Elon Musk gets into meme war with Fortnite, calls players virgins
On Friday, Elon Musk made a meme out of himself and Fortnite in a series of tweets. The space nerd and Tesla CEO shared a photoshopped news article with a headline that reads, “Elon Musk buys Fortnite and deletes it.”
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According to Forbes, the original story is based on an article by the QZ. The satirical story also has a fake quote from Musk that says, “I had to save these kids from eternal virginity.” Upon sharing the photoshopped meme, Musk added his own caption: “Had to be done ur welcome.”
Had to been done ur welcome pic.twitter.com/7jT0f9lqIS
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 19, 2018
However, it wasn’t long before Fortnite fired back with an Inverse article from almost a month ago. The article talks about Musk’s big plan to build SpaceX, a space base on Mars. According to the article, Musk predicts that SpaceX will be complete in 10 years.
The game responded to Musk’s dig at their production with a Fortnite pun. “A whole decade @elon musk? Just build, LOL!”
A whole decade, @elonmusk? Just build, LOL!https://t.co/BkBlpzFI6v
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) October 20, 2018
However, Fortnite let Musk have the final say in the short Twitter quarrel.
Reality is hard
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2018
Of course, Twitter users are freaking out over the unsuspecting beef. Here are a few of our favorite reactions:
Elon Musk lowkey called the Fortnite community virgins good lord the simulation is breaking
— FaZe Pamaj (@Pamaj) October 19, 2018
Is Elon musk and Fortnite really beefing on my timeline what’s going on
— nordan (@FaZe_Rain) October 20, 2018
jUsT bUiLd LoL pic.twitter.com/0aCOmirbys
— ????Tom???? (@Tom3O1O) October 20, 2018
Elon Musk deadass just killed some pro Fortnite player. pic.twitter.com/qa1GIqD2py
— KirbStomp (@kirb_st0mp) October 20, 2018
How would you feel if Elon Musk actually bought Fortnite and deleted it from the face of the Earth? Sound off in the comments below.