r/facepalm • u/GlitterMackenzie • Sep 02 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Smarts. He has it.

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u/EmperorBamboozler Sep 02 '24

It's wild that people think this man is smart given the evidence we now have to the contrary.

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u/gahidus Sep 02 '24

He was in the right place at the right time starting PayPal. It was a good time to be starting things on the internet.

He is not Tony Stark though, and it seems ridiculous that anyone thinks he is.

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u/katmom1969 Sep 02 '24

He didn't start paypal though.

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u/djseifer Sep 02 '24

No, that was other evil billionaire Peter Thiel. Elon was part of another company that merged with the company that would become Paypal.

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u/UnknownAverage Sep 02 '24

And Elon tried to take over PayPal and be a giant asshole like always, and got booted, I think? He is incapable of being anyone's equal and has to be top dog wherever he is. It's just so sad that so many people fall in line for him and people like him.

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u/sandgoose Sep 02 '24

Correct, he then took the money from getting booted from Paypal and invested that into Tesla on the stipulation that he gets labeled a co-founder. IIRC He was trying to Paypal --> X when they booted him.

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u/LiberalAspergers Sep 02 '24

TBF, Tesla had 4 staff when he came in and became #5.

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u/NoBetterOptions_real Sep 02 '24

Peter Thiel is the guy who appointed JD Vance, isn't it?

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u/djseifer Sep 02 '24

Yep. JD "Couch Enthusiast" Vance is Thiel's lapdog.