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

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 158 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 51 points 6 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.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 32 points 6 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.

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 65 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 29 points 6 days ago (40 children)

Still more energy efficient than a regular ICE car.

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[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 23 points 6 days ago

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

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 22 points 6 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 32 points 6 days ago

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

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (3 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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[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Teslas don't run on gasoline.

It runs on them.

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[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 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

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I remember myth busters made a video about that, something like if gas tank was almost empty it atpeast got ignited otherwise nothing even when shot at gas tank.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

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

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Actually burning Teslas is bad for the environment.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

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

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

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