Things One Can Watch Forever: Fire Burning, Water Falling, Elon Musk Bizarrely Stripping in China

Although the Tesla founder is known as a visionary and even a real-life Tony Stark by some, he has never ceased to surprise and make netizens ROFL. After going down in the annals of Internet history by smoking pot while on air, he unlocked another meme achievement during a presentation at the company’s new Gigafactory in Shanghai.

Billionaire CEO Elon Musk has left Twitter crying with laughter with his performance in China, challenging such champions of awkward public dancing as former British Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump.

On the launch of Tesla's Model Y electric sports utility vehicle programme at its new Gigafactory in Shanghai, the entrepreneur first warmed the crowd up with a little bit of stripping, as he threw his jacket away and bared a T-shirt with a picture of the factory printed on it.

🕺🕺🕺 pic.twitter.com/7KscfwWd51

— Vincent (@vincent13031925) 7 января 2020 г.

​Then he proceeded with moves that resembled a bad compilation of TikTok dances. The proud performer shared a clip with his raving on stage with a Chinese tune put over and a caption reading “At ‘Tesla Giga Shanghai NSFW’” – which stands for “not safe for work”.

At Tesla Giga Shanghai NSFW!! pic.twitter.com/1yrPyzJQGZ

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 7 января 2020 г.

​Commenters immediately celebrated the birth of a new meme.

A new meme format is born 😂 pic.twitter.com/mcrC6JbwuN

— Renata Konkoly 🦉 (@RenataKonkoly) 7 января 2020 г.

​Many immediately turned the comments into a meme-feast, sharing all kinds of gifs and jokes.

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— 鈴木 心愛 (@CocoaSuzuki3) 7 января 2020 г.

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— Till Urban (@TillUrban02) 7 января 2020 г.

Definitely a resemblance to Fred Astaire. Faint resemblance, but ok pic.twitter.com/BUvJgLUk1X

— 🧶🚀Space Nanny🧠🥄 (@Exhaustedpengu1) 7 января 2020 г.

That's what I'm talking about!!

I ❤ u Elon-kun pic.twitter.com/qCJ8u6ilI7

— Mσηιкα (@MonikaJustMe) 8 января 2020 г.

What about side kicks pic.twitter.com/KvKKe8Wb3T

— Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) 7 января 2020 г.

Elon you better say yes and send me to mars!
Can’t even stay on earth you watching you doing this pic.twitter.com/kTDESUC2dv

— Eljaboom💥 (@Eljaboom) 7 января 2020 г.

​While Twitter is enjoying the new joke, Tesla’s stockholders can have a party of their own, as well.

The company’s stock rose 3.88% on Tuesday after Musk’s presentation – comparable to GM at $35.15 per share with a market cap of roughly $50.2 billion and Ford at about $9.25 per share with a market cap of about $36.7 billion as of Tuesday night. Over the past six months, the Silicon Valley automaker has reached a market capitalisation of roughly $84.5 billion.