We played with the Boring Company’s Not a Flamethrower. And it indeed isn’t a flamethrower! It’s a glorified propane torch and campfire lighter, and that’s fun on its own. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Elon Musk, Flamethrower, Tech, and Elon…
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We used Boring’s Not-A-Flamethrower to burn away the worst of 2018
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As 2018 comes to a close, it’s hard not to look back at the year with some bitterness.
Okay, okay, 2018 wasn’t complete trash for everyone. But for all the highs, there were an equal amount (if not more) lows that made the year kind of suck.
We’re not here to be a Debbie Downer and dredge up all the bad moments 2018 threw at us, so instead we’re using this very last day of the year to cleanse the past and ring in 2019 in Mashable style: by burning it all away 🔥.
Armed with our new little friend, the Boring Not-A-Flamethrower, we torched some of the year’s worst times — trends and products that rightfully deserved to be incinerated. Read more…
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View More We used Boring’s Not-A-Flamethrower to burn away the worst of 2018Dear Elon Musk, where the hell is my Boring Not-a-Flamethrower?
Hey Elon! Musk, my man. My boi, my guy, my dude!
I’m looking at the calendar (can you believe it’s September already?) and, like, summer is over.
Kids are going back to school in their crispy AF clothes and kicks and just, okay, I’ll cut to the…
The Boring Company is alarmingly chill with kids and dogs at its flamethrower pick-up event
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Let’s be real for a minute: Just because you put “not” in front of something doesn’t really mean it is not that thing.
While Borat is still working on his ability in this area, The Boring Company is handing out its Not-A-Flamethrowers to faithful customers who are eager to get there hands on them. Pick-up parties, as they’re being called, started in Los Angeles a few weeks back, and there was one in Washington D.C. on Saturday.
Alarm bells are ringing after the D.C. event, however, with kids and dogs appearing in more than a few photos posted on The Boring Company’s Twitter feed. Now that just seems unsafe. The idea of a company endorsing the visual of a kid hanging out next to — or even firing — a flamethrower seems surreal. Read more…
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View More The Boring Company is alarmingly chill with kids and dogs at its flamethrower pick-up event1,000 people picked up their Boring Company flamethrowers this weekend
It was a hot time in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.
Sorry, sorry. (No I’m not.) It’s been five months since The Boring Company sold 20,000 space age flamethrowers to… people who want to burn things, I guess. On Saturday, 1,000 of those buyers g…
Elon Musk’s flamethrowers have rhyming, ridiculous terms and conditions
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Of course Elon Musk’s joke-turned-real-product flamethrowers (sorry, “not-a-flamethrowers”) have the most ridiculous terms and conditions.
Thursday morning Musk’s tunnel and construction business, The Boring Company, emailed out lawyer-approved terms for anyone who ordered the eccentric billionaire’s barely legal idea. Since the not-a-flamethrowers are technically torches that don’t actually throw balls of fire they are mostly allowed, but they still produce flames of real, hot heat.
The term sheet was anything but dry. It opened with a rhyming section and continued with self-deprecating jokes and humor about the sold-out $500 devices. You are signing on to all responsibility for “showing off to my friends or romantic interests.” Read more…
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View More Elon Musk’s flamethrowers have rhyming, ridiculous terms and conditionsElon Musk’s Boring Co. flamethrower ships in time for summer BBQs
Elon Musk raised a significant chunk of money for his tunnel boring venture, the aptly named Boring Company, via sales of a heavily marked up ‘flamethrower’ with Boring Co. branding. Those pre-sales are all concluded, but now people who put down cash to reserve one are finding out when they can get their flame on. […]
View More Elon Musk’s Boring Co. flamethrower ships in time for summer BBQsHere’s how you can build your Elon Musk flamethrower, if that’s your, uh, ‘thing’
Why buy crap when you could build your own crap, thanks to instructional videos on YouTube?
One YouTuber recently posted the most badass DIY video that shows viewers how to make an exact replica of Elon Musk’s promotional flamethrowers.
SEE…
Tesla is coming to 800 Home Depot stores
Tesla is going mainstream. No, not the electric cars.
Elon Musk is bringing his solar panels and Powerwall batteries to 800 Home Depot locations in the U.S., Bloomberg reported this week. That’s a big boost for the venture, previously known as …
Predictably, people are reselling Elon Musk’s flamethrower on eBay for jacked-up prices
Elon Musk’s Boring Company flamethrowers are as good as sold out.
Naturally it means people out there will be will looking for one, and lo and behold, people are flipping their flamethrowers for inflated prices online.
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Elon Musk’s flamethrower may be a bad idea, but it’s perfectly legal
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Generally, flamethrowers are legal.
Just as Elon Musk has incited enthusiasm, discourse, and frustration about the realities of colonizing Mars, he has successfully done something similar for flamethrowers. His tunneling company, The Boring Company, sold 20,000 flamethrowers this week and is now sold out of the $500 flame igniters.
A flamethrower generally refers to a stream of fire emitted from some sort of torch-like contraption — not actual balls of fire being hurled or thrown into the air. Elon Musk’s flamethrower, for instance, produces a stream of fire that looks to be a foot or so in length — although flamethrowers can certainly produce longer flames. Read more…
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View More Elon Musk’s flamethrower may be a bad idea, but it’s perfectly legalToo late, Elon Musk’s flamethrowers have sold out
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2018’s hottest new toy has sold out.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company $500 flamethrower has certainly been the talk of the internet, but if you were umming and ahhing over whether you should get one, you’re too late.
Musk confirmed via Twitter on Wednesday evening that he has sold all 20,000 flamethrowers available for preorder, only four days after they went on sale. That’s $10 million in flamethrowers.
Flamethrowers sold out
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1, 2018
The flamethrower has faced opposition from one Californian lawmaker, Miguel Santiago, who said he’d bring in state legislation to ban its sale. Read more…
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