We don’t know about you, but we’ve heard quite enough about Elon Musk for one year. From his space adventures to his breakup with baby mama Grimes, we know more about the Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder than we ever wanted to.
But since when has that stopped the media from pouring insane amounts of attention on a person? Never. We were reminded of this once again when Time magazine named Elon Musk its Person of the Year.
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) is TIME's 2021 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/8Y5BhIldNs pic.twitter.com/B6h6rndjIh
— TIME (@TIME) December 13, 2021
Granted, Musk joins a list that has included fellow deplorables like Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Vladimir Putin, and Adolf Hitler, so he’s in good (read: bad) company. But we still don’t think this guy deserves any more pats on the back given his egomania and history of tax evasion.
That’s OK, though, because Twitter fought back – and hilariously so. Users shared their laugh-inducing reactions to the news as well as offered up alternative People of the Year for your consideration. Scroll on and enjoy an alternate universe where Musk isn’t the greatest thing since sliced bread but simply another eccentric white dude with too much money.
Cover Photo: Theo Wargo / Staff (Getty Images)
Tom Wambsgans is my Time Person of The Year #Succession pic.twitter.com/05vJrjLkKC
— William Sharp (@BillSharph) December 13, 2021
Congratulations to my biggest role model @elonmusk for being Time Person of the Year!
You’ve taught me so much about:
-memes
-tweeting
-tweeting while pooping
-dogecoin
-cool cars
-space ships
-brain stuff
-trolling
-mars— greg (@greg16676935420) December 13, 2021
Turns out the Time “person of the year” has transitioned to the Time “person who has paid the least in taxes” of the year.
— Kate ???? (@ImSpeaking13) December 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/jdrolla/status/1470399481388494850?s=20
**LEAKED** The original Time Person of the Year cover for Elon pic.twitter.com/YMlHW252bV
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) December 13, 2021
time person of the year. pic.twitter.com/W86GAOYWeH
— gtl, gym, tan, lexapro? (@heroinjuulp0d) December 14, 2021
I hereby propose this fellow as a substitute for Time Person of the Year. He isn't a person, but come on what do we really know about Elon pic.twitter.com/UWIArvaSTE
— dave wagner (@Dbwagner104) December 13, 2021
Stop acting outraged that Elon Musk is the Time person of the year. Like anyone truly gives a chocolate covered fuck about the Time person of the year. Stop acting like you are waiting at your mailbox for the latest issue of Time.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) December 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/thejimmalo/status/1470565786066448387?s=20
https://twitter.com/sanjanacurtis/status/1470610588183109633?s=20
so elon got time person of the year and not britney
pic.twitter.com/cDolJ6z6cQ— aidan ? (@KORNPIXIE420) December 13, 2021
After careful consideration of Elon Musk being named Time Person of the Year. It’s outrageous. It should have been Big Bird.
— Art Nordoff (@ArtNordoff) December 14, 2021
I've decided I will be changing my legal name to Time Person of the Year
— Mikasaurus | Alex Unknown (@Mikasacus) December 13, 2021
Kinda seems like time person of the year is a very good bellwether actually pic.twitter.com/wkAbDf4kQd
— Jathan Sadowski (@jathansadowski) December 14, 2021
Big deal, Elon, I’ve been time person of the year too pic.twitter.com/9ldto3hYOv
— Willie Muse (@Williesillie2) December 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/AaronParnas/status/1470447609445769217?s=20
