People are saying Elon Musk made the most expensive joke in history when buying Twitter
Topics: Twitter, Elon Musk, Social Media, Celebrity
Anish Vij
Featured Image Credit: @elonmusk/Twitter
Topics: Twitter, Elon Musk, Social Media, Celebrity
In typical Elon Musk fashion, the richest person on planet earth made the most 'expensive joke in history' after his Twitter takeover.
With months of speculation, the billionaire officially acquired Twitter in a takeover in the region of $44 billion (£38 billion), after a US court set a deadline of Friday (28 October).
A couple of days prior, the 51-year-old was spotted carrying a sink into Twitter HQ - just so he could drop a pretty 'punny' tweet.
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After posting the short clip, Musk wrote: "Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!" and people have dubbed the caption as one hell of an expensive tweet.
Talk show host Jimmy Fallon also addressed the tweet in a recent monologue.
Prior to the official announcement, he said: "Speaking of stranger things, Elon Musk is in the news.
"Elon Musk is close to buying Twitter, and, yesterday, he walked into their headquarters carrying a sink just so that he could tweet - this is real 'Entering Twitter HQ. Let that sink in'. Come on.
"That pun cost him $44 billion. Worth it? I think so."
Commenting on the video, one person wrote: "Probably the most expensive dad joke ever. @elonmusk."
Another said: "The world's most expensive set up to a joke."
Someone else tweeted: "Corking, is this the most expensive joke in history..."
Musk revealed, earlier this week, the reason behind the multi-billion dollar takeover.
He tweeted: "I wanted to reach out personally to share my motivation in acquiring Twitter. There has been much speculation about why I bought Twitter and what I think about advertising. Most of it has been wrong.
"The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilisation to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can be debated in a healthy manner, without resorting to violence.
"There is currently great danger that social media will splinter into far right wing and far left wing echo chambers that generate more hate and divide our society.
"In the relentless pursuit of clicks, much of traditional media has fuelled and catered to those polarised extremes, as they believe that is what brings in the money, but, in doing so, the opportunity for dialogue is lost.
"That is why I bought Twitter. I didn't do it because it would be easy. I didn't do it to make more money. I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love. And I do so with humility, recognising that failure in pursuing this goal, despite our best efforts, is a very real possibility."
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