Elon Musk

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

ps time was always shit and made hitler person of the year in 1938

hitler did have quite an effect in 1938

oy that pareene piece makes horrible sense.

lol i just realised that "man of the year" was time magazine pioneering shitposting

backwards walked sentences until banned the zoo

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.

fuck off old lunch i was the person of the year in 2007 you cant take that away from me

i'm enjoying my control of the information age

One time Spin named my hard drive album of the year.

i felt so welcomed into my world in 2007

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

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

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.

Should have just named "Plugs" as whatever of the year.

when you're a plugger, every problem looks like a receptacle

This magazine cover looks like a prop on the office wall of the next Bond villain.

it is only natural that the villain of Bond would be Plug

I'm old enough to remember when Adam Schefter was Time's Man of the Year

(Ha ha)

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 👏👏👏

kissinger got the peace prize in 73. they pulled the trigger too early

well, yeah

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGf91ymXMAE9niU?format=jpg&name=small

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

https://i.makeagif.com/media/5-11-2016/o9USOS.gif

is that gromes on the left

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

@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

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

yeah their qc is famously awful

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 (??)

lol

Did your brother ask if they could extend the ban

lmao thats fantastic

do you have games on your phone pic.twitter.com/p5tOJ5Am3y

— br◎seph (@on3ness) December 20, 2021

oh no

Musk has a honky Kim Jong-un vibe.

How long until Kanye designs a car.

obligatory:
https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a2a31264584499416b/master/w_1600,c_limit/the-homer-inline2.jpg

That remote ignition killswitch in subprime cars? It's now in Teslas. https://t.co/r2TbiNdIr2

— Cory Doctorow MOSTLY AFK (@doctorow) December 20, 2021

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...

we heard you liked tetris so we put tetris in your tesla and also we want you to die

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.

👀 https://t.co/oZ8yvZgjZ9

— The Urbanist (@UrbanistOrg) December 30, 2021

You realise that if he was ever to become involved in some sort of scandal and subsequent cover-up, newspapers could use the headline, "Elongate"
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:50 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Is it finally time to use this?

Lol their stock price is actually up today, what a joke

iyo did Elon musk ruin the internet

don’t cars have minor recall/maintenance things all the time? i’m looking for every opportunity to take shots at elon but meh

tbf every tesla probably has a dozen reasons for recall though

This is like half the Teslas ever sold though

they couldn’t admit that they aren’t sure which ones actually need a recall because there was no manual on how to run the camera wires and one team just stapled them to the trunk

i'm a little confused by how this is reported, in part because i'm not sure how unusual it is to not know based on model whether the vehicle will have a defect. i do remember hearing/reading about tesla's lack of standards for components/assembly. the article says 1% of the model 3s in the recall are actually affected. i guess they would normally be able to limit it to a range of VINs.