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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 363 points 11 months ago (9 children)

Republicans flock to buy racist cars, only find electric. Confusion sets in.

[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 102 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Time for that sweating and 2 buttons meme.

[–] Granite@kbin.social 79 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But the confusion is fleeting, as it always is, because they don’t have the brain power to process the cognitive dissonance.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 43 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So they just trail off and then start screaming at the wind? Lead poisoning is a bitch.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (8 children)

If the pattern follows, those young teen Millennials somehow are to blame even though there are Millennials in their 40s now.

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Elon is looking into rolling coal exhaust on Teslas for his Nazi fan club

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It’s just a trailer option for the cybertruck that’s basically a stationary 700hp engine idling without a muffler. It’s not generating power, just smoke.

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[–] root_beer@midwest.social 22 points 11 months ago

Hey @elonmusk Why Cant People Roll Cole In There Telsa’s? Your Not A Real Man If Your Not Rolin Coal —@RealPatroit1776

@RealPatroit1776 looking into it —@elonmusk

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[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 215 points 11 months ago (6 children)

There you go. It was all OK until it impacted $$. Glad they finally did something, but wish it would have been based on an actual ethical concern.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 64 points 11 months ago (6 children)

this is one of the few levers of power we have. remember that every nickel they have comes from us working and us buying.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (7 children)

To be fair, I think one could argue with a straight face that if we're still buying the products, then we really don't care that much. Why should a company be motivated by morality if we as a society collectively aren't?

We should hold ourselves to the same standards or we're just hypocrites.

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[–] mvilain@infosec.pub 166 points 11 months ago (15 children)

I'm waiting for Apple and Google to pull the X client from their app stores.

Then the fun really begins.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not going to happen as all these companies work together. these companies are notorious to trick regulars into thinking they are helping the society.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 62 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
  1. SocialMediaPlatform™ does something horrible

  2. Make a huge deal about pulling ads from SocialMediaPlatform™ to get consumers on your side

  3. Quietly return ads to SocialMediaPlatform™ after PR team determines everyone has forgotten

  4. SocialMediaPlatform™ does something even worse

  5. GOTO 2

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[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 149 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] 520@kbin.social 89 points 11 months ago (3 children)

All billionaires are cunts. All Nazis are cunts. Not all billionaires are Nazis.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah soros is a Holocaust survivor

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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 135 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Musk can a smoke fat dick. I am so sick of hearing about that cunt.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Can we just fully cancel his ass so we don't have to hear about him any more. I yearn for the day I no longer hear about Musk or Trump on a daily basis.

[–] UnspecificGravity@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 11 months ago

We let people get so fucking rich that everything they do is newsworthy because it actually impacts a ton of people.

The real problem is that we don't actually need rich people in the first place.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

This story highlights why news about this is still important. The investors wouldn't be doing this if they thought a lot of people wouldn't hear about it and be disgusted.

I couldn't care less about whatever else he does, but when he does something awful, spread it as much as you can. We can see very clearly that not all news is good news for him. And one thing I do want to see is him discovering the consequences of his action, for once in his life.

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[–] StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world 68 points 11 months ago (10 children)

"We are absolutely appalled at this behavior!" [Buys more stock in Tesla] "I mean really, this has gone too far!" [Collects dividends] "He needs to resign, this is disgusting!" [Watches stock price climb] "this antisemitism must stop or else!" [Buys more stock]

[–] m_randall@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago

In the interest of pedantry; TSLA doesn’t declare dividends.

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[–] doctorcrimson 65 points 11 months ago

Musk going down in history as the person removed from leadership in the largest number of billion dollar companies ever.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Tesla Investors Call for Musk's Suspension

They'll quickly find themselves in the same position as the GOP with Trump. Where they want to replace him and cut their losses but the cult of personality is around that one person and nothing else. That's what happens when your audience is so cult-like and fanatical. Not that I feel bad for either the GOP or Tesla obviously, it's still their fault for cultivating these bastards and they don't deserve the slightest sympathy.

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Musk finally end that step too far. Dude forgot there’s a world out there beyond the weird right-wing bubble he’s created for himself on X.

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’m sure his response will be doubling down and turning away more investors. But if that goofy fucking truck being shit, delayed, and possibly a scam didn’t dissuade them…

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[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hurt him in the way that's most painful to narcissists: remove his ability to generate narcissistic supply. Kill Xcrement.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 62 points 11 months ago (2 children)

From a ridiculously slow lowering mechanism above a tank full of sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads.

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