Now this is a bizarre story. Apparently Elon Musk’s Boring Company is really going to sell flamethrowers… because he can.
So let’s piece together this story.
Clue #1: On Jan 19, 2018 Instagram user, mytesladaventure, posted a video of him (or a friend) using a Boring Company flamethrower. (video language explicit)
Clue #2: Then there’s Elon’s tweets about selling a Boring Company flamethrower starting back in December 2017.
After 50k hats, we will start selling The Boring Company flamethrower
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2017
And then after 50k hats were sold, Elon tweeted again:
Hats sold out, flamethrowers soon!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 24, 2017
Clue #3: Someone of Reddit posted a link to https://www.boringcompany.com/flamethrower.
When you go to the link, you see blank page with a space to enter a password. The Reddit user posted the password is “flame”.
When password was entered, it gives the option to pre-order a Boring Company flame-thrower for $600, shipping in April.
Clue #4: So, now the password “flame” is no longer working. And folks are trying to guess what the new password is.
Here’s a discussion on Reddit for those trying to figure out the password, discussion link.
Conclusion: It looks like Elon is really selling flamethrowers. Just like he really is planning on sending a Roadster into space. I think it’s all a mix of having some fun and thinking it’s really cool.
Elon did tweet about “kids love it” in regards to flamethrowers… which I think is somewhat irresponsible. I wouldn’t want a bunch of kids to get their hands on flamethrowers. I hope Elon deletes this tweet.
I know it’s a little off-brand, but kids love it
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2017
Anyway, so there it goes. The mysterious and wacky story of Elon really starting to sell flamethrowers.
Updated (10:19pm, Jan 26, 2018): In response to my post, someone on Facebook shared this video from Spaceballs as the likely reason why Elon is selling Boring Company flamethrowers.