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yuiyoshida

(42,738 posts)
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 01:52 PM Sep 2018

Elon Musk sipped whiskey and smoked marijuana during a 2 1/2-hour podcast with California comedian



Elon Musk sipped whiskey and smoked marijuana during a 2 1/2-hour podcast with California comedian Joe Rogan that touched upon everything from flame throwers and artificial intelligence to the end of the universe.

“I’m not a regular smoker of weed,” the Tesla Inc. chief executive officer said late Thursday on the podcast, which was shown live on the internet. Musk, 47, took one drag from what Rogan described as a joint containing tobacco mixed with marijuana, which is legal in California.

A Tesla spokesperson in Germany wasn’t immediately available to comment. Shares of the carmaker fell 1.4 percent in trading before U.S. exchanges opened.

The spot on one of the most popular podcasts in the U.S. marks Musk’s first appearance in a public forum since he stunned the financial world last month with his short-lived effort to take Tesla private. Just 17 days after tweeting that he had the funding and investor support secured to buy out some stockholders at $420 a share, the billionaire scrapped the idea without having made a formal proposal to the board.

Along the way, Musk drew a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which already had been scrutinizing the public pronouncements he’s made regarding manufacturing goals and sales targets. Tesla and its CEO are now also facing a litany of lawsuits claiming market manipulation, including one filed Thursday by Andrew Left, the founder of Citron Research and prominent short seller.

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Elon Musk sipped whiskey and smoked marijuana during a 2 1/2-hour podcast with California comedian (Original Post) yuiyoshida Sep 2018 OP
Time for Rehab... FarPoint Sep 2018 #1
Surely this mixing of tobacco and marijuana isn't a common thing is it? Can't wrap my mind around dewsgirl Sep 2018 #2
English/Jamacian Mopar151 Sep 2018 #4
Thank you, I haven't heard the word spliff in years. So many people smoke blunts dewsgirl Sep 2018 #5
He's starting to get on my nerves JuJuYoshida Sep 2018 #3
I just read this one a-hole, he used to GWC58 Sep 2018 #6

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)
2. Surely this mixing of tobacco and marijuana isn't a common thing is it? Can't wrap my mind around
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 03:03 PM
Sep 2018

Inhaling tobacco the same way I would inhale marijuana or vice versa.

Mopar151

(10,180 posts)
4. English/Jamacian
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 10:59 AM
Sep 2018

"spliff" is sometimes used to describe such a horror. "Blunts" are small tobacco cigars, with the core replaced with weed. The English are known to smoke hashish cut up into tobacco - heresy!

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)
5. Thank you, I haven't heard the word spliff in years. So many people smoke blunts
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 11:06 AM
Sep 2018

nowadays, I find them incredibly harsh.

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
6. I just read this one a-hole, he used to
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:35 AM
Sep 2018

be in the DEA, wants AG Sessions to investigate/charge Musk of “violating federal law.” This shit continues to get older and older. 😱😳

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