• Furbag@pawb.social
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    16 hours ago

    For as long as I live I’ll never understand how people could see that unveiling where the doofuses on stage hurl a big metal ball at the “bulletproof” glass and watch it crack during the live demo, and still think “Yeah I’ll pre-order one of those”.

    Manchildren, fascist sympathizers, and deeply unserious or delusional people drive these cars. There is no “I bought it before I knew how crazy Elon was.”

    • 1984@lemmy.today
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      14 hours ago

      You are overestimating how many people care about Elon since you are here on Lemmy where everyone cares deeply about it, seemingly.

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        5 hours ago

        Sure, but take Elon out of it. How do you not stop and think about it if the demo of a feature fails that badly?

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          4 hours ago

          The Bronco had massive failures as soon as people started getting their hands on them. Sales went crazy at first but then crashed through the floor. There’s a Ford dealer across from my work that has like 85 of them on the lot and they barely sell now.