Top Ten Pet Peeves of Elon Musk

Being impersonated on SNL by Mike Myers
When a jerk with no sense of humor mocks the mini-submarine I built for the 2018 Thai cave rescue
Simplistic baby names that don't contain the ligature æ OR the letter "X"
Being mistaken for Emil Bove
Fact checkers / dorks who are clueless about the origin of the Martian word "grok" (tie)
Uncool people who don't get my hilarious 420/weed jokes
Boring, uninspired baby names like Noah and Liam
Birth control / unnecessary use of lidar and radar in self-driving cars by decision-makers who are not as brilliant as me (tie)
When ignorant kids laugh at me and call me "Elmo"
When people are always whining about trim panels that detach easily

Posted November 9, 2025

Commentary

As we drafted this list, we came to the sudden realization that we are internet trolls. It's bad enough we make fun of Trump, but what did Elon Musk ever do to us? And what does this content we're publishing do to make the world into a better place? Frankly, we're not sure why we didn't realize until just now that we are trolls. Sobering.

Yeah, we feel a little guilty, but that won't stop us from posting.

The jokes here aren't even very creative. Sure, Musk gives strange names to his kids, but that's nothing new (items 8 and 4). We worked in some humor about the technology for self-driving cars, where Musk has pursued a "camera only" approach (item 3). We even used a joke from a 2018 event (item 9)! Omg that is sooo 7 years ago. Our favorite joke is probably item 2.

Drafting this list was a learning experience. We now know the meaning of "ligature" (two letters that are crammed together, like a and e combine to make æ, as in Exa Dark Sideræl). And if you don't like "ligature," you can refer to it as a "dipthong." Who knew?

Maybe we need a few lists on more general topics to cleanse our palate.

This image of "kids laughing and calling a grown man 'ELMO' " was created by Klugmeister using artificial intelligence software. The image was reviewed by Klugmeister before posting on this web page.

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