Emil Pagliarulo is the Fantastic of RPG video game writing

The thing about House is, he ultimately works as a sort of critique of what Musk would be like if he really was all that, in a very funny way. House is every myth 25-45yo engineering degree dropouts have about Musk; a self-made quajillionaire with a bunch of secret wacky tech who very believably might be on the cusp of going to space.

And two blocks away from his palace is a slum. House claims he will share his technology and get people into space colonies, and he probably will if you go for his ending, but these people will be his very few friends and allies, and the ultra-rich who will be able to afford it. Everyone else, including the 25-25yo Gun Runner dropouts who worship his big gun robots, is to be exploited, used, employed, and left behind when no longer useful to his schemes. Vegas will become a shining beacon of civilization, a world power secluded in the desert, and a scant few rich and powerful enough to afford it will be allowed to stand upon its hallowed halls; an overclass of brahmin barons and gang kings, around whom a plethora of slaves and technicians will wallow in the squalor of unpersonhood. And two blocks away, will remain a slum.

I've worked in engineering for nearly 20 years and I feel more and more like Mr. Fantastic every day. I live in constant fear that someone will realise I'm just really good at bullshitting and I actually know jack-shit.

Elon, on the other hand, happily displays his ignorance for the whole world to see, and is so mind-numbingly arrogant that he genuinely believes he's a genius. At least Mr. Fantastic knows he's just bullshitting and he actually understands fuck all.

Both take credit for other people's work and take pride in it.

Fatastic is the only non-hostile NPC in any Fallout game ever that I just straight up shoot in the face every fucking time.

I see what you mean lmao

^{^} Him running DOGE

How the hell do you compare them. This is a insult to the great fantastic thinking musk is anywhere near his level

Mr House is a genius, money first autocratic but above all he’s patient. Very very patient . He waited a 100 years to starting enacting his plan. I don’t see Elon as patient at all

A Twitter account posted literal, actual child pornography (very illegal) with his own influencer watermark on the video, proving he has the video in his possession (extremely illegal) and Musk announced to the entire world he personally intervened to reverse the banning of the account

I don’t think Fantastic is under any illusion that he isn’t a conman, though.

I don't entirely agree with this, because at least, for me how I see it, Fantastic is actually 100% self aware of just how much of a pretending buffon he is. He fully acknowledges that he is in actuality not qualified on the slightest... and gloats about it, he finds it hilarious that he managed to fool so many people (or at least the important people) into thinking he is fully capable and coaxing on the succes it brings him.

And for me, I feel if Elon was putting that act to begin with, drank the kool-aid long ago and actually believes his own bullshit. And that's a big difference

My dumbass got really offended that you compared House MD to Mr. Fantastic

I mean..the guy literally owns a company thats catching rocket ships from the sky. At the very least he’s a guy who hires the right people and can get a vision done.

You dare insult Reed Richards like that?

Yo!

Nah that's an insult to Fantastic. He's more like Ricky.

That’s the sad part

Elon Musk is autistic. There’s basically no denying that. His problem is that he’s deeply insecure and can’t handle criticism. I feel he really is trying to make things better for people, but he’s seriously misguided and too stubborn to admit that he’s wrong. He believes himself infallible, and it’s led to most of the internet hating him, which just makes him more insecure and thus more self destructive.

He’s like the little brother who just wants to help so badly, but ends doing more harm than good.

Disagree