Elon Musk's smoked marijuana on the Joe Rogan podcast and it quickly became one
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was on the Joe Rogan experience on Thursday
night and in the two-and-a-half hour discussion, they touched on a range of
issues, which all seems to come back to why Elon Musk is such a doggone genius.
Video:"What's going on in --" Elon: "never-ending, never ending explosion." Joe: "it's just constant ideas, just
bouncing around?" Elon: "yes" Joe: "damn, so when everybody leaves, it's just Elon sitting
at home, brushing his teeth. Just bunch ideas bouncing around your head?" Elon: "yeah, all the time."
That's right, a never-ending (slow-mo) explosion.
Like flamethrowers, super fast cars and rocket ships. No big deal. Lots of people
have never ending explosions of ideas like that. They're called eight-year-old boys. He
also said he's close to developing a neural link product that will connect your brain to
your computer. What? I'm down. Although I am scared for people to see what's in here.
But the moment that really set the internet abuzz is when Joe Rogan offered
musk a blunt to smoke during the livestream. Joe: "How does it work? Do people get upset at you if you do
certain things? there's tobacoo and marijuana in there, that's all it is."
On the surface there's nothing really exciting going on
here. He's a super rich guy on a podcast where people typically
smoke pot in a state where it's legal to do so. But something about the way he stares at the
blunts and smokes it and then shrugs it off for not affecting him immediately, it
just really struck a chord online. For me watching this, it's like everything in Elon's brain
seems mystical and magical. And I'm down for that.
Interpreting Musk's Post Tok thought process, writer David Itzkoff tweeted
"so the dogs of Paw Patrol, they can talk and drive cars and fly planes ...but the cats ....they're just, like, cats..."
and TV writer Jess Dweck wrote "Elon Musk is such an innovator he created a way to look lame smoking a
blunt" Podcast host Rob Russeau tweeted "Ok Elon, here's our big moment. act like
you've been here before. just a regular guy smoking weed with the friend. here
we go." And musk himself seems to have enjoy the experience tweeting "good time
to Joe Rogan I have a business magnet." But not everyone thinks it's just fun
and games, primarily Tesla stockholders and financial analysts. Video: "I don't think
anyone should be in a situation where their company is completely under a
cloud, where he's completely under cloud and he does something that I regard as being un-sunny,
unstable." The stock dropped 9% the morning after the interview and this
is all coming within a tough stretch for the automaker. A month ago, Musk hinted he
wanted to take the company private again, then later took it back. Also in August,
Musk gave an interview to the New York Times where he became overcome with
emotion while detailing the stress and sleepless nights of running multiple
companies. And we haven't even gotten to the part where he accused the diver who
rescued the children stuck in the cave and Thailand of being a pedophile. All
this has led some people to think that musk is struggling on an emotional and mental front.
Dr. Eugene Gu wrote "Elon Musk is not a government official contributing to the destruction of American
democracy. He's going through a tough time and making fun of him to the point that his named trends on Twitter
only makes things worse for a struggling human being." And Samantha Ruddy tweeted "I feel
bad for Elon Musk because he's gonna be the first person to smoke weed, get
paranoid and say 'is everybody talking about me??' and the there is actually yes." Finally, a few
commenters pointed out how easy it is for a couple of white people like Rogan
and musk to light up on camera, while many poor people of color don't have
that luxury. CNN political commentator Keith Boykin tweeted "black kids are
still being arrested for smoking weed in many of America's cities, but Elon Musk
and Joe Rogan are sitting here smoking blunts on camera and California. Marijuana should be legal in all
50 states." It's true, when you get right down to it, lighting up late at night is not a big deal. And a vast majority of
Americans agree on that. Is it fair to criticize Elon for some of his weird
behavior over the past few months? Sure. But smoking weed with
Joe on a podcast should not be the thing that's sending Tesla execs scrambling for the
exit. The memes are funny though. What do you think? She Elon Musk have thought
twice before token up with Joe Rogan? Let us know in the comments below and be
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