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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 87 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Yeah by his own PR team, mostly, but it was a pretty easy fascade to see through when you actually listened to the man speak. Still don't forgive Dan Harmon for letting him shit on R&M with the eLoN tUsK bullshit. Or Star Trek Discovery for that matter, which happened much later after he had already shown his true face to the world. I know Harmon got paid because he's talked about it, but I would really like to know how much he spent on getting a passing reference in the least popular ST show of all time.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

The one where Tony blew him off and made him look a fool?

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I would really like to know how much he spent on getting a passing reference in the least popular ST show of all time.

From what I have heard, that part of the line was not even scripted. The actor ad libbed it in hopes that it might lead to him being gifted a free Tesla vehicle.

EDIT: There was also the completely unrelated reference in a later episode, in which a character mentioned having gone to Musk Junior High School. That may have been a paid reference.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn, that's somehow so much worse!

Forgot about the Musk jr high 🤦🤦🤦

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

My head canon is that in universe Musk Jr. High isn't a real school and it's just an edgy joke.. the space version of saying you went to the "Adolf Hitler School for Tolerance and Friendship"

You say it for a laugh when you're 14 or acting like it on Space 4Chan

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Ah, the Terri Schiavo Academy. I love it.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 7 points 23 hours ago

A friend of mine has head canoned that the guy from Star Trek was joking about being from Elon Musk University and that it's the old "Adolf Hitler School for Friendship and Tolerance" gag but in space.

I'm just gonna go with that because fuck it's the equivalent of listing Deepak Chopra as one of the greatest philosophers of the 21st century in your hard sci-fi setting.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I realized it as soon as I heard him on Joe Rogan. I was like “oh, this guy is actually not a super genius at all.”

Now I think he’s kind of a moron actually.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 6 points 23 hours ago

I knew it was a grift from the start because people who are kind and wise don't spend millions purely to make sure I know how kind and wise they are.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There was also an episode of Young Sheldon where Sheldon had sent equations for reusable rockets to NASA, and at the end of the episode it showed Elon buying the equations from NASA.

He was also in South Park, and Rick & Morty. He had a great PR team considering what they were working with behind the scenes. They dressed him up real nice.

Then he fired them, because he didn't like having to wear anything in public. Metaphorically-speaking.