Elon Musk’s quest to alienate all creatives from his platform continues to go swimmingly, with him calling Trent Reznor a “crybaby” for leaving the site.

Recommended Videos

The Nine Inch Nails frontman deleted his personal account following Musk’s acquisition, with the musician’s departure clearly causing Musk some damage to his ego. Unlike literally any other social media platform owner probably ever, Musk takes notice and deep offence whenever a notable person leaves the app. Responding to one of his sycophants, he dubbed the man behind songs like “Closer” and “The Fragile” as a “crybaby”.

And it turns out that Trent “nine inch nails” Reznor is actually a crybaby 🤣

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2022

Yes, taking a moral stance and not blindly sucking up to an apartheid billionaire now means you’re a crybaby. There’s a beautiful irony to calling someone else a crybaby when you’ve brought it up unprovoked and without any reason. Fittingly, Reznor’s fans have responded in force.

One of the best, as usual, saw Musk again imitate famed sh*tposter Dril and his “I’m not owned!” post. Incoming Nine Inch Nails memes as well, as one user dubbed Musk’s career The Downward Spiral.

— Rob Sheridan (Parody) (@rob_sheridan) November 21, 2022

Tough words for someone whose entire career could be dubbed "The Downward Spiral"

— Δ Ξ L T Λ 🏳️‍⚧️ (@DeltaVaran) November 21, 2022

Some responses were beautifully personal, remarking on Musk’s seemingly endless supply of children and whether or not he actually talks to any of them. Which seems highly unlikely given how much time he spends posting on Twitter.

Damn that's cool anyway how many of your children still talk to you

— Blitzkrieg Bitch (@Icosore) November 21, 2022

do your kids talk to you

— vera (@sepulchraldaze) November 21, 2022

Reznor being called a crybaby is slightly fitting, considering the music of Nine Inch Nails has always been rooted in emotion and inner turmoil.

Wow that's crazy, his music always made him sound like the strong silent type

— Jen's Fortress (@jenny_briar) November 21, 2022

Trent Reznor could invent every idea Elon Musk has invented but Elon Musk could never make Closer by Nine Inch Nails

— Dave (@davenos362) November 21, 2022

Some of Musk’s fanboys also seem to have misinterpreted NIN completely, somehow confusing songs like “The Hand That Feeds” or “Head Like A Hole” as anything other than utterly anti-establishment. You literally cannot get more establishment than a billionaire who owns Twitter and wants to be a real life Citizen Kane.

As lame as Musk is, what I find more depressing are the countless replies expressing disappointment that Reznor wasn’t “as anti-establishment as I thought” because he criticized Musk

The richest man in the world is as establishment as it gets what are you talking about

— Brandon Streussnig (@BrndnStrssng) November 21, 2022

There’s something deeply off-putting about Musk knowing when verified accounts leave the site and subtweeting them. For a man who apparently believes himself to be an edgy, libertine freedom of speech kinda guy, he sure doesn’t seem to like dissenting opinion or people not liking him.

Not even Donald Trump, who he tried desperately to placate, wanted a bar of Musk as far back as 2018. Trump even rejected a return to Twitter the day prior. Reznor will take solace in being a Tony away to an EGOT, as well as potentially up for another Oscar for his work on the Love and Bones soundtrack.