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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoMemes@sopuli.xyz•ImpossibleEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Tesla drivers just don’t actually know how to drive. They’re like Prius drivers but worse. It’s because a lot of them are infantilized tech workers who have no real life skills and then buy their first car as a Tesla as jewelry, as status. So they’re dumb, incredibly pretentious and think they’re better than you, don’t give a shit about other people, and don’t give a shit about driving or even learning the laws or culture. It’s literally antisocial.

    With bmw drivers, at least they also like driving because that’s the whole bmw brand image.

  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoTechnology@lemmy.world•USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950English
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    6 days ago

    That’s kind of a shitty argument though. Because I don’t think we should just give up. We have to at least try.

    But also, when society is this fucked, this deeply, by this type of cancer… It’s systemic and we’re heading in a very dark direction. People are going to starve to death no matter what, and compared to full on ww3, I think at some point we need to head it off, identify and cut out the cancer, and try our best to not let corruption back into the power vacuum.

    None of this is easy. Not easy to do, not easy to talk about, not easy to even think about. It’s uncomfortable. And many won’t agree. But until society isn’t ratfucking select parts of itself and enriching evil people, I think there’s some structural improvement to be had. The real question, then, is how far down do we need to go? How deep do these shitty roots with a stranglehold on all of us go?

  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoTechnology@lemmy.world•USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950English
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    6 days ago

    Yeah I don’t have a problem with giving credit to engineers if it’s a good thing like this. It’s when it directly gives evil people like that more wealth and power.

    Jeff Bezos is a very evil man and I don’t want to touch or support anything that benefits him with a million foot pole.

    Imagine if it were Musk or Trump or worse. I have a hard time accepting that, ethically.

    I love trucks, and the electrification of everything, sustainable infrastructure and energy. But it has to serve the wellness and the future of the people, not a fucking evil billionaire who is going to turn around and choke us all to death as slaves while the takes over the world.

    And as much as I really love stuff like this, engineering and sociologically, and would have idolized this as a teenager and bought it blindly could I have afforded it then, I’m an adult now and have a pretty strong sense of social responsibility to my fellow citizens and the future wellness of both people individually and society. And I just… It’s really hard to justify buying or advertising or supporting or even wanting stuff like this if the net outcome is just gonna be the same old, same old.

    Like, I don’t want a Tesla anymore. Not only because their quality has dropped SIGNIFICANTLY, but also because the company refused to drop musk after all of his literally political interference and throwing up multiple sig heils or heil hitlers or whatever the fucking Nazi salute.

    So when I ask “is this Jeff Bezos’s truck?” And the answer is “he’s an investor”, I really don’t think anybody should be promoting it or talking about it irresponsibly without considering the ethical concerns and track records of these far alt right billionaire backed corporations.

    And unfortunately, I still see way too much of it.

    I get that people are sick of horrible shit and life is short and these are nice things… But repeated exceptionalism and social irresponsibility are EXACTLY how we got here in the first place. I’m disgusted, disappointed, frustrated, angry, and sad.

    I need good news. Not head-in-sand and keep-shitting-in-the-house-because-it-feels-good.