The definition of “late capitalism,” as far as I can tell, is all around us. It’s in the trees (which produce the fruits that wind up in your monthly-issued Juicero packs), in the water (pods, that is, which you pop into a different machine on your countertop), and even in the music (that pauses dramatically as Kendall Jenner solves police brutality with a Pepsi). But if you were hoping to get your own taste of it in the form of a flamethrower sold by a billionaire CEO with ambitions of turning humans into a multi-planetary species, I’m sorry to say that you, dear reader, are too late.
Elon Musk has sold all his flamethrowers
The fire sale is over
The fire sale is over


Elon Musk’s Boring Company, which currently more closely resembles Supreme than it does a transportation infrastructure outfit, sold its 20,000th (and final) branded flamethrower today. Musk officially put the flamethrowers on sale Saturday evening for $500 a pop, so his company has since raked in roughly $10 million in around 100 hours. Buyers will also receive a complimentary Boring fire extinguisher, Musk tweeted late Wednesday evening.
The flamethrowers, which are quite literally roof torches strapped to Airsoft rifles, are slated to ship this spring. There is already a politician trying to stop Musk’s idea by introducing legislation, which is adorable.
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