• solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    26 days ago

    i’m gonna lean on the side of “fuck that shit” on this one. buying a tesla is a choice. maga are terrorizing people for things they didn’t choose like skin color, gender, sexual orientation, etc, and that list will only get longer

    fuck tesla, and fuck tesla buyers. unlike their holy godman idol musk, i value empathy. but not for people who pridefully show none of it themselves

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      26 days ago

      A lot of regular Tesla owners genuinely didn’t know a ton about the company and until the last few years Musk wasn’t quite so openly a Nazi.

      I have zero sympathy for Cybertruck owners but I am going to wait to reserve judgement on average Tesla owners until I have proof it was bought recently and that they are okay with Musk as he is.

      The reality is some people can’t just up and trade in the car as easily as they might want to, even if they hate Musk and all he stands for now.

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        26 days ago

        Model Y Juniper just started shipping this month. Its a glaring sign that says they bought it after everything Musk did.

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        26 days ago

        People with ordinary Teslas might have bought them before Musk was a total ass. And apart from some dumb ideas like steering yokes and poor emergency releases and build quality they’re not that bad.

        The Cybertruck is objectively bad and deserves ridicule regardless of what Lengthy Nutria does.

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          26 days ago

          Musk was always a total ass. Agree maybe ppl were unaware until recently though

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        26 days ago

        fair enough. i still say fuck’em. there are many more people much more deserving of my sympathy than fucking tesla owners

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        26 days ago

        I have a Tesla (2017). Had no idea who this guy was at the time, I just liked the idea of an electric vehicle, and buying into a future without ICE. Cars been great, company not so much.

        Musk can go to hell though that’s for sure

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      26 days ago

      For many of us we’ve had our vehicles for a long time before Elon went dipshit crazy. For some it’s because EVs were essentially dogshit before the Model 3 was introduced. Either short range grocery getters or expensive luxury. Even now most “electrified” vehicles everyone advertises are hybrids, not EVs.

      I got my Model 3 near the end of 2018. Elon wasn’t posting far right and Nazi shit at that time. He was sort of controversial, but that was about it.

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        26 days ago

        That’s why I don’t have ill will for people for having a non cybertruck Tesla unless you can tell it’s new. But if you don’t have an anti elon sticker I’m starting to side eye them

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        Yeah, I’m sure a lot of people are in that unfortunate situation. I can’t imagine the trade in value is improved. Sorry you’re getting shit for buying a vehicle that was supposed to be less harmful to the environment, I guess the lesson is avoid musk products.

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          26 days ago

          The model 3 was designed and marketed to be an affordable EV, and is still one of the cheaper options on the market.

          Do you think any new vehicle is a luxury item?

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            Base price is 42k tho what are you talking about. That’s like 3 budget cars. No wonder Americans can’t handle egg prices when your finance education functions based on marketing trajectories 🙄

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          26 days ago

          I dont think you realize how many wankers there are that go undetected because they know how to shut the hell up. Moreover, I dont think you realize how buying a car works and how little selling the car would alleviate the problem.

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            I am aware if how many complete wankers there are out there that go unnoticed. You can’t help supporting them since they’re good at hiding their BS.

            But the difference is that Elon is a known wanker therefore you can avoid supporting him but not buying into his shit. It’s not like he’s selling something you can’t get elsewhere.

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      26 days ago

      There’s tesla buyers who dont even know who musk is or what he does/owns. I dont know who owns BMW, Ford, Volkswagen etc. People could easily decide to buy a tesla and not know.

      And using hate to fight hate isn’t always the best, these maga fucks will just use it as fuel for their regime, embarassing them is a much better way, stickers etc sure, but you shouldnt be physically violent to the person.

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        There’s tesla buyers who dont even know who musk is or what he does/owns.

        Citation??

        Or, you just guessing based on the sentence that follows… 🤔

        I’d bet significant money that 99.999% of rational car-buying adults know the relationship Musk/Tesla. 🤷‍♂️

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          Prove there isnt. Just because we sit on the internet well connected, doesnt mean the average joe is. As I was saying about not knowing who owns other automotive companies, can you name them all? Can you tell me all their political views? It’s not too hard to imagine someone buying a tesla without researching the company, come on.

          And anyone who does or did know about musk owning them before, could have bought the car before he became a prolific nazi. You cant be serious if you think every tesla owner did deep research into elon musk. Thats so out of touch.

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          25 days ago

          The internet isn’t real life.

          How surprised were you at the last few US elections? Tells you everything you need to know about how uninformed the majority is.

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        26 days ago

        “There’s tesla buyers who dont even know who musk is or what he does”

        I’m going to have to call bs on that.

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          26 days ago

          Preordered 2016, bought in 2018 well before he was out of the Nazi closet.

          Had service done in 2022, this is how my service advisor signed his fucking email.

          It’s embarassing.

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          Seems unlikely when exposed to communities like this online, seems very likely when you talk to people who dont go online much.

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        26 days ago

        Tesla is a premium product at best, they absolutely aren’t a luxury item. The S and X possibly, but most of the vehicles they sell aren’t particularly expensive.