In the wake of the fiftieth birthday of Elon Musk, renowned South African billionaire and founder of companies such as Tesla, SpaceX and Starlink, a statue was installed in New York City this Monday, June 28
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The particular tribute was in charge of Public, a digital financial platform that decided to commemorate the onomastic of the magnate with this ‘monument’ made in bronze and that measures 1.80 meters high.
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But the celebration did not end there, as Public also announced on his Twitter account that the statue would be auctioned on ‘eBay’.
Proceeds will be donated to ‘First Generation Investors’, a nonprofit organization that teaches young Americans about personal finance.
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On the other hand, this digital platform He warned that he will raffle a hundred replicas of the original statue, all of a size of 35 centimeters, to those who retweet the publication.
Despite Public’s initiative, some Internet users took advantage of the situation to share funny comments about the statue and its unusual appearance and even created memes.
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Some of the comments focused on how little the ‘monument‘to the tycoon.
“Me going to Manhattan to urinate the statue of Elon Musk”, a netizen commented
Another, for his part, said: “I would rather have all the statues in America replaced by ‘Pickle ricks’ than have a single statue of Elon Musk,” referring to the animated character from the series ‘Rick and Morty’.
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Others decided to turn to classic cartoons like The Simpsons: “Rolling up to the bronze statue of Elon Musk from Brooklyn as Bart.”
Also, some internet users They were surprised at how old the mogul was or joined in leaving some criticism of Musk’s business.
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For now, Musk has not commented on the peculiar birthday gift he received in the ‘Big Apple’, he wrote a short message on his Twitter thanking to all his followers for the good wishes.
It is worth noting that the curious aspect of the statue reminded some users of the social network of other similar sculptures that ended up causing ridicule.
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One of the most famous was a bust made by Emanuel Santos in honor of ‘The bug’, Cristiano Ronaldo, for the inauguration of the international airport of the Portuguese city of Funchal.
On that occasion they appeared offensive commentss against the artist, who commented to the sports medium ‘BR’: “I think the criticism was unconscionable. It does not look 100% like Cristiano, but art is a form of expression, it is not an exact science ”.
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Undoubtedly, these mistakes in the creation of sculptures usually generate all kinds of reactions, especially in Internet users who take it as material to make memes and do not let the comments go unnoticed.
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