After the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, Elon did a tweet about “if you reuse the truss steel that fell, it could be functioning in 3-6 months” I told then-13 about this and he said “Wait, I know, let’s just hit it with ANOTHER ship so the bridge will fall back up”

Your kid inherited your wit I see, I love that

both my children have the absolute audacity to be funnier than me

You have taught them well!

How very dare?

Reminds me of when I was telling somebody how Elon Musk is not even remotely an engineer. "The most generous explanation is that he mistook a material specification for an assembly tolerance, which still means he doesn't know something that basic."

like my dude, when gen alpha is torching you on your understanding of metallurgy and heavy industry, you are fucking COOKED

I remember Elon Musk saying, with a perfectly straight face, that after manufacturing the Cybertruck he knew more about manufacturing than anyone else

I think many of them actually do know. They’re all just terrified of making Trump angry, making him look like he was wrong.

They want to think it’s like 1899 when Henry Ford opened his factory or something. Supply chains are global and complex! There is more regulation! Technologies have advanced! Etc.

I mean, when Rumsfeld went on about “unknown unknowns” little did he know he was describing his party’s governing ethos in 2025