Also worth noting that he's stated himself that his companies' values are all heavily tied together, and that it's a "carefully balanced house of cards". If Tesla falls, so to does everything else.
hovercat
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The "pre-orders" weren't pre-orders. They didn't secure a VIN, were zero commitment, and were fully refundable at any time. You were literally just giving Tesla a free loan of $100 to say "I might buy one of these".
Other models? Absolutely. Cybertruck? No, fuck those people. Elon was full mask-off fascist by the time deliveries started.
I think you're underestimating just how stupid and impulsive Elon is. Reminder that this is a man who decided to get rid of the color yellow at the factory, simply because he doesn't like it. Anyone who's ever worked at a factory or industrial site knows that yellow is kind of everywhere as a safety color. But Musk is, again, one of the dumbest people alive and is totally okay making a massive decision that will almost immediately cause harm, solely because he wants to.
He's not playing 4D chess, he's playing baby's first turn-based strategy game and even then he's not very good at it.
Pretty sure that's what Musk thinks his is.
Reminds me of mandrakes from Harry Potter. They scream like they're alive but they're just there to be harvested.
Funnily enough, this is exactly how billionaires view us.
Ooh, ooh, look at the price of a single Tomahawk missile or anything else we regularly blow up, even in training exercises!
You can either aid democracy in South Africa, or have 1 Tomahawk. I wonder which does the most good...
The one thing I will add is that the soul searching isn't always visible, which was what made it so hard for my family/friends to understand when I came out. To them, it seemed like a very sudden and "snap" decision, when the reality was that I had spent years at that point reflecting and doing soul searching, but was so terrified about what it meant and how they might see me, I never told anyone about it.
I definitely think that this dad did a solid job overall, and even as an adult transitioning in their late 20s, I would have loved this response vs how my parents handled it...
Not even that. Gun owners re-elected Mr. "Take the guns away 1st, due process 2nd", they don't even give a fuck. They're all a bunch of hypocrites and will screech "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" over and over, but completely ignore the fact that Trump's policies were absolutely abysmal for gun owners.
I've seen a lot of talk about cracking eggs in trans communities. This is clearly their fault!
Bold to think they can read, and aren't just ad-libbing whatever wet fart of a thought enters their head.
You've made the world a far better place than any of those shitstains could ever hope to. However little it may mean, you're improving and saving lives, and we're all thankful for it.