If you visit ‘Pranay Pathole’ on Twitter and scroll through his timeline, you will find that most of his tweets are directed towards Elon Musk or are retweets of Elon Musk. The younger generation would call him a ‘simp’.
When Pranay isn’t fanboy-ing over Elon Musk, he tweets genuine feedback and suggestions to the Tesla and SpaceX head, to which he sometimes replies!
Am giving serious thought to this
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 27, 2022
Mars looks amazing
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 3, 2021
And now, Pranay Pathole actually met Elon Musk! According to News18, the IT professional from Pune met his idol at Texas recently and even took to Twitter to post a picture calling him a “humble and down-to-earth” person. Have a look:
It was so great meeting you @elonmusk at the Gigafactory Texas. Never seen such a humble and down-to-earth person. You're an inspiration to the millions 💕 pic.twitter.com/TDthgWlOEV
— Pranay Pathole (@PPathole) August 22, 2022
Several people online who have been following him for a long time were happy for him and said that his dream finally came true. Others claimed that ‘simping’ actually works.
Simping works guys https://t.co/FebjCdDblM
— Shahbaz Khan (@shabaaash) August 22, 2022
It's like a dream come true moment 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 @elonmusk when I will feel this moment 🙂🙂 https://t.co/uXBP3PlnCO
— JD PRASAD (@PrasadRjpd) August 22, 2022
Many years of simping worked ,finally https://t.co/ti4TgwM5Np
— sanjeev prabhaker (@SPrabhaker) August 22, 2022
this dude may be the most successful simp of all time https://t.co/1628euoGir
— roon (@tszzl) August 22, 2022
A dream come true @PPathole …The feeling of meeting someone whom you have admired for so long, would be nothing less than seeing God …. 🙂 Upwards and onwards from here.. best wishes
— Prashant Pathole (@patholep) August 22, 2022
🔥❤️ Wow, that comes as a surprise, Pranay. So awesome😍. Congratulations!
Great photo 🔥 You look really happy and Elon seems to enjoy it too.
I’m a bit envious, I must admit☺️. Did you guys have time to talk a bit? Please tell us about it.— Maren Kahnert ▪️ 🦊⚔❤ (@marenkahnert) August 22, 2022
Congratulations bro. It is but a dream for most of us. We as a family are super happy for you brother. Give Elon a tight hug on our behalf and just say “Thank You”
— Tesla in the Gong 🇦🇺🦘🤖🚕 (@TeslaGong) August 23, 2022
Happy for you bro 🚀
— adityarajsingh.eth (@justadityaraj) August 22, 2022
According to Business Today, Pranay Pathole is Elon Musk’s long-time Twitter connection and cheerleader. Way back in 2018, he had connected with Musk and tweeted about the problem with Tesla’s automatic windscreen wipers. Musk had responded to him saying that it would be “fixed in next release”. They are also said to talk via DMs.
Pathole has a MS degree in Business Analytics and used to be an employee of TCS.
Here’s to never giving up hope!