A Twitter user urged Elon Musk to buy the company in 2017. Now he is feeling ‘not great’

This exchange continues to haunt me pic.twitter.com/W06oSqx0MR

— Dave Smith (@redletterdave) April 25, 2022

The screenshot has gone viral on social media, leaving netizens amazed by the exchange and many commented saying, “You did it.” Twitter user Aimee Pearcy asked Smith, “How does it feel knowing that all of this was entirely your fault?” He responded saying, “Honestly Aimee, not great!”

Honestly Aimee, not great!

— Dave Smith (@redletterdave) April 25, 2022

pic.twitter.com/Hl7ZIlPb4e

— Nick (@NickPrato) April 25, 2022

Love how Elon casually asks the price, as if its a block of cheese

— niel the expat (@nieltheexpat) April 25, 2022

This is the Power of Dreams…👍
Dream come True for @elonmusk…😁 https://t.co/pIpPWvNzQn

— COMMON MAN (@nazir28) April 26, 2022

Good job, Dave. You were definitely the kid who reminded the teacher about turning in homework huh? https://t.co/rxZhBPHPBH

— Dylan Park (@dyllyp) April 25, 2022

The tweet posted Monday evening has garnered more than 8.3 lakh likes so far.

On December 21, 2017, after the SpaceX CEO tweeted, “I love Twitter”, Smith urged him to buy it. Musk went on to ask, “How much is it?”

I love Twitter

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2017

How much is it?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 21, 2017

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Netizens were left confused about Musk’s comment about buying Twitter then. “Don’t end up buying it :D We love the freedom!” commented a user in 2017. “If you buy twitter. Then we may finally get an edit button,” wrote another user in 2018.

are you going to buy it

— Brad Sams (@bdsams) December 21, 2017

Fix service centers and build quality first dude.

— #zeropercentclub (@ewwgaas) April 16, 2022

don’t do it. You should buy bitcoins😀

— Jalaj nagar (@Jalaj__nagar) December 24, 2017

About $18½ billion pic.twitter.com/8SYGyc7dm4

— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) December 21, 2017

On April 16, the billionaire commented with an upside-down face emoji to his 2017 question to Smith. And Tesla Owners Silicon Valley commented on its Twitter handle, “Might as well make this a match made in heaven and take the company.”

🙃

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 16, 2022

Might as well make this a match made in heaven and take the company

— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) April 16, 2022

Mission accomplished

— R. Rex Emmanuel (@RRexEmmanuel1) April 26, 2022

There is planning.
There is strategizing
There is working towards something.
There is achieving your goal.
Eyes on the ball since 2017.

— © Healthcommunicators (@healthcommng) April 25, 2022

Well it took you 5 years to buy it…..some serious goals you got there 🔥

— Adarsh Kumar (@adarsh_ak_17) April 26, 2022