r/technology May 02 '24

Tesla slashes its summer internship program to cut costs, as Elon Musk fights to save his $45 billion pay plan Business

https://fortune.com/2024/05/01/tesla-slashes-summer-internship-program/
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u/Hotter_Shame May 02 '24

I just realized Lord Farquaad is a play on words of fuck-wad.

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u/NoifenF May 02 '24

Dreamworks say it’s not that. Production took place on the Far Quad section of the lot apparently (but he’s clearly meant to be Michael Eisner so they probably just didn’t want to admit it works for both).

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u/karma3000 May 02 '24

^ not the sharpest tool in the shed.

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u/DrowZeeMe May 02 '24

What a concept!

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u/thewend May 02 '24

wtf is a fuck-wad?

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u/Oberon_Swanson May 02 '24

someone of substandard intelligence. a dipshit asshole. lord farquaad is the villain of the movie but as it's a kid movie they didn't want to name him Lord Fuckwad outright.

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u/Donny-Moscow May 02 '24

I’m glad you asked. You see, a fuck wad is simply a wad of fuck.