Career Ending Tweets
This billionaire tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 a share and had “funding secured,” triggering an SEC securities-fraud case and a settlement requiring him to step down as Tesla chairman.
Who is Elon Musk?
In Pokémon, this Legendary bird is said to appear to doomed travelers lost in icy mountains.
Who is Articuno?
This NBA legend famously took even minor slights personally, turning imagined disrespect into motivation for entire games.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This once-dominant video-rental chain had thousands of locations worldwide before streaming, mail-order rentals, and one infamous failure to adapt reduced it to essentially a single surviving store.
What is Blockbuster?
This NBA superstar accidentally tweeted in the third person about why he left Oklahoma City, making it look like he forgot to switch off a burner account.
Who is Kevin Durant?
In 2017, this conservative senator’s verified Twitter account accidentally “liked” a pornographic video, leading him to blame the incident on a staffer.
Who is Ted Cruz?
Mario and Luigi’s last name is officially this, according to Nintendo canon that has been inconsistently acknowledged over the years.
What is Mario?
This rapper’s feud with Ja Rule became so intense that he bought out rows of tickets to one of Ja’s concerts just so the seats would be empty.
Who is 50 Cent?
This gaming company helped define the home-console industry in the 1970s before the 1983 video-game crash helped destroy its dominance.
What is Atari?
This iconic wrestler was exposed in 2015 for a leaked phone call where he repeatedly used the n-word.
Who is Hulk Hogan?
This Guardians of the Galaxy director was temporarily fired by Disney in 2018 after offensive old tweets resurfaced, though he was later reinstated.
Who is James Gunn?
In Five Nights at Freddy’s lore, Henry Emily’s daughter Charlotte is generally identified as the child who possesses this animatronic.
What is the Puppet?
This WWE chairman once created an entire storyline built around humiliating Stone Cold Steve Austin because Austin refused to behave like a corporate champion.
Who is Vince McMahon?
This phone company once dominated business culture with physical keyboards before the iPhone era completely changed the market.
What is BlackBerry?
This Clippers owner was secretly recorded making racist remarks in 2014, leading the NBA to ban him for life and force the sale of the team.
Who is Donald Sterling?
After returning to Twitter in 2022, this rapper posted that he was going to go “death con 3” on Jewish people, leading to his account being restricted amid a much larger wave of backlash over antisemitic remarks.
Who is Kanye West / Ye?
In Sonic Adventure, this ancient echidna’s greed leads him to attack the Chao and provoke Chaos, indirectly causing the destruction of his own civilization.
Who is Pachacamac?
This JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure villain responded to being adopted into the Joestar family by tormenting Jonathan, stealing Erina’s first kiss, and burning Jonathan’s dog alive.
Who is Dio Brando?
This three-time NBA All-Star once dropped 60 points on Kobe’s Lakers, but knee injuries and a notorious locker-room gun incident helped turn “Agent Zero” from Washington superstar into a rapidly declining journeyman.
Who is Gilbert Arenas?
This Olympic swimmer went from winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing to losing a Kellogg’s sponsorship after a photo surfaced of him apparently smoking from a bong at a party.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This comedian lost his longtime job voicing the Aflac duck after posting jokes about the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Who is Gilbert Gottfried?
In Super Paper Mario, this ancient civilization created both the Light Prognosticus and Dark Prognosticus, two prophetic books central to the game’s apocalypse plot.
Who are the Ancients?
This Chicago drill rapper became notorious for repeatedly mocking slain rival Shondale “Tooka” Gregory in songs and online, helping turn “smoking Tooka” into a phrase that spread far beyond the original neighborhood feud.
Who is King Von?
In 2017, this 5-foot-9 Celtics guard averaged 28.9 points per game, finished fifth in MVP voting, and reached the Eastern Conference Finals. A serious hip injury followed, and he never returned to anything close to that level.
Who is Isaiah Thomas?
This NFL running back’s career was effectively destroyed after surveillance footage surfaced in 2014 showing him punching his then-fiancée inside an Atlantic City casino elevator.
Who is Ray Rice?