Remember When Everybody Thought Elmo was Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and Midas?

Elon Musk just told Tesla investors that his personal Twitter account is "critical" to $TSLA stock price 🤔📉

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

He says Tesla is going to be 10x harder for him to run than Twitter… not sure that's going to help investor sentiment — given his disaster @ Twitter

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

"I've been surprised by (the Fed's) rate increases"

He says Tesla's current collapse is due to the Fed — says his Twitter antics are an insignificant concern to their target customers.

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

Always somebody else’s fault, right?

Elon tells the investor he will not stop attacking people like her transgender daughter.

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

He seems nice.

The host is currently trying to get "change the topic of the conversion" — started getting very messy, with several people trying to talk over each other. Elon is now trying to move on from the topic of if he hates trans people

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

Sorry, seems too self-aware for me.

Twitter CEO claims there's "a warehouse somewhere with 10,000 phones" — and that there are workers "with 100 phones" who are "trolling" his polls

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

Sure there are. 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

Elon just admited he's had to "intervene" and take over the Autopilot system on his own Tesla on a number of occasions.

That… does not seem safe.

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

Still the best ambassador for his product.

Well, it's been nice knowing y'all.

Screenshot this entire thread, so if I get axed — you'll know why. Streisand effect, baby 🤙

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) December 22, 2022

Coda:

tfw you're about to ruin your life https://t.co/4gEMj8ZT0q pic.twitter.com/YqGzSr4JKK

— tesla superfan (@lib_crusher) December 22, 2022

Somebody mentioned he should have been carrying a toilet…

He's like a running Dunning-Kruger performance art project. Even the racists and fascists I despise on this platform usually have a much finer tuned understanding of the basics of American politics than this goof. Total boy king energy. https://t.co/e5q0Bsc8mc

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 23, 2022

And this one’s getting a lot of attention:

Here’s a good thread on his immigration status, his educational (non-)attainmment, and his lies about these subjects. https://t.co/uaoG9pbyz4

— Will Brockman - @Brockman@ohai.social (@WillBrockman2) December 23, 2022

Interesting bits:

To be clear: no one cares about the degree; the immigration violation is history. What matters is Elon’s Big Lie, pretending to be what he isn’t. The academic “stolen valor” subverts judgment (“but he’s a genius!”). And it opens him to influence. It makes him a security risk. 4/ pic.twitter.com/RluFda8zt7

— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) November 17, 2022

So Elon matters, & people around him are not America’s friends. Someone has to call out the secrets. Many people know - Elon’s been sued over the fake degree - but even as Twitter tanks, no one has the guts to talk. Silicon Valley’s the last place to lecture us on free speech. 6/ pic.twitter.com/ZrCUwi14l5

— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) November 17, 2022

Why the lie? A Physics degree isn’t even that useful for Elon’s career. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, founders of Tesla Motors, have what you’d actually want: CS and Electrical Engineering. But “Physics” does that to some people. It’s a kind of status worship. 18/ pic.twitter.com/Og1IIZIqw9

— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) November 17, 2022

Elmo is basically the love child of Trump and George Santos. And “status worship” explains the success of Elmo better than anything I know.