Elon Musk Dubbed "Space Karen"

Elon Musk, the CEO of tech giant Tesla and internet golden boy, recently caused waves yet again on Twitter. After taking four rapid antigen tests for COVID-19, Musk claimed that “something extremely bogus is going on” after two tests came back negative while the other two were positive. Replies to the tweet ranged from cries of Musk being irresponsible, to suggestions that revenue is a motivating factor for testing.

Several days after the tweet was published, the phrase “Space Karen” began trending in regard to Musks’ apparent suspicion of rapid testing. Some users criticized Musk for using his enormous influence to sow doubt in the testing process. Others ran with the tweet and took it as further evidence of a conspiracy linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.