Posted on 07/15/2018 11:44:15 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter this morning accused British diver Vern Unsworth of being a pedophile, after Unsworth criticized Musk’s proposal to use a small submarine to rescue a trapped soccer team in Thailand.
Unsworth was instrumental in the rescue of the boy’s soccer team, but lambasted Musk’s submarine plan in an interview published by CNN Friday. Among other comments, Unsworth said the submarine “wouldn’t have made the first 50 meters into the cave” and was “just a PR stunt.”
Musk, responding to further criticism from professor and New York Times columnist Zeynep Tufekci, wrote this morning that he “Never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand (sus) at any point when we were in the caves.” By “sus,” Musk may have meant “suspect,” implying that a British person living in Thailand is in itself dubious.
Musk went on to dispute Unsworth’s claim that the submarine concept was unworkable, saying that “we will make [a video] of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”
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Glad someone said it. It smelled like a self aggrandized self promotion stun from day one. He had criticized the divers from the start. The boys got out safe and sound and that’s all that matters. Musk running his mouth is uncalled for.
“...third-world shithole like Thailand,...”
You should see my sister-in-law’s house across the street from our house up in the northeast of Thailand.
View from our house is a bit better. https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35429375_1020126251476286_1948831274437181440_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=d958b2158ab12c265627ce203d674fe3&oe=5BC84C38
“If a first-worlder is willing to live in a third-world shithole like Thailand, he probably has a motive.”
I lived and worked there for 3 years, found it rather charming. Met my wife there 40 years ago. We have a house or two there and I’ll either retire there or just commute a bit.
Elon Musk is worth about $20 Billion. The Thai owner of Thai Beverage is worth the same. And I’ll bet the Thai guy’s business is more stable.
Musk has accomplished an amazing amount of stuff, but -- speaking as an uneducated paraprofessional -- clearly has a deep-seated insecurity. :^) Anyway, it'll serve him right to have to, uh, pony up (whoops! bad choice of words) for his running off at the keys.
I won't be back to read the nonsense boilerplate that appears in every Musk-related topic.
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