From advocating for nuking Mars to feuding on Twitter, here's how Tesla's controversial CEO Elon Musk spent his summer

Late this summer, Musk tweeted that satirical news site The Onion was his "thought bubble." Another user tweeted to ask if he was considering buying the site. "I'd love to," he wrote back.

Musk's satirical startup, Thud, closed in May after funding from Musk dried up.

Musk tried to make fun of the new Porsche Taycan Turbo's name, referencing the fact that you can't turbocharge an electric car. The new Taycan is the first electric sports car from the German automaker and has invited comparison to Tesla's offerings.

He was quickly roasted by other users, who pointed out a few times he used the actual definitions of words loosely.

Um @elonmusk, the words “funding secured” did not mean what you hoped they did https://t.co/A3y0RdoHNr

The two business founders discussed AI, Mars missions, and more at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in August.

When Ma said that he wasn't scared of AI, Musk called those "famous last words."

https://t.co/tndaPd6d8z pic.twitter.com/G98dOzgWTv

Haha actually true pic.twitter.com/VNB822fpPT

I am become meme

Source: Twitter

Musk believes that if we "nuke Mars," its polar ice caps will melt and release carbon dioxide, creating a greenhouse effect to raise the planet's temperature so we can colonize it.

He's been promoting this idea on TV and online since at least 2015.

They're currently sold out.

A few days after re-upping his "nuke Mars" idea, Musk tweeted a new theory: "Might make sense to have thousands of solar reflector satellites 🛰 to warm Mars vs artificial suns (tbd)."

He also tweeted that his original idea was "not risky."

In January of 2018, Musk's Boring Company launched "not a flamethrower," which was basically a flamethrower. Pablo Escobar's brother Roberto claimed that he had the idea first, and Elon stole it, according to reports in July.

"It's Not a Flamethrower, Mr Escobar," Musk tweeted in reply in July.

Musk's brain tech company Neuralink announced in July it developed a neural implant that can be used in rat and monkey brains, with the end goal of connecting our minds directly to computers.

"A monkey has been able to control a computer with its brain," Musk told employees at a question and answer session.

Musk called Vernon Unsworth "pedo guy" last summer after Unsworth criticized his idea to build a mini-submarine to rescue the Thai soccer team trapped in a cave.

Unsworth filed a defamation suit last September. Musk argued in recent court documents that he meant "pedo" not in a literal sense, but as a creepy old man.