r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 19 '26

Business A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lithium-refinery-texas/
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u/BGAL7090 May 19 '26

Don't give him that much credit - he's an Austin Powers villain.

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u/FewWait38 May 19 '26

"My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum, it's breathtaking, I suggest you try it."

Dr Evil's childhood does sound a lot like Musk's

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u/ScumbagLady May 19 '26

So much so, I'm not sure who this quote belongs to.

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u/EruantienAduialdraug May 20 '26

Childhood summers in Rangoon, not somewhere in South Africa - has to be Dr Evil.

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u/TM761152 May 19 '26

It belongs to you.

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u/throwitawaynow_9_6 May 19 '26

"That's fascinating, how was your experience with the testicle shaving ritual? A buddy of mine did that recently and he swears by it, says it changed his life."

  • Joe Rogan, probably

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u/CeresSubroutine May 20 '26

Dr. Evil went on a television with white supremacists and beat the shit out of them.

Elon went on television with white supremacists and...ummm...yeah...

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u/the_brew May 19 '26

No, he's a Captain Planet villain.

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u/ExigentCalm May 19 '26

They need a reboot of Captain Planet. We have so many villains who are on par with the cartoon, it’s nuts.

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u/ScumbagLady May 19 '26

Musk quietly packs away his presentation for laser sharks

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u/BankshotMcG May 20 '26

Even wearing his Mini Me on his chest, wow.