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And I thought they were supposed to be shying away from fossil fuels.

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[–] [email protected] 158 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tesla owners going from "Look at me!" to "Stop looking at me!" in the blink of an eye.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 days ago (12 children)

if i were looking to fuck with a Tesla, i'd pay close attention to any indication that the car was purchased recently. there are a LOT of people out there with a murder fetish, and i GUARANTEE that a lot of the nice new ones out there are really bait cars for gun owners that have been dying for a reason to shoot someone.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, probably a lot of Rittenhouse wannabes out there who wanna test the limits of castle doctrine.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago (15 children)

yes, but this is a whole new monster..

  1. someone shoots a person who's defacing their Cybertruck
  2. they're convicted of murder because it's proven they bought the vehicle specifically to bait a victim
  3. Trump pardons them

i defy you to tell me that this isn't INEVITABLE.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

Man I don't even think step two would happen before trump pardons them. The US is so fucked.

EDIT: As an example of what you said, a sociopath who has recently bought a Tesla is the fucking president of the US

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Murder ia basically always handled at the state level, so Trump would not have power to pardon that crime.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

He doesnt have the power to do lots of things he is doing.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago

I am so slow lately I saw this yesterday and only just now got the joke

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I thought this joke was going to be about all the cybertrucks needing towing because of yet another recall.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (12 children)

I know it's a joke, but many Tesla "solar" charging stations did actually use diesel generators a few years ago. Citation needed, but I can't be assed to look up the article.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago (40 children)

Still more energy efficient than a regular ICE car.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pro Tip, you don't need gasoline to burn Tesla just puncture there battery and it will go kaboom. /s

PS : THIS IS A JOKE DON'T EVER PUNCTURE A LITHIUM ION BATTERY IT IS VERY DANGEROUS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

PPS: ICE cars exploding in flames when shot is a Hollywood myth. Not so much for EVS.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Let's focus on the nazi leader also not only his old projects

[–] OutlierBlue 32 points 4 days ago

His stock in Tesla is leveraged for a lot of other things he does. Lowering the stock value could cripple him financially.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Run Tesla stock prices into the ground. It's legal and, short of criminal violence, it would damage Elon worse than anything else. Without his money, Elmo Muskrat would just be the guy at the end of a dive bar you avoid because all they talk about is government conspiracies to cover up the fact that Lizard People Aliens are making human lizard people hybrids.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Teslas don't run on gasoline.

It runs on them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's why you add a thickener. Mix some styrofoam into the gasoline and it'll stick better.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I don't plan on adding that to my camping kit any time soon but it's a recipe passed down through the ages. Got it straight from a well-known cookbook that I studied religiously through my teenage years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I think for the first time in my life I'm okay with cars burning extra fuel needlessly

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Actually burning Teslas is bad for the environment.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago

Drop in the bucket compared to what enabling this billionaire shit bag is going to do.

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