The Boring Company's flamethrower fundraising campaign appears successful

[captaincranky]

and again... you go on and on ... obsessed.

So what?

Oh dear, , I've said too much.

 

[Rippleman]

So what?

Nothing wrong with it. Just was saying.

 

[captaincranky]

Nothing wrong with it. Just was saying.

A lot of our millennial "children" are so infatuated with technology, and busy living in cyber-space, that they really do lose touch with reality. Musk keys in on that, bones up on sci-fi literature, and uses it to its, and his, full advantage.

He does have some achievements, but they''re in the minority, as opposed to his failures, fleecings, and philandering.

I'm like a parent who tilts at windmills, when trying to point out his shortcomings. It appears, like a parent, that I drive the children closer to the things which I rail against.

But, "these kids today", create their own lack of privacy hell, by embracing every piece of internet connected garbage, from connected thermostats, to Fitbits, to inviting Google into your living room with spy garbage like Alexa. Then, when they're done giving it all away, they start whimpering about how they're being taken advantage of and their privacy is being invaded.

Call me old fashioned, but I remember when soldiers could go for a run with nothing but a towel, and perhaps a Timex watch..

For me, Elon Musk is the emblematic focal point of this generation's technologically induced stupidity and gullibility.

But then, as I often point out, I guess I'm just old fashioned.

Aldous Huxley nailed our current dystopian state right on its head, some eight decades ago, when he wrote, "Brave New World"..

You substitute opiates for "Soma", and you've got today all figured out.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Out with the old and in with the new.

But then, as I often point out, I guess I'm just old fashioned.

It saddens me because I know I'm not far behind. Now I understand why you are fighting this so hard.

 

[Hexic]

Screw it, $500 for a cool toy. Glad I got in while they still had some. When I'm done shooting **** at the range, I'll take it home and roast it.

Torching things in my front yard in silkies whilst enjoying a cigar has never sounded so appealing.

 

[stewi0001]

This would be a fun way to clear the snow off the driveway

 

[Badvok]

Isn't it amazing how some 'people' can get away with hurling libelous allegations and insults on these forums without the moderators blinking an eye while others have their posts deleted for calling those 'people' out.

 

[captaincranky]

Isn't it amazing how some 'people' can get away with hurling libelous allegations and insults on these forums without the moderators blinking an eye while others have their posts deleted for calling those 'people' out.

Another SJW heard from. Oh dear, was that libelous? ....or simply rude on my part? I do so hope I didn't hurt your feelings.

Speaking from my own experience, I've had more posts pulled, than you have posts, likes, and trophy points combined. The difference me and "some people" is, I don't go whimpering about it in open forum. I don't portray myself as an "injured party", or a "victim" when it happens, I just simply move on.

Thus far today, it appears that I've angered "Enemys", sumthin,sumthin "666", and now apparently "Badvok".

People always key in on my chosen screen name, hurling what they feel are "clever remarks", such as "my aren't you cranky today"?.. Well, using the same yardstick, is someone who signs in as tacitly "Satan", here for a good time, or trolling for a confrontation? Me thinks the latter instance.

And remember, the arguments "one" loses, are the ones that piss "one" off the most. <("One" makes a great pronoun, who knew)?

So have you got your "eye on me" there, BADvok?

 

[senketsu]

Pre-order?

 

[captaincranky]

Pre-order?

Sure! After you buy a "Boring Company" hat, hand Musk $500.00, and stick your lips to his a** tighter than a remora on a shark. You might experience some delivery delays, but isn't ownng a genuine Elon Musk product well worth any inconvenience?

While you're at it, you might want to grab one of Musk's "designer spacesuits", or at least a cheap knock off. A very stylish combo, that would be.

Oh sh!t, now this forum has me talking as backwards as Obi-Wan Kenobi..

 

[wiyosaya]

"This may be one of the most ridiculous ways to raise money for a business that needs more cash but it is undoubtedly effective. Selling $1 million worth of hats to then sell ten times that amount in flamethrowers is a remarkable feat"

What it is, is a typical load of Musk's horse sh!t. The "hat", is a thinly veiled deposit on a product which Musk can't or won't produce, until the buying public funds its development and production.

It gives me pause to wonder if that useless parasitic p****, has ever even paid his own bar tab.

Probably not. IMO, he is doing this because he has gone to banks and the loan/bank officers have told him that he and his idea for tunnels beneath CA are insane.

Even with the hats and the flamethrowers, he will be nowhere near the amount of funds he will need to make the tunnels a reality. Therefore, the reason he is selling these must be to pay off his bar tab.

Just give it time. Someone will use one of these flamethrowers in a "not good" fashion, and Musk will be targeted by some law enforcement agency. Perhaps then the world will be restored to pre-Musk sanity.

 

[captaincranky]

Probably not. IMO, he is doing this because he has gone to banks and the loan/bank officers have told him that he and his idea for tunnels beneath CA are insane.

Sure, because the bank officers, are more than likely old fuddy-duddy Luddites such as myself, who can't possibly realize that even an Elon Musk fart contains infinite creative possibilities and potential for investments. After all, we could pump him full of baked beans and Brussels sprouts, then label him an, "alternative energy source", and start passing the hat around.

Even with the hats and the flamethrowers, he will be nowhere near the amount of funds he will need to make the tunnels a reality. Therefore, the reason he is selling these must be to pay off his bar tab.

Somehow, I doubt that Musk has paid his own bar tab for the last 2 decades. That thankless task, would have fallen to the US taxpayer, and the shareholders of both Tesla & Space-X. But your very appropriate metaphor is duly noted.

Just give it time. Someone will use one of these flamethrowers in a "not good" fashion, and Musk will be targeted by some law enforcement agency. Perhaps then the world will be restored to pre-Musk sanity.

No, sadly Musk will cast himself as a victim, being persecuted by the large multi-national flame thrower companies. Then, make a constitutional issue out of it, by claiming, "it is an American's right to keep and bear toys".

(Not that that South African carpetbagger would know anything about being an American, at least nothing past grubbing tax credits, along with passing the hat for federal funding and contracts).

 

[Badvok]

Another SJW heard from.

Q.E.D.

 

[captaincranky]

Q.E.D.

Sort of, "Me too, I know you are", in Latin? Is that all you've got?

 

[Joe Blow]

Leftist anti-gun organizations promoting weapons?