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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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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Too 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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Elon Musk apparently wasn’t joking about a Boring Company flamethrower — it’s here

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