’s full treatment of the vita leaves a sour taste in my mouth, and this just strengthens that taste.

Not there yet...

Oh my god. Every time I think he’s tweeted out the dumbest thing ever, he tops it.

The man is an idiot savant at self promotion to a very specific demographic. But otherwise I agree - he has a particular set of simple tricks, if they can be called that (self projecting his own faults, berserker-level self confidence, bald-faced lying) and when they don’t work he just keeps trying them harder and…

He obviously has mastered the whole “how weather works” thing:

Never mind that actual financial experts have pointed out that if he just invested his fortune in the stock market indexes, he’d be richer than he (allegedly) is today.

He is dumb. He has always been dumb.

Commercial banker here. Please don’t kill me. We don’t do leveraged buyouts or hostile takeovers of companies that result in layoffs or full scale liquidation. Commercial banks just make loans to companies that are profitable. Go after the activist hedge fund guys and insurance companies. Banks are a-moral.

Not really. Musk by nature is pretty shy, he just forces himself to speak. So often times things like mood setting can probably make the difference between making a speech and pretty much breaking down during one.

Tesla hasn’t had a profitable year ever and lost nearly a billion dollars last year. Now I understand the plan Elon has going forward and Tesla just raised a huge amount of money to ensure they can continue to build out to profitability, but that doesn’t mean it’s not stressful (especially since he’s going to use some…