Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To think Elon Musk has gone nuts

1000 replies

Viviennemary · 06/01/2025 18:15

What on earth is going on with him. Calling for Nagel Farage to resign. Now wanting the PM to resign amd said we have a tyrannical government. It's all a bit odd.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
28
dapsnotplimsolls · 06/01/2025 21:42

OneLemonDog · 06/01/2025 21:41

I was actually heartened by the Daily Mail comments section, which seemed to indicate a lot of right wing anger towards Musk.

They prefer their Nige to that pesky furriner.

Verbena17 · 06/01/2025 21:43

dapsnotplimsolls · 06/01/2025 21:39

Bound to be neutral and accurate then.

Whatever.

Feelingathomenow · 06/01/2025 21:43

JHound · 06/01/2025 21:40

It’s not really working though is it.

Well it is look at all the arguments, the frenzy from social media, media and politicians. Musk’s dopamine counter is probably going off the charts

HappyNewFeckingYear · 06/01/2025 21:46

Verbena17 · 06/01/2025 21:25

He didn’t say it.
I read the NZ Abortion Bill when it was quietly passed in 2020

Reading something does not always lead to comprehending something.

NZ legislation is available on line.
Primary sources are always preferable.

Lonelycrab · 06/01/2025 21:46

Well I can’t imagine anyone buying a Tesla after this😁

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:48

Lonelycrab · 06/01/2025 21:46

Well I can’t imagine anyone buying a Tesla after this😁

Don't think he cares.

PigletJohn · 06/01/2025 21:48

Combination of Founder's Syndrome

And Billionaire detached from reality.

Putin is also barmy, with similar causes.

"No, Sir, you're wrong" is never said to them.

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:50

PigletJohn · 06/01/2025 21:48

Combination of Founder's Syndrome

And Billionaire detached from reality.

Putin is also barmy, with similar causes.

"No, Sir, you're wrong" is never said to them.

He's trolling and you're all falling for it. But at least the girls let down by folk like the ones commenting on here are saying they are happier. Win.

NordicwithTeen · 06/01/2025 21:51

OneLemonDog · 06/01/2025 21:41

I was actually heartened by the Daily Mail comments section, which seemed to indicate a lot of right wing anger towards Musk.

Wow, maybe his meddling with our politics will finally bring left and right together in harmony? That would be delicious.
starts humming "I'd like to teach the world to sing"

Theunamedcat · 06/01/2025 21:51

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:26

Oh ok lets just leave it then. Wow.

We need to act on it not REPEAT it what is the point in paying money to REPEATEDLY investigate the same thing it's not going to get any better calls for "an investigation" are just plain dumb and stupid

HappyNewFeckingYear · 06/01/2025 21:52

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 06/01/2025 21:36

Your assertion (and whatever your screenshot is) aren’t quite true though, are they?

Bloody heck, we are back to a post truth, alternative fact world. True, why does anything need to be true. If you want truth ask Grok.

Where have all these Americans come from, do they really want to engage in the merits of boden and the cost of second-hand change bags in banardos?

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:52

Theunamedcat · 06/01/2025 21:51

We need to act on it not REPEAT it what is the point in paying money to REPEATEDLY investigate the same thing it's not going to get any better calls for "an investigation" are just plain dumb and stupid

And what? No need to get grandiose with the caps my friend, I agree.

BourbonsAreOverated · 06/01/2025 21:52

Poor Jess philips. Someone who has done so much to champion domestic abuse, sexual crimes and violence against women.
how dare he target her.

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:53

Acting on requires more investigating. Sorry if that offends you so much @Theunamedcat

hobbledyhoy · 06/01/2025 21:55

@cessnaflyer surely he'll care when he makes himself so poisonous to the brand that sales start to fall. The board who agreed his colossal bonus last year might not be so keen to do so again.

I mean look a twitter. A social media platform where the entire world could and did access news instantly before it was widely reported, reduced to a right wing, batshit echo chamber in a matter of months. People and businesses leaving in their droves, impacting his bottom line, forcing him to appeal more and more to tribal politics to get people to stump up more cash for ticks to fill the coffers.

He's not a genius businessman, he's an egomaniacal shit bag and a dangerous one at that.

Lonelycrab · 06/01/2025 21:55

BourbonsAreOverated · 06/01/2025 21:52

Poor Jess philips. Someone who has done so much to champion domestic abuse, sexual crimes and violence against women.
how dare he target her.

Too bloody right

We have seen too many times in this country already where extreme rhetoric towards politicians gets us😞

Donttellempike · 06/01/2025 21:57

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:50

He's trolling and you're all falling for it. But at least the girls let down by folk like the ones commenting on here are saying they are happier. Win.

What does this word salad mean?

trapforsanta · 06/01/2025 21:59

You know you can go on X and tell him you have a different opinion right? They don't cancel people for that now he's in charge.

Actually @LastTrainsEast they simply fix the algorithm to boost all Musk's posts and right wing accounts which align with them.

And they don't allow users to block other users now, even if they are being harassed. Theres zero duty of care.

BIossomtoes · 06/01/2025 21:59

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:53

Acting on requires more investigating. Sorry if that offends you so much @Theunamedcat

Maybe you should read the recommendations before you come up with nonsense.

ForPearlViper · 06/01/2025 22:00

cessnaflyer · 06/01/2025 21:50

He's trolling and you're all falling for it. But at least the girls let down by folk like the ones commenting on here are saying they are happier. Win.

Genuine question. Where did you source that information - the 'girls' saying they are happier'? And I mean what regulated and verified source.

User135644 · 06/01/2025 22:03

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

The home of the liberal elite.

Almn0etd · 06/01/2025 22:03

Calm down people. One tweet from Musk has improved Farage’s chances of further electoral success more than any cash ever could.

You’d have to be blind not to see what just happened. Farage just went mainstream. The country is backing him over someone else. He just consolidated his reputation of shunning the far right.

Quite a clever move by both Farage and Musk there.

Livelovebehappy · 06/01/2025 22:05

BIossomtoes · 06/01/2025 21:37

No I’m not. That’s why I’m glad the recommendations are being implemented now. The Tories sat on the report and did nothing for 2.5 years.

Yep. Of course they will. Even though Starmer is already accusing the ‘far right’ of smear tactics in relation to the Grooming issue. And we all know what that means. It’s his go to accusation whenever something crops up which he doesn’t want to deal with.

MooseBeTimeForSnow · 06/01/2025 22:06

dapsnotplimsolls · 06/01/2025 21:40

Now Trudeau is on his way out, will Musk re-focus his attention?

Musk described Trudeau as an “insufferable tool”.

Takes one to know one I suppose.

iwishihadaname · 06/01/2025 22:07

greatvisuals · 06/01/2025 18:36

He's entered a state of egomania.

Thinks he knows better than anyone else in the world!

egomania; Egomania is a psychiatric term used to describe excessive preoccupation with one's ego, identity or self and applies the same preoccupation to anyone who follows one's own ungoverned impulses, is possessed by delusions of personal greatness & grandeur and feels a lack of appreciation.

Sadly he is the richest or one of the richest men in the world and along with that power. Noticed that there is no Elon musk hospitals or schools or a charity

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is not accepting new messages.
Swipe left for the next trending thread