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points by qwerpy 1 day ago | 0 comments
Some of us just got one because it’s a fantastic self driving electric family car. I have a family and live somewhere nice, life’s too short to get so wound up about politics. And you’ll still be seeing them on the roads for many years to come :)
[–] bothers 1 day ago
This is a pretty heartless thing to say when one person's politics are repsonsible for making many lives so much shorter and more miserable.
[–] dozerly 1 day ago
Life is certainly too short to support nazis
[–] Uhhrrr 1 day ago
Not really relevant to this conversation.
[–] demo4567 1 day ago
completely relevant.
[–] georgespencer 1 day ago
I pity the family of someone who cannot get “wound up” about a man who gleefully dismantled USAID at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives,[^1] ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into far right politics, and did a fucking nazi salute.

Outside of Mad Max it’s hard to conceive of a more dangerous car to be involved in a pedestrian collision. The cybertruck is a symbol of staggering ignorance and selfishness.

We’ll probably still see them on the roads for many years to come—and laugh at the lickspittle Elon toadies who gleefully bought them, knowing full well what they symbolize.

[^1] https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-shutdown-has-led-to-hund...

[–] archagon 1 day ago
Hear, hear. As much as this man is a lightning rod for rage, it’s still only a tiny fraction of what he deserves for the atrocities he’s committed. I hope he rots in prison.
[–] wredcoll 1 day ago
It's easy to "not care about politics" when they aren't voting to take away your rights.
[–] demo4567 1 day ago
so privileged. politics is life.
[–] Henchman21 1 day ago
The rest of us assume you’re a supporter and collaborator because you’ve adopted the symbols of hatred. But hey life is too short amirite??
[–] skywhopper 1 day ago
Yeah, why worry about the politics you’re supporting with your money? Presumably you believe you aren’t a likely target for the hate and violence Musk spends that money you gave him advocating for. Must be nice not to have to worry about your or your family’s personal safety or emotional well-being. Thanks for the advice about “getting wound up” over politics.
[–] iugtmkbdfil834 1 day ago
<< Presumably you believe you aren’t a likely target for the hate and violence Musk spends that money you gave him advocating for.

I am confused. Are you suggesting that parent is a likely target based on their car purchasing habits? If so, US has some fun times ahead.

[–] sidibe 1 day ago
It's surprising how out of the loop people are if you don't think a new Tesla is a political signal. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt but there is a lot of doubt immediately if I see they have a cybertruck. And if you think that's the rough in the US I assure you in Europe they are likely to think even less of an owner.
[–] iugtmkbdfil834 23 hours ago
Eh, if everything is a political signal then nothing really is. If anything, I find it more problematic that there are people who explicitly think that way. Frankly, that way madness lies. I don't even even drive a Tesla, but that is based purely on its anti-customer-features, reliability and so on.

As for Europe, it is possible. I have not visited in a while so I will take your word for it.

[–] expedited123 1 day ago
Life's a lot easier when you just close your eyes and pretend the problem disappears, huh?
[–] sirshmooey 1 day ago
Have fun driving a Scarlet Letter, bro.
[–] howunfortunate 1 day ago
You...you do know who the "bad guys" were in the Scarlet Letter, right?
[–] sirshmooey 1 day ago
Probably a better question for Elon's harem of birth-mothers
[–] howunfortunate 1 day ago
Again, I'm begging you to go look up a plot summary. Hester is the hero protagonist!
[–] sirshmooey 1 day ago
Congratulations, you've rewired the metaphor.
[–] mrguyorama 1 day ago
The scarlet letter didn't have "Good guys" and "Bad guys". That was sort of an important theme of the book since the priest himself was the baby daddy.
[–] howunfortunate 1 day ago
The main message of the book is "Wearing your choices on your sleeve can be painful in a judgmental world, but is ultimately healing; attempting instead to appear spotlessly moral will tear you apart from inside out"

Now apply to this thread.

I mostly agree it's not as simple as good guys and bad guys, but if anyone's a bad guy it's the most judgmental townspeople and the priest who lets Hester take the full brunt of judgment while he pretends he's squeaky clean.

[–] qwerpy 1 day ago
Hahaha. This is too good. These hateful people are so caught up in their outrage that they don’t realize they’ve become the bad guys.
[–] iugtmkbdfil834 1 day ago
It is worse. They think their hatred is somehow justified.