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[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How long till a President ends a speech with "smash that like and subscribe for 10% off RAID: Shadow Legends"?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

He is already kind of doing it, just replace Raid Shadow Legends with Russia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is an insult to RAID shadow legends. They're too high quality for this conman to hock them

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This can hold so many copies of "Mein Kampf".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No it does not have a spoiler. When you need the additional downdraft you simply open the window and stick your arm out at a 45 degree angle

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I yelled at my phone when I saw this.

He said "oh wow! The whole thing is a computer!" like cars haven't been like that for YEARS now.

The I go on Facebook for some reason (I am in a rural area) and I am seeing people talking about buying teslas in the local community pages. These people are not people that couldn't afford a used Mitsubishi Mirage....

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

like cars haven’t been like that for YEARS now

Worse, Teslas are designed like computer software rather than cars, which is why they are so dangerous and terrible, as software development processes are absolutely horrible for things that actually matter, especially when compared to existing vehicle engineering principles.

I feel dirty cross-linking to that other place but check out how/where they locate the brake lines. A nice convenient rust-prone place, only accessible by removing the battery. Apparently the design has become even shittier since.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/1j8sh8c/thx_for_making_me_take_down_the_battery_for_some/

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this whole gambit was actually a 4d chess move by elon to brainwash righties into buying EVs therefore solving climate change and bringing about global communism. I never should have doubted you, sir

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Next he'll do the trick where he slams his dick into the car door

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for Trump to endorse Brawndo. Then we've gone full circle.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The joke wasn’t the energy drink but that the government was blatantly owned by a corporation to its own detriment. The joke is now a reality apparently.

[–] [email protected] 197 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Because of ethical restraints it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly.

Yeah... Those were good times.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do they not fucking remember the whole Goya thing last time. He literally shot a commercial from the presidents desk.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

BRAWNDO

THE THIRST MUTILATOR

it's got electrolytes

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

So the deep south yeehaw redneck GOP are supposed to buy EVs now?
I think some brains are about to explode...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, it was Goya last time. Now, it's Tesla. Soon, it will be Campbell's Soup for all the soup-lines his depression will create.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

And that only pushed me to find home recipes for the few Goya products I used to buy... Have not bought anything Goya in 4-5 years

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I see Elon brought his body armor.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

What even is this timeline

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are there laws in the US about such conflicts of interest or was is basically tradition until this point not to do shit like this?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Laws are as good as the ability and will to enforce them.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because of ethical restraints, it is extremely rare for a senior government official, let alone a sitting president, to endorse a consumer product so explicitly. In 2017, when then-Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway told Americans to buy from Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, she received a warning from a government ethics office and promised never to do it again.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 2 days ago

Like we needed another reason not to buy tesla

[–] [email protected] 82 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In parallel universes where he wasn't born of a rich family, Trump is a car salesman. This is our universe trying to find balance.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The kind that doesn’t know shit about any car on the lot and just tries to pressure you into buying the most expensive car because it’s the most expensive, but was secretly totaled on a flood.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The entire French population: "I guess we're going on a holiday"

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 days ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

President Musk told his employee to do a photoshoot.

This story makes no sense any other way.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago

when your influence is dying due to your hubris you become desperate and pull something out like this.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I'm not surprised. Didn't Donald Trump used the Oval Office once to promote some... ketchup or sauce or something, and was paid for? I mean it denigrades the station of the office, but does he really care?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He literally sold the Resolute Desk to Goya for ad space.

This is after he did a Mcdonalds/Dominos ad when he had them cater the NCAA basketball champions' dinner at the White House.

It's what he does.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's Goya beans all over again

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And I've been boycotting Goya ever since.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He can't, former and current presidents aren't allowed to

I assume he lacks the ability as well

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Huh, TIL. Thanks for sharing this info.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Keep boycotting, and join protests outside Tesla showrooms. ~60% of Musk’s wealth is in Tesla shares. Tank the stock and tank his wealth and thus influence

There are protests all across the US and starting to spring up in other countries. Here’s a list of upcoming ones + a guide to help organize one around you if none exist

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/teslatakedown

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago

Seeing musk, trump and a Tesla in a single shot just makes that toxic association so much stronger. I don't think this is going to play out like they hope.

Plus, you know the boycott is working, talk about desperate.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Elon with his child shield again

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Man can the writers chill? They've been doing the most unbelievable shit these past few days

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Snake Oil Feedback Loop achievement unlocked.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Searching on Google “how to sell my tesla” or “how to sell my tesla stock” hurts their shares. Scheduling a test drive and not showing up wastes their time and resources :)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

Best politicians money can buy!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Laugh at those idiots.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just because we want electronic cars, doesn't means we'll take Tesla's.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't want electric cars. I want electric trains.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

This man is one of the most pathetic human beings to ever walk the earth

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