my coworker: "They showed it beating a Porsche 911 on a drag strip, and it was towing a second 911!"me: "OK"
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:19 (nine months ago) link
as a few people have speculated something really does seem to happen to your brain when you spend so much of your life just pointing at a thing and immediately getting to have that thing. kinda fucked up that we've structured our entire society around capitalism and the dude who won the capitalism lottery turned into a miserable sack of shit who needs to be cranked out of his mind at all times― frogbs, Thursday, November 30, 2023 1:31 PM (two hours ago)
― frogbs, Thursday, November 30, 2023 1:31 PM (two hours ago)
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day— Thing Bad (@Merman_Melville) January 24, 2019
― 龜, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:24 (nine months ago) link
is $60000 the actual sticker price for the cheap version? there's something on there about the $7500 tax credit + "estimated gas savings" which makes me think the real price is more like $72000
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:40 (nine months ago) link
250 miles is the range without any load. If it’s anything like the ford then expect half that for anyone who actually uses it as a truck (lol).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nS0Fdayj8Y
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:42 (nine months ago) link
oh wait ok $60k is the actual price it's just listed at $49k to trick people
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:43 (nine months ago) link
though it does say "estimated delivery price" and people probably aren't getting these for another 18 months so I'm assuming the price is gonna jump another $10k because that's what Tesla always does
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:46 (nine months ago) link
haa
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ft47ossanieozukpgh2utd2x/bafkreify2wgysqoft45cfyv7f5gskignb4m5bpnmbirlmf5ynvhuhhzvcu@jpeg
― lag∞n, Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:02 (nine months ago) link
yeah best to play it safe and get an extender for your penis extension
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 30 November 2023 23:23 (nine months ago) link
Omfg from many posts ago i was now about snidely to type “welp that bed section is ‘ideal’ to carry more battery power,” but it is fucking what they actually are SELLING. i’m— i got nothing
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Friday, 1 December 2023 00:36 (nine months ago) link
as long as the mall is only 125 mi away it’s gtg already
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Friday, 1 December 2023 00:38 (nine months ago) link
I honestly thought the more ubiquitous they became the better people would get at identifying and avoiding scams but then I forgot that I'm an idiot
― It is a disgusting... (Old Lunch), Friday, 1 December 2023 01:06 (nine months ago) link
Not sure I'm gonna be able to resist constantly honking/flipping the bird at these things when I finally start seeing them on the road.
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Friday, 1 December 2023 04:10 (nine months ago) link
I don't think I'll be seeing them at all honestly I genuinely don't think there's a market for them
― frogbs, Friday, 1 December 2023 04:16 (nine months ago) link
Yeah, I'm in the bay area...
― Chyiv Kyiv (Fetchboy), Friday, 1 December 2023 04:24 (nine months ago) link
our condolences
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 1 December 2023 12:18 (nine months ago) link
just remember, if you see one, do not acknowledge the driver in any way or look directly at the cybertruck unless necessary
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 1 December 2023 14:43 (nine months ago) link
At least not without those ridiculous solar eclipse glasses.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 December 2023 14:48 (nine months ago) link
They make the cybertrucks out of slow glass. You can stare at them and watch the past.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 1 December 2023 15:05 (nine months ago) link
"we are all andrew now"
feeling this so deep
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 1 December 2023 15:30 (nine months ago) link
Where we’re going, we don’t need … roads.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 December 2023 17:20 (nine months ago) link
The ceremony started with Musk driving the truck on a stage in darkness and hopping into the bed to talk about it.
"It's the most unique thing on the road," he said. "Finally the future will look like the future."
John DeLorean would like a word
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 1 December 2023 18:43 (nine months ago) link
Finally the future will look like shit.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 1 December 2023 18:48 (nine months ago) link
flux capacitor in the cyberturck checkmate bitch u got memed
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 December 2023 18:50 (nine months ago) link
As would the people behind the Pontiac Aztek
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 December 2023 19:01 (nine months ago) link
when i consider the predictive accuracy of the aztek it freaks me out
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Friday, 1 December 2023 19:05 (nine months ago) link
every commute in that thing will end like, "dude you've blown the transaxle, you're just grinding metal...ease down."
― omar little, Friday, 1 December 2023 19:07 (nine months ago) link
https://workshopcompanionstore.com/products/doge-box-plans
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 1 December 2023 19:07 (nine months ago) link
Owners of Azteks were said to be highly satisfied.. I think there was even a camping tent that attached to the cargo area
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 1 December 2023 19:11 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw9gaEiQAxY
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Friday, 1 December 2023 19:18 (nine months ago) link
Back in 2000 Fox had this dystopian Sci-Fi series with Jessica Alba & Michael Weatherly called Dark Angel (set in...2019), and instead of having a custom future car for Weatherly to drive, they had the genius idea to use new Azteks.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 December 2023 19:22 (nine months ago) link
xps I used to work with a guy who used a wheelchair for whom the Aztec functioned well for getting himself and his chair in and out.
― visiting, Friday, 1 December 2023 19:23 (nine months ago) link
they look so normal by today's standards... headline of the accompanying article: The Pontiac Aztek: Who’s Laughing Now?
Universally panned and quickly discontinued, it’s clear that, almost 20 years on, the Aztek has made fools of us all.
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/pontiac-aztek-rear-1585319857.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 1 December 2023 19:30 (nine months ago) link
lol yeah it does look normal, just another crossover
― lag∞n, Friday, 1 December 2023 19:34 (nine months ago) link
xps James Cameron’s Dark Angel, now on FoxI don’t remember a whole lot other than Jessica Alba was in it, but I think a later season featured an animal-human hybrid cat person. Very prescient show
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 1 December 2023 19:46 (nine months ago) link
Discussion of the Aztek immediately makes me think of Breaking Bad. The choice of Walt's car was obvs given great thought.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 1 December 2023 20:14 (nine months ago) link
for me it's the second season of Survivor, when Colby won this car and had to demonstrate all of its great camping features with his visiting Mom in the Australian Outback.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Friday, 1 December 2023 23:05 (nine months ago) link
one of the most pathetic and funniest reply chains i’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/4bFVLRL6IN— beer person (@CantEverDie) December 5, 2023
― 龜, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 14:51 (nine months ago) link
sure i may have spent thousands of hours of my life shooting video game people but i draw the line at video game cops, good day sir!
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 14:58 (nine months ago) link
amazing these are the same people who want the fate of the world to hinge on a computer saying the n word
― rob, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 15:10 (nine months ago) link
lol
Tesla’s labour dispute in Scandinavia has escalated after a union in Denmark said it would no longer transport vehicles to Sweden, where the US electric-car maker is locked in a battle over workers’ rights.
Denmark’s largest union 3F announced the move on Tuesday, saying its dockworkers and drivers would no longer help move vehicles bound for Sweden.
Swedish union IF Metall is in an increasingly bitter struggle with Tesla over the carmaker’s refusal to sign a collective agreement in which labour conditions are set by employers and unions.
“IF Metall and the Swedish workers are currently fighting an incredibly important battle. When they ask for our support, we take part, of course,” said Jan Villadsen, head of 3F Transport.
Swedish cleaners, dockworkers and postal workers have already tried to support the striking Tesla mechanics. Norwegian dockworkers have also said they would refuse to unload Teslas destined for Sweden.
The dispute involves only about 130 mechanics at Tesla’s workshops in Sweden, many of whom are still working as normal.
https://www.ft.com/content/4143c3ca-e2fd-48bb-b9b7-715454f1d28f
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 16:17 (nine months ago) link
A long but interesting newsletter article about all the ways Musk is currently burning money with Twitter:
https://wheresyoured.at/p/elons-gordian-knot
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 20:12 (nine months ago) link
i like that guy on bsky/twitter, but tbh i find his long form writing unreadable
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 5 December 2023 20:38 (nine months ago) link
still kinda weird to me that as a weird twitter OG he went on to become some sort of internet investigative reporter? and presumably has a profitable substack?
― 龜, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:14 (nine months ago) link
lol I don't know him outside of seeing his name on Twitter, I assumed he was a The Nation columnist I'd never heard of based on the people who quoted/retweeted him.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:21 (nine months ago) link
he owns a small marketing agency iirc
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:35 (nine months ago) link
he certainly doesn’t have an editor
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:36 (nine months ago) link
i think he does have an editor lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:36 (nine months ago) link
idk why those facts about the poster in question are available to me but your welcome
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:52 (nine months ago) link
Duh, you’re the editor.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 01:00 (nine months ago) link
oh siht
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 01:04 (nine months ago) link