I think Elon Musk lacks the empathy to understand the damage he's doing to those around him - family, employees, strangers on the internet - when he's throwing away words like that; I genuinely think he's actually lacking these social skills.

It's not just social skills that he lacks, the interview with his first wife[0] where she notes that he regarded her grieving for their first kid (SIDS death at 10 weeks) as "emotionally manipulative"[1] is something else entirely.

[0] https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a5380/millionaire-start...

[1] https://i.imgur.com/YDYeRW0.png