Damn. if only the car had exploded.
Comment on Elon Musk taking delivery of his McLaren F1 shortly after selling Zip2 for $307 million in 1999
KingGordon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
In 2000, while driving on Sand Hill Road with PayPal Inc. Co-Founder Peter Thiel to a meeting, a moment of bravado led Musk to demonstrate the car’s capabilities. “Watch this,” he said, moments before the McLaren spun out of control, flew “like a discus” 3 feet into the air and crashed. The worst part? The car wasn’t insured.
…yahoo.com/…/elon-musk-spent-1-million-213715650.…
What a dipshit.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 2 days ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Damn hahaha id never heard that story. I knew hed bought the car though. What an idiot.
LordMayor@piefed.social 2 days ago
To think how much shit the world nearly dodged.
justsomeguy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A pivotal moment that crashed our timeline into darkness.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m pretty sure capitalism would have just made another Nazi the first trillionaire, and collapsed into fascism either way.
The problem is systemic; continuously rewarding sociopaths and psychopaths with wealth and power.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Because “They make the decisions the rest of us can’t”.
And people assume that’s a good thing.