Elon Musk continues to be a massive dipshit

[Deleted member 4461]

I hope this is enough to make a thread about; please forgive me if it's not.





We need to start isolating "genius," clout is a disease. People get really good at one thing and talk out their ass about everything else.

Then, we as a society allow this.

 

[night814]

In other news Musk tests positive for Covid-19

 

[Deleted member 4461]

In other news Musk tests positive for Covid-19

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In retrospect, I let my anger blind me to the more accurate thread title

 

[dejay]

Rapid testing isn't very accurate though.

Hope he's isolating.

 

[Fleck0]

Which test Is he using? The rapid test that has under 50% accuracy? Becuase that lines up perfectly. It also lines up with Musk being a dumbass who was born into a gem mine fortune who likes to spew some of stupidest shit he can think of in the moment.

 

[BLEEN]

He's positive is what that means.

 

[lupinko]

Elon is clearly book smarts only and not street smarts.

 

[DeadJoshWalking]

I don't think we should cover up the fact that rapid testing isn't as accurate as you might think, British Medical Journal estimates that 1 in 5 positive rapid tests are false positives (not sure if its the same one he's using) https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4262


Musk is a douche though, no doubt about that.

 

[Wrestleman]

I'm sure there's a word for this, but I very selfishly enjoy it when someone like this reveals their true idiot colors to the world, because more often than not I will have gotten a lot of shit for thinking they were a pretentious, pompous, self-important asshole all along. A cousin of schadenfreude, perhaps.

 

[0VERBYTE]

And yet you go to twitter to undermine general rapid covid testing to disway the seesawers for all to see...you fuckin clown 🤡

Everyday twitter proves it was a fuckin mistake. Given asshokes like this a gotdamn platform.

 

[L Thammy]

I don't think Elon Musk is undermining COVID testing because he's stupid any more than I think he's doing it to point out flaws in rapid tests. I think he's doing it because he wants to make the most use of his workers regardless of conditions that may be harmful to them.

 

[Deleted member 4461]

I don't think we should cover up the fact that rapid testing isn't as accurate as you might think, British Medical Journal estimates that 1 in 5 positive rapid tests are false positives (not sure if its the same one he's using) https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4262


Musk is a douche though, no doubt about that.

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I'm less worried about rapid testing being inaccurate (I'm aware) than Musk spitting off the cuff in an irresponsible way, and following it up by suggesting that the testing is just for money.

 

[Deleted member 39374]

Would be funny if he has covid because he's a very loud and cocky dismisser of it

 

[DeadJoshWalking]

I'm less worried about rapid testing being inaccurate (I'm aware) than Musk spitting off the cuff in an irresponsible way, and following it up by suggesting that the testing is just for money.

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It is a problem though because the manufacturer is disincentivized to fix the test, the more positives they find, the more tests they sell, I think bearing in mind we're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, this is something people should be angry about.

Also when 20% of the people testing positive get no symptoms and don't pass it on to anyone, what does that do for the public perception of the threat?

 

[Kard8p3]

Musk? A dipshit? No way man he's a real life Tony stark ! A genius who Wil leave the world!

/s

Fuck Elon.

 

[Deleted member 4461]

It is a problem though because the manufacturer is disincentivized to fix the test, the more positives they find, the more tests they sell, I think bearing in mind we're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, this is something people should be angry about.

Also when 20% of the people testing positive get no symptoms and don't pass it on to anyone, what does that do for the public perception of the threat?

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Okay, yeah, that's valid. Well, maybe I jumped the gun & I'm the idiot here. I suppose I don't like it being conflated with general testing, because I know Musk is known to downplay the virus by a lot.

But I suppose these tweets in particular aren't wrong.

 

[Deleted member 44129]

People are dying yet this fuckwit consumes COVID tests like they're jelly beans, then contests the results and undermines the process on social media.

We need to stop calling millionaires geniuses.

 

[kurahador]

What he's trying to say is "I'm positive but I feel fine, really!!".

 

[DeadJoshWalking]

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Okay, yeah, that's valid. Well, maybe I jumped the gun & I'm the idiot here. I suppose I don't like it being conflated with general testing, because I know Musk is known to downplay the virus by a lot.

But I suppose these tweets in particular aren't wrong.

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I don't think you're an idiot, he's definitely being an asshole and just wants to keep his factories open, he's just also carefully chosen his line of attack.

 

[jakomocha]

My university has had multiple batches of false positives for 2 or so weeks now (every student is tested once a week). I was under strict quarantine for a week because of one, as were 100 or so other people. I legit think this is an issue.

And I'm saying that as someone who doesn't fuck with Elon at all

 

[M. Wallace]

He's so fucking stupid. I genuinely think he has mental issues.

 

[WrenchNinja]

 

[Deleted member 75819]

Are the rapid test inaccuracies false positives, false negatives or both?

 

[Catshade]

Well, duh. Rapid antigen tests are already widely known for its inaccuracies. Do proper PCR swab tests next time, and I hope that nurse jam the cotton swab up in Musk's nose a little harder.

 

[Razmos]

There is no way he is isolating
This guy is a total fucking asshole. Guess money really can't buy class

 

[behOemoth]

Which test Is he using? The rapid test that has under 50% accuracy? Becuase that lines up perfectly. It also lines up with Musk being a dumbass who was born into a gem mine fortune who likes to spew some of stupidest shit he can think of in the moment.

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He stated antigen tests which are the fast tests. Usually the next verification process are PCR tests which when positive are almost 100% correct.

 

[nekkid]

It probably is worth pointing out that it shouldn't require 4 tests for any sort of clarity, though.

 

[suedester]

You might not like Musk but this test doesn't sound fit for purpose.

 

[ColdSun]

Thread closed due to OP's request