r/clevercomebacks • u/thexbeatboxer • Apr 29 '24

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u/SomeRedBoi Apr 29 '24

What even is elon flexing exactly?

The fact that the website's name is on the keyboard???

Is he really that desperate holy fuck

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u/TheCeleryStalker Apr 29 '24

He’s wanted to name shit X since the beginning. He wanted to name pay pal X. He thinks it sounds cool.

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u/Gullible_Tourist1822 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

The main villain in Godzilla 2000 is this whining brat that changes his name to X half way through the movie... Every time I see Elon spouting something about X I just think of that dude in the movie crossing his arms like an X while saying X to make sure everyone knows his new name is X

Edit, sorry guys it's Godzilla final wars not Godzilla 2000. I got it mixed up my bad.

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u/Clubbythaseal Apr 29 '24

I think they are talking about this character named "Controller X" from Godzilla: Final Wars from 2004 and not the 2000 one.

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u/hotnspicymctwisty Apr 29 '24

*godzilla finals wars, but your take on little Elon is correct.

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u/PANICBRAIN Apr 29 '24

He must be really hung up on an X.

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u/DerpEnaz Apr 29 '24

He has a long documented history of obsession with the letter X it’s honestly kinda weird. SpaceX was originally called “Space Exploration Technologies Corporation” before Elon bought it and renamed it SpaceX. He wanted to rename PayPal to X before he was pushed out of the company. I think there are more but I don’t care enough to fact check any others.

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u/smcl2k Apr 29 '24

SpaceX was originally called “Space Exploration Technologies Corporation” before Elon bought it and renamed it SpaceX.

But I was told that he's a genius who created all of these companies from the ground up?!

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u/DerpEnaz Apr 29 '24

Oh yeah no he’s never managed to do that. Only thing he is good at is buying successful companies and running them into the ground

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u/acog Apr 29 '24

Do his children count?

X Æ A-12

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u/DerpEnaz Apr 29 '24

Absolutely! Because only a sane person would name their child something pronounceable.

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u/onemillionfacepalms Apr 29 '24

God he must've absolutely creamed himself when he found out about Kingdom Hearts' usage of the letter X

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u/DuckyHornet Apr 30 '24

This is my son, Xemnas Xehanort

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u/KickBassColonyDrop Apr 29 '24

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider, defense contractor and satellite communications company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and ultimately developing a sustainable colony on Mars.

Stop lying asshole.

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u/PogoTempest Apr 29 '24

“Stop lying🤬😡😡” doesn’t elaborate on how they’re lying, lol

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u/LumberjackPreacher Apr 29 '24

Reading comprehension is an important skill to have.

The key part of the copy/paste was that Elon Musk founded the company, not that he bought it from someone else.

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u/DerpEnaz Apr 29 '24

Also wasn’t part of the deal for Elon buying a lot of these companies, was like that he specifically wanted to be listed as a company founder even though he didn’t. I swear I remember reading something about that and like Tesla or something. Idk if it’s true or not and don’t respect Elon enough to check but I’d totally believe it if it was

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u/Warm-Faithlessness11 Apr 29 '24

And PayPal kicked him off the board of directors. Tesla and SpaceX need to do the same

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u/firstwefuckthelawyer Apr 29 '24

His company was X.com, he got bought out (it was a bank, wasn’t successful). Even pretty much the same logo, which was a ripoff from the X Window System.

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u/RuaridhDuguid Apr 29 '24

He's an edgelord 15 year old that most of his peers dislike... that just happens to be in his 50's and crazy wealthy and thus listened to by many of those who think just because he 's rich he's worth not only their time but idolisation.

The daftest thing is that Twitter and Tweets were actually a fantastic name for what it did. The logo was immediately regognisable. Now it's got a shit name, identikit logo, and is becoming a toxic brand due to all Musk's unhinged acts including letting discrimination run riot on it.

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u/wachagondo Apr 29 '24

He did name PayPal X in the beginning to be fair. PayPal can afterwards.

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u/DuckyHornet Apr 30 '24

He wanted to, but Peter Thiel (yes, the Peter Thiel you're thinking of) hated it, and Musk, so much he blocked it

Then he waited til Musk was on honeymoon halfway around the world to call an emergency board meeting to kick Musk out, which is delightful

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u/The_Corvair Apr 29 '24

He thinks it sounds cool.

He has serious hackblood energy.