Elon Musk the pioneer? Has Musk returned the favor?

[FredH]

The writers thought Musk was a hero.

At the time, he seemed like a Heinlein character. At mentioned above, it was really only after that that he went mask-off.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I'd drive a Nissan Leaf with a bad cell before I'd drive anything of his

Back around 2000, when I first heard the rumblings that Nissan was working on developing an all-electric car, my plan was to keep "Arabella," my 1978 Datsun 510 (and yes, the Nanny and the Professor allusion was intentional) until this hypothetical electric Nissan became available (and affordable).

Unfortunately, one guy who stopped short in front of me, and another guy in a Toyota Tercel had other plans, one day on the 5 Freeway, in Commerce (somewhere between the Airfan Building and the old Uniroyal Citadel). To avoid rear-ending the guy who stopped short, I locked the wheels, and skidded in a question-mark-shaped pattern, stopping across traffic. And while I was trying to figure out how to get pointed back in the right direction, the guy in the Tercel pointed me back in the right direction, destroying a freshly-rebuilt front-end. When Arabella was hauled off to her final rusting place, she had an epitaph on the hood (rust in peace), and an artificial cala lily attached to her antenna. I bought a 1998 Camry (with antilock brakes), which only barely lasted long enough for me to save up for a used 2018 Leaf (her name is "Millie," because she's "thoroughly modern"). At no time did I have the slightest interest in any EV other than a Nissan Leaf (and that went double for Teslas), and it is my intention that "Millie" will be the last vehicle I ever own. "Arabella" went through an engine replacement and an engine rebuild (and two front-end rebuilds); I think I can spring for a traction battery pack or two for "Millie."

Even before Musk's mask came off, I'd already long-since came to the conclusion that I wanted nothing to do with him. Just the fact that he (1) hates public transportation, and (2) has invested heavily in some vacuum subway thing that, I'm convinced, would have to violate all three Laws of Thermodynamics in order to function, was enough for me. Fashion spacesuits and support of Trump were just whipped cream on the cow-pie.

 

[Count]

Teeeeechnically it was just Musk junior high school. So perhaps a completely unrelated person coincidently with the same surname was a decent person within the next 200something years.

Why cant' it be like what it's been through history, where the descendants do what they can to redeem the family image. Musk has a lot of kids and will eventually die one day if not from a ketamine overdose,just simply old age. It could be one or more of his children or even a foundation they create out of his estate spends the next several hundred years redeeming him by building schools, hospitals, facilities like that especially in formerly disadvantaged areas. We dont know when the utopia kicked in, so it's not like WW3 earth suddenly became the 22nd century paradise we know from Enterprise, so there's a good few hundred years for money to potentially still be worthwhile this way and then after that time, the name just became a heritage name on a structure like Fort Bragg or Chateau Picard, like any other. Seems reasonble enough to me

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Why cant' it be like what it's been through history, where the descendants do what they can to redeem the family image. Musk has a lot of kids and will eventually die one day if not from a ketamine overdose,just simply old age. It could be one or more of his children or even a foundation they create out of his estate spends the next several hundred years redeeming him by building schools, hospitals, facilities like that especially in formerly disadvantaged areas. We dont know when the utopia kicked in, so it's not like WW3 earth suddenly became the 22nd century paradise we know from Enterprise, so there's a good few hundred years for money to potentially still be worthwhile this way and then after that time, the name just became a heritage name on a structure like Fort Bragg or Chateau Picard, like any other. Seems reasonble enough to me

Some seed is just rotten

 

[F. King Daniel]

So I googled and it wasn't paid for at all, it was an ad-lib by Jason Isaacs, hoping for a free Tesla.

Thanks for fucking up our canon, dude.

 

[Mudd]

Canon's always been fucked up.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Canon's always been fucked up.