As bad as Trump is, he won’t allow that to happen. He craves adulation. Look at all these companies bending over backwards to accommodate him. Like do you really think Zuck gave a fuck about his inauguration? He banned him from Facebook after the insurrection. But he knows Trump will bring in money to his shareholders, so he unbanned him.
If Trump is smart about one thing, it’s knowing people like money. Don’t be surprised if after Elon fires half the government that Trump sends out a stimulus check. He’ll scream America is Back and people will eat it up. Thank you! Working Hard!
you cant say “trump wont allow that to happen” while also buying into the prevailing leftist “useful” idiot theory of trump (which i dont at this point believe). Trump isnt one person at this point, hes a figurehead, I feel i have been poorly communicating it. it doesnt matter what he wants. to some degree the mob has won. trumpism, not trump, which could more concisely be defined as christian nationalism, is what is at play here. trump is either a useful idiot or a genius, it doesnt actually fucking matter anymore
I never said Trump is a genius. I said Trump is smart enough to know people like money. It’s why he attached himself to those stimulus checks by sending out that letter or whatever it was.
rofl we are fucked and my elon bet is cooked. “the market can stay delusional longer than you can stay solvent” or some such ive been told many times. fafo’d. praise our new overlord.
back in the early days, there was a short window where they offered the FSD hardware upgrade for $2k to any Model 3 owners who didn’t buy it originally.
Yes, we jumped on that. Now it’s like 10k extra.
I pulled the trigger on one of those “i bought it before we knew he was nuts” window clings because I honestly can’t afford to get a new car right now.
oh sorry, that does suck, if i was forced to drive a tesla id go mad. i live in the tesla capital of the world i think and to me its so god damn obvious theyre shitty cars, i literally have been working on software for my car (one of the nice things about my car is it pretends like i own the software on it and can modify it to my liking) to alert me to teslas nearby at a certain speed, because i seriously have come close to peril so many times due to what i think is either bad driving encouraged by the software or the software itself. i have nfi whats going on, but, those cars are also moving spyware which drives me nuts too. like im in their shitty algorithm whether i like it or not.
I actually didn’t mind it until they disabled the radar. My car is one that had the radar and the FSD/autopilot used to work amazingly well.
Now it’s annoying and I rarely use it.
I’ve never had any issues other than that, though, and tbh, it’s one of the better cars I’ve owned. When I bought it there was no comparison, now I think others have caught up.
my issue isnt with the tech, I think the future is in that tech (although it being proprietary to me is absurd), it’s how opaque and inaccessible it is and prone to abuses that have already been documented, like, the fact tesla employees can and have accessed dash cameras to spy on customers amorous moments tells me all i need to know. what if elon knew your plate number, or vehicle profile for instance, and told his algorithm to fuck with you in ways to drive up your insurance policy? its for sure possible. am i saying hes done that? no, its impossible to prove. could he and is he that petty? yep. its a trust issue for me. i just want a “dumb” car of the future that isnt trying to spy on every single thing i do on the road.
Sorry to hear that. Now 20 years on the other side. In a much better place finance wise, 16+ year marriage with a great partner, good relationships with the now adult kiddos.
Saw the cybertruck in the carpool line at school again today. Man, do I have Elon Derangement Syndrome because I automatically assume that parent is an asshole and about a 75% chance their kid is, too. And my kids could know that kid.
