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You all are cringe. Anyone working in tech knows that most marketing sites are made by third parties, likely some WordPress shop. The hatred for Elon on this si

You all are cringe. Anyone working in tech knows that most marketing sites are made by third parties, likely some WordPress shop. The hatred for Elon on this site is ridiculous.

misiti3780 4y ago
it's very weird. someone responded once that hacker news is a bunch of smart dorks that are basically jealous because they have not achieved anywhere near as much as elon has. i think there is some truth to this.
- rbanffy 4y ago
  How many of us were born owning an emerald mine after all?
  - misiti3780 4y ago
    seriously ? go drink a Guinness.
    - rbanffy 4y ago
      I'm more of a Red Breast kind of person.
      - misiti3780 4y ago
        also a great choice!
  - mlindner 4y ago
    Maybe do some basic fact checking? Thank you for affirming the stereotype. https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/17/elon-musk-emerald-mine/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/17/elon-musk-emerald-min... > Here's a summary of our findings: We located reporting from as far back as 2009 and 2014 that said when Elon Musk ("Elon" herefafter) was a child in South Africa in the 1980s, his father ("Errol" hereafter) at some point owned "a stake in an emerald mine" near Lake Tanganyika in Zambia, not South Africa. Beyond that, we were unable to find any evidence that showed money generated from his father's involvement in the mine helped Elon build his wealth in North America. I'll add that it's also well known that while Elon's father was certainly well off compared to the average population in South Africa, they were not fabulously rich. They were also anti-apartheid. His father's personal income was primarily from being an engineer, not a mine owner.
- rvz 4y ago
  Yes. It is indeed a strong indication that they are secretly very jealous and don't want to admit it. Hence why they are commenting and screaming everyday at Elon, letting him reign in their minds rent free; which I find quite hilarious on this site, Twitter and elsewhere. I'm just laughing at the entire chaos being covered 24/7, and especially laughing at the angry 'dorks' attempting to escape it all; which they are unable to.
  - nikau 4y ago
    Here was me thinking we are just enjoying a real life soap opera with Musk being the nerd equivalent of Trump
qzx_pierri 4y ago
Yeah man it's wild. I think some people just need a "boogeyman" at all times to focus on, to help ignore their own faults. Elon is a bit of a bellend, but he's nowhere near the evil, cold blooded, psychopath that people on HN (and sites like The Verge) paint him out to be.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
  Make no mistake; This is a retribution attack in the culture wars. This isn’t about Musk, and it’s not about Twitter-actual. It’s about Twitter-meaningful, which is to say a way since 2008 or so of controlling messages.
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pvg 4y ago
Just flag bad posts. Meta-fuming only makes everything worse.

You all are cringe. Anyone working in tech knows that most marketing sites are made by third parties, likely some WordPress shop. The hatred for Elon on this site is ridiculous.

misiti3780 4y ago

it's very weird. someone responded once that hacker news is a bunch of smart dorks that are basically jealous because they have not achieved anywhere near as much as elon has. i think there is some truth to this.

rbanffy 4y ago
How many of us were born owning an emerald mine after all?
- misiti3780 4y ago
  seriously ? go drink a Guinness.
  - rbanffy 4y ago
    I'm more of a Red Breast kind of person.
    - misiti3780 4y ago
      also a great choice!
- mlindner 4y ago
  Maybe do some basic fact checking? Thank you for affirming the stereotype. https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/17/elon-musk-emerald-mine/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/11/17/elon-musk-emerald-min... > Here's a summary of our findings: We located reporting from as far back as 2009 and 2014 that said when Elon Musk ("Elon" herefafter) was a child in South Africa in the 1980s, his father ("Errol" hereafter) at some point owned "a stake in an emerald mine" near Lake Tanganyika in Zambia, not South Africa. Beyond that, we were unable to find any evidence that showed money generated from his father's involvement in the mine helped Elon build his wealth in North America. I'll add that it's also well known that while Elon's father was certainly well off compared to the average population in South Africa, they were not fabulously rich. They were also anti-apartheid. His father's personal income was primarily from being an engineer, not a mine owner.
rvz 4y ago
Yes. It is indeed a strong indication that they are secretly very jealous and don't want to admit it. Hence why they are commenting and screaming everyday at Elon, letting him reign in their minds rent free; which I find quite hilarious on this site, Twitter and elsewhere. I'm just laughing at the entire chaos being covered 24/7, and especially laughing at the angry 'dorks' attempting to escape it all; which they are unable to.
- nikau 4y ago
  Here was me thinking we are just enjoying a real life soap opera with Musk being the nerd equivalent of Trump

qzx_pierri 4y ago

Yeah man it's wild. I think some people just need a "boogeyman" at all times to focus on, to help ignore their own faults. Elon is a bit of a bellend, but he's nowhere near the evil, cold blooded, psychopath that people on HN (and sites like The Verge) paint him out to be.

SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
Make no mistake; This is a retribution attack in the culture wars. This isn’t about Musk, and it’s not about Twitter-actual. It’s about Twitter-meaningful, which is to say a way since 2008 or so of controlling messages.

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pvg 4y ago

Just flag bad posts. Meta-fuming only makes everything worse.