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danaris 85 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What happened to nerds?

His "ventures" started out with PayPal. Not exactly nerd culture.

For the nerdy ones, he bought his way in; he never actually founded Tesla.

Everything you think you know about him, at least as expressed in this post, is a result of his carefully crafted PR propaganda.

jimbokun 85 days ago | [–]

Suggesting nerds were never interested in electronic payment systems seems like a very No True Scotsman argument to me.

zozbot234 85 days ago | [–]

Buying one's way in doesn't exactly negate being interested in the underlying venture. He still had to provide significant funding.

joquarky 85 days ago | [–]

Where did he get that funding?

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