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I love TJ Miller and particularly liked what he did at the Techcrunch awards. But that's a silly anecdote.

If you didn't know who Elon Musk was years before 2014, and your proud of being in some mindless film, I can't take you serious as a critic of culture. What do people pay attention too?

It's fine to be dismissive and sarcastic to people who deserve it but you can't just wantonly dismiss everyone without facts when you apparently spend most of your time mesmerized by pop culture, sports etc.

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I interpreted the anecdote a little differently. It seemed like TJ Miller was acknowledging that the woman definitely should have preferred to have a picture with Elon Musk, but for some reason there are many people who are more interested in entertainment than in anything Elon Musk is working on. I think he name dropped Yogi Bear 3D to highlight how ridiculous the celebrity worship is, not because he was proud of being in the mindless film.

As for him not immediately recognizing Musk at the party, I was thinking Musk might have looked a bit different from his photos when seen in real life. By the time the woman handed Musk the camera, Miller had already figured out that the person he was talking to was a very big deal.

"It's kind of weird--the values. Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine. I'm probably worth a lot more than Jonas Salk. That's pretty weird. I didn't cure polio; this guy did. I walk into a bar and a whole bunch of people know who I am. Jonas Salk probably can't even get laid. Now, figure that out."

- Billy Joel

I looked up a picture of Jonas Salk, and I can guarantee you that man got laid.

Being exceptionally, unreasonably proud of being in "Yogi Bear 3D" is a recurring joke in TJ Miller's schtick. He's almost certainly being facetious.

i wouldn't take everything he says so literally. i'm sure he was aware of what a tesla is. so what if he wasn't intimately familiar with who elon musk was? he was the star of 'yogi bear 3-d' after all

i think the assumption in the article is he probably _knew_ what elon musk did/had done, but just not what he looked like specifically.

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I wouldn't be so quick to not take a person seriously because she recognized an actor from a film you didn't like or see.

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