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[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 63 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Imagine you buy a car and it gets burned down because the owner of the car company turns out to be a Nazi.

I would like Tesla to go bankrupt too but cheering on regular peoples property being destroyed is wrong.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure, I have some sympathy for those who bought them years ago.

But let's not mince words. If you buy a Tesla today, you are literally a Nazi collaborator.

Those who bought a Tesla much earlier were more like one of those few people who bought one of Hitler's paintings during his starving artist phase.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I think Tesla owners should put anti elon stickers on theirbcars

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[–] techclothes@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hopefully they had bubble insurance and now they're freed of their magamobile and can buy something better.

[–] thmnwlf@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago

the magamobile… i know it has its issues, but the sad thing is, if you want an electric car as a person who does not care about car-people-things, the magamobile is one of the best options in terms of efficiency. ALSO in terms of used vehicles, you can get teslas so bloody cheap rn and for people who just want to get from A to B with Comfort and ease, you dont have so many other options.

[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah because insurance companies are run by great people who are known for helping others.

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

it could've caught fire on its own, it's a tesla.

you should've known that when you bought the car too, before you knew about the nazism.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Imagine parking next to a Tesla and your car becomes collateral damage.

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 93 points 3 days ago (18 children)

What do you call it when half the Teslas in a showroom are on fire?

A good start.

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[–] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 30 points 2 days ago

Oh dear ! Must be those batteries spontaneously combusting. I remember when that used to happen to Samsung phones a while back.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Funny house suddenly Teslas have become more valuable as an insurance payout then they are as a car.

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Today i am not ashamed to be german for once :)

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 39 points 3 days ago (5 children)

At what point do the board members and shareholders fire Herr Musk?

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Well, one of the board members is his brother and the rest are loyalists so probably not until a shareholder revolt.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Hence the car sales show at the White House, generating some PR to pump up the stock. It worked, for now.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 15 points 3 days ago

He culled everyone that wasn't his lacky early on including the actual founders

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[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 15 points 2 days ago (9 children)
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[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Were they really set on fire, or did their batteries just explode? This could very well be another case of the new and improved Pinto spontaneously going off.

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 days ago

There should be a contest which region / country / city lights up the most.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago
[–] muddyuk@lemm.ee 18 points 3 days ago

Well that’s terrible. You naughty, naughty Germans.

[–] match@pawb.social 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

are they not afraid of being labeled terrorists and blackbagged to Guantanamo?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 56 points 3 days ago (11 children)

No, because they live in a country with rights.

[–] match@pawb.social 16 points 3 days ago
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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 17 points 3 days ago

It’s just a Roman bonfire my doods!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

FTFY: ~~political motives~~ common sense could not be ruled out.

[–] lilsolar@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

"Oh no!

Anyway"

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

That's why people use this sticker

[–] 0000@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie, that was a bit of a challenge to read.

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I bought my before Tesla Elon mind lost his.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 7 points 2 days ago

I lost my mind before Elon bought Tesla.

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