Maybe this is the right move. That's not what bothers me.

Musk's joking about firing 1,700 people bothers me. It might be a necessary, but these people have lives, families, mortgages, and commitments. Getting fired is never easy.

But Musk shows up carrying a sink laughing and joking about "Let that sink in", and the Internet yucks it up and talks about what a clever boy Elon is.

The unnecessary cruelty and the utter lack of empathy -- or even the need to feign empathy -- is what bothers me.