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[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 128 points 2 years ago (2 children)

“President Musk wants to continue to kill people for profit” fify

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 2 years ago

Such a Brian Thomson thing to do

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 86 points 2 years ago

Correction: President Musk wants to stop Tesla having to report crashes and Vice President Trump of course has to come into line with President Musk's policy.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 82 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yea, right. it was his idea.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tesla's should be banned from being allowed to be on the roads then.

[–] the_real_monte@sh.itjust.works 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Fine, but from now on Trump has to travel exclusively by full self-driving teslas with FSD enabled at all times

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 26 points 2 years ago

he should only be allowed to use UHC health insurance plans too without being able to use his own money.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago

Not clicking that, so I have no idea why you thought about it.

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Muskrat has to work on his ventriloquism, he's got his arm way up there, but I think I saw his lips move for this announcement.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So what I'm hearing here is that Cybertrucks should be vandalized indiscriminately en masse across the country as a form of protest.

[–] PedestrianError@towns.gay 26 points 2 years ago

@TheTechnician27 @Vittelius Why bother vandalizing something that’s just going to fall apart on its own within a few weeks or months?

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago

Yeah right, "Trump wants", lol.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago
[–] YourAvgMortal@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Elon will swear that it will continue to report crashes even though they don’t have to. And will proceed to not report anything.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Friends don't let friends drive Teslas.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay but then police and insurance can’t use the camera recordings to track down a perp who keys Teslas. It’s only fair.

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

This doesn't hurt the oligarchs so it's not equivalent. Not reporting crashes does help the oligarchs. For balance we need ot remove at least as much, to make the rest of us "whole" so to speak.

[–] Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Predicted by Not Just Bikes in his self driving cars video

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Trump is just doing what Musk commands him.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can just picture the secret service coming with black bags in the event of any survivors of Elon's death traps when they crash so they don't talk.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What survivors? There never were any survivors...

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

There can't be survivors if there is no accident.

The uptick on random disappearances is surely due to those damn immigrant, better give more H1B visas.

/s

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

What could go wrong

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 10 points 2 years ago

Something tells me they'll rule in favor of Tesla

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey, if it works in China, it may work in the US.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't get it. Did El Mosquito buy chinese president?

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I mean, China covers up accidents constantly. The true numbers of Chinese EV's spontaneously combusting are insane. Buildings collapsing. Trains derailing. Homelessness. Covid deaths. Etc etc. It's all covered up, so it doesn't look bad. Trump wants the same. No covid tests, less regulations, no reports. Because facts and statistics are his enemy, and of his mega Corp and billionaire friends.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

i mean pretty much

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Trump wants flames painted on every car so that we all don't unfairly point at Tesla cars engulfed in flames and call him out of that.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

That is going to wonders to improve sales.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

enjoy your skyrocketing insurance premiums tesla owners

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

No worries, little did either of them realize those shit-boxes are now self-reporting; appearing right at your doorstep while ablaze.