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- Comment on If malls continue to shut down and decay over the next twenty years, someone should turn them into retirement communities for GenX and Millennials. 3 months ago:
Hopefully Tiffany will tour them
- Comment on Show me your fire pit. 3 months ago:
- Comment on poni 3 months ago:
I think it’s his lung
- Comment on Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. 3 months ago:
It is not.
- Comment on Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. 3 months ago:
No, ginger is not a tree.
- Comment on Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. 3 months ago:
And potato is a tuber but an onion is not. Both are flowering plants. So is ginger.
Ginger has nothing to do with ‘a bit of wood attached to a tree’ which is exactly my point.
- Comment on Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. 3 months ago:
So is a potato wood? A carrot?
Ginger is not a tree. It’s a flowering plant.
- Comment on Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. 3 months ago:
It’s not a tree root.
- Comment on Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't. 3 months ago:
Ginger is a root, maybe you’re thinking of something else?
- Comment on Is it better to rent a cheap/shitty place, or rent something suitable that you struggle to afford? 4 months ago:
Renting: cheaper is almost always better.
Purchasing: it can make sense to get the nicest place you can afford, with the expectation that your pay will increase but your mortgage won’t.
- Comment on Lemmy is a failed Reddit alternative 4 months ago:
Thankfully they’re super easy to spot and block.
- Comment on Has Elon Musk made any sexist remarks? 4 months ago:
I am asking this in all earnest, even though some may interpret it as trolling.
Your comment history says otherwise. I’m gonna just go ahead and block you.
- Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? 6 months ago:
Even if he does spend 2 weeks with them, he frequently talks about stuff he is out of his depth on.
Just because he had access to interesting cars doesn’t make him a good car reviewer. If I want to see what the inside of a Lamborghini Miura looks like, sure he’s probably got a video of it.
If I want to know anything about a modern car that I may purchase though, he’s one of the last people I’d look to.
- Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? 6 months ago:
I’ve owned several VW’s including diesels and yes, currently an id.4. I am a fan of VW cars, but I don’t really care about the perception of the company - I like the cars but it’s really more that I like my local dealership and find their cars superior to others at the same price point.
The reason I brought this specific incident up was because it’s easier to remember, but I find Doug fairly frequently was misinformed about things. It was fine when he was just showing off stuff he thought was interesting, but once he started reviewing cars currently for sale, it really jumped out to me that he’d just be ranting about stuff he just didn’t understand and was not a reliable reviewer. The only reason I kept tolerating him for a while was that he has access to interesting old cars I wouldn’t be able to see otherwise, but as far as the new stuff, he was unqualified imo.
I do agree with your point that most people would do test drives, etc, but this came at a time when these cars were not available on lots and many people began canceling their orders based on the perception of the car which seemed to be widely based on Doug’s review. I just happened to luck into one being at my dealer, and was able to test drive it, but at the time they were very hard to find and most peoples orders had not yet been delivered. It definitely hindered sales and was totally blown out of proportion.
That said, VW should have handled the response to it better - they basically just ignored it, and that’s on them.
I also remember the diesel scandal quite well because I was just about to sell my diesel beetle when the story broke and the price plummeted.
Thankfully between my dealer and VWoA they made it right, so it didn’t turn me off from them completely. What became known the following year was that it was not just VW, but almost the entire automotive industry engaging in similar tactics, but that was not nearly as widely reported.
As far as MKBHD, that makes sense, and it could be just an outdated opinion I have of them based on much older reviews.
- Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? 6 months ago:
FYI, Id.4 gets much closer to 300 miles of range. VW has always underestimated their efficiency, even on gas/diesel cars imo.
The reason I don’t think I’m overestimating Doug’s reach is that I was constantly seeing people parroting and citing his review after it came out. All anyone seemed to talk about was how bad the infotainment system was. While the infotainment system was kinda a dog until you make some settings changes, it was in no sense bad enough to warrant the kind of hysterics that people were having over it. I’ve definitely seen worse systems in other cars I’ve driven - especially considering CarPlay and android auto function perfectly fine and speedy. The car is not above criticism, but it seemed a lot of people were taking his word as gospel and/or becoming obsessed with a fairly minor detail.
I’ve never heard of humane before this and I wasn’t talking about that review specifically, but I’ve seen reviews before (I believe they were phone reviews, but it’s been a while) from MKBHD where I felt some minor thing was being blown out of proportion or where he didn’t seem to understand that some people may appreciate something being done a different way than he expected and therefore I quit watching his videos because they didn’t appeal to me.
In my opinion, both reviewers I’ve mentioned here tend to have some hot takes that garner way too much traction, and I can understand that frustration if you’ve created a product that they then trash. I’m not saying that it’s their intention to do so, but I do think it can be irresponsible to present things the way they do - especially since these reviews remain live much longer than a software cycle might.
- Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? 6 months ago:
Yes I tend to like this but I wasn’t able to put it into words as well as you weee - someone who doesn’t just spout off their experience as if it’s the only one, but takes the time to understand if this is something that is only affecting them or if it’s the specific unit they have, etc.
- Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? 6 months ago:
Doug Demuro has some different style of videos. He has his old school vids where he shows off interesting aspects of mostly older videos and now he’s also doing reviews of new cars. The second type is the one I’m referring to.
Doug did a review of a VW ID.4 in which he complained about how the infotainment system is “slow” and that got blown so out of proportion I do believe that it affected their sales significantly.
With MKBHD I agree with what you’re saying, and low quality was the wrong way to describe them. It’s more that they are noticing little things that the general population would mostly not notice or care about but then that becomes the whole story of the device.
It’s not that I think it doesn’t have a place, it’s just that these enthusiasts opinions get blasted wide and far by other media and it’s frequently not taken in the context in which the video is created. They (other media) will latch onto a nitpick and proclaim the product to be doomed.
It’s one thing to go looking for an enthusiast deep dive, and it’s another to amplify these complaints to the level that is done currently.
My point is basically that I think there is some validity that enthusiast reviews are able to affect the market too much. Not that these people shouldn’t make their videos, just they should not be taken that seriously and amplified by other media.
It’s not the content creators fault, but I do think it affects sales more significantly than it should.
- Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? 6 months ago:
So I am not a fan of the reviewer pictured for the same reason I don’t like Doug Demuro’s car reviews.
From what I see, they have very limited time with a product, and can tend to not understand it fully, and then add into their reviews tiny nitpicks that many people wouldn’t even notice on their own.
It seems like they look for something to complain about and that then goes viral as if it’s a huge issue with the product.
While I don’t think it necessarily “kills” a company or product, I think their reach is oversized for the low quality review they do.
- Comment on Mystical land pirates (with pizza) 7 months ago:
Swing and a miss.
- Comment on Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge 8 months ago:
Yeah, the circlejerking and dog piling from people who have no idea what they are talking about is actually far worse here than it was at Reddit - but just know, we aren’t all as misinformed as these people. You’re absolutely correct.
- Comment on Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge 8 months ago:
I agree that increased range would be better - I’ve had cars (diesel) that could get nearly 600 miles on one tank and that allows you to do a lot more wandering though the countryside that is just not possible in an ev in the rural US. But it’s way more than 20 miles. Did you mean 200 miles?
I’m currently on a road trip in my 2021 EV and it can definitely be made to work, but it is definitely limiting on any spontaneous side excursions you find, which can be a pretty big bummer.
Double the range would definitely be appreciated for my use cases.
- Comment on “My next child could be retarded. So could yours.” Barbra Streisand for The National Association for Retarded Children (NARC) - Imgur 9 months ago:
As far as it becoming a word of disparagement and sland for those who are stupid - thats basically what constantly happens. A new word comes out and eventually it is used to insult people and then another new word starts being used.
For an example:
- Comment on Youtube channels like UnusualVideos (or funny videos compilations) 9 months ago:
I fuckin wish, I love them!
Unusual videos is my favorite and I wish they’d stop getting fucked with, I miss the old videos
- Comment on Moscow Bans QR Codes in Billboards Over Navalny’s Anti-Putin Campaign 11 months ago:
Maybe go outside for a while instead of obsessing about things you clearly don’t understand.
- Comment on Apple admits to secretly giving governments push notification data 11 months ago:
And both were not allowed to disclose it.
- Comment on Funny how it became bathroom use and imaginary things drag queens do... 11 months ago:
They literally don’t care to know the difference. All that matters is that they have people to attack and demean.
- Comment on X advertisers stay away as CEO defends Musk’s “go f*** yourself” interview 11 months ago:
The reason you can’t seem to understand this is not only because you are stupid, it’s also because you don’t want to.
- Comment on X advertisers stay away as CEO defends Musk’s “go f*** yourself” interview 11 months ago:
Then open your eyes and look.
- Comment on 'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs 11 months ago:
Yeah the reason I asked them is because on my VW Id.4, in 3 years I’ve had none either.
- Comment on 'They Want To Be The Gatekeepers': Car Dealers Are Stopping Customers From Buying EVs 11 months ago:
No?
