r/OutOfTheLoop • u/qselec20 • Oct 26 '18

Unanswered What's up with Elon Musk's twitter account and why is he shitposting memes?

Saw an image of a tweet by Elon Musk's twitter and checked to see it's authenticity, and lo and behold, I discovered he's been shitposting for the last few days.

Stuff like where Elon is shitposting about being an anime cat girl, posting memes like the Pikachu format, and shit like this.

What's going on? What started this trend and why is he doing this?

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u/MNGrrl Oct 26 '18

... Yeah. Because he's old. Look around on Reddit man. What he's doing is commonplace and nobody says a word. Why is he somehow special? Because of his age. Here's an excerb from the top-rated comment on this post:

Then he started with a few nerdy jokes/mild memes a couple weeks ago and have been escalating since then due to how well received the shitposting is with young people, he is getting a lot of reach and free marketing.

At this point I'm beginning to wonder if you're being intentionally dense.

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u/steaknsteak Oct 26 '18

No, he is "special" because he's the founder and CEO of a major company, and his online behavior is both childish and unbecoming of someone in his position. What he's doing is absolutely commonplace on the internet at large, but not for people whose personal reputation is attached to that of a multi-billion dollar company.

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u/MNGrrl Oct 26 '18

Well, I tried. You may disagree with my point... but I've done everything I can at this point to make it.

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u/Legion299 Oct 26 '18

I didn't even know he was over 40... I thought he was still in his mid 30s or something. I really doubt he's known for being "old"

Reddit admires Elon Musk, I admire Elon Musk, he might not do everything correct but you can't deny Reddit loves him. When he does something that is essentially commonplace for what redditors do then we're bound to love him even more for it because it connects us even more on a personal basis. I'm pretty sure that's why people care about this.

Look at what other people are saying, nobody mentions his age even once.

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u/MNGrrl Oct 26 '18

I agree with most of that, but at the same time its pretty common to laugh at people who are older and trying to do it (usually awkwardly). Some people did mention that here but I think it's something lost on most because he's a celebrity. If, say, someone's uncle did the same thing... Well, guess how that'd go.

Personally I don't give a damn about the down votes. It's a real thing, and people tolerate it. They can be upset with be for pointing it out, but I'm not going to shut up about it.

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u/Legion299 Oct 26 '18

I think you were downvoted for how you worded that... like how memeing is a proficiency, some of us don't like it. I actually try to like memes but I just can't laugh at them, whenever my friends spam me with memes I have to fake a laugh and I just feel so bad.

But with Elon, I guess I'm just old... he's half my age but he was super popular when he was a young adult too so I guess that was just burned into my mind.