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This thing is magnificent, a little rainbow-farting space ship, so obviously representative of the next step in the history of autos. - WSJ Would make a good p
by codeulike 8y ago
This thing is magnificent, a little rainbow-farting space ship, so obviously representative of the next step in the history of autos. - WSJ
Would make a good poster blurb
- greglindahl 8y agoThe Oatmeal is way ahead of the WSJ: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla_model_s http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla_model_s
- dragontamer 8y agoIf only there was a way for the Oatmeal to enjoy his Tesla without making it sound like everyone else is a hillbilly.
- greglindahl 8y agoIf only there was a way for you to stop reading insults into the Oatmeal's love-letter.
- dragontamer 8y agoIts "The Oatmeal's" general writing style that grates me. He always insults people who disagrees with him and portrays them in the most negative light possible. Look, I have my interests, other people have their interests. I can tell you that Threadripper 1950x is a great CPU, and is a great computer that I just built. And I think most people would be cool with that. But if I were to say that "AMD farts in the face of Intel and destroys the old way of building computers"... or other unnecessarily colorful language that demeans the "other side"... I'd hope that someone else on Hacker News would call me out for being unnecessarily insulting. The comic / love letter, as you call it, directly insults any "car guy" on multiple levels. There's a word for that, and its called strawman arguments. Its preaching to the choir and overall is unhelpful for discourse. Its certainly not unique to that comic. Its prevalent in "The Oatmeal's" writing style for years. ----------- Anyway, the WSJ review is quite good in comparison. It shows how you can heap praise upon a vehicle without insulting others.
- greglindahl 8y agoWow. So much for humor. You probably think Exploding Kittens is animal abuse. Also, you appear to have completely missed the point that "This thing is magnificent, a little rainbow-farting space ship, so obviously representative of the next step in the history of autos" is similar to the Oatmeal's writing... whether or not you like it.
- dragontamer 8y agoThere's a difference between having fun with someone, and making fun of someone. The Oatmeal consistently errs on the side of making fun of someone. That's all I'm trying to point out. Its a bullying tactic that loses efficacy as people become aware of it. So awareness is important.
- greglindahl 8y agoWow. Bullying? Raising awareness about the Oatmeal bullying non-electric car owners is a great way to dilute the concept of actual bullying to nothing. Sorry you're so offended.
- dragontamer 8y agoYes, in general, The Oatmeal uses bullying tactics to elevate the author's viewpoint and to demean others. Anyone who reads the Oatmeal should recognize this. Its not a tactic I approve of, especially when applied to groups of people and/or stereotypes. Just one example among many: http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/religion/sex.png http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/religion/sex.p...
- greglindahl 8y agoThanks for confirming that your definition of "bullying" doesn't seem to be useful.