"Before you’re tempted to sneer at Elon for misspelling 'Khan', remember that Genghis Khan himself was unable to spell his own name, having never learned to read or write" uhh OK how is Elon Musk at firing a composite bow from horseback at a gallop? - ThreadSky

tomscocca.bsky.social • 11 hours ago

"Before you’re tempted to sneer at Elon for misspelling 'Khan', remember that Genghis Khan himself was unable to spell his own name, having never learned to read or write" uhh OK how is Elon Musk at firing a composite bow from horseback at a gallop?

Reposted from Tom Scocca

The real reason people say Musk is stupid is that every time he talks about any area that a particular person knows about, he reveals that he doesn’t understand the most basic things about it. Apparently this has never come up for Noah Smith.

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kitposting.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Presumably Musk did learn to read and write though?

So his misspelling it is actually fucking dumb and nothing to do with the illiterate war lord with a penchant for steppe logistics.

kitposting.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Tom…I trusted you.

Why did you make me read this.

How could you let this happen.

My day is ruined.

internethippo.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Say what you will about genghis khan but he was successful at killing millions

drewfolkestad.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Hey! That’s my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great Grandfather you’re smearing. Have some decorum

samsutliff.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I mean, there's a good shot it's also their
great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great Grandfather

jdemartino.bsky.social•11 hours ago

So many people it lowered the global temperature for a few years

dtipson.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Even he sometimes struggled in social situations with loud noises, a problem he would often deal with by his own personal "stim," driving a spear deep into human flesh

kathleenlenihan.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I was sure you were making a joke with the Khan bit. But a since my reality-o-meter is permanently on the fritz thanks to living in bizzaro world, I thought I should double check.

And not a joke. *deep sigh*

gotjane.bsky.social•10 hours ago

He would suck at it so he’d have someone else do it and claim he did it. That’s basically his business plan.

maaaatttt.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I remain convinced that Noah smith is doing a bit, because otherwise I have to confront the reality that an actual human being has takes this horrendous and that is jarring to my psyche.

jpgorman.bsky.social•11 hours ago

When I was younger I was pretty desperate to be taken seriously as a writer and commenter but it never worked out for me professionally, and now in my 40s I read shit like this and see what's become of the industry and thank whatever is good in the universe for steering me in another direction.

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social•11 hours ago

It's actually worse. These guys are like Matt Yglesias copycats. People looked at that fuckin dirty handed egg and decided to become the store brand version of him, on purpose.

And people couldn't get enough of the original so they read this thickheaded shit too

wowthatscoolmyguy.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I honest to God thought this quote was just a joke quote to make fun of how dumb his writing was, but no, I've now seen he has put that on the internet for everyone to see. And people are telling at Bouie for refusing to take him seriously.

nomads.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Stealing valor from *real* steppe warlords

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