Elon Musk Steals Twitter Spotlight with “The D”

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Do you remember when the iPad first released and reminded consumers of feminine hygiene products? Well, the latest butt of the joke is Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla. You can imagine people’s reactions on Twitter when he teased to “unveil the D and something else.”

This tweet from Musk must’ve resonated more with Twitter users than his previous tweets, as to date, it has already received approximately 15,000 retweets and 11,000 favourites. Not bad.

Musk took to his Twitter a short while later, tweeting:

When you leave things up to the Internet, you can only expect that when it hears “The D” is coming, it’ll immediately think of slang for a part of the male anatomy. Although Musk said the name of Tesla’s newest electric car was only coincidental, that didn’t stop Twitter users from running with it.

Of course, the media also had its fair share of fun. The market sent the stock falling after the public’s reception for the new model Telsa didn’t measure up to their anticipation. Some say, “The D” has now become “the d” for disappointment (pretty clever, I have to admit). Of course, this led The Huffington Post to come out with a cheeky headline of “Market Unimpressed with Elon Musk’s D.” BuzzFeed wasn’t trailing much behind with its own pun-filled headline: “Elon Musk Unveils  The ‘D’—And It Doesn’t Measure Up To The Rumours.”

Although Tesla’s model D car is an unfortunately named product, it definitely provided some good laughs for everyone. This incident just goes to demonstrate how many people turn to social media as a means to voice their opinion!

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