How Elon Musk Became the King of Cringe

In this article we want to talk about the strange antics of Elon Musk, which cause a feeling of Spanish shame. There have been a surprising number of them lately.

Musk is, first and foremost, a talented businessman. His fortune at the beginning of 2025 reached $433 billion, which makes Elon the richest person in the world. He owns Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and SolarCity, as well as the social network X (banned in the Russian Federation). And since January 20, he has held the positions of Senior Advisor to the President of the United States and Head of the Department of Government Effectiveness.

At the same time, Musk often commits questionable acts and makes ambiguous statements. If at first they were perceived as unusual behavior of a creative person and even aroused interest, then over time they began to be treated with caution. Many such actions are called cringe — this is how in modern slang you can describe an emotion that makes you feel uneasy.

Elon Musk has 14 children from different women. Most of them have ordinary names, but in the case of some, the billionaire decided to act original. The name Xavier in honor of the head of the X-Men may raise questions, but fits into the current fashion of naming children after characters of popular culture. For example, during the popularity of Game of Thrones, many girls were named Khaleesi.

But the name of his youngest son with the singer Grimes is X Æ A-Xii. It is pronounced "Ex Ash A-Twelve." It was this boy who wiped his snot on Donald Trump's desk in the Oval Office, after which he was sent for reconstruction. Musk's daughter with the same girl was named Exa Dark Sideræl. However, after a while, her name was changed to Y.

When Elon acquired Twitter, he stated that he would allow free and open speech on the platform. However, first of all, this concerned, it seems, Musk himself and his closest supporters. Here is an example of a post that looks unusual for such a famous person.

At the same time, Elon encouraged other people to leave “informative, beautiful and positive posts” (verbatim quote).

As for other users, according to statistics, the number of blocked Twitter accounts has tripled since Musk took over. Some of them were banned because they did not support his opinions on various issues. And some very famous people and large organizations, including media, lost their verification checkbox for not sharing Musk’s thoughts on politics or criticizing the new Twitter leadership.

At the same time, Elon does not hesitate to create fake accounts, give them blue check marks and ensure promotion. One of them is Adrian Dittman, a conservative and technocrat whose ideas are completely in line with Musk's opinion. On the Internet, you can find investigations that prove that we are talking about the owner of the social network himself.

In November 2024, many media outlets discussed that Elon Musk entered the top twenty players of Diablo 4. To achieve such a result, you need to spend an incredible amount of time on the Blizzard project. But not everyone was confused at the time.

Last December, the beta test of Path of Exile 2 began. Then the billionaire demonstrated a well-pumped hero. However, Musk accidentally showed his nickname. After a short investigation, it turned out that his hero was registered on a Hong Kong server and traded in Chinese. Why Elon needed this is unclear. The only explanation is that we are talking about another player who provides screenshots and videos to the hero of our article.

Moreover, on one of the streams, Musk demonstrated his inability to play Path of Exile 2. He had a level 95 hero at his disposal. However, the businessman himself could not open the desired map for a long time, missed valuable loot and transferred items to the inventory one by one. The conclusion suggests itself that he was simply given someone else's account.

After the revelations, Elon admitted that other players really helped him.

Criticizing the interlocutor for the fact that his figure does not correspond to the ideal is a dubious move. It clearly says that the person has run out of arguments, and the speaker is ready to stoop to discussing appearance. But in the case of Musk, the situation is even more absurd, because he reproaches the person for being overweight, but at the same time he himself is far from the ideal of male beauty in terms of figure.

This topic arose relatively recently, but there is a high probability that it will develop in the future. It all started with Elon's gesture at the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump, which looks exactly like a Nazi salute. For such actions, some people received real criminal sentences or lost the opportunity to build a career.

Musk's supporters claim that this gesture is a Roman salute, which was used during the Roman Empire. His movements can also be interpreted as a sign meaning "my heart is with you."

It is also worth noting that Musk supported the German party "Alternative for Germany".

The billionaire does not hide the fact that he likes being discussed. But the problem is not even that he is not 12 years old, but 52 years old. The main thing is that we are talking about a person who holds an important position in one of the most influential countries in the world. But what if, for the sake of another joke or performance, he wants to do something like that in the field of politics and economics? The consequences can be unpredictable.

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