Elon Musk declared himself a “3,000-year-old time-traveling and identity-assuming vampire alien” in a series of late-night posts on X (formerly Twitter). The SpaceX CEO shared memes and joked about historical figures resembling him, claiming weariness from adopting false identities over centuries.
Taking to his X page from Sunday (November 24) to Monday (November 25), the billionaire commented on several historical posts featuring individuals bearing a slight resemblance to him.
Highlights
- Elon Musk jokes about being a ‘3,000-year-old vampire alien’
- Elon’s playful posts on X entertain his 206.1M followers
- Profile updated humorously: ‘verified since 3000 BCE’
- Fans question Elon’s late-night activity and claims
Elon amused his 206.1 million followers on X with a playful 2:30 a.m. post claiming his neighbor knocked on his door at that hour, adding, “Luckily I was still up playing my bagpipes,” while humorously suggesting he was weary of assuming different identities over centuries.
A slew of people wondered what the richest man in the world was still doing up at this time, as an X user commented: “Elon why are you still awake.”
Elon Musk declared himself a “3,000-year-old time-traveling and identity-assuming vampire alien” in a series of late-night posts on X (formerly Twitter)
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A person wrote: “Sleep is for those who still don’t know they’re in the matrix.”
Someone else penned: “Elon has memes on standby for any situation lmao.”
A netizen, curious about why the Tesla founder was awake in the early hours, shared a screenshot of an old X post where Elon humorously claimed to be a 1914 fighter pilot.
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In the post, the businessman wrote: “Full disclosure, I’m actually a 3,000-year-old vampire. It’s such a trial assuming these false identities over the centuries!”
A commentator wondered: “You don’t sleep because you’re a vampire?” To which Elon replied: “I’m a time-traveling vampire!”
He later corrected himself: “Time-travelling, vampire alien.”
The SpaceX CEO shared memes and joked about historical figures resembling him, claiming weariness from adopting false identities over centuries
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The tech mogul eventually escalated the joke by updating his profile to read “verified since 3000 BCE.”
This prompted further amusement, as a fan shared: “3000 BCE? Time-traveling, vampire alien Elon Musk is officially the most interesting man in history (and prehistory).
“What’s next—building pyramids with Tesla tech?”
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Taking to his X page from Sunday (November 24) to Monday (November 25), the billionaire commented on several historical posts
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A separate individual shared a screenshot of Elon’s updated X profile, chiming in: “Elon Musk’s X Profile says he’s verified since 3000 BCE.
“Yesterday, he posted that he is a time-traveling, vampire alien.”
The post sparked the entrepreneur’s interest as he reshared it and countered: “See, this proves that I’m a time-traveling vampire alien!”
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Elon amused his 206.1 million followers on X with a playful 2:30 a.m. post
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“Even though I’m 5000 years old, I think I look much younger.”
Setting the vampire humor aside, Elon, a 53-year-old man, has been candid about his fitness regimen and commitment to aging healthily.
He told Joe Rogan during an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast in 2020: “The older I get, the harder [it is] to stay lean, that’s for sure.”
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A slew of people wondered what the richest man in the world was still doing up at this time
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In the interview, he added that he liked eating “tasty food” and wished he could do without exercise, CNBC reported at the time.
He revealed: “To be totally frank, I wouldn’t exercise at all if I could. I prefer not to exercise.”
While Elon has a personal trainer, he reportedly admitted that it’s been “a while”