This is a stupid fucking post. muskrat was absolutely a founder of SpaceX, there’s no question about that. Starlink was created as subsidiary of SpaceX, they did not buy existing business that developed the product.
But this post is using the word “invent” instead of “found” to make sound like Elon just bought the companies (like he did with Tesla and Twitter) instead of the technically correct statement that he bought the smart people who made these companies possible.
You don’t use the word “inventing” about forming a company, you use the word “founding”
It’s so damn frustrating when people spread this sort of lies to bash on the assholes of the world instead of just staying in factual, actual shit they do (and they do a lot). It just takes off the credibility from the otherwise good post.
Edit: also Elon was one of the founders of the original X.com, but I think this post is referring to xitter
Edit2: I think this post might just be made by one of his sycophants to chip off the credibility of leftists or other people likely to share it.
But this post is using the word “invent” instead of “found” to make sound like Elon just bought the companies (like he did with Tesla and Twitter) instead of the technically correct statement that he bought the smart people who made these companies possible.
You don’t use the word “inventing” about forming a company, you use the word “founding”
No shit, Sherlock, that’s the point: it’s emphasizing the difference between providing the funding for a new company and providing the innovation that makes it successful.
Edit2: I think this post might just be made by one of his sycophants to chip off the credibility of leftists or other people likely to share it.
You’re entitled to your opinion, but I think your pedantry has gotten the better of you. I don’t believe that most people would be at all bothered by that tiny bit of lexical artistic license in the service of brevity.
Right, musk is a horrible person but I really hate posts like this which are basically just lying. Particularly with SpaceX, there are a lot of prominent engineers from SpaceX that say, yes, musk absolutely is a critical piece of SpaceXs success beyond providing capital.
Tom Mueller is one of SpaceX’s founding employees. He served as the VP of Propulsion Engineering from 2002 to 2014 and Propulsion CTO from 2014 to 2019. He currently serves as an Senior Adviser. He’s regarded as one of the foremost spacecraft propulsion experts in the world and owns many patents for propulsion technologies.
"We’ll have, you know, a group of people sitting in a room, making a key decision. And everybody in that room will say, you know, basically, “We need to turn left,” and Elon will say “No, we’re gonna turn right.” You know, to put it in a metaphor. And that’s how he thinks. He’s like, “You guys are taking the easy way out; we need to take the hard way.”
And, uh, I’ve seen that hurt us before, I’ve seen that fail, but I’ve also seen— where nobody thought it would work— it was the right decision. It was the harder way to do it, but in the end, it was the right thing. "
No shit musk isn’t actually engineering individual components, but SpaceX would not be the most exciting, and inspiring companies in the world (IMO) without him (sadly)
Look, it’s propaganda. There’s always going to be inaccuracies because a poster that uses the ‘corrrct’ words would be so dense and hard to parse that the average reader wouldn’t give it a second thought.
This has an incredibly clear message that is 90% accurate. I can forgive the 10% as a trade-off for visibility.
This has an incredibly clear message that is 90% accurate. I can forgive the 10% as a trade-off for visibility.
Try 50/50.
The “President Musk” gag is a great piece of propaganda. It’s joking about the fact that elon’s investment is paying off, it’s making fun of trump being a puppet and it’s something people are not going to read literally but will still understand the idea.
Or all the posts about zuckerberg getting a rat penis transplant. It’s a clear satire making fun of a real issue and raising awareness.
This post however is trying to push false claims with plausible deniability due to stupid wording. Anyone with 2+ brain cells will look at it and hope the creator never posts again
There was a time where these kinds of clarifications were important to me. I literally don’t care anymore. Musk created Space X? Who cares. Let the lie enter mainstream and have his legacy lessened.
This is a stupid fucking post. muskrat was absolutely a founder of SpaceX, there’s no question about that. Starlink was created as subsidiary of SpaceX, they did not buy existing business that developed the product.
But this post is using the word “invent” instead of “found” to make sound like Elon just bought the companies (like he did with Tesla and Twitter) instead of the technically correct statement that he bought the smart people who made these companies possible.
You don’t use the word “inventing” about forming a company, you use the word “founding”
It’s so damn frustrating when people spread this sort of lies to bash on the assholes of the world instead of just staying in factual, actual shit they do (and they do a lot). It just takes off the credibility from the otherwise good post.
Edit: also Elon was one of the founders of the original X.com, but I think this post is referring to xitter
Edit2: I think this post might just be made by one of his sycophants to chip off the credibility of leftists or other people likely to share it.
No shit, Sherlock, that’s the point: it’s emphasizing the difference between providing the funding for a new company and providing the innovation that makes it successful.
You’re entitled to your opinion, but I think your pedantry has gotten the better of you. I don’t believe that most people would be at all bothered by that tiny bit of lexical artistic license in the service of brevity.
This post i fuel for the supporters. Its a post with lies getting boosted with upvotes.
If so obvious lies are allowed to surface, then what others are too? Posts like these are just damaging to the cause.
Right, musk is a horrible person but I really hate posts like this which are basically just lying. Particularly with SpaceX, there are a lot of prominent engineers from SpaceX that say, yes, musk absolutely is a critical piece of SpaceXs success beyond providing capital.
Tom Mueller is one of SpaceX’s founding employees. He served as the VP of Propulsion Engineering from 2002 to 2014 and Propulsion CTO from 2014 to 2019. He currently serves as an Senior Adviser. He’s regarded as one of the foremost spacecraft propulsion experts in the world and owns many patents for propulsion technologies.
"We’ll have, you know, a group of people sitting in a room, making a key decision. And everybody in that room will say, you know, basically, “We need to turn left,” and Elon will say “No, we’re gonna turn right.” You know, to put it in a metaphor. And that’s how he thinks. He’s like, “You guys are taking the easy way out; we need to take the hard way.”
And, uh, I’ve seen that hurt us before, I’ve seen that fail, but I’ve also seen— where nobody thought it would work— it was the right decision. It was the harder way to do it, but in the end, it was the right thing. "
No shit musk isn’t actually engineering individual components, but SpaceX would not be the most exciting, and inspiring companies in the world (IMO) without him (sadly)
Alot more examples on this reddit post, I know ew
Look, it’s propaganda. There’s always going to be inaccuracies because a poster that uses the ‘corrrct’ words would be so dense and hard to parse that the average reader wouldn’t give it a second thought.
This has an incredibly clear message that is 90% accurate. I can forgive the 10% as a trade-off for visibility.
Try 50/50.
The “President Musk” gag is a great piece of propaganda. It’s joking about the fact that elon’s investment is paying off, it’s making fun of trump being a puppet and it’s something people are not going to read literally but will still understand the idea.
Or all the posts about zuckerberg getting a rat penis transplant. It’s a clear satire making fun of a real issue and raising awareness.
This post however is trying to push false claims with plausible deniability due to stupid wording. Anyone with 2+ brain cells will look at it and hope the creator never posts again
There was a time where these kinds of clarifications were important to me. I literally don’t care anymore. Musk created Space X? Who cares. Let the lie enter mainstream and have his legacy lessened.
We’re in a post truth world my guy