Comment on Tesla profits plummet 71% amid backlash to Musk's role with Trump administration

WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Technically correct. The best kind of correct.

  But to clarify, the stigma doesn’t/shouldn’t extend to people with Teslas from the early days. If you happen to already own an old Tesla, don’t worry about it. You’ve suffered enough misfortune on account of that choice already.

  I say this because I’ve seen few old ones around here with all the branding scraped off, and even saw these hubcaps dumped by a bin in a nearby public park late at night as if the Tesla owner didn’t want their neighbors to see:

  tesla hubcaps dumped on the ground beside trash bin at Riverside Park close up showing logo of tesla hubcaps dumped on the ground beside trash bin at Riverside Park

  If this is you, I just want to remind you that reasonable people can draw a distinction between EV early-adopters and the current Elon stans/nazis. Your old Tesla doesn’t make everyone think you’re a racist or whatever. So you don’t have to damage the resale value of your car [further than Elon has] just to convey your principles, and you don’t need to feel bad about supporting that company before everyone realized the CEO was such a douche canoe.

  At the very least, I’m not judging you, and you won’t get keyed on my block.

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