Elon Musk suffered one of the biggest legal losses in U.S. history this week when the Tesla CEO was stripped of his $56 billion pay package in a case brought by an unlikely opponent, a former heavy metal drummer.
Tornetta also turned up in videos drumming at the legendary former New York club CBGB with his now-defunct metal band “Dawn of Correction”, which described its sound as “a swift kick to the face with a steel-toed work boot.”
“I was in a band for seven years. It was a death metal band. People either loved us or they hated us. Or they thought we were okay. A lot of bands have intense names, like “Rigor Mortis” or “Mortuary”. We weren’t that intense—we called ourselves “Injured”. Later on we changed it to “Acapella” when we were walking out of the pawn shop.” - Mitch Hedberg
I love his humor. Fuck, that’s such a well-crafted joke. RIP.
Anyone who thinks they deserve $56B compensation as CEO should never be allowed to be a CEO.
I’d say people in that position need that sort of confidence to do their job well. But that’s why there’s a board of directors: to reign in that ridiculous CEO overconfidence. Musk is the headline because he makes headlines but the real fuckers here are the board who though “sure, $56 billion dollars seems reasonable”.
Note: my Tesla was in the shop for ELEVEN months waiting for spare fucking parts from Tesla. I wonder how many they could have made with $56 billion…
need that sort of confidence to do their job well
that’s insane and hilarious that you would say that
So you don’t think the CEO of a company that’s trying to upend the entrenched oligopolies of automakers and big oil needs to be confident? I think it’s insane and hilarious to think it could have been done at all and yet here we are.
Look, I’m not saying CEO’s DESERVE that kind of money. I’m just saying they need to believe they are worth that kind of money. Nothing insane about confidence being a requirement to perform well in certain jobs. Hilarious… sure, why not, I’ll give you that one.
needs to be confident
if he can’t handle the pressure, he needs another line of work… although, i understand why he has confidence problems… i mean just look at him…
They were/are paying it so far though, that’s what’s crazy too.
Did you see the part where the guy in charge of negotiating on behalf of the company against Musk, was his own personal lawyer.
No I did not, narcissists and lawyers have interesting relationships, lol.
“Bashed"? Not “slammed” or “ripped”? Even “shredded”?
Idk, I don’t think drummers shred or rip, but they certainly bash.
Double based
*bassed
🤓 Umm actually
I think bashed is actually warranted here, he loses 56 billion dollars when a lot of his companies are starting to decline.
Edit: damn, that was a woosh, I get it now.
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How long until the man-baby smears this guy on X (formerly known as Twitter)?
I’m not sure where the surprise comes in, here. Joey Shithead is an excellent member of local government, and the fact he’s famous doesn’t affect anything. Band people can be smart .
I think it was because he only had around 9 shares that was the surprise.
