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JohnSJ

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5. Exactly. He just became more public about it.

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Tue May 23, 2023, 07:35 AM

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Around what year did Musk start to become "odd"? [View all] BigmanPigman May 2023 OP

Kicking this because I'd like to know, too. All I've got is the observation, "Power corrupts... Hekate May 2023 #1

He certainly seems "mad" to me. BigmanPigman May 2023 #2

No, he was never the average lbertarian type. He was always odd JI7 May 2023 #3

Exactly. He just became more public about it. JohnSJ May 2023 #5

I'm sure he's always been this way. Dorian Gray May 2023 #4

I believe so Johonny May 2023 #18

He certainly wavered politically in the last six years... allegorical oracle May 2023 #6

It's definitely not a recent development JHB May 2023 #7

Twitter ruins everyone Sympthsical May 2023 #8

+1 Mad_Machine76 May 2023 #11

I'm Also Fascinated By Cosmology ProfessorGAC May 2023 #14

Michelle Thaller was very formative for me Sympthsical May 2023 #17

Whatever day it was he came out of his mother's womb. GoCubsGo May 2023 #9

Exactly! RobinA May 2023 #10

Musk is a conman, not a crackpot. hunter May 2023 #15

+1 dalton99a May 2023 #27

When his daughter announced that she is transgender zuul May 2023 #12

I think the day he launched the Tesla into space we knew he was eccentric. Liberal In Texas May 2023 #13

Out of touch Johnny2X2X May 2023 #16

Ummm ... what year was he born??? marble falls May 2023 #19

Odd as in spouting nonsense or odd as in being a "nerd" contrarian to be noticed? haele May 2023 #20

Conception. Weird father for starters. UTUSN May 2023 #21

According to his mother, Elon's father was very abusive highplainsdem May 2023 #22

He was always been odd...he named his factory areas after racist tropes like planatation... Demsrule86 May 2023 #23

I don't think its an answerable question... brooklynite May 2023 #24

It's after Biden had a big EV conference and Tesla wasn't invited. Kablooie May 2023 #25

He lost me when he began pinning for the days of Apartheid. icymist May 2023 #26

In his early Tesla years moondust May 2023 #28

Ironically... 10 years ago (Ish) WarGamer May 2023 #30

Weird. moondust May 2023 #31

I think tesla owners have skewed right for a long time. WarGamer May 2023 #32

always been odd. WarGamer May 2023 #29

At birth Dave says May 2023 #33

What year was he born? ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #34