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[–] grue@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (11 children)

As much as I LOL'd and agree with the sentiment, this is almost entirely about politics, not infrastructure -- the only tenuous connection is that the political shithead happens to own a car company. As such, please try to resist the temptation to post more stuff like this here.


Edit to address some feedback:

Yes, !fuckcars is political, but that doesn't mean everything political is on-topic. If this had been about Musk interfering with CA high-speed rail, it would be unambiguously on-topic. If this had been about the harmful effects of those trucks on other road users, it would be unambiguously on-topic (although for the record, I dislike threads hating on any one particular type of car because they risk missing the point that all of them contribute to most of the problems).

But it was neither of those things. It was just pointing out the dishonesty of people who bought a particular product with a particular political connotation. The fact that the product happened to be a vehicle was irrelevant to the idea being conveyed. That makes it a good fit for somewhere like !politicalmemes or !enoughmuskspam, maybe, but not here.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Elon musk himself is responsible for so much car centric bullshit. he has his own tunnels, his own chargers, he does everything he can to stop any anti-car development, and he has the most dangerous cars out there. this is only one of them by the way, the one that has sharp hard metal corners that are meant to slice pedestrians in half, but his other cars spontaneously combust.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 82 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I really think that you can't divorce the car-centric hell we are currently suffering in from the politics that made it happen.

"Fuck Cars" is 100% a political statement.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Guys can we please talk about how we better organize society without being so political?

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago

It's a really odd position to take when politics are literally the only route through which public infrastructure and services pass.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Guys can we please talk about how we better do politics without being political?"

I hope your statement was satire. Otherwise I question your understanding of basic concepts.

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

It’s so hard to tell. I read it and thought “Good joke!” and upvoted right away. But I had the same reaction when r/TheDonald started, so my sensor is busted.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 94 points 3 days ago (7 children)

It's also a shitty, unreliable, dangerous vehicle that allows them to be on the road because Elon is the richest dipshit on earth right now.

He's pushed past regulations and forced his shitty vehicles to be on roads all across the world, including Europe, which doesn't have the road infrastructure to handle things like the cybertruck. It's bypassing regulation after regulation to show up on the road as a massive eyesore.

The Cybertruck is the culmination of everything fuckcars is about imo.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

and only 2 types of people bought these, in the west coast, there arnt many magats that bought it, but ignorant to politics asian people.

[–] owsei@programming.dev 11 points 3 days ago

IMO while the post shows a cybertruck and it is the culmination of this community, the post clearly focuses on how horrible elon musk is, which would be better suited somewhere else (even tho I vehemently agree with the sentiment)

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[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Elon Musk is not a "political shithead" he is a primary reason why we don't have better forms of transportation, and it's worth pointing it out every single time. Also, aren't virtually all of the infrastructure issues that exist that make cars such a prevalent force in our society almost entirely predicated on politics? Was Robert Moses not motivated by his own politics? But was it not his policies that essentially birthed the modern hostility to humans that urban areas have?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

he is the sole reason for trashing fast rail in california, long enough for trumps 1st term elaine chao to block funding which delayed things for like 5+years, and even now its being half-assed.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Politics is the way we make decisions that affect more than three people.

Anything that affects society is politics. Even choosing to not do something is politics.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah, the whole hyper loop scam [1] he invented was to kill high speed rail in California. Fuck him.

[1] just see it in Las Vegas all out is a tunnel for cars that you pray there's no accident because of fire starts you are stuck and can't escape.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Give me a break. This shithead intentionally sabotaged high speed rail in CA. Lots of other issues.

Fuck cars and fuck this car douche.

[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Controversial, but I appreciate the reasoning. I think your added nuance threads the needle well.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean there was the whole hyperloop thing he pushed in an attempt to prevent high speed rail construction in california.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

he delayed long enough for trumps 1st term elain chao to block any further funding.

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[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 135 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Regardless of if Musk is crazy or not, they still bought an oversized truck for nothing other than to inflate their ego.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 56 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Which is weird, how can you boost your ego with a dumpster?

[–] Findus_Falke@feddit.org 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

depends on the boost direction

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Musk is a fascist

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Elon has always been a psychotic piece of shit. Anyone thats paid attention to him since fuckin paypal has known that.

People just didnt care, in the classic self centered way, until it started to personally affect them. . and the biggest way it affects them now is riding around in his terrible fuckin vehicles, which creates an association with right wing assholery that they didnt want to have public.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 54 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely right

And Elmo has been a total cock head long before he performed his nazi salutes

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[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

He first publicly showed how crazy he is during the kids getting stuck in the cave, then he got more bold.

But yeah, cybertruck started being sold after he started doing Nazi salutes.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah, that's the first big one I remember too.

[–] sheetzoos@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is the man cybertruck owners support with their purchases:

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[–] shutz@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago

The cybertruck itself is evidence that he wasn't in his right mind.

[–] canniest_tod@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

He was a scumbag union buster long before he "went crazy". His parents used slave labor to mine emeralds before his company built cars. The people of this country will believe any bubbleheaded legend of a good rich guy not look him up until he shows his ass. Too little, too late.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

It took me a while to realize he was a crazy con man, to my fault, it was only when he started meddling with stuff I had some understanding. Around the same time, he was investing in movies and making cameos: Thank You for Smoking, Iron Man...

But people were already pointing that out from his time on Paypal. And you can find stuff even before that. So no,

He was crazy/con man even before Tesla.

There is no excuse. Just because there was a time that he posted rainbows and talked about climate does not sane wash his actions, it is just that he was targeting another kind of people. Just like companies rainbow their logos during pride month.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Elon never "went crazy", he's just a liar. And the bigger his following became the less he needed to lie about his opinions or goals.

Engineers like Thunderf00t could already prove Elon was full of shit long before it became incredibly obvious.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Calling the rescue worker s pedophile was the mask off moment. Before that, he was trolling other rich people and promoting his Mars mission. He was always crazy, but we thought he was on our side. We wanted one rich guy on our side for once.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The issue is thinking that anyone that rich would ever be on your side.

The mentality that allows someone to get rich like that (besides copious amounts of sheer luck) is incompatible with the needs of the many. If they're "on your side" they have a personal agenda to get out on top over their competition. You are a tool for them to exploit to ensure their infinite growth.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Seeing a cybertruck in the wild is the visual equivalent of stepping in dog shit. I saw one the other day up here in Canada that was covered in maple leaves and felt massively offended

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Gods I'm so happy they're straight up not allowed here in Europe.

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That cybertruck reminds me of that Simpson's episode where Homer designed and built a vehicle at his brother's car company.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It reminds me of how I drew a car when I was a kid.

The fact that it made it through any sort of testing says more about Elon's ego than his business accumen.

Testing? You think they tested that thing?

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[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah, sorry man, that doesn't work on Cybertrucks, only the old Teslas.

We knew he was not an upstanding guy long before he bought Twitter. Just not everyone was paying attention. As well I hope they enjoy their inescapable burn chamber. That thing is more of a hazard to the owner than those around them than the Pinto was. Regular Car Reviews did a good one on it.

https://youtu.be/L3oO510dyVI

[–] kheavy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Cybertruck ownership is the punishment

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