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Theory: Musk is dumb

I've posited this before, but no one seems to take me seriou...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/19/23
This is the dumbest theoery on the planet. Musk has done 3 h...
Lascivious church tattoo
  11/19/23
cr. there probably isn't a single person on xo that can tal...
insane circlehead police squad
  11/19/23
None of those things require you to know calculus. They are ...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/19/23
would love to see an xo poaster start lecturing on those top...
insane circlehead police squad
  11/19/23
Yeah, come to think of it if he was talking to the dood I kn...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/19/23
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hilarious navy candlestick maker
  08/12/24
Update?
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  08/12/24
This was me too
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  12/29/24
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plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship
  08/12/24
Update you stupid piece of fucking shit? OP here btw
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  12/29/24
musk is aspie. simple as. nothing he says is wildly wrong, i...
Titillating sable persian space
  11/19/23
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Saffron Contagious Associate Set
  05/17/25
he doesn't tip da sneaker man
Alcoholic theater
  05/17/25
probably 90% of xo cant do calculus. its all polisci shithe...
insane circlehead police squad
  11/19/23
I certainly can't do calculus anymore, but why the fuck woul...
adventurous heaven
  11/19/23
cr
insane circlehead police squad
  11/19/23
One of the more remarkable things about education, is not on...
Lascivious church tattoo
  11/19/23
if you put me in hs algebra II right now and asked me to tak...
adventurous heaven
  11/19/23
u ain't be ISOLATING dem VARIABLES??
Cerebral aquamarine reading party
  11/19/23
I'd struggle to even remember wtf a matrix is
adventurous heaven
  11/19/23
A 2-dimensional projection of data. I don't know if it needs...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/19/23
I certainly couldn't do anything with that projection
adventurous heaven
  11/19/23
I don't know what I saw last week. I'm hesitant to talk abou...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
Do you feel qualified to run SpaceX?
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  12/30/24
i know my calculus. it says u + me = us
Cerebral aquamarine reading party
  11/19/23
forgot that existed
Balding home
  11/20/23
the hardest part about breaking up is getting back your stuf...
Cerebral aquamarine reading party
  11/20/23
Bro, I took AP calculus sophomore year of HS. That shit ...
Obsidian Clown
  11/19/23
What got me thinking about this was actually matrix algebra,...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/19/23
Show me your abacus,FAGGOT
dashing useless brakes
  11/20/23
physical chemistry masterman here, whats up?
hilarious navy candlestick maker
  08/12/24
To Be Fair unhined screed incoming...
Cerebral aquamarine reading party
  11/19/23
He isn't dumb, but I will grant that he is clearly a liberal...
multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
He clearly is a STEM brained shape rotator. He isn't a Stev...
insane circlehead police squad
  11/19/23
He has more technical knowledge of his discipline then Jobs ...
multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
I haven't seen evidence he's a shape rotator.
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
Given that this dood talked to Musk at some point (for a whi...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
gee, a one-off moniker making as much sense as a ""...
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  11/19/23
I mean, I'm sure 95% of people who took and passed calculus ...
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  11/19/23
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seems like a bad theory. hes some chauncey gardiner chara...
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vibrant business firm
  11/19/23
Clearly you didn't see the Knives Out sequel Glass Onion. It...
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  11/19/23
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multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
How did he get degrees in physics and econ from upenn if hes...
insane circlehead police squad
  11/19/23
he didn't get a degree in physics. he didn't get into stanfo...
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  11/19/23
He did neither of these things but he WILL sell you a Based ...
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multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
he's smart in real life but not by sv stem standards. t...
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this thread is mostly filled with pajeets with math degrees ...
multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
i also knew someone who was an elon direct report who compla...
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multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/20/23
Lmao Steve Jobs couldn't code for shit and probably didn't k...
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multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
he's obviously smart just from listening to him talk you ...
Fear-inspiring slippery roommate
  11/19/23
cr
insane circlehead police squad
  11/19/23
Erm actually Jen Psaki on MSNBC said Musk is a moron so need...
multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
I'm also one degree removed from him via someone who worked ...
Razzmatazz incel
  11/19/23
I see your point but unfortunately Elon isn't too good at ta...
multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/19/23
I can believe this. The dood who relayed this to me said he ...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
To be fair, CR I’ve said it many times, he’s ...
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  11/20/23
No, but I'm open to the *possibility* that in acquiring twit...
Passionate national security agency principal's office
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he openly admitted that he did, dood is a bit autistic and w...
adventurous heaven
  11/20/23
His own actions suggest otherwise. He only tweeted the $44bn...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
My point is that folks like TBF say that there's some grand ...
Passionate national security agency principal's office
  11/20/23
He was just MAF at Twitter over some account or tweet gettin...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
lol glad to see we still have some gook poasters left here
Balding home
  11/20/23
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  11/20/23
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plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship
  08/12/24
He is an Ambien addict and will have dementia in 10-15 years
confused sweet tailpipe
  11/20/23
He might be kinda unsteady right now.
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  12/10/23
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  11/20/23
I'm exaggerating here. I don't mean to suggest he's legit DU...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
Huge reversal. Blank your posts and scramble your password; ...
multi-colored fishy hell crotch
  11/20/23
TBF I said this was only a THEORY. If a reliable source told...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
the screen goes dark in elon musk's office as gwynne shotwel...
Concupiscible Hissy Fit
  11/20/23
he's not dumb, he is very smart. now, I grant you he is no g...
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  11/20/23
Now this is the kind of enlightened debate I hoping to inspi...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
tbf he does sound like he had a tbi
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  05/17/25
Very smart. Primary skill is causing autists to sacrifice th...
cordovan stage prole
  11/20/23
know an extremely successful PE guy who is friends with Elon...
House-broken Tan Ladyboy
  11/20/23
Figuring out what violates the rules on Twitter right now re...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  11/20/23
he's definitely not dumb. VERY autistic, but that's differe...
plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship
  08/12/24
He hasn't said one intelligent thing in this Trump interview...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  08/12/24
no one cares what you think tho, because you're an idiot
plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship
  08/12/24
(guy poasting in this thread)
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  08/12/24
How is he autistic or dumb? He was able to carry a fluent co...
heady disturbing codepig
  08/12/24
What a stupid faggot you are
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  12/29/24
he's very far from a genius and likely can't do calculus, hi...
hilarious navy candlestick maker
  08/12/24
He just asked Trump "why would a drug be approved in Eu...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  08/12/24
Econ degrees require a copious amount of calculus
Orange friendly grandma halford
  05/17/25
he's a DARPA face like zigger Zuck
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  12/28/24
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  12/30/24
one thing is clear, he's no vivek ramaswamy
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  12/28/24
OP here
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  12/29/24
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very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  01/24/25
do you want a medal? Musk was obviously dumb from the begin...
misunderstood sexy selfie
  02/16/25
Look at how xo sucked Musk's cock and thought *I* was the id...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  12/29/24
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misunderstood sexy selfie
  02/17/25
OP here. Really embarrassed about this thread. Hoap gunnerat...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  05/11/25
Welp the guy who told me this is rich now. He asked me for a...
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  05/17/25
I don't think you meant "dumb" in the same way tho...
frisky ruddy nursing home
  05/17/25
This dood had Musk on Signal for over a year.
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  05/17/25
sounds like something a pedophile would say
plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship
  05/17/25
Op reads like jjc
Balding home
  05/17/25
You're not saying Musk is smart
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  05/17/25
this isn't a "theory" at this point but a well doc...
misunderstood sexy selfie
  05/17/25
he seems intelligent but also very well specialized and set ...
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Link to him seeming intelligent
very tactful mildly autistic garrison
  05/17/25
He’s a corporate mascot. There’s was some shady ...
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  05/17/25


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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:10 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

I've posited this before, but no one seems to take me seriously, even though I'm dead serious. I am separated from Musk by one degree, and my degree says he is skeptical Musk can even do calculus.

When he said this to me, it hit hard because this wasn't the type of fella to exaggerate like that. Also, I had every reason to believe he talked to Musk. I knew they had interacted, and I always thought it was weird that he and Musk didn't stay in contact. The only explanation I can fathom for that is the one this dood gave me: that Musk was DUMB and didn't know wtf he was saying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076456)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:14 PM
Author: Lascivious church tattoo

This is the dumbest theoery on the planet. Musk has done 3 hour podcasts where he rolls from topic to topic citing actual practical physics.

I don't know if you know a dumb person, but they're not spouting off the gravity of mars, battery conversion rates, and solar energy generation in casual conversation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076464)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:14 PM
Author: insane circlehead police squad

cr. there probably isn't a single person on xo that can talk casually on science and engineering as good as musk can.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076467)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:29 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

None of those things require you to know calculus. They are facts one can recite from an xo poast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076517)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:34 PM
Author: insane circlehead police squad

would love to see an xo poaster start lecturing on those topics and recite those facts tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076528)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:39 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Yeah, come to think of it if he was talking to the dood I know, they were talking about shit that had nothing to do with space. Maybe Musk seemed out of his league because he wasn't coached on this topic in advance.

Also, this was years ago, and if it was Musk who broke off contact (I don't think it was, my guy says he stopped talking to Musk and he has no reason to lie about that), he was an idiot because he is now fully on board with what this dood is saying. He just doesn't have him on Signal like he did before, can't just text a dood and ask questions (which is what he was doing before) after not talking to him for like 3-4 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076539)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:22 PM
Author: hilarious navy candlestick maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959399)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:21 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Update?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959395)



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Date: December 29th, 2024 8:46 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

This was me too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48498131)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:23 PM
Author: plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959401)



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Date: December 29th, 2024 8:46 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Update you stupid piece of fucking shit?

OP here btw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48498129)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:25 PM
Author: Titillating sable persian space

musk is aspie. simple as. nothing he says is wildly wrong, it's just that you'd expect someone with his intelligence, power and influence to be a bit more refined.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076501)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 12:59 AM
Author: Saffron Contagious Associate Set

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938558)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: Alcoholic theater

he doesn't tip da sneaker man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938953)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:12 PM
Author: insane circlehead police squad

probably 90% of xo cant do calculus. its all polisci shitheads. unless you mean like literally he is incapable of it couldn't do it no matter how hard he tried

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076459)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:13 PM
Author: adventurous heaven

I certainly can't do calculus anymore, but why the fuck would I want to?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076461)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:14 PM
Author: insane circlehead police squad

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076465)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:19 PM
Author: Lascivious church tattoo

One of the more remarkable things about education, is not only do I not remember how to do all the advanced math I learned, I often forget that I even took the class.

I can barely even tell you what differential equations is even about now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076485)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:29 PM
Author: adventurous heaven

if you put me in hs algebra II right now and asked me to take a quiz I would almost certainly fail miserably

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076515)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:30 PM
Author: Cerebral aquamarine reading party

u ain't be ISOLATING dem VARIABLES??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076518)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:31 PM
Author: adventurous heaven

I'd struggle to even remember wtf a matrix is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076522)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:55 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

A 2-dimensional projection of data. I don't know if it needs to be more specific than that. I don't know what the internet definition is but I'm guessing it specifies columns and rows. I don't like that because it keeps you locked into two-dimensional thinking and makes it harder to transpose matrices in your head.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076567)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:56 PM
Author: adventurous heaven

I certainly couldn't do anything with that projection

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076568)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 12:00 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

I don't know what I saw last week. I'm hesitant to talk about it, but it cause me to do an informal poll of people who are my "peers" in some rough socio-economic sense, and <5% had taken matrix algebra. The rest had no idea what it was. Of the two who took it, one just did it on computer when he was getting an engineering degree. The other took it in college for some reason and said he thought it was easy, BUT that is also what my theory would predict, i.e. if you told me certain things about this dood, I would predict he would be extremely good at matrix algebra.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076574)



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Date: December 30th, 2024 8:39 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Do you feel qualified to run SpaceX?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48502857)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:14 PM
Author: Cerebral aquamarine reading party

i know my calculus. it says u + me = us

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076469)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 9:57 AM
Author: Balding home

forgot that existed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47077609)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 5:12 PM
Author: Cerebral aquamarine reading party

the hardest part about breaking up is getting back your stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47079514)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:18 PM
Author: Obsidian Clown

Bro, I took AP calculus sophomore year of HS.

That shit was easy as fuck. I literally could have tought myself a whole semesters worth of calculus over a weekend. Might have needed a second weekend of practice to do well on a test, but the concepts are simple as fuck if you can remotely think abstractly.

And I don't have any particular talent for math. Haven't taken a single math class since.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076482)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:35 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

What got me thinking about this was actually matrix algebra, but I don't want to talk about that right now.

I think I'm like you in that calculus was really intuitive to me. I never understood the difficulty some people seem to encounter. However, my understanding of matrix algebra was entirely formulaic. I could not grasp it intuitively. I've read that a lot of people get one or the other intuitively, and that there seem to be more people who "get" calc.

I actually think this may be wrong, and that people employ matrix algebra without realizing it, sometimes for their entire lives. I have seen at least one IRL example of it. But there are far more people who take calc than matrix algebra, and far more people teaching it it seems. With general awareness levels being so low, people are not inclined to spot matrix algebra in action (e.g. they are blown away by "AI" bullshit that is 95% matrix algebra).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076529)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 1:12 PM
Author: dashing useless brakes

Show me your abacus,FAGGOT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47078439)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:23 PM
Author: hilarious navy candlestick maker

physical chemistry masterman here, whats up?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959403)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:13 PM
Author: Cerebral aquamarine reading party

To Be Fair unhined screed incoming...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076460)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:15 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch

He isn't dumb, but I will grant that he is clearly a liberal artist wordcel and not a STEM brained shape rotator. He's like Steve Jobs in that his uniqueness doesn't come from his technical knowledge but his role as a visionary and leader of multiple high-concept orgs.

That said, he clearly also has technical knowledge. You must not have listened to any of his interviews.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076471)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:18 PM
Author: insane circlehead police squad

He clearly is a STEM brained shape rotator. He isn't a Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs didn't have a physics degree.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076479)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:21 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch

He has more technical knowledge of his discipline then Jobs did, sure. I'm just saying the fact that he's spearheading multiple companies with world-shattering goals is the important thing about him, not his B.A. physics degree. That's liberal arts for you baby.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076489)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 11:26 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

I haven't seen evidence he's a shape rotator.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080914)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 12:08 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Given that this dood talked to Musk at some point (for a while apparently), but then later stopped, one or the other of them must have made the decision to cease communication.

Let's assume it was Musk. Let's assume he was smart enough to see how dumb my buddy is. He said "fuck this asshole" and bailed. Years later, Musk is slurping the dood's cock, without even fully realizing it it seems. So Musk's earlier assessment of this dood was clearly wrong. He should have kept in contact.

Now let's assume my guy's version of events is correct: that Musk didn't understand what he was saying, and he didn't feel like repeating himself to Musk, just feeding him information for free while Musk asked more dopey questions. Under that version of events, it would make sense that years later, Musk would be slurping this dood's cock without realizing it. This dood is only listed in the footnotes, which Musk won't read, so he thinks he's reading someone else's writing when he's actually reading shit that was written by a dood he used to chat with on Signal, but no longer does.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076591)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:15 PM
Author: Beady-eyed Indian Lodge Love Of Her Life

gee, a one-off moniker making as much sense as a """"""''

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076472)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:16 PM
Author: vibrant business firm

I mean, I'm sure 95% of people who took and passed calculus wouldn't remember right now how to do integration by parts or delta-epsilon proofs, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076473)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:26 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring slippery roommate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076503)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:16 PM
Author: Sooty pozpig double fault

seems like a bad theory.

hes some chauncey gardiner character who just lucked into becoming the worlds richest man... simultaneously working at the forefront of electric cars, space flight, satellites, social media, batteries, artificial intelligence and payments?

obviously smart people like peter thiel work with him and view him as a peer, never noticing he's actually dumb?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076474)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:16 PM
Author: vibrant business firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076475)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:18 PM
Author: Lascivious church tattoo

Clearly you didn't see the Knives Out sequel Glass Onion. It really revealed Elon for who he is - an idiot who has tricked the world into thinking he's a genius (when the true geniuses are the people who wrote the movie Glass Onion and the people who watched and enjoyed the movie Glass Onion)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076477)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:18 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076481)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:21 PM
Author: insane circlehead police squad

How did he get degrees in physics and econ from upenn if hes some type of retard?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076490)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:24 PM
Author: Cocky Juggernaut Mexican

he didn't get a degree in physics. he didn't get into stanford grad school.

that's where his real talent lies: bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076498)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 11:40 PM
Author: amber trip stead liquid oxygen

He did neither of these things but he WILL sell you a Based Tesla to fund his based Mars mission!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080947)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:25 PM
Author: Laughsome bawdyhouse nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076500)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:25 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring slippery roommate

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076502)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:36 PM
Author: cracking embarrassed to the bone rehab shitlib

1800

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076531)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:45 PM
Author: Effete Spectacular Place Of Business Dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076551)



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Date: February 16th, 2025 1:54 PM
Author: magenta motley toaster menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48665908)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:18 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076480)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:24 PM
Author: Cocky Juggernaut Mexican

he's smart in real life but not by sv stem standards.

that simple. tons and tons of people who work at those companies are way out of his league.

musk is good at other things and then just lies about his stem credentials. working out fine for him. his job is very far removed from needing to do the math his employees do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076495)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:26 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch

this thread is mostly filled with pajeets with math degrees seething because their careers have stalled from lack of social skills

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076504)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:28 PM
Author: Cocky Juggernaut Mexican

i also knew someone who was an elon direct report who complained he wasn't a good rocket engineer.

no shit? well he sure seems to be doing better than most people at owning rockets that go to space

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076514)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 9:38 AM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47077531)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:24 PM
Author: Marvelous Demanding Chapel Multi-billionaire

Lmao Steve Jobs couldn't code for shit and probably didn't know calculus, either. Total retards, these guys.

Bro, Elon isn't supposed to be some technical genius. He's an entrepreneur - maybe even the GOAT entrepreneur - and the skills necessary to be a "genius" entrepreneur aren't easily quantified.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076497)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:27 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076505)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:27 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring slippery roommate

he's obviously smart just from listening to him talk

you can tell how smart any person is just from listening to them talk for a few minutes. if you don't understand this/can't do it, you're not smart

this is by far the most effective practical irl IQ test and everybody who is actually smart knows this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076508)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:28 PM
Author: insane circlehead police squad

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076512)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:28 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch

Erm actually Jen Psaki on MSNBC said Musk is a moron so needing to watching one his hateful interviews is unnecessary 💅

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076513)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:31 PM
Author: Razzmatazz incel

I'm also one degree removed from him via someone who worked C-level at Tesla with him.

Elon is fairly smart, but he's extremely execution focused more than nearly anyone else in SV. He manages a lot of people way smarter than him to work towards his goals, which is deceptively hard to pull off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076521)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:32 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch

I see your point but unfortunately Elon isn't too good at taking derivatives so DING sorry the guy is a FRAUD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076523)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 9:51 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

I can believe this. The dood who relayed this to me said he felt used by Musk, like Musk pumped him for info but then spun his wheels when he got it. Didn't know what to make of what he was hearing, couldn't give it a thumbs up or down, but he was still able to juice this dood for info.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47077591)



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Date: November 19th, 2023 11:42 PM
Author: Effete Spectacular Place Of Business Dilemma

To be fair,

CR I’ve said it many times, he’s just not in the same class as XO Pumos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076545)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 1:10 PM
Author: Coral Thriller Main People State



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47078431)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 12:27 AM
Author: Passionate national security agency principal's office

No, but I'm open to the *possibility* that in acquiring twitter he's playing to all of his weaknesses and few of his strengths.

Twitter sucked as a business enterprise before musk, so you can't really say he "ran it into the ground" regardless of what happens, but he probably overpaid for it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076618)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 12:29 AM
Author: adventurous heaven

he openly admitted that he did, dood is a bit autistic and wanted to do a service for humanity and it was flashy enough to grab his attention

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076621)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 12:42 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

His own actions suggest otherwise. He only tweeted the $44bn figure after they demanded a background check to sit on the Board. That was his original intent. Why did he buy so much Twitter stonk in the first place if he was planning to buy the whole company and take it private at that same price two weeks later?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47076637)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 4:25 PM
Author: Passionate national security agency principal's office

My point is that folks like TBF say that there's some grand plan with the acquisition of twitter, rebranding to X, integration into a larger universe of products, etc.

I think it's equally possible that musk's purchase of twitter should be looked at as a consumption expense, like a yacht or a private jet or an island -- or maybe a better example: the DAs, etc. that george soros buys -- where he's paying to shape the world / public discourse in his image to some degree (out of vanity or ego or civic-mindedness or whatever).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47079316)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 4:28 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

He was just MAF at Twitter over some account or tweet getting deleted. IIRC there was literally one incident that set him off. Everything that followed was just series of spaz-outs culminating in his forced-bi acquisition of Twitter. There was never any plan. JFC remember when he invited lawyers to submit resumes to join his SUPERTEAM of First Amendment defenders?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47079324)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 9:53 AM
Author: Balding home

lol glad to see we still have some gook poasters left here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47077599)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 8:41 PM
Author: greedy native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080338)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:23 PM
Author: plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959404)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 4:43 PM
Author: confused sweet tailpipe

He is an Ambien addict and will have dementia in 10-15 years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47079394)



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Date: December 10th, 2023 9:54 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

He might be kinda unsteady right now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47156136)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 4:47 PM
Author: mischievous flesh lay telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47079410)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 8:24 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

I'm exaggerating here. I don't mean to suggest he's legit DUMB, just that he's not any kind of STEM wizard.

Also, this wasn't one on one. This was a Signal group that Musk was part of, and it included at least one other rich fella who I was told is, in fact, legit dumb. Just no signs of life upstairs. Musk was not described as being like that, just "I'm not convinced he can even do calculus." The person saying this wasn't any kind of genius either, just someone who spends a lot of time with his nose in books. There ARE still people like that and I'm kinda fed up with "lawyers" who think that's weird.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080268)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 8:28 PM
Author: multi-colored fishy hell crotch

Huge reversal. Blank your posts and scramble your password; you’re done here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080284)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 9:07 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

TBF I said this was only a THEORY. If a reliable source told me Musk was dumb I wouldn't ask a bunch of random stranger to validate his claim.

I haven't talked about the dood he said was legit dumb because I am pretty sure xo will find a million specious reasons to claim I'm wrong. Nevermind that neither he or Musk seemed to have a low impression of my friend's intellect and I don't think they kicked him out of the chat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080402)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 5:56 PM
Author: Concupiscible Hissy Fit

the screen goes dark in elon musk's office as gwynne shotwell signs off, trying to hide her disgust at his ignorance of laser comms, polar orbits, and what "megahertz" are. elon smugly rips a bong as he fires up league of legends, having frauded his way through yet another day as a leading tech entrepreneur.

suddenly his door shatters inward from a powerful kung-fu kick. elon spills his bongwater on his pants as he staggers to his feet. a jacked 6'4" pumo strides through the doorway. and he's holding a copy of arnold's classical mechanics.

"i'm invoking the 25th amendment on you, elon," the pumo snarls, his voice rich, deep and menacing. "you're just a wordcel charlatan. and we're going to prove it, right here, right now. you have to do every proof in this book, or i'm going to take your companies."

elon musk, crying, losing hope, squeezes his eyes shut wordlessly and turns to the first exercise. he stares at it blankly. after a while, his head hangs in impotent shame.

the pumo smirks at the textbook and apostrophizes it: "thou has conquered, galilean space." then he throws broken bum elon musk onto the street and sits down to take rightful possession of his empire.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47079726)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 8:58 PM
Author: exciting nighttime school bbw

he's not dumb, he is very smart. now, I grant you he is no genius. I refuse to believe anyone who stutters and stammers, says "like" and loses his place as much as he does is a genius.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080383)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 11:19 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Now this is the kind of enlightened debate I hoping to inspire.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080897)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 10:53 AM
Author: exciting nighttime school bbw

tbf he does sound like he had a tbi

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48939042)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 11:28 PM
Author: cordovan stage prole

Very smart. Primary skill is causing autists to sacrifice their lives for him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080922)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 11:31 PM
Author: House-broken Tan Ladyboy

know an extremely successful PE guy who is friends with Elon. says he is ridiculously smart but a bit quirky and unlike his online persona can be awkward in person. basically he is always playing 4D chess.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080926)



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Date: November 20th, 2023 11:38 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Figuring out what violates the rules on Twitter right now requires you to think in at least 4 dimensions, so it adds up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47080938)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:23 PM
Author: plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship

he's definitely not dumb. VERY autistic, but that's different

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959400)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:24 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

He hasn't said one intelligent thing in this Trump interview. Trump even had to correct him several times.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959408)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:26 PM
Author: plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship

no one cares what you think tho, because you're an idiot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959416)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:29 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

(guy poasting in this thread)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959428)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:39 PM
Author: heady disturbing codepig

How is he autistic or dumb? He was able to carry a fluent conversation with Trump without making anybody feel bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959471)



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Date: December 29th, 2024 8:34 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

What a stupid faggot you are

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48498113)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:24 PM
Author: hilarious navy candlestick maker

he's very far from a genius and likely can't do calculus, his degree was in econ. But, that's not dispositive of him being a dumbass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959407)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:25 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

He just asked Trump "why would a drug be approved in Europe but not the United States," as if to suggest we should just let "Europe" regulate our drugs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959415)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 12:16 AM
Author: Orange friendly grandma halford

Econ degrees require a copious amount of calculus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938497)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:27 PM
Author: Hyperventilating charismatic stage gaping

he's a DARPA face like zigger Zuck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959420)



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Date: December 28th, 2024 7:04 PM
Author: diverse corn cake



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48497003)



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Date: December 28th, 2024 7:04 PM
Author: Crawly cerise athletic conference dysfunction



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48497006)



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Date: December 30th, 2024 8:26 PM
Author: Crawly cerise athletic conference dysfunction



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48502824)



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Date: August 12th, 2024 10:44 PM
Author: chest-beating up-to-no-good boistinker travel guidebook

one thing is clear, he's no vivek ramaswamy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#47959499)



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Date: December 28th, 2024 7:02 PM
Author: Glassy Messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48496996)



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Date: December 29th, 2024 12:39 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

OP here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48497795)



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Date: January 24th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48585627)



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Date: February 16th, 2025 2:19 PM
Author: misunderstood sexy selfie

do you want a medal? Musk was obviously dumb from the beginning, and his mind is completely gone at this point given all the drug use. u don't need to be smart to be rich, just be born rich and use the money unscrupulously to be more rich.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48665941)



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Date: December 29th, 2024 8:47 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Look at how xo sucked Musk's cock and thought *I* was the idiot

NOCRITICALTHINKING



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48498133)



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Date: February 17th, 2025 12:42 AM
Author: misunderstood sexy selfie



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48667597)



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Date: May 11th, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

OP here. Really embarrassed about this thread. Hoap gunnerattt never finds it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48922894)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 12:12 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Welp the guy who told me this is rich now. He asked me for advice on buying a Lexus, and I came to learn he's pulling seven figs since Musk got big. It turns out other people remembered him saying Musk was dumb years ago, when people thought Musk wasn't dumb. This thread is kinda neat to read rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938493)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: frisky ruddy nursing home

I don't think you meant "dumb" in the same way though. Like who cares if he can't do calculus? I have a graduate degree in engineering from MIT and I can't, but could relearn it in a day.

I've had dinner with the guy a few times and have several friends who have worked directly with him for years. I suspect the guy doesn't have some genius IQ or anything, but definitely 130+.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48939164)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 12:07 PM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

This dood had Musk on Signal for over a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48939225)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 12:17 AM
Author: plum provocative organic girlfriend cruise ship

sounds like something a pedophile would say

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938498)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 1:39 AM
Author: Balding home

Op reads like jjc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938585)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 10:17 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

You're not saying Musk is smart

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938946)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 1:40 AM
Author: misunderstood sexy selfie

this isn't a "theory" at this point but a well documented fact.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938587)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 10:21 AM
Author: translucent gas station

he seems intelligent but also very well specialized and set in his ways at this point in his life

i think he's a bright spot in the political/cultural field in the US

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938960)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 10:22 AM
Author: very tactful mildly autistic garrison

Link to him seeming intelligent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48938963)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:01 AM
Author: exciting nighttime school bbw

He’s a corporate mascot. There’s was some shady af back room govt deal to put him where he is. Hes smart sure but his genius is in his act

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5447076&forum_id=2#48939062)