9 of Elon Musk’s best – or worst – moments on Twitter
Unless you’ve just spent a week in a cave, you’ll be well aware that the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – has had a buyout offer of $44 billion accepted by the board of Twitter.
BREAKING: Analysts say Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter might be the most undemocratic takeover since Vladimir Putin purchased the Conservative Party x
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) April 27, 2022
The tech billionaire insisted he wanted to put free speech at the centre of Twitter, which has been lauded by the same cohort that thought their freedoms had been attacked by being asked to wear a piece of cloth in crowded spaces.
In fact, he just joked about buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in it. At least, we think he was joking.
I think I'm too old and tired to cope with the most powerful person in the world being a shit posting 14 year old. https://t.co/CngTN8NY8v
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) April 28, 2022
https://t.co/w318bj2zjK pic.twitter.com/wJUsyUaUJq
— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) April 28, 2022
Hola don Pablo Escobar, bienvenido a Twitter. https://t.co/5QhBZXDWPO
— Hasbullah all nighter (@LuquitaRodrigue) April 28, 2022
But even billionaires can’t achieve the impossible.
Listen, I can’t do miracles ok pic.twitter.com/z7dvLMUXy8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
The past few days may have seen Musk post some controversial Twitter content, but it’s hardly surprising. The man has form.
Here are nine examples of how not to do Twitter.
1. Challenging Putin to single combat for the freedom of Ukraine
Only Elon Musk could get jealous of the attention a war is getting.
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) March 14, 2022
2. Who’s attacking space?
Does he think "space" is the thing people are attacking? https://t.co/iAonAvMtdu
— Black Lives Still Matter (@thatonequeen) July 23, 2021
3. Going to do what??
ASKING TO BE BURGLED https://t.co/EKPhmO9DyM
— Sanjeev Kohli (@govindajeggy) April 11, 2021
4. Problems with pronouns
you named your kid a wifi password https://t.co/fc75nq8uy9
— Dana Schwartz 🫀 (@DanaSchwartzzz) December 16, 2020
5. Covid test chaos
Rapid antigen tests trade sensitivity for speed. They return a result in <30 minutes, but can only detect COVID-19 when you're absolutely riddled with it. What's bogus is that Space Karen didn't read up on the test before complaining to his millions of followers. pic.twitter.com/a1Snfpm03h
— Emma Bell, PhD (@emmabell42) November 14, 2020
6. Going full ‘well, actually’ with the mother of his strangely named baby
This is truly extraordinary. The ultimate mansplainy Reply Guy response to the mother of his new baby, on the bafflingly incoherent etymology of the baby’s name pic.twitter.com/x1wkD2zV5y
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) May 6, 2020
7. Insisting successful people should work 80-100+ hours per week
“Noooo, Mr. Bond, I expect you to work over the weekend to make our delivery target!”
— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) November 27, 2018
8. Having to apologise for calling a rescue diver ‘a pedo’
“Yes I told my 22 million followers he was a pedophile, but in my defense he was rude about my submarine” https://t.co/mgnYzkeybg
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) July 18, 2018
9. Courting right-wing support by quoting The Matrix
Fuck both of you
— Lilly Wachowski (@lilly_wachowski) May 17, 2020
Not every Elon Musk facepalm moment happened on Twitter. Watch him demonstrate his cybertruck’s ‘unbreakable’ glass.
what could go wrong pic.twitter.com/uIn5NLbOMw
— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@RMac18) November 22, 2019
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