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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 4 points 1 hour ago

I wished at one point to own a used Tesla car one day. However now I simply would never wish that car on anyone. Thus, My assumption is that the general public has a similar thinking and that Tesla will slowly spiral.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 62 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

This article doesn't really live up to the headline.

I read to see why it's worse than it seems, and the reason given is that Tesla isn't competitive or popular.

That's not really worse than it appears. That's just as bad as it appears.

Which is really bad. But there's no second shoe in the article. I want my two minutes back.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 2 hours ago

The article sounds like it lifted the headline from some comment I've seen:

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Utterly tangential, but:

... wtf is the origin of the 'waiting for the shoe to drop' phrase ... to indicate waiting for a twist in a plot, or a secret to be revealed, an impactful complication to be explained?

How... what is the metaphor here?

???

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If you live in a boarding house or apartment and the man above you comes home late and sits on his bed and takes his shoes off and drops them on the floor. You wait for him to get the second shoe off and drop it.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

... Is... is that seriously ... the origin of this phrase?

That does... at least make a basic level of sense...

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 22 points 11 hours ago

o7

Thank you for your service.

[–] hobovision@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

I wish I read this comment before wasting my two minutes as well...

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 27 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's so bad that when they try to give away teslas on The Price is Right, the audience is quiet.

[–] anytimesoon@feddit.uk 17 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I can't tell if this is true or a "yo mama" style joke

[–] KalSeth@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

I read that as a "Yo Yo Ma style joke" and was very confused.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 hours ago

It is true.

Recently saw 2 episodes over the past few weeks.

One was a cyber truck, and a model s a few days ago.

Never heard an audience (and contestant) not go wild over any car.

It was a noticeably unenthusiastic response.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 10 points 11 hours ago

Yo momma so ugly, when she bought a Tesla the stock price went up

... This is a hilarious reference to the fact TSLA is a meme stock that makes no goddamn sense.

[–] who@feddit.org 4 points 10 hours ago

!business@lemmy.world

[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 9 points 12 hours ago