HarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoI wonder if being the world's most famous groyper has consequences when you own an electric car companyhexbear.netimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down10
arrow-up1130arrow-down1imageI wonder if being the world's most famous groyper has consequences when you own an electric car companyhexbear.netHarryLime [any]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-21 month agoElon was truly benefitting from being the best of one. Before tesla the only electri option was a prius which was practically inviting harassment. South Park made a whole episode at the peak of its popularity that prius drivers were worse than climate change because of how smug they were. Wild that he decided to go full in on trying to get the approval of people who thought that episode was hilarious while trying to sell electric cars.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month ago South Park made a whole episode at the peak of its popularity that prices drivers were worse than climate change because of how smug they were. Once again Matt Stone and Trey Parker want people to not care about anything except the petty personal battles that Matt Stone and Trey Parker wage.
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 month agoYup the actual overriding philosophy of south park is “if you care about anything youre dumb” Like most libertarians their core belief is “I should be able to say or think whatever I want without consequences like ‘people pointing out I’m stupid’.”
minus-squarekeepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThe genX vibe was “caring about things is uncool”
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month ago“Generation Meh” had material comfort, with primarily boredom as its primary source of discontent. Once they got older and “got theirs” most of them became junior boomers.
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoAbsolute free speech for narcissistic treatbrained vulgar hedonists that want freedom from consequences. If they’re rich enough, they get exactly that.
Elon was truly benefitting from being the best of one.
Before tesla the only electri option was a prius which was practically inviting harassment.
South Park made a whole episode at the peak of its popularity that prius drivers were worse than climate change because of how smug they were.
Wild that he decided to go full in on trying to get the approval of people who thought that episode was hilarious while trying to sell electric cars.
Once again Matt Stone and Trey Parker want people to not care about anything except the petty personal battles that Matt Stone and Trey Parker wage.
Yup the actual overriding philosophy of south park is “if you care about anything youre dumb”
Like most libertarians their core belief is “I should be able to say or think whatever I want without consequences like ‘people pointing out I’m stupid’.”
The genX vibe was “caring about things is uncool”
“Generation Meh” had material comfort, with primarily boredom as its primary source of discontent.
Once they got older and “got theirs” most of them became junior boomers.
Absolute free speech for narcissistic treatbrained vulgar hedonists that want freedom from consequences.
If they’re rich enough, they get exactly that.