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What better way to really understand Elon Musk's year as Tesla CEO than to look back at his Twitter. It's been a bumpy and Watch An Enticing Invitation Onlinevery busy year for the electric car executive. He went from the depths of despair to turning a profit for Tesla for the first time -- with a few lawsuits and scathing news reports thrown in for good measure. He even took a few puffs of marijuana on a podcast.

His most famous tweet of 2018?

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That led to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit and possible criminal investigation. In his settlement (which cost him $20 million and Tesla another $20 million), he was removed as chairman of the board and his tweeting is now under close watch. That didn't stop him from taunting the SEC. He remains CEO of Tesla.

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Before the SEC drama in August, he divulged he was in "production hell" as he struggled to build 5,000 Model 3 cars a week. We learned Musk was sleeping at the office.

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As Musk himself said in a Halloween interview with Recode's Kara Swisher, "It’s fair to say I would probably not have tweeted some of the things I tweeted, that was probably unwise."

Back in May, he went on a rant about creating a truth-rating website called Pravda.

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Later, he broke down in a New York Timesarticle, calling this year the "most difficult and painful year of my career." BUT HE DID NOT CRY.

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And he's still dealing with the repercussions of an insulting (since deleted) tweet calling a British cave diver a "pedo guy." The diver is suing for defamation. Musk argued this week that since it happened on Twitter it's protected speech.

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Musk also used Twitter to make countless product announcements, from off-menu paint colors to updated Autopilot software. He tweeted about a farting unicorn and gave his cars the ability to fart. He also gave clues about major releases, like the elusive Model Y.

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Tesla's stock price is a good indicator of when Musk's Twitter behavior is getting too much for shareholders to handle. The dips match low points in his tweets, IRL behavior, and Model 3 production numbers.

Musk's personal life got even weirder this year. In February he broke up with actress Amber Heard and then started dating the singer Grimes.

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This was the year Musk recognized his own Twitter influence and started tweeting some bizarre posts and what he considers funny jokes.

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By the way, Musk is 47 years old.

Elon Musk also used Twitter to announce a new name for his Boring Company's flamethrowers.

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This was just 365 days. What a year.