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Chances for government shutdown escalate after Trump and GOP reject stopgap spending bill
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Hopefully Musk will crash in one of his cars and be unable to escape the resulting fire, because he built it without mechanical door handles.
I prefer that evil billionaires meet their fates ironically.
A certain recent story regarding CEOs shows you don't have to wait for random chance.
I mean, sure. There's always the Luigi option. But my preferred end for insurance execs is from denial of a health insurance claim. Bit hard to make that work for someone of that wealth, but it would be the ideal case.
Does he actually ride one of his own vehicles?
Unfortunately this falls flat if the person driving knows about the door releases which do exist. They're a little latch that you pull just behind the window controls. So musk's passengers would all die, but he'd be fine
They have mechanical backups.
Sure, but you have to do some insane shit like pull open some random unmarked panel, dig your hand in, and pull a cable. Good luck remembering how to do that when the car is filled with smoke and there is literally a fire being lit under your ass. Tesla fires have killed hundreds already.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/four-die-trapped-burning-tesla
Yes, but that doesn't mean you can make blatantly false statements.
You can just say they're buried and non-intuitive.
Be better.
You're literally "ummm actually"-ing human immolation.
A mechanical release that is obfuscated and not easy and intuitive to use effectively doesn't exist. You might as well say, "well, technically, shattering a window is a mechanical action, so all cars have mechanical releases..."
Stop trying to excuse homicide.
Lmao what a dumb fucking comment
Have a nice day