Elon Musk

^ seems about right

saw someone on twitter theorizing his rightward trend was to attract conservative car buyers since hed already burned through dem environmental types via building the worlds shittiest cars, dont think its true but its a cute theory

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My brother is a Tesla owner and literally helps run a YIMBY group. He was an early adopter tho, I haven’t checked with him lately for buyer’s remorse.

Tesla does seem to have eclipsed the BMW as the car of choice for douchebags.

will be interesting to see how tesla holds up with one million different electric cars about to hit the market

(My stepsister is a complete Elon stan. She’s also a recovering environmental scientist like myself and she has recently self-diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. At this point I think she’s just trying to keep her head above water, she was delivering for Amazon and got laid off so can’t comment on her Y/NIMBY status. If any of this seems like it’s violating her confidence someone please delete it, I don’t think there’s any crossover between the audience here and her social circle but just in case.)

Xxp

Thanks jimbeaux I’ll relay your regards to my bro.

that guy I know who keeps wrecking his teslas (lol) had to wait for a new tesla and his interim used car he bought? a bmw

he has absolutely bizarre choices in motor vehicles, though. he previously went (iirc) from one of the early hyundai hybrids to a hummer to a chevy volt

(Final follow-up on my fam Tesla history: to be clear the stepsister’s stepdad is a famous basketball coach, that’s the only way she could afford a Tesla.

Probably putting her solidly on the NIMBY squad.

which coach

YIMBYs have their own set of problems. that's why i'm an OKIMBY.

I’m a Bothsidesimby

(I think I’ve done enough to ID my stepsister already sorry.)

im a YIMBYBAKLL (yes in my backyard but also kill landlords)

OTMIMBY

(Ok so I doubt anyone here has followed the plot but at one point here I did basically come out with the fact that Nancy Mace, GOP Trump gadfly, is like my 3rd cousin too. My family is a piece of work.)

KIMBY is Elon's brother, right?

the Tesla owners at my workplace have to be some of the most arrogant “I’m smarter than you” type asshats I’ve ever met in my lifetime.

saw someone on twitter theorizing his rightward trend was to attract conservative car buyers since hed already burned through dem environmental types via building the worlds shittiest cars, dont think its true but its a cute theory

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Not to say that all Tesla drivers are douchebags, viborg, just that a plurality of douchebags are Tesla drivers.

yeah the flaw in the plan is that youre alienating other prospective buyers, but who knows elon is always doing weird short term plays, makes me wonder whats really going on over at tesla, i have speculated about major account fraud itt, just a lot of weird shit idk, maybe its worth it to him for whatever reason to boost teslas sales short term by owning the libs

One trend I can definitely do without is right wingers calling Musk "the country's most successful African-American."

its such a lame joke but on the other hand at least they got a new joke

he needs to emphasize how environmentally destructive the Tesla is, or maybe make them artificially even more so. like add a fake tailpipe that emits a stench and benzene or something.

All Teslas now come standard with truck nuts and exhaust pipe that emits fart noises whenever a Bernie sticker is picked up within twenty yards.

self drives to nearest steak house for a huge fucking rare rib eye some kick ass bacon and a nice stiff burbon

at work we have a Tesla guy and he makes it the core of his entire personality. he wears nothing but Tesla polos, set his desktop & phone backgrounds to photos of his car, once sent the department a "Tesla FAQ" including lines like "Q: Can I drive it? A: No! Q: Can you take me for a ride? A: Sure!!"

fuckin bleak

Xxpost. The Tesla's horn actually can be set to emit fart noises.

There is a whole fart app. Lots of different fart noises which you can direct outside or to one or several of the internal speakers.

I’m going to assume that’s actually the one Innovation that Musk personally shepherded from idea to implementation

"Not juicy enough, too dry. Back to work."

I've told this story in here before but there's a feature where, if the car detects its being broken into, it'll lock all the doors and play Trans-Siberian Orchestra at max volume. I know this because it erroneously went off on my brother's car with his wife and 1 year old inside. She thought it was loud enough to potentially cause hearing damage. I'm guessing that is another one of Elon's ideas that nobody could say no to.

and ppl really want to question this man’s genious

i am pretty sure it's illegal to have a horn that is permanently modified to make non-horn sounds and i understand the app is not that, but it should also be illegal to have the option to do it temporarily because we cannot trust tesla owners to understand that horns are safety devices and that it is hazardous to confuse other drivers on the road with farts

to be safe teslas should just brick themselves

well, they do, but it's on highways in the travel lane which is not safe

what happens when lame internet humor from 15 years ago gets weaponized by the world's richest man

to be fair, it used to be legal (maybe?) to install flamethrowers in cars as anti-theft devices in south africa

I’m sure Elon would want to bring back some other things that used to be legal in South Africa, too

I'm surprised Teslas don't allow you to force drop old Something Awful memes to the screens of other Teslas.

Jimbeaux, no worries. It was just the timing really.

This article assumes that he's actually not trying to weasel out of the deal, but is just doing some hardball negotiations:

https://www.grid.news/story/technology/2022/05/13/why-elon-musk-cant-just-walk-away-from-the-twitter-deal/

at work we have a Tesla guy and he makes it the core of his entire personality. he wears nothing but Tesla polos, set his desktop & phone backgrounds to photos of his car, once sent the department a "Tesla FAQ" including lines like "Q: Can I drive it? A: No! Q: Can you take me for a ride? A: Sure!!"

― frogbs, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 3:43 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

*brushes up resume*

that faq thing is blowing my mind

same here tbh.

Wow.

At a Twitter all-hands right now, execs told employees that they are not open to renegotiating the purchase price with Elon Musk.

I’m told that champagne was popped in the New York office.

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 19, 2022

yeah but they're always drinking heavily in that office

Meanwhile in Slack, one employee changed their screen name to “The Algorithm” and is encouraging everyone to drink whenever an executive says “fiduciary”

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 19, 2022