The Incident
Gallery I · The event, in the curator's own hand
The Incident
On the afternoon of November 9, 2001, I was waiting in line at the Cumberland Farms on N. Main Street, in Concord, New Hampshire. I was holding an 8-ounce bottle of Garelick Farms Maple Milk. There was no one ahead of me.1
The man standing awkwardly to the right of me turned, stepped backward, and inserted himself in the line in front of an additional party (myself). He purchased a single pack of Wrigley's Big Red chewing gum for $0.25. He paid for it using a postdated check.2 He did not look at me. He left through the only door.
That man was Mr. Elon Musk.
I paid for my Maple Milk in cash and have never forgotten this offense.
Sensory Observations
The author wishes to note for the record that the subject smelled distinctly of an odor that can only be described as digital shame.3 Both observations were noted in real time and have been preserved without revision.4
Damages Sustained
- Permanent emotional trauma.
- A ongoing, deliberate refusal to admit I may be wrong.
It is the author's position that the second of these damages is the more significant of the two, and that it would have substantially abated by now had Mr. Musk simply said "excuse me" at the time.
On the Acquisition of This Domain
I purchased the domain fuckyouelonmusk.lol on the morning of April 24, 2025, for $2.78. I have never built a site on it. For years it remained dormant. Silent, awkward, and slightly menacing. Which is precisely the character Mr. Musk displayed on that fateful day.5
This page, established in 2026, is the first and only thing that has ever been published at this address. It exists not as an accusation, but as a permanent public record of the incident, and as an answer to anyone who asks why this domain has been pointed at nothing for so long.
- The absence of a line is recorded here not as exculpation but as aggravation. There was no line. He cut it anyway. ↩
- The check has never been examined by the Collection and is not held among its objects; see Accession No. CCC.2001.002, "not held; location unknown." The Collection has resolved not to learn whether it cleared. ↩
- An earlier account additionally recorded "peppermint Altoids." On further reflection the curator believes the flavour was Sour Mango. The correction is noted in the interest of accuracy and in the interest of nothing else. ↩
- "Without revision" is to be read in the spirit of the document and not in the literal sense; see footnote 3. ↩
- The Collection notes the symmetry and declines to make anything further of it. ↩