• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    this is not an endorsement of Musk or of Tesla or of cybertruck drivers - but this is a Very Online take. My boss’ husband drives a cybertruck, he doesn’t know what tiktok is, he doesn’t know what a meme is nor does he understand them when he sees them (he asks who it’s a photo of), the only news he consumes is in regards to logistics and supply chain and a little bit of the stock market.

    I imagine he has as much understanding of why people hate elon musk as to I do as to why people love Sidney Crosby and hate Alexander Ovechkin - two people I had never heard of or know nothing about before googling “hockey players people love and hate.”

    I won’t even remember their names in 5 minutes. I imagine a fair amount of cybertruck owners are like that.

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      That seems really odd to me. Generally people do at least a bit of research about a vehicle purchase, especially that expensive. I’m not even referring to Musk shit, just vehicle buying in general. Anyone looking up anything about the cost/value of a cybertruck would pretty quickly get an abundance of info about it being a bad buy without getting into any of the Musk stuff.

      I guess if your boss’ husband just has the money and liked the look/what it said it’d do, then fair enough. Just seems strange to knowingly buy a lemon.

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      3 hours ago

      I guess that’s fair, though my 89 year old dad who’s also not terminally online knows this, so I have a hard time with excuses now.

      Much as it sucks, if I see your boss’s husband driving that crime against fingers, I’m still gonna see him as a Nazi. Maybe someone should tell him, and show him the video.

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        3 hours ago

        random people on the street flip him off, and some people have thrown stuff at him. He thinks they’re weirdos and it’s kinda funny. 🤷‍♂️

        also I’m not going to tell the bosses husband people think he’s a nazi. I’m going to take my pay and enjoy my weekends and vacations.

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          2 hours ago

          Hey man, you’re under no obligation to tell him, nor to defend him.

          So stop defending him.