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Didn't public opinion swing against Elon Musk for trying to insert himself into an already on-going rescue and then called one of the men who did rescue the kid

Didn't public opinion swing against Elon Musk for trying to insert himself into an already on-going rescue and then called one of the men who did rescue the kids a 'pedo-guy'? That's something I'd expect from a 13 year old on xbox live.

aaron695 5y ago
> and then called one of the men who did rescue the kids a 'pedo-guy' Absolutely not. It was in response to the backlash, complicated, and clearly Elon wasn't doing anything for PR. He's smart and has a smart team, he knew if he killed the kids it'd hurt him an order of magnitude more than saving them. The fact one person died in the rescue was not unfortunate, it was expected, getting every kid out alive was unexpected. "The subject of Musk’s tweet, Vernon Unsworth, had slammed the tech leader’s efforts to aid in the cave rescue by building a miniature submarine, calling it a “PR stunt” in an interview with CNN." (CNN lied about Unsworth calling it a “PR stunt”, FWIW) People are so mentally ill they can't even remember their own lives anymore. It's all on the record in Google, but I guess no one cares about the fidelity of their own past. These drone operators will get fucked if they drop the dogs. Because people are cunts and want someone to hurt. That's the Twitter way, always ends up a lynch mob. The media has always done this, but Twitter refined it to a speedy art with no recovery, pre-internet it was cyclic at least.
zionic 5y ago
> one of the men who did rescue the kids a 'pedo-guy'? AFAIK it was a consultant, who advised the actual divers, who first told elon to “shove his sub up his ass”. Immaturity all around.
hoseja 5y ago
If the conditions got any worse, the sub would have been necessary. The kids got lucky they could use the simple method.
Hokusai 5y ago
That exactly. People were disgusted by the attention grab and the lack of respect for people risking their lives. 'I'm a billionaire, look at me!' syndrome.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  Are. Not were. The fact that we see this still being mentioned is a pretty good testimony to how utterly tone deaf Musk was when he did that.
  - happytiger 5y ago
    That’s an astute point.

aaron695 5y ago

> and then called one of the men who did rescue the kids a 'pedo-guy' Absolutely not. It was in response to the backlash, complicated, and clearly Elon wasn't doing anything for PR. He's smart and has a smart team, he knew if he killed the kids it'd hurt him an order of magnitude more than saving them. The fact one person died in the rescue was not unfortunate, it was expected, getting every kid out alive was unexpected. "The subject of Musk’s tweet, Vernon Unsworth, had slammed the tech leader’s efforts to aid in the cave rescue by building a miniature submarine, calling it a “PR stunt” in an interview with CNN." (CNN lied about Unsworth calling it a “PR stunt”, FWIW) People are so mentally ill they can't even remember their own lives anymore. It's all on the record in Google, but I guess no one cares about the fidelity of their own past. These drone operators will get fucked if they drop the dogs. Because people are cunts and want someone to hurt. That's the Twitter way, always ends up a lynch mob. The media has always done this, but Twitter refined it to a speedy art with no recovery, pre-internet it was cyclic at least.

zionic 5y ago

> one of the men who did rescue the kids a 'pedo-guy'? AFAIK it was a consultant, who advised the actual divers, who first told elon to “shove his sub up his ass”. Immaturity all around.

hoseja 5y ago

If the conditions got any worse, the sub would have been necessary. The kids got lucky they could use the simple method.

Hokusai 5y ago

That exactly. People were disgusted by the attention grab and the lack of respect for people risking their lives. 'I'm a billionaire, look at me!' syndrome.

jacquesm 5y ago
Are. Not were. The fact that we see this still being mentioned is a pretty good testimony to how utterly tone deaf Musk was when he did that.
- happytiger 5y ago
  That’s an astute point.