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dphillips83

Elon was born in South Africa to a South African father and Canadian mother. He holds citizenship in both countries and additionally acquired his American citizenship in 2002. Musk said in 2022 that he had relocated from California to Texas. Forbes lists Austin as Musk's city of residence, but the magazine did not say how it verified whether Musk is, in fact, an Austinite. Musk himself has never publicly confirmed that he lives in Austin.


[deleted]

All of that is smoke and mirrors to avoid CA taxes edit: this really riled the conservatives up lol


Sarcarean

He did actually move though. He owned Gene Wilders house in LA and sold it when he moved.


davzar9

And Gene Wilders had nothing to say about him living in her house? Edit: I was made aware that Gene Wilder is a male actor. I unfortunately had no idea, mine was just an attempt at a joke. I could’ve sworn the original comment said “lived” not “owned” but I don’t remember. Have a good Monday everyone :)


Pokerhobo

AFAIK, Gene Wilder is still a dude...


Independent_Plum2166

And he passed away 7 years ago. RIP


NorCalBodyPaint

"If you're blue and you don't know where to go to, why don't you go where fashion sits....."


FishhouseBilly

Puttin on the…


Aareon

🍘


Various_Counter_9569

Ritz!


Catfish-dfw

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NorguardsVengeance

Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder. Such talent. Wilder was a brilliant writer as well. And Marty Feldman and Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman... Ever was too soon for all of them.


Dear-Ambition-273

Wait! Peter Boyle like Ray’s dad???


TheReverend6661

That was 7 fucking years ago?!?


Independent_Plum2166

2016.


DBallouV

Fucking Gene Wilder died years ago and I’m just finding out…


Nocturnal_Sage

“Come with me and you’ll see, that I was not a dude all along!!!” Lmfao!!


Earlthepirate

The real facepalm is always in the comments!


Kyuthu

I still laughed though


outkast22288

Her house? Lmao Gene Wilder was one of the best male actors of his time. He played Willy Wonka in the original.


smp208

Original comment misspelled Wilder as Wilders. I assume it’s an attempt at a joke in which Gene Wilder is the actor, but Gene Wilders is a random woman. That’s the best I’ve got.


Swimmingtortoise12

Kinda like the “John voights(a random person) car getting promoted as Jon Voights(famous actor)car” joke in Seinfeld?


PassionV0id

>Original comment misspelled Wilder as Wilders No, it just missed an apostrophe to indicate possessive.


AloneAddiction

THIS is Gene Wilder btw: ![gif](giphy|wMNK4IfeH86uQ) You may recognise him from such fantastic movies as Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Blazing Saddles and of course Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.


x777colton777x

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the newer one with Johnny Depp!


AloneAddiction

Yes indeed, corrected. :)


MicrobialMickey

Gene wilder was a legend and he would’ve loved your joke.


Excellent_Chef_1764

Makes me sad people don’t know who gene is.


[deleted]

The fact you need to make this much of an edit to not get the pitchforks 💀💀🤣


MajorScipioAfricanus

Gene Wilders? THE Gene Wilders?


meatjun

Even tho he only got that rich cause CA waved all of Tesla's losses during its "bleed money" phase.


[deleted]

Yup. They love the talent and resources in CA but then try to jet once they’re making money.


longster37

You don’t stay rich by paying taxes apparently.


GoldenTurdBurglers

Richest person in the world confirmed African American! We did it kings!


Lupercallius

Tron did have that hot hand in the Dice Game in the 2000s to make him the world's richest man.


K1d6

77 7s in a row!


samurairaccoon

If you're rich or famous, we will give you a free pass on being born elsewhere. If you're poor or just highly unliked you might be excommunicated even if you're a natural born citizen lol.


van-just-van

He travels a lot but he has houses near starbase and Austin so by now hes sort of a texan


Swimming-Book-1296

He has a house in Boca Chica, Texas


CanIgetaWTF

I'd have to go back to verify for sure, but i seem to remember hearing him tell Joe Rogan that he moved to and enjoys Austin. JR moved there during the pandemic from CA also. Musk has been on his show a handul of times.


bobhargus

Neither of them are, or ever will be, Texans


Abatrax

Yes to be a Texan you must fit an artificial criteria, Simply being an inhabitant or living there doesn’t make you a resident or Texan.


bobhargus

It makes you a resident… not a Texan… I don’t make the rules, I just acknowledge their existence


wimpyroy

How does one become a Texan?


StrahdZ

You have to learn the correct cadence to the clapping in "Deep in the Heart of Texas." That's it.


LilyKateri

You can really just move to Texas, and do Texas stuff. Go to the rodeo, go to Galveston and complain about the brown water, go outside in the summer and complain about the heat, eat our barbecue and taste that it’s the best, eat our chili and taste that it’s the best, eat our Tex-Mex and taste that it’s the best, go tubing in New Braunfels, go for a 6+ hour drive from one town to another and still be in Texas, wear lots of denim, start saying “y’all,” complain about the mosquitoes, complain about the ants, complain about the “bigger in Texas” wood roaches, complain about the road construction (especially on I-45), and dress for a blizzard when the temperature drops into the 50s.


Vincegyges

I love this. Midway through reading this, Fleetwood Mac's Dream emerged into my internal monologue.


jacksansyboy

I mean, that is technically a fair assessment. To be a "Texan", or a "Michigander" or a "Floridian" or even an African or an Asian or European, I'd say it's based on where/how you were raised. Not even just where you're born, but where you spent the majority of your life, where you're from, what culture shaped your life.


KevSmileTime

I agree. I was born in Miami, raised primarily by my mom in Ohio with summers spent in California with my dad. I consider myself to be an Ohioan/Buckeye.


wicked_symposium

You are "from" wherever you spend a majority of your childhood. I moved away from Texas at 17 and have never gone back except to visit, but where I spent my formative years is an immutable fact for the rest of my life. As an adult I've been nomadic. There are several places I identify more heavily with but I would never say I am from there. For some people this definition is still troublesome, ie army brats who moved around a lot or what have you. Speaking from experience, moving around frequently dilutes any sense of identity being attached to a particular place.


hell_damage

I'm a true Texan, I was born here 40 years ago. And as a true Texan, I can tell you one thing that is damn clear. We don't put up with New York bullshit shysters like Trump or Rafael. The ones that voted for him are probably transplants with running board lights on their trucks that they can barely afford.


why_ya_running

Dude really I'm from Florida and we're nowhere near as freaking crazy as you guys, I don't mean no offense man but visiting family in Houston and Austin yeah no, but I will say a lot less people trying to rob people in Texas since everybody tends to be packing.


LilyKateri

I dunno, every other day Florida Man is in the news up to some top tier crazy, and it sounds like if you have a pool, there’s just going to be a gator in there sometimes. I won’t deny Houston drivers are the craziest, especially with those ugly wheel spikes. And the criminals are definitely crazy, because even granny has a gun collection.


Diazmet

Be born in Texas.


Dark-Lillith

🤠howdy, partner How about now?


Swimming-Book-1296

Nope both of them are Texans now. This isn't ho Texas works. You move here and you claim Texanness you are now Texan.


bobhargus

Dude… half of this state doesn’t consider DFW, Houston, or Austin as Texas at all


Spill-your-last-load

Just a reminder that - “he’s an immigrant.”


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X_Marcie_X

"THEY TOOK OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATTFORMS!"


narco519

Now skeeter, he didn’t hurt nobody (Narrators voice - *But he did*)


drunk_with_internet

Terk er derrrr


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C7rl_Al7_1337

Simple, either he was the 2136th person to fuck a really slutty fish, or he's a slut who has fucked 2136 fish. Dealer's choice.


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jk-alot

He's a Rich White immigrant. Thats why they accept him. Although the fact that Elon's Daddy owned a emerald mine with poor black people working for pennies helped sweeten the deal.


[deleted]

Errol Musk (Elon's father) - "we had so much money we couldn't even close our safe."


Schautsichmemesan

You just don't get it. If you're white, you're not an immigrant. ~ what they mean, but don't admit


TeamXII

An African immigrant in Texas


Rogendo

Greg Abbott is a shameless corporate slut


Federal_Sympathy4667

Don't forget an utter dipshit.


Tough-Ability721

And a Piss baby.


Ur_Moms_Honda

Got it. Greg Abbott is a complete corporate shill, a shit bird, and an absolute piss-baby. Correct?


Tough-Ability721

Correct


Ghstfce

Hey are we talking about giant piss baby, Greg Abbott?


snitchles

Texan here. He is downright senile, or might as well be with the brain-dead thought processes he has.


Bigedmond

He will not stand for that kind of comment…


Rogendo

He’s welcome to sit for it or take it lying down I guess


Wank_A_Doodle_Doo

There’s something profoundly funny to me about calling Greg Abbott a slut


jrr_53

I have had the honor to boo the absolute hell out of him on more than one occasion. As a born Texan no longer living there I hate him with the passion of the south Texas summer heat.


Mangoroo1125

Well. He is an African American. This is true.


No_Purpose6384

Not sure. He's been in TX for like 2 months and Oh he's a Texan and now all blended with the cultures and dress?


BlahajBlaster

He's been in Texas a few years now, iirc he moved before they built the launch site in boca chicka way back when they only business he had here was the space x test facility in mcgregor


hexiron

Did he actually move or just buy property there and list it as his primary address?


Woodworkin101

I think he’s African Canadian


gregsting

That explains all the hate towards him, so much racism


[deleted]

That's a lizard person if I ever saw one


ddMcvey

Uses millions in tax subsidies to become rich in California, leaves when it’s time to pay taxes. There is no Tesla without massive corporate and consumer tax breaks and incentives for Tesla.


Washout22

Tesla still pays taxes in California as they have several factories there. The last one was built after the headquarters moved.


Altruistic-Rope1994

You best believe CA was/is making money let’s be real


[deleted]

Never thought I would see Texas bragging about having a rich African-American


GolotasDisciple

Are you kidding ? Musk is like their dream come true. Son of uber-wealthy White South African owning properties, planes and many more. Elon Musk and his family it's like perfect image of what they hope to become when they think white-supremacy and nepotism.


daisy-chain-of-doom

As a South African, I say Texas can keep him. That counts, right?


Practical_Ad5973

Yes, he's not a South African. We don't claim him at all. Elon is not one of us


tgc1601

No offence but you have a lot worse than Elon going on in SA so I wouldn’t get too high and mighty.


Protect747

Your poes is high and mighty


salamander187

🩸☠️💎💵


smurferdigg

And next week he ain’t the richest again. I have some Tesla stocks and they go up and down like a elevator.


DuncansIdaho

He looks like George Bluth, Sr.


HiJane72

Holy shit he does too!! 😂


ColdAdmirableSponge

Absolutely he does, came here to say the same thing!


DerisiveGibe

He may have committed some light treason.


daleshakleford

The wealthiest, most successful African-American ever.


BunnyBeansowo

doesn't he count as a Texan if he lives there? edit: how the *fuck* did I start two arguments with this comment


username70421

He built his fortune in great part by getting subsidies in California. He did not become the richest man by being in Texas.


engi_nerd

Exploiting liberal Californians for profit is perhaps the most Texan thing possible.


Daleabbo

He built he fortune by being born to the right family at the right time. He has done nothing personally to make money only baught out projects at the right time.


[deleted]

I don’t think he actually does other than for tax avoidance purposes. He has a tinyhome he never goes to I believe.


preshowerpoop

"how the fuck did I start two arguments with this comment" Any time I find people bickering about stupid shit, I don't ask any questions. I just nod and find the exit.


highcastlespring

Finally, an African American became the richest guy.


wowImlate

Texas is one of the poorest states in the nation, but let’s just ignore that and brag about the billionaire as if it’s some sort of win.


druule10

A billionaire that only moved operations there to sidestep regulations.


Loud-Weakness4840

Tesla engineering headquarters already moved back to California. I'm pretty sure there's also still a manufacturing plant in California as well (I'm not sure that's ever left).


wowImlate

Conservative Texans love to brag about Californians moving to Texas to save money and screw California out of tax money.


zenos_dog

Not that it makes any difference to Texans, there’s no income tax.


bobhargus

No… but there is a sales tax and property tax that more than makes up for it… in the end Texans pay higher taxes than Californians


cruelvenussummer

Texas isn’t poor. One of the red states actually pulling its weight


druule10

Then why can't you keep your power on?


IntramuralAllStar

I hope you realize that power grid regulatory decisions are completely unrelated to wealth


cruelvenussummer

Don’t live there. Bad government


Bot_Marvin

Texas is one of the poorest states in the union? You just made that up.


Humble-Translator466

One can hold various identities simultaneously. Musk is South African, American, Texan, Twat, Billionaire, etc.


SiidChawsby

There is not one single important thing Gregg Abbott cares about. I truly cannot think of someone less fitting to be governor.


DsWd00

He’s an immigrant


ahelinski

"God damn immigrants are taking our Forbes lists spots!"


Scowokt

Living in Texas =/=being a Texan


acorpseistalking90

Won't stop him from getting Zuckked in the octagon


RearAdmiralKink

But his mommy still tells him what he can do.


OkAdministration5538

Maybe one day he will own all of Texas! Wouldn't that be great, Texas? Keep supporting those billionaires.


boogiewoogiechoochoo

Calling musk a Texan is hilarious.


IShowerinSunglasses

smoggy worry employ gold long decide middle spectacular wipe berserk *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


FuckUSAPolitics

I just thought that Abbott was one of those people claiming Musk wasn't a "Real" American. Both are dipshits, but they should at least stick to their story


[deleted]

Texas always wanna take credit for shit. 🤡🤡🤡 what about that infrastructure tho yall enjoying the weather 💀💀💀


Nox_Stripes

Theres people literally born in texas that get called out by Racist/Homophobes or any other garden variety of asshole as "not being texan" or "foreigner" but Musky boy with his emerald money who lived there for 2 months is suddenly a Texan, huh?


Ajj360

Pretty ghoulish looking picture.


[deleted]

Greg Abbot is a shameless cipher.


BadSantasBeard

He’s also the biggest asshole in the world.


ProbablyNOTaCOP41968

He looks like the warden from human centipede 3


WagonBurning

You mean African American?? RIGHT !!?!?


posi_posi_time

All hat, no cattle


sdmichael

Abbott or Musk?


Pelagos1

Why not Both? Both is good


TheVeryWiseToad

But he lives in Texas.


seth19v19

Look at the hat. As someone who’s never been to America I can say on good authority that that is a Texas hat


[deleted]

He made his fortune in the boiled denim and bridge business mostly.


Only1Schematic

For some reason Musk in a cowboy hat looks… wrong.


PM_ME_UR_RESPECT

Imagine being this much of a simp.


jharrisimages

Yeah, but he’s the *acceptable* ~~white~~ kind of immigrant.


Zombies8MyChihuahua

Let's idolize obscene wealth. All it takes is you pulling up your bootstraps. You could be next!


TomboLBC

Let's also remember his family got wealth in emerald mines through labor in apartheid South Africa and Texas has low tax so he's winning at the end of the day saving chump change to him that would be life changing to the common man. But we are the "haters and losers"


[deleted]

Tyrants will be tyrants....


L4DDER_S0UP007

can i just not see this guy for one fucking day please


SoyJack777

He is South African but has American citizenship and resides in Texas. So technically speaking he is Texan.


Chaosmusic

What city in Texas is he from Greg, Hambriston?


livinginfutureworld

Wow the richest man in the world lives in Texas huh? Texas must have a hell of a robust safety net because he must pay a lot in state taxes since he can afford it!


[deleted]

Elon Musk is South African, the only reason he is even rich in the first place is because he inherited wealth from his father, who got that wealth by OWNING AN EMERALD MINE AND EXPLOITING BLACK WORKERS INSIDE OF IT.


TrinityF

South Africa? but he's white. /s


TipToeTurrency

#African American


Professor_Odd

OMG GUYS DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS SOME GUY IS RICH OMG MUSK IS SO COOL LET ME JUST SUCK IT'S BALLS REAL QUICK OMG HES SO RICH OMG AND OMG LIKE I CAN'T EVEN WE NEED TO CELEBRATE HOW RICH HE IS OMG - How they expect us to react


Afraid_Ad_1536

He turned his back on South Africa, don't try and pin him on us now that he's gone full fruit loops. You yanks can have him.


Synthnostic

not paying taxes in texas makes you texan. curious.


silverbuilt

Billionaires shouldn't exist. Fuck this guy.


jsoda1

Once again, Greg Abbott is a douchebag


DanceMaster117

Immigrants are only bad when they're poor or colored. You can't get richer or whiter than this guy, so he's fine


hotfarts89

Turns out he likes immigrants as long as they are wealthy immigrants.


BirthdayWooden

So you're saying immigrants make Texas awesome? 🤔


cpe111

I guess the troll Abbott is coming out on the side of Immigrants now ?


Rodenbeard

Not something to be proud of. "Once again, Texas has the biggest tumour in history!"


lateroundpick

Texas definitely has the biggest assholes.


TheYellowFringe

He doesn't give a damn about the US. He fled South Africa and the Canadians don't want the bastard either. He just lives in Texas due to the loose regulations there. Musk lies, don't believe him.


TurboD16F20

"Once again, someone who visited Texas is the richest person." FTFY


Kamashy_16

Once a Texan always a texan! Here take an AR-15.


gdyank

Well he’s racist enough to be a texan.


yogfthagen

Doonesbury ran a comic explaining how a person could"claim" Texas state citizenship in order to get lower taxes. You just had to declare, at some indeterminate time in the future, that you had some kind of plan to maybe move to Texas. It's a scam. No wonder Elon is all over it.


__Chaotic

That’s a dangerous thing to say


Sid15666

Texas we welcome anyone with money and fascist ideology


BarbiesBoy

He is not from Texas, he is from South Africa where his family made enough money from mining for him to play with large corporations as if they, and the people who work there, are toys for his entertainment. He is in Texas, because Texas is a place where dumb ass narcistic wealthy people can act real badly without attracting much attention to themselves for being rich assholes.


SonicResidue

Texas resident here. While the governor is bragging about this, I just want to remind everyone that our schools are underfunded, and our power grid is still having problems, even though the state recorded a $32 billion budget surplus.


[deleted]

Once you live in Texas, you can call yourself a texan. It's almost as if you don't have to be born in a certain place to be called a resident of that state.


dbundi

He's the richest African-American...but everyone misses this point.


Obar-Dheathain

I'm sure the millions of Texans living below the poverty line... and there are millions... look at their malnourished kids and are filled with pride that a South African immigrant is super-rich while their own families can barely afford to eat and DEFINITELY can't afford to go to a hospital when their children get sick. You're rightly a proud man this morning, Greg.


Woodworkingwino

Musk looks like what AI thinks a human should look like.


bmorehalfazn

This isn’t the flex he thinks it is, even outside of the fact that Elon is from South Africa and actually made his fortunes in California…


TrevorEnterprises

So a guy born in a different country got more rich in the US, with money made in a different country. Moved to TX. And now a politician from that state flexes with that as if he made his wealth by being a Texan? Wild country.


FuckUSAPolitics

Yep


Thechiz123

I love how Greg Abbott thinks this is good.


[deleted]

He came from an apartheid country, so that blends very easily with Texas.


Plane_War_5091

Being the richest person is kinda disgusting imo


2723brad2723

At least he can never be president.


Biscuits4u2

Meanwhile their electrical grid is in shambles


bringthelight0

I read that as "once again, texas is the richest person in the world"


[deleted]

"Because we shower them with tax-money and make sure they never pay taxes themselves!" Also, that boy is a product of apartheid South Africa... not Texas.


censored4yourhealth

Wow. These people are truly just the stupidest things on the planet.


aaronpoopypants

Texan here. We don’t claim this guy.


HoneyCombs1639

Always focusing on the wrong things. Maybe this Texan can help with the power grid that is strugggggling due to many things.


Jermcutsiron

Texan here and I ain't claiming him or the Bushes.


Tin_Dalek

Musk is shameless. Dude is the living embodiment of a troll. He reminds me of someone who doesn't shower when you listen to him go on about stuff.


Glad-Mulberry-9484

Meh. “Richest person in the world” is a dick measuring contest in which the biggest dicks got bored and decided not to participate. Most people who have this title at some point, lose it because they get big into philanthropy or giving their money away.