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sndmn@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
We shouldn’t make people scared for owning a Tesla, just embarrassed.
WeeSheep@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Yeah just like thousands of civil servants are “embarrased” of losing their jobs. Just like judges are “embarrased” that the executive branch is ignoring their rulings. Just like millions of Ukrainians are “embarrased” of losing their home. Get over your fucking self… we are at war.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Agreed they shouldn’t be scared for owning a Tesla. They should be made to live in fear.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Isn’t driving around in one of those poorly-made death trap vehicles enough then?..
…Nah, probably not.
kat@orbi.camp 3 months ago
Nah, I got one and I support this. (geting rid of mine)
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I saw my first tesla a few weeks ago. I was walking in a target parking lot, and it passed by me to get to the other end of the parking lot, which is a strip mall.
I felt it was my civic duty to go laugh at what I THOUGHT was going to be a 50 year old white guy with a red hat. I was going to go walk up to him, point, and laugh. Calling him a pussy free loser for driving that car.
I was not prepared for what happened next. I see the car circling around, like it can’t find a spot, even though 90% of the strip mall was empty. Finally, he pulls up right next to the spot I was standing near. I was like “ooooooh, here we go!”
Door opens on the passenger, and 3 little Asian kids get out. Followed by an Asian woman in her 30s. Then the driver side opens. And a blind Asian man gets out.
Now what the fuck am I supposed to do??? I’m still trying to figure out if/how he was driving. I’m not saying being blind is a coverall for shitty behavior like driving a tesla…but I just couldn’t bring myself to call a blind guy a pussy free loser in front of his wife and kids.
NONE of it makes sense. And I feel dumber for having experienced my first tesla.
Seriously though, does ANYONE have any context for how a blind man with seeing stick can drive a car? It’s been driving me crazy, because I know what I saw…I just can’t explain what I saw.
ripcord@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Uh, OK.
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 months ago
NOt entirely blind so a stick helps with curbs and stuff. No one took away his license when they should have, and full self driving helps him appear to function
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
i’m gonna lean on the side of “fuck that shit” on this one. buying a tesla is a choice. maga are terrorizing people for things they didn’t choose like skin color, gender, sexual orientation, etc, and that list will only get longer
fuck tesla, and fuck tesla buyers. unlike their holy godman idol musk, i value empathy. but not for people who pridefully show none of it themselves
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
A lot of regular Tesla owners genuinely didn’t know a ton about the company and until the last few years Musk wasn’t quite so openly a Nazi.
I have zero sympathy for Cybertruck owners but I am going to wait to reserve judgement on average Teslas until I have proof it was bought recently and that they are okay with Musk as he is.
The reality is some people can’t just up and trade in the car as easily as they might want to, even if they hate Musk and all he stands for now.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 months ago
People with ordinary Teslas might have bought them before Musk was a total ass. And apart from some dumb ideas like steering yokes and poor emergency releases and build quality they’re not that bad.
The Cybertruck is objectively bad and deserves ridicule regardless of what Lengthy Nutria does.
cocolowlander@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Model Y Juniper just started shipping this month. Its a glaring sign that says they bought it after everything Musk did.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
I wasn’t aware because I don’t follow Tesla but that’s really useful info because you’re damn right.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
fair enough. i still say fuck’em. there are many more people much more deserving of my sympathy than fucking tesla owners
DogEarBookmark@reddthat.com 3 months ago
What if I told you not everyone buying the car did so with daddy musk on the mind?
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 months ago
I don't care. It's not like its a nececity for people to own a swasticar.
DogEarBookmark@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Okay. Sell your car right now and buy another one. Prove its not a big deal.