He's joking, right?
Closing Time
Well, it’s finally happened: Elon Musk is quitting the companies he’s helped build to become a full-time influencer.
Or at least that’s what he claimed in a likely-facetious-but-maybe-also-slightly-self-aware tweet that had more than a few people wondering if he was being serious.
"Thinking of quitting my jobs and becoming an influencer full-time [what do you think]," the world’s wealthiest man tweeted to his audience of 65 million.
Billionaire Pareidolia
The prolific meme stealer has been known to use Twitter as a sounding board for some of his more audacious ideas. So we wouldn’t put it past us if Elon was thinking about becoming a full-time influencer.
Plus if you consider the fact that he recently crowdsourced his decision to sell a big chunk of his Tesla stock, is staring down the barrel of bankruptcy with one of his biggest companies, and is being sued for $160 million by one of the world’s largest banks, it might start to make sense that he'd wants out.
There's also the intriguing possibility that the tweet represented a flash of self-awareness. After all, Musk is already a massive influencer in his own right, who can literally change market conditions with just a tweet. He arguably memed both the private spaceflight and electric vehicle industries into existence. Sure, he's not exactly a Kardashian, but it's hard to argue that he isn't already one of the world's most visible influencers.
New Paul Dropped
Besides, maybe he really does want to get big doing TikTok dances — remember his cringey EDM song? Or maybe he’ll start a thirst trap Instagram page for people who are into questionable haircut decisions? The possibilities for his influencer career are endless!
Of course, this is likely just a big joke from Musk, who enjoys stirring the pot 280 characters at a time. But at the same time, we wouldn't be too surprised if he moved back to LA to join an influencer house.
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