---
title: "6 Things Elon Musk Could Be Doing Instead of Denying He’s a Furry"
description: "Don't get us wrong: there's nothing wrong with being a furry. But here are five things Musk could be working on instead of tweeting."
date: "2019-04-03"
modified: "2019-04-04"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/6-things-elon-musk-furry"
categories:
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "furries"
  - "the digest"
  - "tweeting"
---

# 6 Things Elon Musk Could Be Doing Instead of Denying He’s a Furry

![Don't get us wrong: there's nothing wrong with being a furry. But here are five things Musk could be working on instead of tweeting.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6-things-elon-musk-furry.png>)
*\<em\>Image: MICHAEL KOVAC/GETTY IMAGES/VICTOR TANGERMANN\</em\>*

Today, Elon Musk took to Twitter to [deny he was a furry](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1113543460710039553>). Minutes later, he added to the mystery by [clarifying that](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1113545297311948803>) he might identify as "fur-curious."

Here are six other things Musk could be dealing with.

1. Running SpaceX, Tesla, and several other prominent future-facing companies.
2. Focusing on SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, scheduled for [this coming Sunday](<https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2019/04/03/falcon-heavy-roadways-avoid-during-weekend-launch/3355502002/>).
3. Preparing for a court battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is working to [hold him in contempt](<https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/03/business/sec-elon-musk-hearing-walkup/index.html>) for Tweeting.
4. Getting Teslas to "full self-driving" by the end of 2020, [as promised](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-demo-full-self-driving>) a month ago.
5. The constant strain of being held to account by the [cruel and capricious media industry who hold him to the impossibly high standard that could only be fairly applied to someone capable of changing the universe's technological paradigms ](<https://futurism.com>).
6. Reaching the Moon, [in his own words](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-reach-moon-starship-raptor>), "as fast as possible."

**More on Elon Musk:** [The Five Funniest Things about the SEC’s Lawsuit against Elon Musk](<https://futurism.com/sec-lawsuit-elon-musk-highlights>)

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net>)