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Elon’s embarrassing new look is reminding the gays of something

That man in office’s favorite fangirl is going for a new look, and it’s…not exactly working out for him.

Yesterday, photos surfaced of Elon Musk leaving his barber shop with a fresh cut. Only it wasn’t as fresh as he might have liked. It was the kind of haircut you get when you’re a middle-aged man desperately clinging to the last vestige of youth. The kind of haircut you get when you’ve just gotten divorced and/or happen to be Fleabag’s sister Claire from the show Fleabag. Leading us all to wonder…was this haircut done…you know…on purpose?

Now I’m not a professional hairstylist or barber, so I don’t know sh*t. But as the amateur art critic says, I do know what I like, and I hate everything about this. Except for how it makes Elon Musk looks stupid. That’s the part I like. Not that he needs any help in that department!

But certain gays on the Internet were reminded of another much-reviled cultural figure with this cut…

How dare this man help legislate against trans people while simultaneously stealing the worst part of our culture: the nonbinary haircut.

Unacceptable.

But there’s another hairspo possibility…beloved queer icon Zorg from The Fifth Element.

https://twitter.com/DiscoDaniBaby/status/1897144977316356183

Elon Musk, the one person in the zeitgeist more hated than Che Diaz. An accomplishment!

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Henry Giardina (he/they) is the editor of INTO. He lives in Los Angeles. Past publications include the New York Times, The Believer, The New Yorker, The Paris Review Daily, The Atlantic, Film Comment, and Gizmodo. He is @punkgroucho on Twitter.