Elon Musk has called a British diver who helped rescue schoolboys from a flooded cave in Thailand ‘pedo guy’ on Twitter. The entrepreneur’s outburst came after diver Vern Unsworth told Mr Musk to “stick his submarine where it hurts” after describing his offer to help with a miniature submersible as a “PR stunt”. Mr Musk travelled to the Tham Luang caverns in Chiang Rai this week and presented the six-foot submarine – which he said could help free 12 schoolboys and their football coach stranded for weeks inside the cave. But Mr Unsworth, who was instrumental in rescuing the school football team, said the vessel the SpaceX and Tesla boss invented “had absolutely no chance of working” because the inventor “had no conception of what the cave passage was like”. In response to criticism from the diver, Mr Musk defended his invention through a series of tweets before adding: “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.” After facing backlash for the comment, the billionaire added: “Bet ya a signed dollar it’s true.” Mr Musk wrote on Twitter: “Never saw this British expat guy who lives in Thailand (sus) at any point when we were in the caves. “Only people in sight were the Thai navy/army guys, who were great. Thai navy seals escorted us in – total opposite of wanting us to leave. “Water level was actually very low & still (not flowing) – you could literally have swum to Cave 5 with no gear, which is obv how the kids got in. “If not true, then I challenge this dude to show final rescue video.” He then added: “You know what, don’t bother showing the video. We will make one of the mini-sub/pod going all the way to Cave 5 no problemo. Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.” The chief of the rescue mission described the device as “not practical” for the operation, which required squeezing the boys through tight, jagged passageways. All 13 were later rescued by divers without Mr Musk’s help, although Thai authorities said the submarine may come in useful for future missions. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...iver-vern-unsworth-twitter-pedo-a8448366.html
Everyday, I open the news on the internet. The Entertainment section has its daily Kardashian news. The Science section has its daily Musk news. Then I go to my favorite Space message board. Musk fanboys dominate and silence their opponents. Finally something new. A cave search. So I stayed up all night (Thai time zone) following it in real time for a couple of weeks. Pretty soon, Musk heard about it. The newshound sniffed and started his usual tweet campaign. As I read the minute-by-minute news from Thailand, some tidbit about Musk and his quickie 6-foot submarine was announced every few hours, interrupting the real news. (His companies have no experience in subs.) If he truly wants to help non-space world problems with technology, why did he pick only the fashionable fad of the moment? Why did he hop onto the bandwagon of an issue in the headlines temporarily for a week, instead of quietly helping the 3rd world with lasting technology? Musk is the publicity-seeking Kardashian of engineering.
Musk was tring to get attention and the other guy got butthurt that he was cutting into his action. It's just a dick swinging contest at this point. Let's hope no Thai children are caught in the crossfire.
And how does this relate to the topic? That we're talking about Thailand? I hear that some Thais drink milk. Let's talk about milk.
I'm a fan of Musk but that's a pathetic response, to accuse someone of pedophilia just because they insulted you. The kids are saved dude, who gives a shit about if your submarine can make it to cave 5.
I, too, am offended by Maris. I did NOT get the sex joke. I stand with Womens Libbers. Sex disparages women and must stop right now.
Tying up some loose threads... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50695593.amp
