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[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 69 points 2 days ago (5 children)

What is wrong with Spain and Portugal in March?

[โ€“] Pirata@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

People are just stupid.

Source: am Portuguese. The veneration for Elongated Muskrat that exists here is insane. Please take me out of here.

[โ€“] mstrk@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Portugal is always behind 10 to 30 years. Give it some time and we might see some fires /s

[โ€“] Sunlightl@fedia.io 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Teslas are everywhere here. Considered a status symbol... Every time I mention "Buy EU" to people, family, and friends, they look at me like I'm an alien.

[โ€“] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, I've lived in a couple of countries in Europe and my fellow countrymen are the least socially aware of all and easily 30 - 40 years behind Northern Europe and Scandinavia.

I moved back to Portugal some years ago, after 2 decades abroad, and in several things (mobility, environmental awareness, social values) it was like going back in time.

Things are especially bad in everything to do with cars, with people still having the same mindset as back in the 80s, even young people.

[โ€“] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But even Eastern Europe got the note this time, I donโ€™t know where to put Portugal on the map now at all.

[โ€“] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago

The relationship of the average Portuguese with cars is still just as weirdly fucked up as it was 40 years ago.

[โ€“] Chiarottide@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Would be nice to see the growth compared to other electric cars. The current administration in going all in on renewables and incentives, electric cars are on the rise in general and tesla might be missing out

[โ€“] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think spain kinda went all in on solar, maybe those things are connected. Or the total number of sales is so low in spain, that the percentage change doesnt represent a large absolute number. Quarter wise tesla is still down in spain tho.

[โ€“] kemsat@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Spain sided with the fascists during WW2, didnโ€™t they?

[โ€“] Pirata@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago

No, we were neutral.

[โ€“] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 16 hours ago

Busy being fascist in a corner?

[โ€“] inlandempire@jlai.lu 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Today's Spain is completely different than Franco's Spain though

[โ€“] kemsat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trumpโ€™s America kinda proves that people can lay dormant with their ideologies for decades, tho

[โ€“] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 13 hours ago

Spains current government is argueably the most progressive in Europe right now. Shorter work week to 37.5h for example.

[โ€“] matelt@feddit.uk 25 points 2 days ago

Music to my ears but come on hermanos & irmรฃos a little more effort please

[โ€“] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is excellent - where is this from?

Goodfellas (1990), directed by Martin Scorsese.

[โ€“] uienia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Go watch Goodfellas right now.

[โ€“] 20cello@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wondering why italy isn't there

[โ€“] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

To be fair, Tesla is still safer to drive on average than an Italian car.

I kid, I kid, Italian cars don't work long enough to catch fire.

[โ€“] Chiarottide@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

The article has the full picture, not sure why it got cropped out. As an Italian, I would have preferred we had been left out...

They already have enough terrible cars with fiat leading the pack.

[โ€“] BossPaint@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

How long will it takes before it has a lasting impact?

[โ€“] NewDay@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The most important market is not there. I do not understand why.

[โ€“] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Yeah I'm sick of people forgetting about Poland too

[โ€“] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In Germany they cannon balled their numbers. Like -76%

Would probably kill the legibility.