From "Is Kidmaxxing the Ultimate Status Symbol for Ultimate Wealth?" (NYT).
"Technoking" is not a gerund. I can't believe I spent time trying to understand "to technok" as a verb. The "ing" goes with the K. It's "Techno King."
You know, "nok" isn't just the NYSE stock ticker for Nokia. It's the genus of the bare-faced bulbul (Nok hualon). The Nok were an ancient African people, known for their terra cotta sculptures.
And never forget the Nixies — Danish: nøkke, Norwegian: nøkk, Swedish: näck; Icelandic: nykur, Faroese: nykur; Finnish: näkki. These were "male water spirits who play enchanted songs on instruments, luring women and children to drown in lakes or streams."
So, ladies, resist the nøkk, the techo-nøkk, the technoking. No kings! No nøkkings. Maintain a no-nøkk policy.
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Unfortunately, Elon, your kids will only grow up to be communists.
" ... male water spirits who play enchanted songs on instruments, luring women and children to drown in lakes or streams."
Why? To what end? Enquiring minds want to know.
To what end? Equal rights. There were already enough mermaids, selkies, and female water sprites who led men to their doom. Frank Black and the Nixies demanded equal time.
"Is Kidmaxxing the Ultimate Status Symbol for Ultimate Wealth?" (NYT).
The NYT is just asking. (Get it? Ass King)
The women are getting kids and financial support. Hard to see anything to complain about here. Good for him.
"The women are getting kids and financial support. Hard to see anything to complain about here. Good for him."
Just don't turn around and argue that children need a father in the home in a strong relationship with the mother.
Trying to somehow evade mortality. Understandable, but futile.
Musk will be vilified no matter waht he does.
The asshole commies on the march want him dead.
That's how asshole Commie Demcrats roll.
That want everyone they disagree with dead.
Meanwhile -
Like Wealthy Mamdamni(D) - Ro Kahana is also very rich.
LOL.
Granted that Musk is not putting long term relationships and traditional parenting on display, but: Where is the evidence that Musk is an absentee father, or that the relationships with both kids and the mothers are not strong? I frequently come across photos of him with his kids. How many has he fathered, and with how many different women? It's 14 and 4, respectively, which I didn't know before I checked.
More babies, more grandkids. A self evident good thing. Who needs an explanation?
Musk is a one-off human being. I'm glad he's living in my lifetime. However, he also has a one-off ego and hence, wants a world filled with more Elons. Unfortunately, his cosmic mix of genes happens only once.
He is a huge proponent of pumping up the species and one of the few with an audience who regularly talks about the shrinking replacement rate of humans in industrialized nations. So, part of this is him making up for people who have had no, or few children. But part of it is just his ego thinking the world should be filled with more of him and less of you.
Frankly, I'm OK with it. But as Ann pointed out, it's still a one-parent family then and the odds of kids doing well in a one-parent family are not good. Elon grew up with two parents until he was nine, then just with one. But at least he had two during those key formative years.
Anyway, in the scheme of things, it's a blip.
Nokkidding?
…we’re encouraged to hate Musk but so many of the Ivy grads think they need to reproduce because they’re smart, their partner is smart so out kids will be REALLY smart. You know the way Andre and Stephie will make goat tennis players. Unfortunately all that brain power never took an undergrad course on human intelligence- all those twin studies and stuff. The big part they miss- human intelligence is mean reverting. Smart parents might make kids born on third but they don’t necessarily inherit mom and dad’s big brain genes…
"Just don't turn around and argue that children need a father in the home in a strong relationship with the mother."
…there are valid reasons for that argument that aren’t negated by Elon’s situation…
NOK is also the standard abbreviation for Norwegian Kroner. I got lots of NOK. I'm a NOK multi millionaire.
[start virtual italics]Ann Althouse said...
"The women are getting kids and financial support. Hard to see anything to complain about here. Good for him."
Just don't turn around and argue that children need a father in the home in a strong relationship with the mother.
7/1/26, 8:40 AM [end virtual italics]
Yes. It also potentially fractures siblinghood, among other implications.
Regards,
Lori (reader_iam)
…I thought you can only nok if you have ten or less?
Aaaan, rehajm also beat me to it:
[begin virtual italics] rehajm said...
…we’re encouraged to hate Musk but so many of the Ivy grads think they need to reproduce because they’re smart, their partner is smart so out kids will be REALLY smart. You know the way Andre and Stephie will make goat tennis players. Unfortunately all that brain power never took an undergrad course on human intelligence- all those twin studies and stuff. The big part they miss- human intelligence is mean reverting. Smart parents might make kids born on third but they don’t necessarily inherit mom and dad’s big brain genes…
7/1/26, 9:13 AM [end virtual italics]
Again, yes! And then also, what about the offspring that FAIL to turn out to have exceptional intelligence or other exceptional abilities? Are they second-tier offspring, then? I mean, the potential dynamics are a little concerning, though I will concede that at the end of the day, it's really not my business on a personal level.
Regards,
Lori (reader_iam)
Since reversion is mean, Elon wants to take as many shots as he can get. At least that's my interpretation.
More important:
Nixie tubes were invented by David Hagelbarger.[5][6] The early Nixie displays were made by a small vacuum tube manufacturer called Haydu Brothers Laboratories, and were introduced in 1955[7] by Burroughs Corporation, which purchased Haydu. The name Nixie was derived by Burroughs from "NIX I", an abbreviation of "Numeric Indicator eXperimental No. 1",[8] although this may have been a backronym designed to justify the evocation of the mythical creature with this name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube
Backronym. There's a word I learned just now.
…which isn’t to suggest genes aren’t important. People like to argue the anecdotes but as I recall the piles of studies (many of them seeking a different outcome) score it 60/40, nature over nurture…
"Just don't turn around and argue that children need a father in the home in a strong relationship with the mother."
Indeed. What Musk is doing is a minor step better than the other men (rich or otherwise) that pay for sex and then refuse to acknowledge any other outcomes from the event. Ethical? Well better, but it is still a form of prostitution that is only slightly better for the child than the normal outcomes.
I don't blame him for his instincts and willingness to "do better" than men, who give into the instinct to procreate with as many women as possible yet don't understand (or pretend no to have understood) the action they were doing. I can applaud him for that, but it is about the same amount of applause to offer some guy, who at least got consent for sex even if he never intended to stay with the woman beyond the romp. Congrats on not being legally a rapist.
..:I dunno, rumor and anecdote have it he’s not exactly an absentee father…
I can't believe I spent time trying to understand "to technok" as a verb.
I believe it! Totally a verb. I'm going to underground the shit out of that one. Start using it in the clubs. "Hey, baby. You want to technok?"
“reach legion level”
…we should not let pass men thinking about Rome. How is there not a tag? (There is one for Rome but…)
“Get it? Ass King”
…dad joke warning!!!…
Video: Someone knocking at the door?
Unfortunately all that brain power never took an undergrad course on human intelligence
Well, he's thinking with his little brain, what do you want?
I don't blame him for his instincts and willingness to "do better" than men, who give into the instinct to procreate with as many women as possible yet don't understand (or pretend no to have understood) the action they were doing.
It's ghetto as shit, actually. There are lots of men who take pride in having children, not so much in being a good dad.
If The House Is A Rockin Don't Bother Nokkin
Elon knows better than anyone what can happen to a child without an involved father.
There are a lot of women who throw themselves at NBA stars in the hopes of getting pregnant and getting a check in the mail. Elon is getting free publicity for his one-man sex shop. Prostitution is technically the name for this. You're like a sex worker with a really good benefits plan and almost zero hours in the office. Feminists who take this career path can also complain about men non-stop, so it's a twofer.
“reach legion level”
…we should not let pass men thinking about Rome.
Or Satan!
Mark 5: 1-9
Maybe my favorite Stones song. The long outro is classic.
" Like kings of earlier eras who claimed divine lineage, many of these men hold their own bloodlines in exalted regard"
But their lineage will only contain 50% of their DNA, the rest will be of women with dubious DNA.
Musk, with all of his tech knowledge should set up a factory to make clones of himself. Ramp up production enough and he could be president in 18 years.
It this keeps Elon out of the nøkkeing shops.
I like the terra cotta figure, he must have been popular with the girls.
More babies, more grandkids. A self evident good thing. Who needs an explanation?
Pro-aborts
Anti-natalists
Anti-humanitarians
Socialists who are terrified of sharing the pie
Socialists who don't know how to make more pies
Humans who are stuck in the mud and won't reach for the stars
Thomas Malthus
(I usually refer to Malthus as "that fucker," but I'm reminded that he was a priest, so I will just say, "trying his best")
Can you hear me knocking - maybe one of their best Dance song ever!! but it will not likely get on a best of album
so many of the Ivy grads think they need to reproduce because they’re smart
I suspect it's the opposite. There are a huge number of Ivy grads who think reproduction is a dangerous trap and they need to avoid it for as long as possible.
The anti-natalist indoctrination in our society is huge. We ought to show the kids this movie in sex education class.
Instead, we have kids putting condoms on bananas.
You could almost remake 2001, with all the chimps putting condoms on bananas. Until Elon shows up, the chimp with a different idea. And then you've got a big baby in outer space.
To spooge stooge
or not to spooge stooge
that is the question
Don't nok it if you haven't tried it.
“But their lineage will only contain 50% of their DNA, the rest will be of women with dubious DNA.”
Exactly. Regression to the mean is a bitch.
“Musk, with all of his tech knowledge should set up a factory to make clones of himself.”
How do we know he hasn’t?
I'd be more worried about the Chinese. Apparently Todd Blance read my post here yesterday about ENFORCE THE DAMN LAW against birth tourism. He sent the batsignal out to all DOJ offices that this now how highest priority. I don't know why it was not before but better late than never.
The focus has been on female birth tourism. What about male birth tourism?
XuBo Chinses billionaire and founder of a large gaming company has supposedly had 100 children by surrogacy. 12 born in the US.
If the mothers are US citizens, the children are too. Currently under 14A but also under any potential change in that.
Hypothetical: Chinese billionaire, funded by Chinese govt, flies to Bahamas. Or Canada or anywhere convenient. Even the US perhaps.
He has contracted with 100 women to have babies for him. Pays them a million each with stipulation he gets custody. They meet up, he impregnates them, they come back to US and have the baby. As he has custody, the baby is shipped off to China where it is raised and indoctrinated by govt.
I think this would be a horrible thing. For the kids and potentially for the US.
I don't see a thing that can be done about it no matter what happens to birthright citizenship and female birth tourism.
John Henry
The town that Elon Musk built ~ FT
'A new city of SpaceX workers is emerging out of the Texas sand'
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/f2f0c4f5-588f-4ee4-892b-cd7026c55329
I suspect it's the opposite
…suppose all you want, unfortunately on multiple occasions I’ve been subjected to the loud, arrogant evidence…
“he must have been popular with the girls.”
…I think that's a femur…
It's "Reported" is a NYT for turning gossip into "news". Seems these stories are what NYT subscribers are happy to pay for.
For those keeping score, a Roman legion was between 4,000 and 6,000. So....
Giving alien father child custody..... Janet Reno say I did that!!
UnPlanned parenthood is a model of fitness incongruous with urbane styles of RAAT, #MeToo and NYeT, never.
Elon Musk, father to a grand total of fourteen children, wants to do what?
If so he’d better get to work — daylight’s a-burnin.
I don’t understand having kids if you’re not going to be involved in their lives. Elon is selfish.
He’s the Sean Kemp of Industrualists
r-selection, rather than K-selection: focus on quantity over quality. If one assumes that even a child you've invested much time and money in can end up hating you and rejecting everything you stand for, it does make sense to go for quantity over quality.
If the future belongs to those who show up, there is something to be said for large families. Theodore Roosevelt thought so and wanted WASP families to bear more children. It didn't stick.
"...is reported to have told..."
Yeah, right. Pull the other one.
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