Journalist: the favourite career choice of high school mean girls? What is it about certain British female journalists? Stunningly, even narcissistically confident in their often ill-informed opinions ("you know, everyone reasonable thinks like me"), surprised and offended at any hint of disagreement; unimpressed by the merely factual; purposefully and viciously reputation-savaging. I've met many of them. GQ's Helen Lewis perhaps tops the list, although Decca Aitkenhead of the Sunday Times was a real contender on the deceitful manipulation side. Then there was the NY Times's Nellie Bowles-—not British, admittedly, but evil enough to be. She outright admitted some years after the interview that she spent her time at the New York Times, destroying people purposefully to elevate her own status. Elon kept his composure and his wit. Thank God for the cold blood of engineers.