Battle of the Billionaires: Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg MMA Fight is Happening in UFC?
Businessmen and industrialists are the backbone of an economy. With a net worth of $202 billion, Elon Musk is one of the richest men on earth. He is the face behind the popular, influential social media platform Twitter and is an active philanthropist. He is the president of his philanthropic organization Musk Foundation. Despite all this, the business magnate is always surrounded by controversies due to his straightforward behavior. Recently, Elon Musk gave an open challenge to the CEO of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg.
Billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are about to give a show to their fans around the world very soon. According to their social media accounts, the Twitter head and Meta’s head might stage a physical fight soon. It sounds weird and kind of unimaginable for the two reputed personalities to fight against each other in a ring. Though Mark Zuckerberg responded to it sarcastically.
Elon Musk Gives An Open Challenge To Meta Head Mark Zuckerberg
Tesla head Elon Musk has been very vocal about his thoughts and opinions always. Recently he openly challenged billionaire Mark Zuckerberg. It all started when Musk replied to a tweet that mentioned the news of Facebook might be interested in developing a Twitter competitor. The SpaceX head tweeted-
“I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options. At least it will be ‘sane’. Was worried there for a moment,” Elon Musk tweeted with a crying-laughing emoji.
Other Twitter users tweeted that Musk should be more careful about the open challenge as Mark Zuckerberg has been practicing Jiu-Jitsu for a long time. Elon Musk mentioned- “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.”
I’m up for a cage match if he is lol
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
It was all a matter of a joke until Mark Zuckerberg ended up posting a screenshot of Elon Musk’s tweet on his Instagram story with a caption that read as- “Send me location.” A Twitter user even shared the screenshot of Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram story on Twitter, to which the business tycoon replied, “If this is for real, I will do it.”
During an internal all-representatives meeting at Meta last week, the chief product officer Chris Cox discussed with his employees that the company thinks that its creators want a version of the influential social media platform Twitter. Recently, the internet entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist made an appearance on the podcast interview with Lex Fridman. Mark Zuckerberg had mentioned Twitter and said- The platform is “sanely run,” and “I’ve always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it.”
However, if both billionaires would ever come face to face with each other in a boxing ring, the chances of Mark Zuckerberg emerging as a winner is on the higher side as the 39-year-old entrepreneur is an aspirational MMA fighter and has already won Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.
Elon Musk Brands Terms Like ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ As Slurs On Twitter
Elon Musk can be called the favorite child of controversy. After acquiring Twitter and in an attempt to make the popular platform a ground for free speech, the 51-year-old businessman has always invited trouble for himself. He has been known for promoting transphobic content on Twitter too.
Recently, Elon Musk went on to declare a few words as slurs in his tweet and even issued a public warning that mentioned the consequences of using those slurs on Twitter. His comment was a response to a Twitter user’s claim of harassment as after tweeting they had rejected the word ‘cis’ and did not wish to be referred to by such words.
According to Twitter’s hateful conduct policy, it has no list of words considered slurs by the social media platform but it goes on to indicate that- “targeting others with repeated slurs…that intends to degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category.”
Elon Musk’s tweet mentioned, “Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions. The words ‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform.”
As Tesla’s head has labeled the words ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ as slurs on Twitter. After the monetization of the blue tick on Twitter, the news of barring ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ words from the social media platform made headlines during the Pride Month of 2023.
Source: The Verge
