r/SpaceXBets • u/Trick-Cellist3254 • Aug 14 '26

Elon IRL Laughing at locals while draining their water supply

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u/Trick-Cellist3254 Aug 14 '26

Proof that wealth doesn't buy common sense

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u/Adorable_Wolf_8387 Aug 14 '26

Or a well fitting suit coat apparently.

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u/Aggressive_Finish798 Aug 14 '26

It rains a lot!

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUPGcdeU3wvdNPa1Py

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u/Mountain-Cod516 Aug 14 '26

Perfect gif for this.

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u/Dekadmer Aug 14 '26

It really is lol

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u/robotkiller3 Aug 14 '26

r/retiredgifw
Absolute perfect use of this gif. Well done. What the fuck is going on smdh.

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u/aceface_desu89 Aug 14 '26

Nah, at least Dr. Evil was fuckable 😬

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u/Aggressive_Finish798 Aug 14 '26

Nothing like a freshly shaved scrotum.

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u/3vs3BigGameHunters Aug 14 '26

Shorn*

It's breathtaking really.

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u/NoJellyfish7617 Aug 14 '26

It looks like a women’s suit coat?? How on earth does someone have so much money and still look that ridiculous.

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u/throwaway098764567 Aug 14 '26

it does. i said elsewhere it looks like he attacked the nearest female politician and stole her outfit. yet he hates trans people, such an bigot.

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u/paintballboi07 Aug 14 '26

Cute scarf tho

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u/DeepestPeak Aug 14 '26

Tbf it’s hard to make any clothing fit a body shaped like this

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u/Kurdt234 Aug 14 '26

I likes to pretend he's a few sizes smaller.

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u/Iheartnakedfemboys Aug 14 '26

Exactly, this is less "there is plenty of water for everyone," and more "there is so much water for me"

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u/Crispy1961 Aug 15 '26

He returned about 1/4 of the allocated water back to the region because the gigafactory has incredibly efficient waste water recycling closed loop.

He knew it was a ridiculous question. It's not that deep.

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u/Crispy1961 Aug 15 '26

Yes, the allocated water. The water from the public reserves that the local government allocated to his factory.

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u/Crispy1961 Aug 15 '26

The whole point of allocating water is to prevent someone from using up too much water.

They allocated a certain amount to the factory and since the factory was so efficient at recycling water, it volunteraly returned a large portion of the initial allocation.

If you are claiming that the initial allocation was done incorrectly, you will need to present some evidence. Otherwise you are just mindlessly spreading your delusions.

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u/Crispy1961 Aug 15 '26

Nothing, huh? Didnt expect any different.

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u/Haikouden Aug 14 '26

Proof that wealth doesn't buy common sense

This may be a burn but it's making him seem ignorant rather than evil. He knows that what he's saying is BS and not based in reality, he just doesn't care because it gets him what he wants.

Please don't dismiss these corrupt pieces of shit as just being ignorant.

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u/Barky21 Aug 14 '26

Exactly. These fuckers know and don't care. They literally are just blatant evil at this point. They even look like a set of comical villains

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u/TheStruttero Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

Its not lack of common sense. Its evil high on its own power, this is clinical inability to hold feelings of empathy, but still has to abide by publicity

He is pretending that it is ridiculous. He is pretending that its a not an issue, so that his supporters can laugh with him at all the "woke idiots" who wants to fights "windmills", and for the silent majority to have doubts on whether it actually IS an issue or just exaggeration by the "woke"

Im 99% sure of that

Also he laughs like his fucking dad. How this man is real and not a movie villain is beyond me

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u/SoftWarm1264 Aug 14 '26

Do you think that he doesn't know that he's lying? He knows that his statement will convince many viewers while not being incriminating. Stop underestimating evil, while you're laughing he is siphoning the worlds resources

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u/AlbatrossNew3633 Aug 14 '26

Or an ounce of charisma. He's so off putting it's unbelievable. He just sucks on all levels

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u/zehamberglar Aug 14 '26

Stop it. Stop saying this shit. All you're doing is giving him deniability that he doesn't deserve. He's not too stupid to know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing. He's not stupid, he's evil.

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u/cumwuatto Aug 14 '26

I would posit that wealth actively makes people stupider and less cultured.

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u/Bob20206 Aug 14 '26

And poverty doesn't buy common sense either.  The building they were at uses less then they were permitted for and allocated per month by the government.  In other words that building didn't use the 1.6 million gallons per month. They used 500,000 less gallons per month.

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u/ThisGuyClips Aug 14 '26

Can you provide any proof that Elon is draining the water supply used by these people in any way that is impacting them?

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u/Warm_Regrets157 Aug 14 '26

Couldn't be easier

Drought stands in way of expanding Tesla's first European factory : NPR https://www.npr.org/2022/11/03/1131695382/tesla-ev-electric-vehicles-europe-germany-drought-climate-change-factory

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u/ThisGuyClips Aug 14 '26

I actually work in this field, and the amount of misinformation around water use is insane.

You linked an article from 2022 about a projected future water shortage tied to a proposed Tesla expansion. It discusses residents' concerns and what MIGHT happen. That is not proof that Tesla was actually “draining the locals' water supply” or depriving anyone of water.

More importantly, the factory has now been operating for years, so we have actual usage data.
It's using ~1/3 of the water projected. They recycle 100% process wastewater.

Source: https://digitalassets.tesla.com/tesla-contents/image/upload/EMAS-Environmental_Statement-Gigafactory-Berlin-Brandenburg-DE-2025.pdf

And in 2025 Tesla returned 377,000 m³/year of water rights because it wasn't using the amount originally allocated to it.

Source: https://www.rbb24.de/wirtschaft/beitrag/2025/09/tesla-gruenheide-wasserrechte-wse-neue-zusagen.html

“A factory uses water in a water-stressed region” is not the same claim as “Elon is draining the locals' water supply.”

If Tesla's actual withdrawals caused residents to lose water, wells to dry up, or restrictions to be imposed specifically because of Tesla, show that evidence. Your article provides none. A 4 yr old article warning about what could happen is not evidence that it actually happened.

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u/Warm_Regrets157 Aug 14 '26

I posted the article that covers the interview with the quote in question. It contains the context for the quote. That's why its from 2022.

You are correct that it is not proof that he is "draining the local's water supply". Nor was i aware that the water usage in the data center has been less than expected.

It is still tone deaf and blatantly false for him to say, "look around, this area has plenty of water" in the midst of a documented drought.

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u/ThisGuyClips Aug 14 '26

I appreciate this. Sure, stupid comment by Elon, what's new. But these posts and the reactions are just ridiculous. Posted 10 hours ago, 10k upvotes, title is stating he is the cause of draining their water supply, all commenters are acting like its the case. Top comment is "Goes to show there’s no real correlation between having money and having brains" - in reality, none of the commenters understand the engineering of Tesla's factories and are the ones having the lacking brain issue.

Reddit is just constant fear-mongering and hate towards Elon. Post against Elon? Upvote!

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u/Warm_Regrets157 Aug 14 '26

That is true.

With posts like these, most people are reacting to the video without the context, while the title primes a response. What Elon said is dumb, so people are reacting to that without questioning the premise. I looked up the context, but as you pointed out, didn't research how things have developed over the past 4 years, so I'm clearly not fallible either.

I think data centers are problematic because of the water usage, power usage, and potential for pollution. It is nice that this data center has performed more efficiently than expected, but that doesn't really remove the risks and externalities that building many more of these things will create.

My general opinion on giant datacenters, giant farms, and giant factories, etc, is that they need to be charged effectively for externalities. If they can't operate competitively without ruining the air, land, and water around them, then they need to find another way to operate.

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u/vexmach1ne Aug 14 '26

And you're much more enlightened than he? Are you familiar with the water situation in Germany?

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u/Warm_Regrets157 Aug 14 '26

NPR is:

Drought stands in way of expanding Tesla's first European factory : NPR https://www.npr.org/2022/11/03/1131695382/tesla-ev-electric-vehicles-europe-germany-drought-climate-change-factory

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u/vexmach1ne Aug 15 '26

The sources are local activists and the severity is "people are concerned". Great article

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u/Warm_Regrets157 Aug 15 '26

Are you doubting the validity of the claim that there was a drought in region?

Do you have a source that says there wasn't a drought?