I think it's because they so often are ... It's becoming a stereotype now
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Have we? Or do we just call it something else and make sure not to look?
All these claims are simply taking a look at a different angle.
It's like saying "cars pollute" and you reply with "but have you seen the beautiful colours they come in and how much faster than mules they are"
You are not wrong but neither are the people claiming humans are, as a herd, fairly dumb and incredibly selfish
The title reads: "we can solve the climate crisis, but we won't"
I don't read it as that... To me it looks like being afraid of leaving the closet causes homophobia
This is the same principle as small penis men buying large trucks... They are doubling down on the homophobia display to over compensate for their homosexuality
So translating Musk to reality, they probably have 2 robotic arms working of a pre programmed algorithm that make them go back and forward
If this isn't enough prove that wall street is just a giant gambling casino for the rich to speculate, nothing will be
Fair enough. And no worries - tone sometimes gets lost or misinterpreted when commenting on the intertubes :)
My kids often complain/make fun of me because I overuse the "..." they say I write too ominously LOL
Honestly, by the time we get to that point, I hope that mass transit has improved enough such that a car is no longer critical to have in most urban/semi-urban areas of America. But that also depends heavily on how politics pan out in the coming years.
For what it’s worth, I absolutely agree that the pervasive data-gathering bullshit they are trying to push on everyone is messed up.
I agree with you and hope you are right re public transit
This sort of prove my point that Twitter never was a good place for news anyway.
Perhaps you are right and it is a tool for journalists, but not being one, I am happy if it stops existing tomorrow. I am sure journalists would find a way as they did before Twitter
not sure why it seems that you’re negging me for trying to wring as much life as possible out of a car? This is a very reasonable and feasible approach to take if you’re somewhat mechanically inclined, as I am.
Absolutely not. Sorry if I came across that way, I am actually on your "team" and plan to do the same with my current 7 year old car. I am not super mechanically inclined but I have learned enough for the basic maintenance: brakes, oil changes, general diagnostics.
The reason I was kind of grilling you is because I am looking ahead and thinking I will find myself in your spot. Eventually I will have to replace the car and I have no clue what to get that does not imply: 1) being spied on by the car and 2) paying for hardware that is useless unless I also pay a subscription.
Now back to the original point. Sure today you can pull a fuse and maybe disable the spying; specially since the car would be out of warranty or you don't care to risk losing it. However, if the trends continue, this could be something that renders your car uninsurable and would mean not legal to drive.
On my last insurance renewal, Belair argued heatedly with me because I refused to add their app on my phone to track my "driver behaviour". They insisted it would lead to a discount but I refused anyway. If they make it a mandatory requirement of insurance, we are fucked.
There’s nothing inherent to running a business that implies cannibalizing one’s own brand reputation for short term profits
True but only for a snapshot in time. When the expectation of the environment is unlimited growth and profit above all else, the quick cash out in lieu of long term gains is inevitable sooner or later
You can find countless examples of businesses where the brand’s reputation for quality, reliability, and safety are considered sacred and any employee who publicly damages that reputation is ostracized. Japanese companies pretty commonly have these cultures, for example.
Oh outside of the USA yes, I can see that... In the USA, I think I would count such examples with 1 hand (talking about large companies and corporations, not Mom and Pop shops of course)
if the climate change inaction (or worse, sabotage) did not convince you, I am certain the COVID behaviour should have
If they are directly affected sure... otherwise people may throw some money (which is usually promptly embezzled) and move on
Their own young, sure let's say that is the common majority. Their own old? a lot more questionable. Other people's LOL... can't tell you how many people complain about their taxes feeding other people's children. But this is not an argument against what I claimed... what I said was basically echoing what Tommy Lee Jones beautifully said in MIB, in a nutshell: a human (as an individual) can be AMAZING, but humans (as a herd) tend to default to he lowest common denominator and that sucks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkCwFkOZoOY
what do you think capitalism is?
Ok, now you are joking... no matter how old you are, I know with 100% accuracy that you have never lived in a world where, somewhere, there was a military conflict and people were being slaughtered... I know because we have not had such a time since 1816 (and that may just have been an absence of records)