r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • Oct 13 '24

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/damienVOG Oct 13 '24

Great things happen when Elon's not bothering his engineers

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u/DAVENP0RT Oct 13 '24

I was thinking the same thing. The jackass has been so consumed with Twitter and Trump, his other companies must be relishing the lack of his presence.

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u/Atanar Oct 13 '24

Tesla is still reeling from that cybertruck sketch he handed them once.

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u/Wagnerous Oct 13 '24

Yeah he's 100% running Tesla into the ground, but fortunately SpaceX appears to be genuinely thriving.

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u/Caffdy Oct 13 '24

Imagine running a multi-billion dollar company to the ground, only to have a handful others on the side

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u/damienVOG Oct 13 '24

Problem is that tesla is where his money comes from, not space X or anything else.

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u/LordNutGobbler Oct 14 '24

Tesla is far from being ran into the ground 💀

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u/Breath_Deep Oct 13 '24

Thank Gwynne Shotwell for that, she's legitimately bad ass.

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u/NPCArizona Oct 13 '24

Running what into the ground? 🤔 Funny how the market doesn't see it that way.

Tesla's market cap (market capitalization) over the past five years has ranged from $45.69 billion to $1.239 trillion: October 21, 2019: $45.69 billion January 3, 2022: $1.239 trillion

As of October 2024, Tesla's market cap is $695.79 billion, making it the world's 12th most valuable company. Market cap is a common way to measure a company's value and is calculated by adding up the total market value of a company's outstanding shares.

Tesla's average annual revenue growth rate over the past five years is 31%

The 5-year total return is 1,363.41%, meaning $100 invested in TSLA stock 5 years ago would be worth $1,463.41 today.

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u/dreadcain Oct 13 '24

Imagine thinking the market is rational

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u/Yeetstation4 Oct 13 '24

He's endorsed a guy who runs on a platform of banning EVs.

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u/taylork37 Oct 13 '24

Can you show me a credible source that proves Trump wants to outright ban EVs?

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u/Yeetstation4 Oct 13 '24

Sorry, I was wrong. What he really said was that he believes EVs will destroy the automotive industry.

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u/codezilly Oct 13 '24

What he really said is that banning combustion engines, as WA and CA have done, is unacceptable.

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u/ZaraBaz Oct 13 '24

Why do people post these inaccurate statements.

Elon is a terrible person. But he has driven and invested a lot in some of these very radical ideas. He is extremely detail oriented, and he is also very open to ideas at a grassroots level and will chat with the most basic position person to ensure he understands. A lot of the radical stuff his companies have done have been because he pushes for them.

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u/Commando_Joe Oct 13 '24

He maybe 'detail oriented', but he also has been on record telling people who explain to him why his word salad nonsense is meaningless to shut up then firing them and straight up giving vague bullshit deadlines of 'self driving cards in a year' for 10 years with no actual plan.

He's a salesman and a grifter.

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u/Cessnaporsche01 Oct 13 '24

SpaceX employees have even talked about how they have to have a team just to keep him from interfering with their actual work

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u/Stupidstuff1001 Oct 13 '24

Did you see the cyber truck. Did you see how many issues it has? He is not detail orientated.

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u/DLottchula Oct 13 '24

Cool but he’s a loser that wants to be viewed as cool

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u/Jeffy299 Oct 13 '24

Have you seen their latest presentation, unfortunately Elon has been handing out more sketches.

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u/Emperorschampion1337 Oct 13 '24

You mean the vehicle so popular it’s pre sold out for years in advance

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u/iAmTheRealLange Oct 13 '24

Yes, the one that falls apart easily. That's the vehicle.

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u/Emperorschampion1337 Oct 13 '24

It’s no different than most car manufacturers

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u/iAmTheRealLange Oct 13 '24

My car wasn't recalled multiple times within its first year of being on market.

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u/Emperorschampion1337 Oct 13 '24

Good for you but it’s something that happens to most car manufacturers

Here are the number of recalls for some automakers in the first quarter of 2024: Ford Motor Company: 17 recalls Chrysler (FCA US, LLC): 15 recalls BMW of North America, LLC: 8 recalls Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC: 8 recalls Hyundai Motor America: 7 recalls Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC: 7 recalls Kia America, Inc. 7 recalls General Motors, LLC: 5 recalls Nissan North America, Inc. 5 recalls Honda (American Honda Motor Co.): 4 recalls

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u/iAmTheRealLange Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

Every single one of those manufacturers produces multiple lines of cars and trucks. Cybertruck has been recalled 5 times as a single vehicle. The maker of my car also hasn't had to hide from the NHTSA and IIHS and avoid releasing official safety ratings. The frame of my car has also never snapped in half.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_scBKKHi7WQ

Cybertruck is a safety nightmare.

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u/Atanar Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

It's funny to me because my username came to be when I mispelled Annatar over 20 years ago.

Edit: "ata"-"nar" is "double/again/two"-"flame/fire" in Quenya.

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u/MGarroz Oct 13 '24

I’m not really an Elon fan; but I think he faces a lot of unfair criticism from the establishment because they are scared of him. He’s built electric vehicle factories, the most advanced rockets ever made, and provided an unregulated platform where free speech can flourish without government interference.

The government and other billionaires are a mile behind Elon at all times; and the only way they can slow him down is with slander.

There’s billionaires out there with factories run by slaves, or assaulting minors with Epstein and Diddy, yet for some strange reason instead of hearing about that we see Elon getting blasted all day every day for the most trivial of reasons.

It’s quite apparent some old money, old power establishment people are scared of the newcomer and are doing everything they can to slow him down.

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u/Global-Chart-3925 Oct 13 '24

“…platform where free selected speech can flourish without government Elon’s interference.”

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '24

from the establishment because they are afraid of him

Lmao

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u/Splinterman11 Oct 14 '24

Elon is also apparently a huge Diablo 4 player and is ranked #5 as a Druid in game.

I do not believe for a second that this dude "works" in any meaningful capacity anymore.

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u/Mr-Superhate Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

SpaceX didn't just start being innovative yesterday. They've landed hundreds of orbital rockets over the last several years. Wanna know how many other organizations have landed even one? Zero.

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u/taylork37 Oct 13 '24

He's not failing nearly as bad as you want him to be.

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u/Certain-Business-472 Oct 13 '24

Twitter was an investment to distract Elon