$TSLA hit a new 12-month low by a couple of pennies today, i think. the rally is over!
― 龜, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
I do wonder how Tesla owners are currently feeling about the fact that they’re driving around automotive MAGA hats these days.
― circa1916, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
Anecdotally, I don't think they care. Though I bet it puts a dent in future purchases, especially once you factor in all the alternatives out there.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
I am seeing a lot of the EV Kias and Mustangs lately, as well as a lot of Volvos and VWs.
yeah theres starting to be a shit ton of evs to choose from, at least model wise not sure if a shit ton of actual cars exist yet
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
glenn, thank you
The same worthless media liberals who never break stories, who never do any reporting, who just sit around mimicking each other every day - speaking only to and for one another in servitude to Dems - all write the same articles because they're all hive-minded empty herd animals. https://t.co/CK74mXWPJN— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 12, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
True— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
i don't think warzel claims he's a reporter?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 12 December 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
when was the last time glem actually reported on anything
― mh, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
the lula-jailed-by-a-corrupt-judge story -- which he was largely fed but did amplify
― mark s, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
when he was still at the intercept lol
― mark s, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:25 (one year ago) link
I see a Tesla with CRYPTO vanity plates every so often. I assume he loves this direction.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 12 December 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
xp then i guess he tried to report on hunter's laptop but the intercept nixed that lol lol
― mark s, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
We need more of that substantial conservative reporting, like the big story about schools having litter boxes in classrooms for kids who identify as cats.
― circa1916, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
the two guys i know who own teslas are liberal guys who work in tech and were early adopters invested in musk as a tech genius. i see a ton of teslas around my area of chicago, which is mostly upper-middle-class but also generally liberal. my guess is a lot of tesla owners bought before he made his political leanings obvious and are now kind of embarrassed about it, or are oblivious of his right-wingery.
― na (NA), Monday, 12 December 2022 21:30 (one year ago) link
That's the vibe I get around here, more or less the same people that might otherwise (or previously) have been driving a luxury hybrid.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
my little bro used to be a big Tesla guy and the thing that turned him off it (besides Elon becoming a garden variety chud) is them fucking around with the turn signals. he said he could never get used to it and sold the car. I'm glad he did because I fucking hated that thing. not only did it make me feel sick every time I rode in it, it's also incredibly uncomfortable. the entire interior is made out of the same shit you see at WG&R furniture when they're trying to stage a fake bedroom.
― frogbs, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:38 (one year ago) link
xp - same vibe in my (increasingly upper-middle class) neighborhood. the 'zero emissions / good for the climate' aspect is the initial motivator, but the 'look at me in my next-gen luxury car' vibe closes the deal.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 12 December 2022 21:46 (one year ago) link
the couple people I know who have had them are gadget nerds who also like futuristic junk
like, the idea of it not working quite right and being idiosyncratic is part of the appeal
this is not what normal people want from an automobile
― mh, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:53 (one year ago) link
max's Read Max newsletter had a gadget review that reminded me of that type of interest, and I think this kind of sums it uphttps://maxread.substack.com/p/the-worlds-stupidest-smallest-smartphone
When you use this phone in public, people will want to talk to you about it. The most common question is “what is that” or “is that, like, a real phone” or, in the case of my immediate friends and family, “Dan … why.” But I’ve handed the Jelly 2 to people and after they mess with it a little, they’re also taken in by how charming and teensy it is. They’re sometimes impressed with it, too, though I don’t get the sense that very many would consider actually buying one.This phone is shockingly non-shitty. It is clear when using this phone that Unihertz is a very, very powerful company, filled with engineers with powerful brains; I don’t know if Apple or Samsung or Google could have made this thing. What it also means is that Unihertz is absolutely capable of making an extremely good normal phone, and that they have chosen instead to make Stupid Phone. I admire this.
This phone is shockingly non-shitty. It is clear when using this phone that Unihertz is a very, very powerful company, filled with engineers with powerful brains; I don’t know if Apple or Samsung or Google could have made this thing. What it also means is that Unihertz is absolutely capable of making an extremely good normal phone, and that they have chosen instead to make Stupid Phone. I admire this.
― mh, Monday, 12 December 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
I think the newer ones are maybe better but the Tesla is the Stupid Car that does technologically interesting things. You're elated when it does something particularly cool. When the bumper falls off or you have to explain to a passenger for the fiftieth time how to open the doors, you shrug it off
― mh, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
Teslas are everywhere here, clearly the new BMW in terms of frequently being an easy signifier for the most despicable driver in close proximity. I don’t think a lot of not extremely online people care about what Elon musk says any more than they care the Nazis drove around in mercedes.
― omar little, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
I forgot my neighbors who seem nice and retired-ish that have the crossover-looking one. I think they're kindly liberal types
― mh, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
Rode in a Hyundai Ioniq recently and it felt head and shoulders more luxurious than the Teslas I'd been in.
One of my colleagues bought a Tesla a few months back and immediately had issues with his windows opening, and his killer feature was being able to have his turn signal turn into fart sounds to amuse his kid. I thought to myself "you paid $65k for this?"
$TSLA will be $30 before the end 2023
― octobeard, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
There was a Tesla driver who would cruise past every night on the way home with their car set on the ice cream truck sound.
― omar little, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
I was mostly being tongue in cheek, but honestly that design choice seems to be one made by someone who knows virtually nothing about automotive design . . . or driving, for that matter.
Guess who ultimately makes the design choices for Tesla?
The more autonomous a car is, the less dash info you need. How often do you look at the instrument panel when being driven in a taxi?— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2017
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:25 (one year ago) link
xp well, that's not creepy at all
― mh, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
This is more for why don’t you drive an EV? but if I hadn't gone with the Mach-E, the Ioniq 5 would have been the runner up.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:28 (one year ago) link
what wld have been yr selection?
― normal AI yankovic (Hunt3r), Monday, 12 December 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
Greenwald is just a toxic person now. Pretends to still be a leftist that hates Democrats, doesn't mind that now a good portion of his followers just so coincidentally happen to be pronoun-mocking homophobes.
Which of course he'll hide behind "I can't hide behind who likes me" as if he isn't intentionally courting that crowd cos fuck it, getting a handjob from your readers is all that matters
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Monday, 12 December 2022 22:43 (one year ago) link
I ordered a Mach-E GT last December and took delivery in April.
I really want to avoid general "best car I've owned" statements because I live in an area with an above-average charging network, but still I'm 100% satisfied.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 12 December 2022 22:49 (one year ago) link
the father of one of my best friends, as old and liberal and jewish as they come, is pissed off beyond belief. he was a musk fan until fairly recently (obv he was turning a blind eye to some bullshit along the way).
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 12 December 2022 23:57 (one year ago) link
Never thought "is the owner of the company that makes my car a white supremacist?" was something I'd have to consider
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8sV1pVk.png
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link
My neighbour has one and looks incresingly embarrassed to be seen in it. It is probably not helped by the fact that it has been repeatedly keyed in recent weeks. It wasn't me, honest.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 00:22 (one year ago) link
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Monday, December 12, 2022 7:01 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
one would ordinarily just assume
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 00:27 (one year ago) link
Karl Malone, chef's kiss on that little pun
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 00:29 (one year ago) link
I’ve always been a little wary since that Henry Ford character tbh
― mh, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
lol yes that was perfect KM
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 03:28 (one year ago) link
Haha totally. High quality bots are fine!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2022
― more crankable (sic), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 04:15 (one year ago) link
Ok I think ChatGPT has peaked for me pic.twitter.com/zp55sDmiss— Tim Clare (@TimClarePoet) December 12, 2022
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 07:23 (one year ago) link
Tesla down another 6% today, despite S&P being up on the day
― frogbs, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 18:06 (one year ago) link
the shine is officially off
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
It's a boooo-ear market
― The Beatles were the first to popularize wokeism (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
Stock hit its 52 week low today
― bit high, bitch (gyac), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
i don’t think he cares about Tesla stock price or even the company all that much any more. he got what he wanted out of it (fanboys, cash, aattention) and now he’s going to leverage that to…do…something? the dynamic w/ jack and jack’s comments seem to let on that it’ll be something with crypto. going full Q now is a good way to hook some chunk of gullible people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
better get in before crypto collapses completely next week
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
the dynamic w/ jack and jack’s comments seem to let on that it’ll be something with crypto.
Which comments are these? My apologies for being lost.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
don’t remember exactly the quote but jack posted something about how twitter should’ve been a “protocol” and how Musk was the “singular person” to get this done or something along those lines. then there was some back/forth they had about the blockchain…
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link