Scorned Twitter employees have dubbed Elon Musk “Space Karen."
(Picture: Twitter user @christoq)Scorned Twitter employees have dubbed Elon Musk “Space Karen” as they project a slew of insults directed at the billionaire onto Twitter HQ.
The projection displayed a long list of insulting monikers to describe the Twitter boss, including “bankruptcy baby,” “mediocre manchild,” and “worthless billionaire.”
A video of the projections, shared on Twitter by @christoq, has been viewed 10 million times and has received more than 100,000 likes.
Twitter's San Francisco headquarters has gone hardcore tonight. #TwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/DoG5pDD4AD
— Muskrat McRatfu*ker needs to resign as CEO (@christoq) November 18, 2022
He captioned the clip: “Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters has gone hardcore tonight. #TwitterTakeover.”
The insult that is a favourite among Twitter users today is by far “Space Karen,” a nickname that has been revived amid the Twitter takeover chaos.
Musk was first dubbed Space Karen in 2020, when the SpaceX founder stirred distrust in Covid testing on Twitter.
Scientist Emma Bell hit back and said: “What’s bogus is that Space Karen didn’t read up on the test before complaining to his millions of followers,” and the nickname took off.
(In recent years, “Karen” has become a pejorative insult for an entitled, typically middle-aged white woman, who demands they get their own way.)
Space Karen trended on Twitter on Friday morning, (alongside RIP Twitter and Twitter Migration), as social media users were quick to jump on the meme.
Twitter user @christoq, who shared the video of the projection, also shared an image of Musk with an edited “Karen” hairstyle.
SPACE KAREN! 😆 pic.twitter.com/iYoH6Fvjw9
— Muskrat McRatfu*ker needs to resign as CEO (@christoq) November 18, 2022
Others were quick to share their own Space Karen memes.
Presenting… the one, the only, Space Karen pic.twitter.com/kX7wR6wNIn
— Kaylan_TX💙 (@Kaylan_TX) November 18, 2022
Space Karen pic.twitter.com/4q3gldF6Wq
— The Meme-Industrial Complex (@MemeIndustrial) November 18, 2022
Space Karen you say??
— Tales & Typos (@kathrynresister) November 18, 2022
Meme/art by @DickiePena pic.twitter.com/zqD0vHKPzr
Space Karen 😂 pic.twitter.com/UNiXqv8mKX
— Iggy (Carolyn from Maryland’s parody rock) (@morbidcuriosit9) November 18, 2022
Twitter employees are hitting back at the Tesla founder after Twitter closed its offices to employees, following a mass walkout.
The social media company is said to have closed its offices until Monday to prevent any sabotage from disgruntled workers.
Hundreds of Twitter staff are reported to have quit following Musk’s ultimatum that they need to agree to longer hours and more intense working days, or they would be fired.
Musk had already fired thousands of workers in the first week of him owning the social media platform.
As a result, a social media expert has warned that the chances of Twitter being knocked offline have “dramatically increased.”
