What can be more entertaining for the great unwashed than to watch wealthy behemoths go at one another in a meme war?
The battle royal began when billionaire Elon Musk found humor in a meme featuring a photograph of rapper Ice Cube — aka O’Shea Jackson Sr. — alongside an image of a glass of water.
The caption read: “Remember Ice Cube? This is him now, feel old yet?”
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 14, 2023
Not one to be trifled with, despite only having a paltry net worth of just $160 million, Ice Cube countered with a meme taking a shot at X, formerly known as Twitter since Musk assumed control of the social media platform — a free speech enthusiast he must not be.
https://t.co/udUtB1YJWP pic.twitter.com/pYdQmTKKer
— Ice Cube (@icecube) September 14, 2023
Interestingly, a social media user named “greg” jumped in to explain that the meme war was all his fault, saying he “accidentially started [the] beef.”
The question is, should we thank him or curse him?
I posted this innocent meme under one of Elon’s posts and now I accidentally started beef between @elonmusk and @icecube pic.twitter.com/v9EREKifPB
— greg (@greg16676935420) September 14, 2023
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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