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drug use? it would explain a few things…
No. I interacted with him on two occasions during the PayPal days. They were pitching PayPal as a payment mechanism for a bunch of our verticals. Even back then he was weird, awkward, and cringe. I think there is video of him back then taking possession of a McLaren and you can see how cringe he was.
EDIT: Found it.. On rewatch, it doesn’t really show how insufferable he was in person. It’s funny to see how x.com gets recycled though.
Then he immediately wrecked his (uninsured) McLaren:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/32191/did-you-know-elon-musk-wrecked-an-uninsured-mclaren-f1
I don’t understand people buying such high-end toys and not bothering to pay for some training.
Seriously. Racing school was fun and only $1,500! Yeah that was serious money for me, but I thought it was a good investment/ birthday present. For him though… That’s like a quarter.
Uninsured is also just strange. Even if I bought a junked supercar, rebuilt the thing myself, and didn’t care if I wrecked it, I’d still insure the thing.
I feel like Elon is the type of guy who views having insurance as weak. Like someone or something having an even minute amount of authority over him is unthinkable.
Today, yes, but back then he was just another dot com millionaire. Remember, that footage was before PayPal, so he probably had about 300M, tops. A million was still only a fraction of his wealth, but it was still a noticeable fraction.
Even so, I seriously doubt the $1500 he could have spent to learn to drive the thing properly would have been a serious expense.
Holy receding hairline, Batman!
Nothing money couldn’t fix apparently.
Lol i love how he called it X .com way back then and they renamed it to paypal.
Some prophetic words from the finance there.
I was thinking he wrecked his F1 but I think that was Rowan Atkinson…
According to another comment Musk wrecked his McLaren but so did Atkinson (twice!).
It’s like crazy high-performance sports cars are hard to drive.
I won a competition to drive a Ferrari F458 on a track. It was dope but it took me several tries to even pull away cleanly (this is after an hour long lesson about the track and 30min hands on with the car).
One of the Ferrari guys took it and warmed it up for me after which it behaved much better but it’s a long story to say that I can see an inexperienced driver screwing up badly in a super car especially when cold.
And the McLaren F1 is an older more raw car than the F458.
If I were into cars and had the money, I think it would be part of the joy of getting my new toy to pay up for a few days of track time with a good trainer.
But I guess I’m not surprised Mr. “I know more about manufacturing than literally anybody else” would be pretentious enough to just wing it and fuck it up gloriously.
The schools are worth the cost. It cost me $1500 for a 3 day course way back in '98. Same racing school is now $2050. I can say I gained a lot more control of my car after that.
That sounds reasonable and fun. Compared to the cost of a McLaren F1, it’s peanuts.
That’s not just a McLaren, that’s probably the most famous McLaren of all time.
The number of lies that came out of that Muppets mouth during that cringy piece was remarkable. My fav had to be ‘just three years ago i was sleeping on the floor on the YMCA hostel’. what an absolute fucking donkey of a human.
Calling him that is an insult to Muppets everywhere. You gotta know Gonzo would make a way better CEO.
I think I read somewhere he’s hopped up on ket every day (but someone correct me if wrong)
You don’t get hopped up on Ketamine, that’s for the comedown.
You get stimmed up on amphetamines, and then take the edge off with downers.
The way he’s slurring his words, I’d guess benzodiazapines (Xanax, Valium, etc.)
But I’m sure he’s taking Ketamine as well, and probably mixing up quite a few daily cocktails with who knows what else.
His dumbass is probably doing a bunch of RC’s to top it all off.
RC “nootropic stack”
That sounds brain melting. Like I’m all for amphetamines, they don’t work recreationally on me, but I know a lot of people who realized they had adhd when partying and trying Adderall left them thinking clearly. But benzos, nah I’ll take panic over benzos, those fuckers scare the shit out of me. Benzos will ruin your life if you let them.
he is lookin a little rough, even for that piece of shit
I LOVE KETAMINE SO FUCKING MUCH. I LOVE IT SO MUCH I PUT IT ALL ON MY MUSK.
I’d buy that.
His whole life story explains everything already. The drugs are just the icing on the cake.
Not as many things as untreated bipolar disorder would explain.