Elon Musk, an Iron Man who built a regular car instead of a flying suit, and Grimes, an avant-garde musical artist, are officially dating. Congratulations? Ever since the unlikely couple made their public debut at the swanky Met Gala on Monday, the internet has been meme-ing the heck out of them.
Grimes, real name Claire Boucher, is one of the last cool celebrities, and it pained some to see her dating a tech-bro billionaire with some questionable ideas about the safety of his workers.
https://twitter.com/turing_police/status/993906762167214080
Elon Musk dating Grimes is all the proof you need to know we’re in a simulation.
— hungrybox (@LiquidHbox) May 7, 2018
Plus, it was just funny to extrapolate from their public personas and imagine what their relationship must be like.
Don’t they look cute together?
https://twitter.com/literallymaeve/status/993682937525755904
Oh, sorry, that’s Janis Ian and Damien from Mean Girls. Anyway, don’t Elon and Grimes look adorable?
https://twitter.com/EmilyGould/status/993841372158414848
Oops! I’m being informed that’s Lydia Deetz and Beetlejuice from Beetlejuice. Let’s try this again.
https://twitter.com/pajamashaw/status/993678173987581953
Well, that’s Gideon Graves and Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which seems just a little bit on the nose. Let’s move on, shall we?
When they’re not posting parody couple photos, the Grusk haters are coming up with ridiculous “couple names” for the new duo. I don’t think “Grusk” is going to stick, but what about these?
WE NEED A COUPLE💕NAME FOR GRIMES AND MUSK. Mimes? 🤡 Description of an old basement? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/u47APNIveM
— Spencer Gilbard (@SpencerGilbard) May 9, 2018
When you realize that Grimes’s and Elon Musk’s couple name is Grimy Musk and have to go throw up a little
— Lamar 🔜 FWA (@FatherGlamor) May 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/smoking_weT/status/994265117092143105
Grimes and Elon Musk’s couple name pic.twitter.com/mwPzSXXcee
— sharty (@wowanothersarah) May 9, 2018
How do people not know of Grimes before this? Anyways, hopefully they name their child after their couple name, Gron. Gron.GRON.
— SCATMAN (@OccultBloom) May 9, 2018
Tired: Grimes and Elon Musk’s couple name is “Grusk”
Wired: It’s actually Eclair(e)— Annie Ferguson (@afhearghuis) May 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/sailorfiona/status/994009937411010560
Take your pick. I like ‘Description of an Old Basement’ personally, but there are so many terrible options to choose from!
Musk was already a favorite target of memers, whether they were making fun of his futurism or calling him “Elongated Muskrat.” Now that he’s in elongated muskrat love with a well-liked celebrity, the meme potential is through the roof.
As the cool kids of the internet fall into despair that the billionaire class has seemingly tainted another one of their heroes, I’ll leave you with this footage that’s been going around of Musk and Grimes at home.
https://twitter.com/fatandfem/status/994004946478620673
You think it’s a joke, but no. This is real life. Grimes responded to the tweet on Wednesday afternoon with the caption, “accurate.”
accurate https://t.co/WE7CdGtSeE
— 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@Grimezsz) May 9, 2018
At least she’s having fun with the internet’s reaction to her relationship.
Musk also responded to a Fifth Element meme about the couple’s relationship on Twitter Wednesday night.
ELON MUSK AND GRIMES BE LIKE “ᵐ ᵘ L ᵗᶦᵖᵃˢˢ” pic.twitter.com/XbHkkot3bp
— 𓀐𓂸[ 𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 ]𓀐𓂸 (@freebasecatnip) May 7, 2018
So rococo
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2018
His reply is a reference to a pun about an AI thought experiment, Roko’s Basilisk, which launched the relationship. So they are that kind of couple on Twitter.
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