Tech billionaire Elon Musk posts photo with Pope Francis – jokes on Twitter about the picture
Elon Musk has apparently met the Pope: This suggests a picture that the Tesla boss posted on Twitter. In the photo, however, he is not alone with the head of the church, which causes some jokes on the social media.
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Rom.Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk says he was received by Pope Francis. The multi-billionaire posted a photo with the head of the church, which also includes four of his sons. Musk wrote that he was honored to have met the pontiff on Friday. There was no communication from the Vatican. Musk was not on the official visit list, so he may have met the head of the Catholic Church in a more private setting.
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According to Italian media, the two men talked in the Santa Marta guest house, where Francis also lives, about technology and how it could help people in the future. Musk published the photo of the meeting on Saturday night after not tweeting for a week and a half. The billionaire was raised as a Christian as a child, as he said in interviews.
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Twitter users liken Musk’s sons to boy bands
The post also causes some jokes on the social media – also because of the sons who are in the photo. “Just Elon Musk, the Pope and One Direction in one picture. I don’t believe my eyes,” jokes one user. Another compares the four boys to the “Stranger Things” characters.
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Others are generally amused by the meeting – and use the photo for funny collages. A roughly underlaid the image with clouds of smoke. It says: “Breaking: Elon Musk buys Vatican for $ 44 billion.”
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Jokes about Musk’s suit
Elon Musk’s outfit also gets its fat off. “Elon, who bought you this suit? The pants are too long and baggy, but the top is tight. I’m sure it wasn’t your elegant mother,” wrote one user under the billionaire’s post. Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, is now 74 and is a model. Another wrote: “The richest man in the world needs a tailor for his trousers. Come on boss.”
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The funny thing: Musk actually responds to one of the suit comments with a self-deprecating comment. “My suit is tragic,” he writes simply.
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However, he does not explain why he then decided on exactly this suit.
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