• Tunnelvision [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      If I was a different type of person I would absolutely be grifting right wingers hard. I’m talkin no remorse selling whatever whatever it takes to stroke their ego type shit because these people are literally primed to just give their money away to the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. The only thing stopping me are those damn morals.

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            Yeah. I probably could have made some scratch peddling a “covid cure” but undermining the public trust in the vaccines would make me a terrible person. I got too many scruples to take it that far. I could probably sell them some dumbass shirts and feel okay but the real money is all tied up in issues that actually have collateral damage.

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            Look, if somebody can convince some New Yorker writer to put their life savings into a shoebox and hand it to a “CIA agent” in an SUV, you can probably come up with something that will keep the damage isolated.

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    Have Tesla people even seen (I know, very hard task) the other EVs that are out? The Hyundai/Kia ones look fantastic and they’re cheaper, look better and have an actual auto manufacturer behind them

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      I don’t mean to cast aspersions but I think average Cybertruck owners believe Elon is going to build cities on Mars. Not only that. They’ll live there. If a conman learns his mark is a Cybertruck owner - he’ll be thrilled because it’s easy money. But it’s no challenge at all to take candy from a baby.

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      That was my thought too.

      This is a rhetorical question and I’m crazy to keep asking it - but how the ever loving fuck does Elon keep pulling this crap? Today Elon could say “By 2030 there will be 100,000 people on Mars here is the concept art…” and they’re walking around outside in regular clothes. They don’t need spacesuits because Elon is gonna a make a gigantic upsidedown fishbowl dome filled with oxygen. Some people will still believe him. In fact - they might get very angry if you politely say it can’t happen. I just don’t get it.

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    I feel that merely interfering with engineering doesn’t suffice as an explanation for all this bullshit. Something that isn’t horrendous would slip through the cracks on the days when melon-musk is off on a publicity stunt or begging for subsidies, but no, nothing ever does. I think there’s some sort of fear of showing up the boss that has otherwise self-respecting engineers who aren’t on as many pills as their CEO shittifying their own work to keep their jobs.

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    I’m convinced Grimes rented Trafic and watched it while Musk was in a Ketamine stupor and when he “woke up” he decided to make the Altra camper-car.

    Everyone should watch Trafic, it’s great.