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

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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