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[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -3 points 3 months ago

Obviously Tony Stark is fictiona Tony Stark was based on Howard Hughes.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah but Hughes ran a magazine empire. Tony Stark was like, "what if someone had Hughes' charisma but also the knowledge to use his resources to develop world-saving technology". Musk didn't have that charisma but was able to fake it for a while and the develop tech part IMO is more of what makes Tony Stark than the rest of it.

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

Hughes built aircraft, cars, dated addresses and owned casinos.

He is the guy in charge of the spruce goose.

Are you thinking of Hearst ?

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Oh my bad, I was thinking of Hugh Hefner.

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

That’s playboy.

Howard Hughes is who Tony stark is based on. Fascinating man.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that's why I thought the Stark comparison was stronger with who we thought Musk was at one time lol.

I see it now though, now that I understand who you actually meant.

[-] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

If you haven’t read about Hughes, do so. It’s interesting to see everything he did and what a celebrity he was. That’s who Elon wanted to be.

Sadly Hughes died a horrible death. Was very odd as he got older due to his injuries.

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