have you heard him speak, and not just in the last few years where his accent is just weird
― mh, Friday, 3 December 2021 04:18 (two years ago) link
https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/newscms/2021_50/1819582/time-person-year-kb-inline-211213.jpg
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 December 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
Time magazine has devolved into something very bad.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 13 December 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
they’ve captured the 2021 zeitgeist pretty well there
― mh, Monday, 13 December 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
And they expect people will pay them to read/look at that?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 13 December 2021 19:46 (two years ago) link
I just saw the incredible documentary about the Thai cave rescue, I was so afraid that he was going to pop up at any point, even as a punchline, but thankfully it completely ignores 100% of his bullshit.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 December 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
I'm ok with that choice. he is an exemplar of the bullshit americans eat up. now that trump is out of the spotlight musk's the biggest one still going.
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 13 December 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
as best i can tell, musk has very little actual real-world impact?
he's just a fantastically rich memelord, which honestly makes him a perfect selection
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
all those stupid fake satellites have a real world effect bcz you can;t see the stars properly any more :(
also pareene's argument here (tho tbf this has not yet manifested in the real world): https://theap.substack.com/p/losing-a-street-fight-to-elon-musk
― mark s, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
ps time was always shit and made hitler person of the year in 1938
― mark s, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
hitler did have quite an effect in 1938
― mh, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
oy that pareene piece makes horrible sense.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Monday, 13 December 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
lol i just realised that "man of the year" was time magazine pioneering shitposting
backwards walked sentences until banned the zoo
― mark s, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Remember when
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Time_youcover01.jpg/220px-Time_youcover01.jpg
Someone got paid for that. Perhaps even a number of someones.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 December 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
fuck off old lunch i was the person of the year in 2007 you cant take that away from me
― mark s, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
i'm enjoying my control of the information age
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Monday, 13 December 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
One time Spin named my hard drive album of the year.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 December 2021 20:58 (two years ago) link
i felt so welcomed into my world in 2007
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Monday, 13 December 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
this guy could be a good alternate for Time
Former US Senate candidate and first Maine resident to catch COVID Max Linn found dead in hot tub after being sued for pulling gun on former aide during cryptocurrency disagreement https://t.co/Q238V2UFwU— Nathan Bernard (@nathanTbernard) December 13, 2021
― mh, Monday, 13 December 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
should have used this for the cover instead of a picture of a guy with plugs
Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2020
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 13 December 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
plug this payment interface into your website. plug your car into the wall. plug this hair into my skull. plug this cable into your brain. plug up space with this garbage. man of the year. plugger of the century.
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 13 December 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
Should have just named "Plugs" as whatever of the year.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 December 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
when you're a plugger, every problem looks like a receptacle
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 13 December 2021 22:56 (two years ago) link
This magazine cover looks like a prop on the office wall of the next Bond villain.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 December 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
it is only natural that the villain of Bond would be Plug
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 13 December 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
I'm old enough to remember when Adam Schefter was Time's Man of the Year
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 December 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
(Ha ha)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 December 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
I love the way Time gave it to Nixon in '71 and then a joint award to Nixon/Kissinger the year after 👏👏👏 quality work lads 👏👏👏
― calzino, Monday, 13 December 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
kissinger got the peace prize in 73. they pulled the trigger too early
― mh, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 04:05 (two years ago) link
well, yeah
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGf91ymXMAE9niU?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 04:48 (two years ago) link
Yeah just a little off the top and then lets go with a full undercut to make sure the hair transplant scars are visible in the profile pic.twitter.com/bwq6FqxOtd— warrior cop (@wyatt_privilege) December 14, 2021
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:43 (two years ago) link
https://i.makeagif.com/media/5-11-2016/o9USOS.gif
― mark s, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
is that gromes on the left
― rob, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
we have such sights
https://www.ladbible.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=648,quality=70,format=jpeg,fit=pad,dpr=2/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-images.ladbible.com%2Fs3%2Fcontent%2F7aa68ed26159789e9a83ca4770d32c96.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
@chadkirchner What do you know about Tesla apparently using 2017 packs in brand new cars? I’ve never heard about this before. pic.twitter.com/EHa1X05CG7— William (@willzlife) December 19, 2021
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 December 2021 02:07 (two years ago) link
one of the design "quriks" on Teslas is that they have no consistency whatsoever. I remember an article about some mechanic who disassembled 10+ of them and found that no two were built alike; most of them were missing bolts or clamps somewhere. that was a couple years ago...I doubt anything's changed since
― frogbs, Monday, 20 December 2021 02:56 (two years ago) link
yeah their qc is famously awful
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 December 2021 03:02 (two years ago) link
my little brother bought one and it wound up bricking within 100 miles. randomly shut off and wouldn't start back up. spent hours on the phone and they even sent a tech out there but they couldn't get it working so they had to tow it away. now to their credit they did give him a full refund but they also banned him from buying a new Tesla for a year (??)
― frogbs, Monday, 20 December 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 December 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
Did your brother ask if they could extend the ban
― Vinnie, Monday, 20 December 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
lmao thats fantastic
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 20 December 2021 03:21 (two years ago) link
do you have games on your phone pic.twitter.com/p5tOJ5Am3y— br◎seph (@on3ness) December 20, 2021
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 December 2021 04:06 (two years ago) link
oh no
― mookieproof, Monday, 20 December 2021 04:23 (two years ago) link
Musk has a honky Kim Jong-un vibe.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 20 December 2021 05:12 (two years ago) link
How long until Kanye designs a car.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 20 December 2021 12:08 (two years ago) link
obligatory:https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a2a31264584499416b/master/w_1600,c_limit/the-homer-inline2.jpg
― koogs, Monday, 20 December 2021 12:53 (two years ago) link
That remote ignition killswitch in subprime cars? It's now in Teslas. https://t.co/r2TbiNdIr2— Cory Doctorow MOSTLY AFK (@doctorow) December 20, 2021
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 December 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
what could go wrong?
US probes potential of drivers playing video games in Teslas
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while the vehicle is in motion.
In a document posted Wednesday on its website, the agency says the feature, called “Passenger Play,” may distract the driver and increase the risk of a crash...
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 22 December 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
we heard you liked tetris so we put tetris in your tesla and also we want you to die
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 December 2021 03:30 (two years ago) link
one of the design "quriks" on Teslas is that they have no consistency whatsoever.
I live in a Tesla-heavy town and can confirm this. Start looking at basic defects like doors and trunk lids that don't quite line-up correctly and once you see enough differences among different Teslas it gets pretty obvious.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 23 December 2021 07:44 (two years ago) link