Elon Musk traded punches with the satirical magazine Hard Drive’s Twitter account on Monday, resulting in a back-and-forth that saw the billionaire insulted.
The 50-year-old Tesla and SpaceX CEO unknowingly unleashed the war of words when he shared the name of an article about an infamous serial killer called “Zodiac Killer Letter Resolved by Opening It with VLC Media Player. “
Musk, who recently submitted a questionable offer to buy Twitter, added the caption “Nichememe,” a term used to imply a meme that resonates only with the user reading it.
While many of Musk’s nearly 96 million fans have interacted with the deleted tweet since then, a message sent to the entrepreneur from the hard drive account that read, “Hey, I’ll give you a horse if you avoid cutting off our call from our articles. “
The comment gave the impression of referring to Insider’s recent report that Musk was accused of sexual misconduct after allegedly providing a horse to a flight attendant for an erotic massage in 2016. That led to a $250,000 settlement, according to Insider. denied the allegations and called the report a “politically motivated coup. “
Without backing down, Musk replied, “Well, if you do something that looks like a meme and (not me) remove your name, then that’s fine.
“Besides, it’s just a 6/10 meme, so give up this wonderful horse!The selfless art of nameless meme makers is something to admire. “
Hard Drive responded, “Ok, let me know what you think of this one,” sharing a link to other of their satirical articles with the caption “Elon Musk admits he needs to go to Mars because no one hates him there yet. “
“Less fun than SNL on a bad day,” Musk replied. “It can make a user sober. Try harder!”
Without missing a beat, the Hard Drive account shared a photo of Musk dressed up in his appearance on Saturday Night Live in 2021, writing, “Well, you’re the expert on SNL’s bad days. “
well, you’re the one on the bad days of SNL pic. twitter. com/Ysb5oJsRBK
“The explanation for why you’re not that funny is because you’re awake,” Musk told Hard Drive. “The humor is based on an intuitive and clumsy fact identified by the public, but the wokism is a lie, so no one laughs. “
While exchanges between the two accounts had still ceased during that time, Hard Drive wished to have the final say, sharing a link to an article titled “Elon Musk Offers to Buy the Rake He Trampled On. “
The explanation for why you’re not so funny is because you’re awake. The humor is based on an intuitive and clumsy fact identified by the public, but wokism is a lie, so no one laughs.
In another, titled “Hard Drive Excuses for Elon Musk for Wetting It Too Hard,” the post shared a decidedly ironic peace offer.
“At the end of the day, we hear Mr. Musk in the comedy awake,” the article reads. “When we write about the zodiac killer, we deserve to have thought that our joke may be potentially alienating to readers who. . . or they were: the mass murderer of the 1960s who was never arrested by the police. “
The article continued: “The comedy deserves to give way to differences of opinion about serial killers and also about VLC Media Player, which was unfortunate collateral damage on the exchange.
“We hope Mr. Musk will settle for our maximum honest apology. We knew it was unwise to confront a billionaire known for his ability to slap epic slaps on his detractors (as when M. Musk called a diver who rescued young people from a flooded cave a pedophile). “
It is a reference to an incident that occurred in 2018 when young footballers were trapped in a cave in Thailand. A speleologist concerned about rescue attempts that Musk had called a “fart” sued him for defamation, but Musk won a lawsuit, testifying that his use of “fart” does not mean “pedophile” and that his tweet is a “frivolous insult. “
“From now on, we are committed to resolving small disputes and employing our platform to highlight the issues that matter, such as the so-called ‘nightmare conditions’ in Tesla’s factories, which have been equated with ‘modern maquiladoras’. ” the article said.
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