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Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, hilariously compared liberal Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to Apple’s new “woke” pregnant man emoji.
This brilliantly pokes fun at how liberals believe in science as long as it has nothing to do with biological facts. Going a step further, Musk captioned the photo: “in case u need to lose a boner fast.” Take a look:
in case u need to lose a boner fast pic.twitter.com/fcHiaXKCJi
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022
Gates isn’t alone as Musk has also recently criticized Netflex for going “woke.” Netflix has backed a number of far-left films, such as a show about the life of Colin Kaepernick. The failed NFL quarterback, who was cut and shamefully sued the league, became notorious for claiming the NFL bears a resemblance to slavery and proceeded to kneel during the National Anthem.
Elon Musk responded with 8 simple words: “The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable.” This came in response to news that Netflix shares dropped 20% after reporting it lost subscribers for the first time in more than 10 years. Take a look:
The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2022
Rumors are circulating that Gates approached Musk to discuss “philanthropy possibilities,” but Musk allegedly asked Gates, “Do you still have a half-billion dollar short position against Tesla?”
“Sorry to say I haven’t closed it out. I would like to discuss philanthropy possibilities,” Gates responded.
“Sorry, but I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change,” Musk allegedly fired back.
Musk had apparently responded to this post confirming the validity of the conversation shortly before mocking Gates’ appearance. It’s unclear if this is true, but here’s the text message screenshots that are circulating:
So apparently Bill Gates hit up @elonmusk to discuss “philanthropy on climate change” but Elon asked if he still had a half billion dollar short position on $TSLA.
Bill said he hasn’t closed it out, so Elon told him to get lost. No idea if this is true lol pic.twitter.com/iuHkDG3bAd
— Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) April 22, 2022
With respect to Netflex, the company has supported Critical Race Theory advocate Ibram X. Kendi to adapt his book “Antiracist Baby” into an animated kids’ show. Netflix also came under fire for producing “Cuties,” a French film that depicts pre-pubescent girls in sexually provocative situations.
Netflix is also producing a series called “He’s Expecting”:
Title in English: “He’s expecting” pic.twitter.com/Bh1G3bH2gn
— Turbopints (@turbopints) April 20, 2022
Netflix lost 200K subscribers in Q1 and expect to lose another 2M in Q2
It's the first time they lost subscribers in over a decade pic.twitter.com/R6Km2JKxJU
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) April 19, 2022
Musk tweeted a few more times. He even agreed it was the “greatest threat to civilization”:
Yes
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 20, 2022
Extremely concerning. Who is pushing this censorship/deplatforming? Very shadowy.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 19, 2022
Shares of Netflix cratered more than 20% on Tuesday after the company reported a loss of 200,000 subscribers during the first quarter. This is the first time the streamer has reported a subscriber loss in more than a decade. From a report:
“The company also said it expects to lose 2 million subscribers in the second quarter. A loss of 200,000 compared with 2.73 million adds expected, according to StreetAccount estimates. Netflix previously told shareholders it expected to add 2.5 million net subscribers during the first quarter. Analysts had predicted that number will be closer to 2.7 million. The company said that the suspension of its service in Russia and the winding-down of all Russian paid memberships resulted in a loss of 700,000 subscribers. Excluding this impact, Netflix would have seen 500,000 net additions during the most recent quarter.”