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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts) Fri May 1, 2020, 09:32 PM May 2020

Elon Musk says he's 'selling almost all physical possessions' because he's 'devoting myself to Mars

After his anti-lockdown rant, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has come out strong against something else: the concept of physical possessions.

Musk earlier this week railed against lockdown measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, and on Friday, he launched into another bizarre Twitter tirade, declaring with no context that he will be "selling almost all physical possessions" and "will own no house."

Facing some follow-up questions, such as "what?" and "huh?," the Tesla CEO told one user that this supposed sale of virtually everything he owns is not because he needs the cash but because he's "devoting myself to Mars and Earth" and "possession just weigh you down." He did offer one caveat, though: it is extremely important that his house, the former home of Gene Wilder, must not be "torn down or lose any its soul."

At one point in his tweetstorm, Musk wrote that Tesla's stock price is "too high [in my opinion]," after which Tesla shares took a dive.

https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-declares-hes-selling-165800764.html

When you go to Mars can you take Trump with you?

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Elon Musk says he's 'selling almost all physical possessions' because he's 'devoting myself to Mars (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP

History . . Iliyah May 2020 #1

Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value Eugene May 2020 #2

Cocaine, Sir, Is One Helluva Drug... The Magistrate May 2020 #6

Oh, I can speak just as goofy on wine. tavernier May 2020 #21

Indeed, My Friend The Magistrate May 2020 #22

Dammit. The one guy who smokes weed once and goes insane... NightWatcher May 2020 #3

Musk is not the only one . . . Iliyah May 2020 #4

The guy is seriously smart, but man, he sure rides the rollercoaster. tinrobot May 2020 #5

If you went through life named Elon Musk, no telling what you might do! CurtEastPoint May 2020 #8

the guy is a legend, he is just having fun AlexSFCA May 2020 #9

Howard Hughes was also a legend. tinrobot May 2020 #26

Set aside . . Iliyah May 2020 #7

Puff, puff, pass Elon. Puff, puff, pass. Drop the bong, or the twitter machine. Your choice. SKKY May 2020 #10

A bit of a pipe dream? Newest Reality May 2020 #11

Well we could ask Matt Damon, he knows how to survive on Mars. Initech May 2020 #15

LOL! Newest Reality May 2020 #18

Man, every day, we're moving closer and closer to the world of "The Expanse" n/t Yavin4 May 2020 #12

Have fun, Elon! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #13

Why don't we fix the problems here on earth first? Initech May 2020 #14

I had mentioned above... Newest Reality May 2020 #19

Yeah exactly. Initech May 2020 #24

That said it! Newest Reality May 2020 #25

++ I was talking to a friend on the phone yesterday and he said the same thing & I agreed lunasun May 2020 #20

Tesla still too high at close imo but down from high in Feb. Tesla took a drop from the insane high lunasun May 2020 #16

Keep talking. dalton99a May 2020 #17

Go Elon Go! uriel1972 May 2020 #23

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

1. History . .

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:35 PM

May 2020

1929 crash. Many people of "money" committed----------

Eugene

(61,900 posts)

2. Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:35 PM

May 2020

Source: BBC

Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value

1 May 2020

Tesla's founder Elon Musk wiped $14bn off the carmaker's value after tweeting that its share price was too high.

The tweet also knocked $3bn off Mr Musk's own stake in Tesla as investors promptly bailed out of the company.

"Tesla stock price too high imo," he said, one of several tweets that included a vow to sell his possessions.

In other tweets, he said his girlfriend was mad at him, while another simply read: "Rage, rage against the dying of the light of consciousness."

In 2018, a tweet about Tesla's future on the New York stock market led to regulators fining him $20m and agreeing to have all further posts on the platform pre-screened by lawyers.

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The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

6. Cocaine, Sir, Is One Helluva Drug...

Reply to Eugene (Reply #2)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:42 PM

May 2020

tavernier

(12,392 posts)

21. Oh, I can speak just as goofy on wine.

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #6)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:30 PM

May 2020

It’s just a lot cheaper.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

22. Indeed, My Friend

Reply to tavernier (Reply #21)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:33 PM

May 2020

"In defense of alcohol, I've done some pretty dumb shit sober."

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

3. Dammit. The one guy who smokes weed once and goes insane...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:39 PM

May 2020

Making the rest of us stoners look like stereotypes.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

4. Musk is not the only one . . .

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:41 PM

May 2020

This new that FDA approved - remdesivir, too fast.

tinrobot

(10,903 posts)

5. The guy is seriously smart, but man, he sure rides the rollercoaster.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:42 PM

May 2020

CurtEastPoint

(18,650 posts)

8. If you went through life named Elon Musk, no telling what you might do!

Reply to tinrobot (Reply #5)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:56 PM

May 2020

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)

9. the guy is a legend, he is just having fun

Reply to tinrobot (Reply #5)

Fri May 1, 2020, 10:14 PM

May 2020

he is not one of the sheeple.

tinrobot

(10,903 posts)

26. Howard Hughes was also a legend.

Reply to AlexSFCA (Reply #9)

Sat May 2, 2020, 12:59 AM

May 2020

This is not the first time something like this has happened with Elon.

There's definitely an an unstable/uncontrolled side to him. I hope he figures it out.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

7. Set aside . .

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 09:48 PM

May 2020

His company Space X here is Southern California - Hawthorne. Overall he wants to help mankind and go to the stars.

SKKY

(11,812 posts)

10. Puff, puff, pass Elon. Puff, puff, pass. Drop the bong, or the twitter machine. Your choice.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 10:26 PM

May 2020

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

11. A bit of a pipe dream?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 10:27 PM

May 2020

The logistics of getting to Mars AND surviving there for any period of time are mind boggling and extremely complex.

There are so many problems with the Martian environment that need to be reckoned with, and no, that movie The Martian was way off base. For instance, not only is the "soil" fine and clingy, it is highly toxic. It would easily contaminate things and muck up works.

I could go on, but for now, it looks to me like this mission to mars idea is a visionary fantasy of sorts, that is, if there are plans to colonize it. That's not even considering getting there, the time frame involved, etc.

Initech

(100,081 posts)

15. Well we could ask Matt Damon, he knows how to survive on Mars.

Reply to Newest Reality (Reply #11)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:16 PM

May 2020

Oh wait, that was a movie.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

18. LOL!

Reply to Initech (Reply #15)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:22 PM

May 2020

Yup.

Here is a rather imposing list of problems a mission to Mars faces. There are some that aren't covered, but I will leave it at that.

https://listverse.com/2016/03/17/10-obscure-issues-that-hinder-manned-missions-to-mars/

Yavin4

(35,442 posts)

12. Man, every day, we're moving closer and closer to the world of "The Expanse" n/t

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 10:28 PM

May 2020

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)

13. Have fun, Elon!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 10:33 PM

May 2020

Initech

(100,081 posts)

14. Why don't we fix the problems here on earth first?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:13 PM

May 2020

Let's solve all our problems here before we ruin another planet, how about that?

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

19. I had mentioned above...

Reply to Initech (Reply #14)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:25 PM

May 2020

That I think of the Mars idea as more of a pipe dream. It's not going to be like the movie, The Martian.

This list shows SOME of the challenges. Others have to do with the Biosphere 2 experiment failures, etc. There are many factors involved and it is far more complex than we might imagine. I think too much sci-fi gave me an optimistic fantasy whereas the reality of it is quite formidable. Getting there and living there both present a host of issues.

https://listverse.com/2016/03/17/10-obscure-issues-that-hinder-manned-missions-to-mars/

Initech

(100,081 posts)

24. Yeah exactly.

Reply to Newest Reality (Reply #19)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:41 PM

May 2020

Bill Maher had a great new rule about this last year.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

25. That said it!

Reply to Initech (Reply #24)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:51 PM

May 2020

Thanks. He does get it.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

20. ++ I was talking to a friend on the phone yesterday and he said the same thing & I agreed

Reply to Initech (Reply #14)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:30 PM

May 2020

He was on his couch and watching the news while talking to me and something came on the TV about Musk & Mars
He commented on what he was watching and he asked the exact same questions !
Priorities for the first planet first

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

16. Tesla still too high at close imo but down from high in Feb. Tesla took a drop from the insane high

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:17 PM

May 2020

it was true, and again today a bit, but really still from 250. to 920. in less than a year increase in share it had gone crazy high
&
still is imo
NASDAQ: TSLA
701.32 USD ?80.56 (10.30%)
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dalton99a

(81,516 posts)

17. Keep talking.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:18 PM

May 2020

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

23. Go Elon Go!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2020, 11:36 PM

May 2020

and don't come back... ever.

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