Twitter Reacts to Techno Mechanicus, the Secret Third Child of Grimes and Elon Musk

Ally Perry • Writer and Editor

Sep 11, 2023 11:00 AM EDT

Baby names have long been one of those areas in which famous people are liable to get a little too, shall we say, "creative". Nobody comes up with a moniker made for playground teasing quite like certain celebrities.

In recent years, the most notorious of these has to be Grimes and Elon Musk. When they announced the birth of their first son X Æ A-12 three years ago, the internet was armed with plenty of roasty memes and posts aimed at the name of this unfortunate child who usually goes by X.

Since then, they have also welcomed daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, and now yet another addition to their family has been announced. Son Techno Mechanicus is the third child shared between the ex-couple, and believed to be Musk's eleventh.

Known as Tau for short, the people of Twitter couldn't help themselves by yet again finding the humor in these unorthodox naming practices. At least this kid has a name that most of us can pronounce.