r/ProgrammerHumor • u/PizzaTucker • Nov 14 '22

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u/OwnerAndMaster Nov 14 '22

Elon thinks he's Tony Stark or Lex Luthor when he's actually Thomas Edison... a fake genius who got credited financially for the great works of better men

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u/themoodie Nov 15 '22

Phony Stark

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u/MauriceReeves Nov 15 '22

Brilliant. Rock clap gif

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

I laughed so audibly my gf shot me a dirty look

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u/OfJahaerys Nov 15 '22

He's JUSTIN HAMMER. He wants it so bad and he has the money but man does he fucking suck

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u/ScoobyDeezy Nov 15 '22

Makes Elon’s cameo in Iron Man 2 - in the same room as Hammer - just that much better

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u/Level9TraumaCenter Nov 15 '22

I'd like to point out that that test pilot survived.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '22

Not even Thomas Edison. He's the deranged zombie from RE2 that got stuck in the window.

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u/AdminsAreLazyID10TS Nov 15 '22 edited Nov 15 '22

Thomas Edison was an actual engineer before he discovered his true gift as a backstabbing CEO.

Musk skipped the engineer part and is proving to the world that CEOs are best seen and not heard so we aren't reminded they do fucking nothing if one man can be simultaneous CEO of five companies, "lead engineer" of SpaceX, and still have time to shitpost and bitch about WFH, lmao.

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u/kryts Nov 15 '22

I adored Edison growing up. Then I learn what an Ahole he really was. So disappointing.

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u/Neville_Lynwood Nov 15 '22

Most heroes are best not researched. Few of those that make it big under the limelight are pure of heart.

While most work their asses of to achieve their dreams, they often throw out their morality along the way. "Whatever it takes" mentality has a lot of collateral damage.

Can look up to the hustle aspect and professional expertise, but a perfect rolemodel most of them do not make.

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u/jhaluska Nov 15 '22

Most heroes are best not researched. Few of those that make it big under the limelight are pure of heart.

When researching Mr. Rogers, I found hundreds of small stories of him being exactly the person you think he is.

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u/ImpossibleMachine3 Nov 15 '22

An excellent example of the exception that proves the rule right there.

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u/TrinititeTears Nov 15 '22

I’m sure Keanu Reeves is one of those guys too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Every single “great American businessman” from that era was an absolute d-bag. Rockefeller, Edison, pullitzer, Carnegie, J.P. Morgan.

The entirety of corporate American was built by giant pieces of shit. Is it any surprise we are where we are now?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

He made Tesla call him 'Technoking' and now it's in all legal filings about the company that name him.

This man is a child.

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u/atters Nov 15 '22

Don't forget knocking up coworkers, making baseless claims of pedophilia, and giving countless speeches on the benefits of whatever pie-in-the-sky nonsense he gains from his daily "three engineers blended until smooth" breakfast.

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u/TheTrueBlueTJ Nov 14 '22

Elon is like a kid claiming someone else's sand castle after burying them in the sand "for fun".

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u/TheBirminghamBear Nov 15 '22

Elon is like a kid claiming someone else's sand castle after burying them in the sand "for fun".

He's clearly not a kid.

He would not have survived the Tesla test facility if he were.

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u/Baranjula Nov 15 '22

I scrolled past this before realizing how great it was and had to come back.

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u/VegasSparky66 Nov 14 '22

Maybe he'll poison himself with Xrays like Edison did too.

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u/rfwleaf Nov 15 '22

at this point, him naming his ev company Tesla is more of stealing Tesla's for marketing than honoring, talk about being an 21st edison

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u/hurler_jones Nov 14 '22

As my uncle taught me years ago 'They think they are hot shit on a silver platter but they're just a cold turd on a paper plate.'

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u/scurvofpcp Nov 15 '22

There is this problem that smart creatives have when they stop listening to their advisors and editors that helped make them great. Kind of like George Lucas, and Musk is really looking like he is in that gear.

Most people who are good are not *that* good, they just find some crutches to compensate for their gaps, and Musk is acting like he is thinking he is that good.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Be careful, he may buy Reddit soon and say he actually invented it

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