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Elon Musk and X-Chan "Efficiency" Comic refers to a webcomic made by SKS Cartoon showing Elon Musk making an overweight female Twitter character work out at a gym called "EFFICIENCY," turning her into a slim and attractive X character, seen wearing a white shirt with the "𝕏" logo and sporting a ponytail. In the third and final panel, Musk and the 𝕏-chan character are looking suspiciously at an overweight male character labeled "Federal Government," implying that the U.S. government must also work out at the Efficiency gym. The comic was made in September 2024 and originally went viral among Musk's supporters. The webcomic was later seen by his critics who mocked it for being cringe and problematic, causing it to see a resurgence online.

Origin

On September 21st, 2024, X^[1] user @skscartoon tweeted a three-panel comic showing a cartoon version of Elon Musk making an overweight Twitter character in a shirt with the original blue bird logo work out at a gym called "EFFICIENCY," transforming her into a more fit "𝕏-chan." The third and final panel shows Musk and 𝕏-chan looking suspiciously at an overweight character labeled "Federal Government," implying that the U.S. government must also work out at the Efficiency gym.

Over two days, the comic received roughly 3 million views, 20,000 likes and 1,000 replies (shown below).

Spread

The post spread among many Elon Musk supporters on the day it was originally posted. For instance, on September 21st, 2024, X^[2] user Ian Miles Cheong tweeted the comic, captioning it, "This may be deeply offensive to some," receiving over 1,600 likes in two days (shown below).

Soon after, the comic was seen by critics of Musk and others who thought that the comic was cringe or problematic. For instance, on September 21st, X^[3] user @DreamLeaf5 quoted the post, writing, "'Imagine if Elon gets to do to what he did to Twitter' / You mean turn it into the Fourth Reich? Let’s not do that actually." Over two days, the quote received roughly 19,000 likes (shown below).

The comic was ironically reposted to the subreddit /r/walkaway by Redditor^[4] SaltyMatzoh on September 22nd, 2024, who captioned it, "DOGE," gaining over 900 upvotes in a day (shown below).

Later on September 22nd, Redditor^[5] doctorctrl then shared the abovementioned post to the subreddit /r/PeterExplainsTheJoke.

Viral discourse and memes about the comic continued to surface on X in the following days. For instance, on September 22nd, 2024, X^[6] user @Liv_Agar quoted the original tweet, writing, "The weight in this is an analogy for market value," gaining over 80,000 likes in a day (shown below).

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