The president threw Elon Musk a lifeline with an event, livestreamed on X, where he touted the cars and said he would buy one.
  • Copythis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 hours ago

    I yelled at my phone when I saw this.

    He said “oh wow! The whole thing is a computer!” like cars haven’t been like that for YEARS now.

    The I go on Facebook for some reason (I am in a rural area) and I am seeing people talking about buying teslas in the local community pages. These people are not people that couldn’t afford a used Mitsubishi Mirage…

    • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      11 minutes ago

      like cars haven’t been like that for YEARS now

      Worse, Teslas are designed like computer software rather than cars, which is why they are so dangerous and terrible, as software development processes are absolutely horrible for things that actually matter, especially when compared to existing vehicle engineering principles.

      I feel dirty cross-linking to that other place but check out how/where they locate the brake lines. A nice convenient rust-prone place, only accessible by removing the battery. Apparently the design has become even shittier since.

      https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/1j8sh8c/thx_for_making_me_take_down_the_battery_for_some/

  • SecularHumorist5@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    5 hours ago

    Well, it was Goya last time. Now, it’s Tesla. Soon, it will be Campbell’s Soup for all the soup-lines his depression will create.

    • Jhex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      And that only pushed me to find home recipes for the few Goya products I used to buy… Have not bought anything Goya in 4-5 years

  • splonglo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    10 hours ago

    this whole gambit was actually a 4d chess move by elon to brainwash righties into buying EVs therefore solving climate change and bringing about global communism. I never should have doubted you, sir

  • Doctor_Satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    78·
    12 hours ago

    How long till a President ends a speech with “smash that like and subscribe for 10% off RAID: Shadow Legends”?

  • cley_faye@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    5 hours ago

    Can’t wait for /r/outoftheloop post asking “trump exposes tesla cars in the white house, what does it mean?”

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    10 hours ago

    Man can the writers chill? They’ve been doing the most unbelievable shit these past few days

    • el_bhm@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      10 hours ago

      Rita repulsa zaps Orange Turidno. Laughs. Turdo goes Biggly.

      The Dipshit starts flailing arms around, slapping multiple children as armor.

      Power Rangers theme starts playing.

    • ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      9·
      9 hours ago

      Because of ethical restraints, it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly. In 2017, when then-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway told Americans to buy from Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, she received a warning from a government ethics office and promised never to do it again.

      • JasminIstMuede@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Maybe there is a language barrier, but I didn’t understand if a legal framework is implied by “ethical restraints”. Can one be taken to court for violating an ethical restraint?

  • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
    26·
    16 hours ago

    when your influence is dying due to your hubris you become desperate and pull something out like this.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    190·
    22 hours ago

    Because of ethical restraints it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly.

    Yeah… Those were good times.