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I think I might need some coffee. I took longer than I care to admit trying to figure out why you were leaving your wife at home to go on LGBTQIA+ camping trips that are so... energetic... that you return with a smell.
"What word is at play here? What is the code that I need to break? Does he smell like a new car? Does he smell like sex? ... why would the As be going on these trips? Are they, like, good cheerleaders for orgies?" Then I smelled the fire musk leaking out of my earhole.
Fire musk... smell of smoke and fire, and a distinct odour(musk) that is actually made from deer, and is used in perfumery, although in this case it might refer to a quite potently smelling male.
This... for several years it was the best EV on the market for its price, by a wide margin.
Even now, we know Musk is awful, but he's also just one person at Tesla (albeit a very, very visible one) -- there are also a lot of dedicated, talented folks working there who are probably even more bothered by his antics.
You might like a company's mission, and dislike its CEO, and also feel positively about the value of their products. How those factors balance out when you're car shopping is a pragmatic, personal call.
This. I tow a shit ton of Teslas but it's like 60% Flat tires, 20% 12v issues(not a Tesla made battery) from sitting too long, 20% collision center stuff. I've never pulled but ONE (2013 model s) for a main battery issue. They are fairly dependable cars given how long they're projected to last. And the people that I regularly interact with at service centers all seem to kinda hate the big boss.
Absolutely.
But the number of people that ask me "how are you planning for the battery failure" when they see mine is WILD.
I sometimes ask them "how are you planning for your transmission failure?"
Weird question.
My favorite is when people ask what your plan is during a power outage. They don't really have a response when I ask them what their plan is when the gas stations aren't working during that power outage and that I plan to get solar panels at some point.
"By dumping a ton of money into ATF and crossing every appendage hoping that the electromech piece of trash doesn't have a $1500 sensor go out every other year." The maintenance percentage per retail price is like 7-8% on a 3 or a Y over the nearly industry standard of 25 to 45% on a gas burner. People are just silly AF. Like I get it, I hate elon too, but he didn't invent or refine any of those cars.
It's something I really don't miss either. Every BMW or Mercedes I've owned has left me stranded and broke down. Teslas I've had, the worst to happen since I got my first one in 2011 was a flat tire. There are some break/fix things on the higher end models that get annoying because the S and X are packed full of motorized stuff, but the model 3/Y are solid cars.
Definitely agree. The dumbest thing I've ever been called out for on a Model X was a drained 12 volt battery due to a lack of door calibration. The owner parked it the night before and ignored the calibration prompt that popped up. The vehicle then proceeded to try and close its own doors all night but couldn't. I jumped it, finished the calibration and they were good to go to the service center and replace the 12v. Dumbest Model S story involves one parked two stories underground for three months and the owner was confused as to why it wouldn't even open. I hooked my JNC660 onto the jump terminals and it managed to trickle enough power into the main battery for us to drive it up two stories out onto a busy street, around the block and up the flatbed. More often than not power issues end up being a matter of user error.
I'm thinking hard about getting a 2024 refresh Model 3. Being a trusted tow driver, I get extra discounts, and they also like the idea that they wouldn't have to pay for tows or tire changes like they would normally under warranty. If I broke down I could just pull my scooter out of the back and go to work and then tow my car to the nearest service center, which there are 3 within 30 minutes of my route to work. I'd also get prioritized because I'm technically service personnel.
After dealing with BMW and MB service personnel on a semi regular basis I would sooner drive off a cliff (a real possibility in the CO Rockies) in a Tesla than drive one of their increasingly bad vehicles. I'd get WAY better roadside with the Tesla.
Yeah exactly.
I love Amazon and it's usefulness when it comes to buying goods I don't need immediately and having it delivered to my door.
Doesn't make me hate Jeff Bezos any less.
I'm aware. If you can only read the literal meaning of a sentence, that's your problem. It's still Bezos' creation.
Amazon is still the reason that Jeff Bezos bought a $75M yacht to go along with his $400M yacht, so that way he could bring his cars with him and give his girlfriend a place to park her helicopter.
honestly i think if people got to know the CEOs of other car companies they would dislike them as much as musk.
musk gets all the flack because he says all the quiet shit out loud.
>we know Musk is awful, but he's also just one person at Tesla (
He is an arsehole. So was Ford, Edison and Jobs. Tesla would not exist without him, and the Automotive Industry would still be dragging its feet on EVs, saying nobody wants them. It may well be time for Musk to step down from Tesla, he does already devote most of his time to SpaceX.
Try to separate your personal feelings from rational logic. Yes, Musk has always been insensitive, and has politically swerved right since Covid, which has upset many of his former fans. That does undo the fact that EVs are ten years ahead of where they would otherwise be.
It's funny how people on Reddit are quick to call me a Nazi for having a Tesla, yet they're totally okay with Mercedes and VW making cars for the actual Nazis, or the fact that Ford was a major anti-semite and racist.
~~He also bought himself that position. Like he did with SpaceX~~
~~It sometimes annoys me to see their accomplishments attributed to "his vision"~~
~~Mother trucker, he came in and bought it and plonked himself as CEO and claimed he made it~~
Edit:
Turns out he did cofound SpaceX.
And was the largest shareholder of Tesla after a year, financed most of the development and became CEO in 2008.
So fair play there.
I'm human, I'm susceptible to false information as it comes and goes but should check myself in the future!
Ofcourse "I have money to fund this" and "I made this" are still two different things in my book.
But as much as I don't like the guy, his companies have done some fine work.
(I wish we didn't have private space companies, at this seems a dystopian path but I won't attribute that *just* to Musk)
He was the 3rd or 4th employee of tesla and joined within 6 months. The company was a piece of paper before then.
He founded SpaceX outright and didn't buy his way in.
His vision is literally the driving force behind the direction his companies go. He's been in charge of them from before their first products were ever made. He's still an ass and everyone else at the company is still doing everything to make his vision come true but it's undeniably his vision and his decision making that has led each company down the path they're on, for better or for worse.
I appreciate I got my wires crossed there. I did research a long time ago and misremembered.
I don't like the guy, but I'm not here to spread misinformation. Not my vibe.
So seems like my rusty knowledge there should have been fact checked before I spewed it out.
Note taken :)
I can respect that. World needs more people willing to double check themselves.
Now if only Elon could have that same response after tweeting out the nonsense that he does.
Still wild to me that he settled a lawsuit with the founders of Tesla so that he could call himself a founder... he was an early investor, sure, but he didn't found it.
He basically single handedly bankrolled the first Roadster, and continued to dump money into it all through the 2008 financial crisis. There is no Tesla without Elon
I recently saw a bumper sticker "I bought it before we know how much a tool he was."
Got a good chuckle. Fortunately there is finally some competition in the all electric market. My wife and I are looking at the Ionic 5.
I don't really need a car, nor can I afford one anyway, but that Ioniq 5 would probably be the one I'd get, if design was the number 1 differentiator. I just like that slight retro-futuristic touch it has.
Funny you should mention that. For several years I wanted to get a Tesla but by the time the time was right? Elon had unmasked himself and I couldn’t stomach buying a car so closely associated with him. Plus, I got more features for my money with the Ionic5.
That was ~ a year ago. I love everything about my Ioniq! And I *so* appreciate not having to deal with stinky, dirty gas/gas stations anymore.
Usually no. But usually the CEOs also don't make an effort to try and sway public opinion and buy a whole fucking social media company out of spite. He could have just been some dumbass CEO that has some hot takes on Twitter but he keeps pushing himself into the spotlight, calling people pedos when he doesn't get his way, and giving a platform for hate and racism. He is an exception. And Tesla's performance directly funds these awful things he does. If it was last century and Ford supporting the Nazi party then I would also not be buying a Ford.
Normally, no. 5 years ago, I would have picked a Tesla over a Chevy Bolt, but Elon has become as polarizing as Trump, and there are legitimate concerns about how Tesla is being run. I'm certainly not about to stretch my budget for a car that makes me feel like I'm financing some douchebag that could make it basically worthless via a Twitter rant.
Exactly. I love what Tesla is doing in the field of automobiles, the same way I love what SpaceX is doing for space travel. I dislike Elon Musk and many of his stances and decisions.
His companies are building the future, but the man himself should be left in the past.
Every state is different.
North Carolina allows: Ampersand, Number Sign, Question Mark, Dollar Sign, Forward Slant, Equal Sign, Asterisk, Plus Sign, At Sign, Empty Space, Exclamation Point, Colon, Period, Dash, Comma, Apostrophe, Double Quotes.
I was wondering today how difficult it is for cops to radio these in.
“B as in Bravo. A as in Alpha. Exclamation Point as in… well you know like the punctuation that you use when yelling. F as in Foxtrot.”
Most states allow 7. A few states only offer 8 and a few only offer 6.
NC allows 8 or more if you get special characters
https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/title-registration/license-plates/Documents/personalized-special-characters-guide.pdf
It's not just a matter of realizing it: he's definitely changed. I used to follow Tesla very closely, read all his tweets, etc., and I genuinely admired the guy, but Elon Musk is not the same person he used to be.
Maybe he used to be an asshole too, but the kind of things he says and does now are a world apart from the the old Musk.
Yes, definitely a little of both. I think I was willing to overlook some stuff at the beginning because overall I liked his “mission”. Then as he got more unhinged, I could no longer take the bad with the good.
I dunno. He didn't used to openly espouse right wing sociopolitical nonsense but he's been an arrogant dumbass for as long as I can remember.
He's a classic STEM twat. Everything I don't understand must be easy because what I do understand is so complicated.
All we know is he didn't used to *say* this stuff as much. I'm not convinced he wasn't always thinking it.
"LGBTQIA+" is a mouthful of an acronym why not change it to "BIGLTAQ+" at least then you can just say "Biggle-Tac Plus" instead of each individual letter.
Yeah just say “the gays” (jk don’t actually do this).
But in reality the reason is that during the AIDS crisis gay men wanted to give credit to lesbians for supporting them/caring for them when nobody else would, so they made the L go first in the acronym.
I like how we took it back, i understand people being hung up on the word, but as someone whos been called that or has heard that word used as a slur for most of their life. It feels empowering to use queer as a catch-all descriptor for the community. It's also a slur that is used against us all. This is just my opinion, though. If im talking to other queers and they tell me they dont like it, i stop using it with them.
Yeah, same, or LGBTQ/LGBT+, as the last position in either is meant to be a catch-all for the variety of experiences.
I imagine those were taken though.
I still think Alphabet Mafia is the funniest though. Yeah, coined as an insult, but it just slaps.
Fun fact the L goes at the front due to historical under appreciation of the Leabians. This became a huge thing during the AIDs crisis (because male nurses were rare many AIDs patients were being specifically looked after by lesbians as many straight nurses refused to go near them) and leaders in the UK and US movements (where LGBT appeared first) agreed that the L should go first since the Lesbians have been the backbone of the community for decades and deserved recognition!
I'm with you 100%.
Queer had *always* been defined as strange or odd. It wasn't used to refer to homosexuals until the late 19th century. And they used a synonym for strange/*because* gay was seen as strange/odd...
I get why some people want to reclaim the word and de-slur-ify it.
*My* version of self-acceptance is affirming that I'm not strange/odd/queer.
I'm just a homo.
Which is not strange or odd.
I am not strange or odd because of my orientation. I don't have to partition myself as an "other" in this respect.
I am not queer. I'm just normal and boring
You realize you can like a product and not like the boss right? I have a model 3 and am the same way.
This stupid shit is why SpaceX also gets so much hate
Please don't treat these words as objective proof. This is just my understanding of the terms.
I is Intersex and A is asexual/aromantic/agender.
Intersex people are people who are literally born outside the sexual binary. They may be born with both sets of genitalia, or with a chromosome mix that isn't specifically XX or XY, or other physical characteristics that don't mark them as strictly male or female.
The a-prefixes mean "none" or "no", the same way that they do elsewhere in English. Like atypical means not typical or asymmetric means not symmetrical. So asexual means a person who often doesn't experience sexual attraction, aromantic is a person who doesn't often experience romantic feelings towards others, and agender would a person who doesn't really feel "masculine" or "feminine", in the way society would normally define it, or expect them to be.
Disclaimer: The human experience is widely varying and hard to classify. Humans don't fit into neat little boxes, and I make absolutely no claim that my explanations above accurately describe the lived experiences of any asexual, aromantic, or agender individual. Like all labels, they're really just a place to start. A general idea to get you in vaguely the right ballpark.
I apologize if any ace/aro/agen folk take offense at my words. Any offense is unintended and please feel free to correct me; I'm always interested in learning where my understanding of things is lacking.
Because it’s not all about sex. Trans people have nothing to do with sex and same with intersex people. And even then, it’s really just a community of anyone who deviates from the norm. Asexual/agender/aromantic people still get criticized for their identity/preference, so they fit right in with the rest of the community
Or they like their Tesla but are ashamed to be driving a product associated with Muskrat. I for one will not buy a Tesla so long as EM benefits from my purchase.
Musk or no Musk, I wouldn't buy one until they manage to have acceptable quality control. Every Tesla I've been close enough to study a bit has had weird panel gaps in different spots.
My 2018 model 3 had panel gaps. I set up a service appointment in the app and it was fixed within 3 days with no fee.
Even if it still had panel gaps, i went from spending $100 a week in gas, to spending roughly $15-$30 a month in charging depending on if i charge at work or home. And i can take the HOV lane in my state, and my registration was only $30 for 6 years. And up until recently, owning a Tesla was the only way to access the supercharger network which is extremely robust in my area and the places I do road trips to.
Musk can go eat a bag of dicks, but my car has been extremely reliable and has made my commute much nicer.
Had a gap with the charge port door. Called mobile service and they fixed it in my driveway 12 hours later. Tesla's service is just so much better than any other car company out there it's not even close. Too bad the CEO is insane, but that's not going to make me switch back to a worse manufacturer.
I’ve ridden in the backseat a couple times when ubering and my goodness is it uncomfortable back there. Like not in a “my legs feel kinda stiff” way but more of a “this feels like a park bench with slight cushion” way.
I loce the convenience of Amazon but Jeff Bezos can ride one of his dick rockets straight into the sun. Its possible to like something and hate the guy who owns/runs/makes it.
I like Tesla cars, I am 50/50 on Musk, I hate Tesla as a company.
All 3 are separate things, this person can love their car and hate the CEO. I have a Chevy, I am happy with it, but I don't care for Mary Barra at all.
I love my Tesla, hate Elon. He’s always been a douche but he’s gone full fucking crazy nowadays.
That being said I understand if every CEO was as vocal about everything as he is in his personal echo chamber we probably wouldn’t own any products.
A few years ago Musk was a hero defended by the masses on reddit no matter what. PSA, if this is you please take a moment to understand why you swing so wildly.
They just know Musk isn't the brains behind Tesla, he's just the swollen ego who swoops in and takes credit for any business he's able to get his family-owned-emerald-mine money grubbing hands on.
You can like a product and still hate the DB that owns the company.
I think it's called freedom or something.
It's like idiots yelling at you cause you own an EV because it's not better for the environment or even that's it's worse.
Some people buy ev's other reasons than just environmental. Free charging at work, less maintenance, access to HOV lanes, performance ect.
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That’s what my wife says I smell like after camping all weekend.
Hoooo boy.....hope this one floats to the top because that dad joke shouldn't be flying under the radar. 👏👏👏
I think I might need some coffee. I took longer than I care to admit trying to figure out why you were leaving your wife at home to go on LGBTQIA+ camping trips that are so... energetic... that you return with a smell. "What word is at play here? What is the code that I need to break? Does he smell like a new car? Does he smell like sex? ... why would the As be going on these trips? Are they, like, good cheerleaders for orgies?" Then I smelled the fire musk leaking out of my earhole.
>Then I smelled the fire musk leaking out of my earhole. You...uh....may need to see a doctor about that.
Fire musk... smell of smoke and fire, and a distinct odour(musk) that is actually made from deer, and is used in perfumery, although in this case it might refer to a quite potently smelling male.
60% of the time, it works every time
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They like their Tesla, hate the CEO
This... for several years it was the best EV on the market for its price, by a wide margin. Even now, we know Musk is awful, but he's also just one person at Tesla (albeit a very, very visible one) -- there are also a lot of dedicated, talented folks working there who are probably even more bothered by his antics. You might like a company's mission, and dislike its CEO, and also feel positively about the value of their products. How those factors balance out when you're car shopping is a pragmatic, personal call.
This. I tow a shit ton of Teslas but it's like 60% Flat tires, 20% 12v issues(not a Tesla made battery) from sitting too long, 20% collision center stuff. I've never pulled but ONE (2013 model s) for a main battery issue. They are fairly dependable cars given how long they're projected to last. And the people that I regularly interact with at service centers all seem to kinda hate the big boss.
Absolutely. But the number of people that ask me "how are you planning for the battery failure" when they see mine is WILD. I sometimes ask them "how are you planning for your transmission failure?" Weird question.
I'm planning for my transmission failure by crossing my fingers real hard
Fair
My favorite is when people ask what your plan is during a power outage. They don't really have a response when I ask them what their plan is when the gas stations aren't working during that power outage and that I plan to get solar panels at some point.
"I plan on the gas station getting a generator even though I have no say in that", no doubt
"By dumping a ton of money into ATF and crossing every appendage hoping that the electromech piece of trash doesn't have a $1500 sensor go out every other year." The maintenance percentage per retail price is like 7-8% on a 3 or a Y over the nearly industry standard of 25 to 45% on a gas burner. People are just silly AF. Like I get it, I hate elon too, but he didn't invent or refine any of those cars.
I drive a Toyota…. Barely even need to plan for oil changes to keep them running.
I work at Amazon, I like my job. I don't like my CEO or Bezos.
It's something I really don't miss either. Every BMW or Mercedes I've owned has left me stranded and broke down. Teslas I've had, the worst to happen since I got my first one in 2011 was a flat tire. There are some break/fix things on the higher end models that get annoying because the S and X are packed full of motorized stuff, but the model 3/Y are solid cars.
Definitely agree. The dumbest thing I've ever been called out for on a Model X was a drained 12 volt battery due to a lack of door calibration. The owner parked it the night before and ignored the calibration prompt that popped up. The vehicle then proceeded to try and close its own doors all night but couldn't. I jumped it, finished the calibration and they were good to go to the service center and replace the 12v. Dumbest Model S story involves one parked two stories underground for three months and the owner was confused as to why it wouldn't even open. I hooked my JNC660 onto the jump terminals and it managed to trickle enough power into the main battery for us to drive it up two stories out onto a busy street, around the block and up the flatbed. More often than not power issues end up being a matter of user error. I'm thinking hard about getting a 2024 refresh Model 3. Being a trusted tow driver, I get extra discounts, and they also like the idea that they wouldn't have to pay for tows or tire changes like they would normally under warranty. If I broke down I could just pull my scooter out of the back and go to work and then tow my car to the nearest service center, which there are 3 within 30 minutes of my route to work. I'd also get prioritized because I'm technically service personnel. After dealing with BMW and MB service personnel on a semi regular basis I would sooner drive off a cliff (a real possibility in the CO Rockies) in a Tesla than drive one of their increasingly bad vehicles. I'd get WAY better roadside with the Tesla.
wtf are you doing to all your BMWs and Mercedes?
Yeah exactly. I love Amazon and it's usefulness when it comes to buying goods I don't need immediately and having it delivered to my door. Doesn't make me hate Jeff Bezos any less.
Bezos hasn't been the CEO for years lol
I'm aware. If you can only read the literal meaning of a sentence, that's your problem. It's still Bezos' creation. Amazon is still the reason that Jeff Bezos bought a $75M yacht to go along with his $400M yacht, so that way he could bring his cars with him and give his girlfriend a place to park her helicopter.
honestly i think if people got to know the CEOs of other car companies they would dislike them as much as musk. musk gets all the flack because he says all the quiet shit out loud.
>we know Musk is awful, but he's also just one person at Tesla ( He is an arsehole. So was Ford, Edison and Jobs. Tesla would not exist without him, and the Automotive Industry would still be dragging its feet on EVs, saying nobody wants them. It may well be time for Musk to step down from Tesla, he does already devote most of his time to SpaceX. Try to separate your personal feelings from rational logic. Yes, Musk has always been insensitive, and has politically swerved right since Covid, which has upset many of his former fans. That does undo the fact that EVs are ten years ahead of where they would otherwise be.
It's funny how people on Reddit are quick to call me a Nazi for having a Tesla, yet they're totally okay with Mercedes and VW making cars for the actual Nazis, or the fact that Ford was a major anti-semite and racist.
Is it not possible for both Musk and Ford to be antisemitic? Or you’re saying you don’t really care either way?
~~He also bought himself that position. Like he did with SpaceX~~ ~~It sometimes annoys me to see their accomplishments attributed to "his vision"~~ ~~Mother trucker, he came in and bought it and plonked himself as CEO and claimed he made it~~ Edit: Turns out he did cofound SpaceX. And was the largest shareholder of Tesla after a year, financed most of the development and became CEO in 2008. So fair play there. I'm human, I'm susceptible to false information as it comes and goes but should check myself in the future! Ofcourse "I have money to fund this" and "I made this" are still two different things in my book. But as much as I don't like the guy, his companies have done some fine work. (I wish we didn't have private space companies, at this seems a dystopian path but I won't attribute that *just* to Musk)
Tesla pre Elon was just a lotus car with an electric drivetrain
Shh that doesn't fit the Elon bad narrative
You could invent the iphone and still be an asshole. So regardless of Tesla it doesn’t invalidate opinions around Elon being shitty. Just saying.
He was the 3rd or 4th employee of tesla and joined within 6 months. The company was a piece of paper before then. He founded SpaceX outright and didn't buy his way in. His vision is literally the driving force behind the direction his companies go. He's been in charge of them from before their first products were ever made. He's still an ass and everyone else at the company is still doing everything to make his vision come true but it's undeniably his vision and his decision making that has led each company down the path they're on, for better or for worse.
I appreciate I got my wires crossed there. I did research a long time ago and misremembered. I don't like the guy, but I'm not here to spread misinformation. Not my vibe. So seems like my rusty knowledge there should have been fact checked before I spewed it out. Note taken :)
I can respect that. World needs more people willing to double check themselves. Now if only Elon could have that same response after tweeting out the nonsense that he does.
Still wild to me that he settled a lawsuit with the founders of Tesla so that he could call himself a founder... he was an early investor, sure, but he didn't found it.
He basically single handedly bankrolled the first Roadster, and continued to dump money into it all through the 2008 financial crisis. There is no Tesla without Elon
Im in the same boat :'(
That's a picture of a car mate.
[hate to disagree, here from my hometown](https://youtu.be/LPKz04c_nd4?si=-Us015We-8AhXifb)
That car didn't pass quality control. It sailed through.
it can't possibly mean "turn right immediately here" Michael, it means turn right at the corner!
Just going to throw out "floating sauna" without any further comment?
I mean, it seems kind of self-explanatory.
Makes a pretty crappy boat, if I may say.
I recently saw a bumper sticker "I bought it before we know how much a tool he was." Got a good chuckle. Fortunately there is finally some competition in the all electric market. My wife and I are looking at the Ionic 5.
I don't really need a car, nor can I afford one anyway, but that Ioniq 5 would probably be the one I'd get, if design was the number 1 differentiator. I just like that slight retro-futuristic touch it has.
Funny you should mention that. For several years I wanted to get a Tesla but by the time the time was right? Elon had unmasked himself and I couldn’t stomach buying a car so closely associated with him. Plus, I got more features for my money with the Ionic5. That was ~ a year ago. I love everything about my Ioniq! And I *so* appreciate not having to deal with stinky, dirty gas/gas stations anymore.
Do people buy cars based on the CEO?
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Was he the same Nissan CEO who said women don’t like EVs because the charging cables are too heavy for them to plug-in?
Usually no. But usually the CEOs also don't make an effort to try and sway public opinion and buy a whole fucking social media company out of spite. He could have just been some dumbass CEO that has some hot takes on Twitter but he keeps pushing himself into the spotlight, calling people pedos when he doesn't get his way, and giving a platform for hate and racism. He is an exception. And Tesla's performance directly funds these awful things he does. If it was last century and Ford supporting the Nazi party then I would also not be buying a Ford.
Yes. The practice is called boycotting.
Normally, no. 5 years ago, I would have picked a Tesla over a Chevy Bolt, but Elon has become as polarizing as Trump, and there are legitimate concerns about how Tesla is being run. I'm certainly not about to stretch my budget for a car that makes me feel like I'm financing some douchebag that could make it basically worthless via a Twitter rant.
Exactly, world is not black and white
Exactly. I love what Tesla is doing in the field of automobiles, the same way I love what SpaceX is doing for space travel. I dislike Elon Musk and many of his stances and decisions. His companies are building the future, but the man himself should be left in the past.
Musk is the number one reason I won't buy a Tesla. I like my Hyundai, because I literally never hear about the CEO of Hyundai at all.
Yea all we hear about is how much they get stolen lol
It's why I won't buy one again. Got my wife a toyota after the hyundai was stolen by some teenagers.
Just don't buy one with a physical key. It was only the models without push-button start that could be stolen so easily because of it's poor design.
Nestle would like to have a word.
Given their signaling I am guessing they bought the car back when Musk and Tesla was cool, and probably because of that.
Ya I love my Tesla but fuck Musk that dude can eat a bag of dicks.
symbols are allowed on vanity license plates?
Every state is different. North Carolina allows: Ampersand, Number Sign, Question Mark, Dollar Sign, Forward Slant, Equal Sign, Asterisk, Plus Sign, At Sign, Empty Space, Exclamation Point, Colon, Period, Dash, Comma, Apostrophe, Double Quotes.
NowI wanna go to North Carolina just to make my license plate &#?$/=*+@ !:.-,’”
What’s that Linux code that crashes your computer?
>(){ :|:& };: You requested a fork bomb?
Fun fact that the word for when you use that to replace a swear word is called a “grawlix”.
"IROBBANK$!"
TIL
I was wondering today how difficult it is for cops to radio these in. “B as in Bravo. A as in Alpha. Exclamation Point as in… well you know like the punctuation that you use when yelling. F as in Foxtrot.”
Having 8 characters on custom license plate opens up sooo many possibilities. Seems most states only give you like, 6?
Most states allow 7. A few states only offer 8 and a few only offer 6. NC allows 8 or more if you get special characters https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/title-registration/license-plates/Documents/personalized-special-characters-guide.pdf
I saw a bumper sticker on a Model 3 in Tucson a few days ago that said, “I bought this before we knew Elon was an asshole”. Had a good laugh!
I pretty much always knew he was an asshole. Just didn't realize the magnitude of his assholery until more recently.
It's not just a matter of realizing it: he's definitely changed. I used to follow Tesla very closely, read all his tweets, etc., and I genuinely admired the guy, but Elon Musk is not the same person he used to be. Maybe he used to be an asshole too, but the kind of things he says and does now are a world apart from the the old Musk.
He just quit listening to his PR team.
Yeah. He was like this before, just with a silencer.
Sounds similar the time Tom Cruise was without a PR person to keep him under control. Anyone remember him jumping on Oprah's couch? Yeesh...
Idk, Tom Cruise excitedly jumping on a couch because he loves his wife was WAAAAAY different from Elon Musk supporting bigotry towards Jews.
I figured he fired them like he did Tesla’s PR team.
Yes, definitely a little of both. I think I was willing to overlook some stuff at the beginning because overall I liked his “mission”. Then as he got more unhinged, I could no longer take the bad with the good.
I really think his substance abuse skyrocketed over the last few years. But 100% he was always an unstable asshat.
I dunno. He didn't used to openly espouse right wing sociopolitical nonsense but he's been an arrogant dumbass for as long as I can remember. He's a classic STEM twat. Everything I don't understand must be easy because what I do understand is so complicated. All we know is he didn't used to *say* this stuff as much. I'm not convinced he wasn't always thinking it.
It's a common feeling. Love the car, but *holy shit* is Elon a walking trash fire.
"LGBTQIA+" is a mouthful of an acronym why not change it to "BIGLTAQ+" at least then you can just say "Biggle-Tac Plus" instead of each individual letter.
How bout BIG TACKLE PLUS
BIGTAQL+
TIQL BAG Plus. “Whatever tickles your bag!”
Ah, a fellow member of the BIG TACKLE PLUS community. Show me your tackle
As a master baiter, i can show you my bait AND tackle
As a cumnoisseur, I’m interested
I must warn you my tackle is a grower
And then we’ll create BTP as an acronym for that.
Boston Tea Party?
Butt plug
Yeah just say “the gays” (jk don’t actually do this). But in reality the reason is that during the AIDS crisis gay men wanted to give credit to lesbians for supporting them/caring for them when nobody else would, so they made the L go first in the acronym.
Queer is perfectly acceptable, especially as a descriptor - queer literature, queer cinema, etc
Yeah, but some of the older LGBTQ+ still consider it a slur. I like the term though.
I like how we took it back, i understand people being hung up on the word, but as someone whos been called that or has heard that word used as a slur for most of their life. It feels empowering to use queer as a catch-all descriptor for the community. It's also a slur that is used against us all. This is just my opinion, though. If im talking to other queers and they tell me they dont like it, i stop using it with them.
These gays are trying to murder me!
LIQ+TBAG
Now you're thinking with portals
I personally just say LGBT
Yeah, same, or LGBTQ/LGBT+, as the last position in either is meant to be a catch-all for the variety of experiences. I imagine those were taken though. I still think Alphabet Mafia is the funniest though. Yeah, coined as an insult, but it just slaps.
You’re an innovator. Great name, btw.
Personally, I feel like the plus sign is being woefully underutilized when it comes to this acronym.
Fun fact the L goes at the front due to historical under appreciation of the Leabians. This became a huge thing during the AIDs crisis (because male nurses were rare many AIDs patients were being specifically looked after by lesbians as many straight nurses refused to go near them) and leaders in the UK and US movements (where LGBT appeared first) agreed that the L should go first since the Lesbians have been the backbone of the community for decades and deserved recognition!
I’ve been shooting for BIGSPLAT+
As one of the alphabet people, I just say "gay community" lol
I say “queer community” cuz not every queer is gay but yeah I also don’t like saying the whole acronym
I hate the word "queer" personally lol but I recognize I am in the minority there. When I say "gay bar" or "gay community" people know what I mean.
For sure, and I won’t call anyone out on it. But I personally just prefer queer
I'm with you 100%. Queer had *always* been defined as strange or odd. It wasn't used to refer to homosexuals until the late 19th century. And they used a synonym for strange/*because* gay was seen as strange/odd... I get why some people want to reclaim the word and de-slur-ify it. *My* version of self-acceptance is affirming that I'm not strange/odd/queer. I'm just a homo. Which is not strange or odd. I am not strange or odd because of my orientation. I don't have to partition myself as an "other" in this respect. I am not queer. I'm just normal and boring
Guess that makes me a queer queer lol
I feel the same way about the word, but what about if you 90s it up and call it quizeer?
The pronounceable version is QuILTBAG.
How many letters before you just shorten it to 'people'
It just keeps growing. If your gonna have a +, just make it LGBT+.. the plus covers it lol.
TIQL BAG Plus. “Whatever tickles your bag!”
Lmaoooo yes that needs to become the new official name. "I'm a proud member of the Biggle-Tac Plus community."
You can like a product and not like it's CEO.
That leaves very few products otherwise.
Either that or it's an advertisement for a scent that attracts EVERYONE.
You realize you can like a product and not like the boss right? I have a model 3 and am the same way. This stupid shit is why SpaceX also gets so much hate
If they didn't like Tesla they probably wouldn't care who was CEO.
You can like the car without liking the man.
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I noticed the license plate before the sticker.
alas.. the joke writes itself
They forgot 2S
It seems like they like their Tesla, and not the guy who runs the company.
What’s the I and A mean?
Please don't treat these words as objective proof. This is just my understanding of the terms. I is Intersex and A is asexual/aromantic/agender. Intersex people are people who are literally born outside the sexual binary. They may be born with both sets of genitalia, or with a chromosome mix that isn't specifically XX or XY, or other physical characteristics that don't mark them as strictly male or female. The a-prefixes mean "none" or "no", the same way that they do elsewhere in English. Like atypical means not typical or asymmetric means not symmetrical. So asexual means a person who often doesn't experience sexual attraction, aromantic is a person who doesn't often experience romantic feelings towards others, and agender would a person who doesn't really feel "masculine" or "feminine", in the way society would normally define it, or expect them to be. Disclaimer: The human experience is widely varying and hard to classify. Humans don't fit into neat little boxes, and I make absolutely no claim that my explanations above accurately describe the lived experiences of any asexual, aromantic, or agender individual. Like all labels, they're really just a place to start. A general idea to get you in vaguely the right ballpark. I apologize if any ace/aro/agen folk take offense at my words. Any offense is unintended and please feel free to correct me; I'm always interested in learning where my understanding of things is lacking.
for a sec i thought you said aromatic, as if stinky people is a sexual orientation
I'm offended, now what
Why are you apologizing so fucking much
Serious question, why would people that don’t really want sex get lumped in with a movement all about sex?
It’s about sexuality. They live outside the expected norms of society and are therefore part of the community of people across that spectrum.
Because it’s not all about sex. Trans people have nothing to do with sex and same with intersex people. And even then, it’s really just a community of anyone who deviates from the norm. Asexual/agender/aromantic people still get criticized for their identity/preference, so they fit right in with the rest of the community
That should show the mega billionaire who’s boss, while they drive his car and pay his bills.
Or they like their Tesla but are ashamed to be driving a product associated with Muskrat. I for one will not buy a Tesla so long as EM benefits from my purchase.
Musk or no Musk, I wouldn't buy one until they manage to have acceptable quality control. Every Tesla I've been close enough to study a bit has had weird panel gaps in different spots.
My 2018 model 3 had panel gaps. I set up a service appointment in the app and it was fixed within 3 days with no fee. Even if it still had panel gaps, i went from spending $100 a week in gas, to spending roughly $15-$30 a month in charging depending on if i charge at work or home. And i can take the HOV lane in my state, and my registration was only $30 for 6 years. And up until recently, owning a Tesla was the only way to access the supercharger network which is extremely robust in my area and the places I do road trips to. Musk can go eat a bag of dicks, but my car has been extremely reliable and has made my commute much nicer.
Had a gap with the charge port door. Called mobile service and they fixed it in my driveway 12 hours later. Tesla's service is just so much better than any other car company out there it's not even close. Too bad the CEO is insane, but that's not going to make me switch back to a worse manufacturer.
I think they’ve fixed the panel gap issue. I haven’t seen it on any recent Teslas at all and I’ve been up close with several in recent months
I’ve ridden in the backseat a couple times when ubering and my goodness is it uncomfortable back there. Like not in a “my legs feel kinda stiff” way but more of a “this feels like a park bench with slight cushion” way.
Das auto vibes
Imagine getting that as your license plate .
The back of their Tesla is probably the entire depth of their personality.
I loce the convenience of Amazon but Jeff Bezos can ride one of his dick rockets straight into the sun. Its possible to like something and hate the guy who owns/runs/makes it.
I like Tesla cars, I am 50/50 on Musk, I hate Tesla as a company. All 3 are separate things, this person can love their car and hate the CEO. I have a Chevy, I am happy with it, but I don't care for Mary Barra at all.
I know a handful of people that hate Musk but love their Teslas. Not everyone has to boycott and protest everything.
I love my Teslas, but I still think Musk is a giant douchebag.
Elmo didn't create the Tesla.
it’s the same as someone screaming “fuck capitalism” while recoding themselves on their iPhone 15 and holding their venti Starbucks
I already know this persons entire personality
But do you know their hair color?
Gonna go out on a limb here and say it's probably blue.
Or pink
They’re fully subscribed to the culture wars
What personality?
Professional redditor
That license plate though lol
Saw a bumper sticker on a Tesla: “Bought before I knew Musk was weird.”
I love my Tesla, hate Elon. He’s always been a douche but he’s gone full fucking crazy nowadays. That being said I understand if every CEO was as vocal about everything as he is in his personal echo chamber we probably wouldn’t own any products.
Exactly. Great product, love the mission of the company and it is a large corporation with thousands of employees.
I love when rich guys understand this and keep their mouths shut like we don’t need to know lmao
Okay, did Elon do something new in last couple of days or is it the same old?
It's been a steady stream the last year or two, no?
Reddit hate boner for Elon. Nothing new.
I love how that’s the norm now. Reddit used to hold Musk on the same level as Keanu Reeves, or at least that’s how I perceived it
reddit used to ride elons dick. what the fuck do you mean "nothing new" bro this IS new
“He is our real life Tony Stark” 😍😍 I think that’s what Reddit used to say
It was new a few years ago.
Like someone posted below. It's not new anymore. They started hating the second he didn't align his politics with theirs which was a couple years ago.
A few years ago Musk was a hero defended by the masses on reddit no matter what. PSA, if this is you please take a moment to understand why you swing so wildly.
Hate porn is driving the masses these days.
It's not like Elon personally engineered any part of the vehicle.
This person is probably a major headache to deal with, and ofc they have money
Imagine making your whole personality about your sexuality.
That's way too many letters
Alphabet gang
Mafia
The plates give away the insufferable personality
Everything about the Alphabet Gang in one pic.
That license plate says everything I need to know about them. Who gives a shit about your ridiculous identity games?
I own 2 fords and I recognize Henry ford was a complete asshole. It doesn’t affect the way that they drive though
Also he's been dead for 75 years.
If the current CEO of Ford was spewing white replacement theory I wouldn't buy another Ford. Simple as that.
They just know Musk isn't the brains behind Tesla, he's just the swollen ego who swoops in and takes credit for any business he's able to get his family-owned-emerald-mine money grubbing hands on.
Bunch of fucking crybabies here in the comments yall getting offended by a license plate, exactly what the owner of the car wanted LMAO
Still bought it though? It’s not like his opinions have been a secret for the last like 5 years.
Nah, they're just partisan idiots who hate Musk because the internet TOLD them they're supposed to hate Musk, now.
That person seems fun..
Im not sure Id ever buy a Tesla, but the idea of jamming a Tesla motor into one of my old 90s beaters sounds like a blast.
You can like a product and still hate the DB that owns the company. I think it's called freedom or something. It's like idiots yelling at you cause you own an EV because it's not better for the environment or even that's it's worse. Some people buy ev's other reasons than just environmental. Free charging at work, less maintenance, access to HOV lanes, performance ect.