He did the exact same thing after taking over Twitter, talking about "poorly batched RPCs" in the timeline which makes zero sense because that's obviously not how HTTP works.

The sad thing is Elon regularly shows how much of a very judgmental, "I'm so smart" idiot* he is, but somehow I keep meeting people who think he's a genius. I guess the assumption that money=smart still holds true in the US, despite being disproven time and time again.

*Do we not have a single word for this concept? I come across this kind of person so frequently there really should be one.

[–] CHKMRK@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

There's a saying in German - "Der dümmste Bauer hat die größten Kartoffeln", the dumbest farmer has the biggest potatoes

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Muskian fraud" seems like a good term for someone who desperately claims to be a genius but can't back it up. "Trumpian fraud" seems like a good term for someone who desperately claims to be wealthy but can't back it up.

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

I prefer the term "fElon Musk", considering he literally just stole tens of millions of dollars from the State of New York.

[–] indepndnt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Charlatan?

[–] cosmictrickster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Dunning-Krugerist?

[–] heisenbug4242@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Perhaps you're looking for the "appeal to money" logical fallacy, otherwise known as "argumentum ad crumenam" or "argument to the purse". Not a single word, but it seems to fit the concept.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Not just america, my inlaws In Australia think he shits pure gold. They were quite upset when i referred to him as "the perpetually khold idiot manchild" last Christmas