Engaging in political discussion is not what this list is for, I also don't think it's a good idea to be making political statements using work email addresses. On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 at 17:29, Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) via Outages-discussion <outages-discussion@outages.org> wrote:
"That’s just, like, your opinion, man.”
Dictionary definitions are not inherently political. The word “megalomaniac" fits Elon Musk to a T—even when you don’t take his politics into account.
- Merriam-Webster: a mania for great or grandiose performance
- Cambridge Dictionary: someone who has an unnaturally strong wish for power and control, or thinks that they are much more important and powerful than they really are.
- Wiktionary: megalomania is an obsession with power, wealth, fame, and a passion for grand schemes.
Elon Musk has a known history of megalomania for nearly two decades including his work at Paypal, Tesla, The Boring Company, Hyperloop, and SpaceX / StarLink.
On Jul 24, 2025, at 3:04 PM, Tim Burke <tim@mid.net> wrote:
This is not the place for political opinions. Starlink is a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX.
On Jul 24, 2025, at 16:57, Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) via Outages-discussion <outages-discussion@outages.org> wrote:
FYI: SpaceX is not the same as StarLink, despite both companies being controlled by the same megalomaniac.
If SpaceX ever went “down,” it would be the result of a catastrophic rocket explosion that destroyed the launchpads at Vandenberg or Cape Canaveral beyond all recognition. And then we’d be making darkly humorous references to the Kerbal Space Program: “You will not go to space today.”
-Brad
On Jul 24, 2025, at 1:43 PM, Mike Hammett via Outages <outages@outages.org> wrote:
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