1,000 people picked up their Boring Company flamethrowers this weekend

It was a hot time in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.

Sorry, sorry. (No I'm not.) It's been five months since The Boring Company sold 20,000 space age flamethrowers to... people who want to burn things, I guess. On Saturday, 1,000 of those buyers got to pick up their purchase at a party thrown by Elon Musk.

Here's live footage of Musk testing out the very first unit.

OK, fine. There's no footage of Musk himself wielding a Boring Company Flamethrower. But social media is flooded with photos of flamethrower buyers testing out their new toy. Read more...