Space-X CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter antics this year have, so far, resulted in a public call-out (after he tweeted, “pronouns suck”) from his partner, Grimes (who said, “I cannot support hate”), and a dressing down from an Egyptian official after Musk tweeted, “Aliens built the pyramids.” Now, he’s dug himself another hole over COVID after months of controversial statements, including his claim that by April 2020, there would be “close to zero” cases of the virus. On Sunday, Musk got sidelined from Sunday’s Space-X Crew Dragon launch after revealing that he “most likely” contracted the virus and was suffering cold-like symptoms, but he didn’t sound like he believed that he’s positive for COVID.
Elon seemed salty about being unable to join in the festivities, and he questioned whether something was amiss with the tests or on an even larger scope (yep, he’s edging toward conspiracy-theory-land).”Something extremely bogus is going on,” the billionaire tweeted. “Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD.”
Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020
Musk received some swift comeuppance from scientist Emma Bell, who not only dubbed him as “Space Karen” but explained why he was receiving different rapid test results.
https://twitter.com/emmabell42/status/1327586649765769218
“Rapid antigen tests trade sensitivity for speed,” Bell explained. “They return a result in [less than] 30 minutes, but can only detect COVID-19 when you’re absolutely riddled with it. What’s bogus is that Space Karen didn’t read up on the test before complaining to his millions of followers.” She continued with a graph-illustrated further rationale.
https://twitter.com/emmabell42/status/1327588984638369792
And at that point, a “Space Karen” photoshop appeared to speak with your manager. That hair! People couldn’t get enough.
I will never not laugh at Space Karen https://t.co/InvR5sTRMy pic.twitter.com/92vQfIyzHi
— Dan Hett (@danhett) November 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/Goose80782836/status/1328314140193140737
https://twitter.com/gothytim/status/1328264802263773184
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1328307294094897152
The academic who called Elon Musk ‘Space Karen’ won Monday for me.
— Zamandlovu Ndlovu💉😷 (@Ms_ZamaNdlovu) November 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/captainward/status/1328269462836047873
https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1328272074083864577
Finally, this tweet will have The Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker” stuck in my head all week, and somehow, I’m not mad about it.
Some people call him the Space Karen.
Yeah
Some call him discount Tony Stark.
Johnny Depp calls him Elon MolluscBecause he thought he slept with his wife.
Be he's a Joker, he play poker, he's a radio show toker……..
— Ghost_Who_Walks (@Ghostthatwalks9) November 16, 2020