So maybe the story there is that Musk wouldn’t stand up against the policy. But beyond that, well, Abbot saying something is as much evidence as nobody saying it.
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According Abbot, so it might be full of shit. If so, I’m sure that Musk’s lawyers will be prompt in their denial.
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I know exactly where that driver is in Seattle. One of the commenters noted it’s hard enough to drive there with full human intervention.
And also…
Because clearly a simple and reliable mechanical lever is for commoners.
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The model 3 uses a simple enough handle that resembles the one on the model S. You just push on the edge of the handle and it see-saws open so you can pull on it, but sits flush when unused.
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I drove a loaner S when my car was left for a few days at a detailing place. One of the employees walked me through on operating the S when he showed me the handle. I pushed it. Felt the action. Then I looked at the guy: “That handle.” to which the guy said, “Yep. I know.” A very flimsy cheapish affair. Out of sorts.
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That’s not so bad. Still over-complicated but not to the level of the S and X.
In another “fuck Elon Musk” aside: Tesla model names were the Models S, X, Y, and 3 so the website could say “S3XY” because clearly he’s a big man child.
(He couldn’t use “Model E” because Jaguar already had the trademark on that.)
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Musk is now to Texas as Werner Von Braun was to WWII Nazis.
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Texas officials… bringing home the bacon with one hand — fucking up the home environment with the other.
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and who needs another nazi besides Texass?
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no. no one, no place needs another nazi. no one.
the nazis have always been there. look, I was born in Austin, lived there my first 18 or so years… it was ever thus. can you say “systemic”? yeah, it is baked in and I am sorry to all y’all there trying to make a difference, I really am, but who am I kidding? I am in Florida, fighting a would-be fascist governor even now.
so, as always, stay classy Texass (I still love y’all)
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To be clear, my comparison was based on WvB’s post-war distancing from the party he effectively supported.
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granted.
understood.
my comment still stands, I have deep roots there, as I have mentioned many times.
I base my claims on lived experience.
“that’s all I have to say about that”
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And he couldn’t come up with another word for the same concept without using the letter E? Mr. Burns would be so disappointed.
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Can confirm. People are trying and have been since before I was born but when people talk about Austin like it’s a paradise completely free of the problems one might find in Dallas and Houston I just feel a dull ache in my head and heart because denial never fixes anything. In that context Musk feels like “welcome to the new boss. Just like the old boss but new.”
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You know someone has way too much money when they publicly mock their largest customer.
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