• LuckyDevil@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    “There are more people that die in Europe from heat deaths than people that die from gun deaths in America. Why aren’t you writing an article about air conditioning?” asked Musk.

    “Well, we’ve done several on air conditioning, and we had on our cover last week a whole long piece about…” said Beddoes.

    “Pro-air conditioning?” Musk asked sheepishly.

    “Very pro-air conditioning,” she responded. “You should read us sometime.”

    It’s kind of the perfect moment. Musk throws out some meaningless gotcha and then asks why the media isn’t talking about something that he’s become hyperfocused on. In his ignorance, he demonstrates they actually are writing about the thing he cares about. And he just looks like an idiot.

    I especially liked this part. The video of this exchange is even better! He thinks he’s sooooo smart with these middle school level retorts…