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That’s an unreasonably judgemental thing to say. I like high performance cars because they’re fun to drive and I also support the owner’s right to change the so
by henriquez 5y ago
That’s an unreasonably judgemental thing to say. I like high performance cars because they’re fun to drive and I also support the owner’s right to change the software on their vehicles. Software freedom != sociopathy.
- drekk 5y agoThey have the right, but by not paying the tax and removing the limiter they're committing fraud. At least name what you're defending. If you like driving a fast, multi-ton vehicle maybe the externalities of that fun should be accounted for in the cost? Just an idea
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- LesZedCB 5y agoit might be said a little aggressively, but the point remains. there is ZERO reason to be buying (or producing) vehicles like this. climate change is seriously happening for real, and this is like flicking off everybody who gives a shit for no reason. if you need a truck like this to work (people got along fine with trucks with less power for a century), they aren't paying the asking price anyway
- poo_clown 5y agoHow do you feel about governmental/military applications of such machines? What makes it okay for those groupings of people to use machines like that?
- Bancakes 5y agoWhy are you so limited in imagination? This is a fun car which statistically won't be driven every day. Just like Ferraris and Paganis, this is a weekend show-off trophy car. This real super-happening climate change won't be impacted by literally a handful of people in Europe sometimes being half as efficient as a normal truck. There's more FIA cars than Hennessey ones. Do you want to ban that as well?
- LesZedCB 5y agoi don't believe in ethically owning those cars either.... and this ostentatious excess a side effect of the processes that got us into critical climate change in the first place: a proliferation of needless consumption driven by manufactured demand due to excessive production. and yes, we need to massively rethink car and transportation infrastructure to compensate. maybe it is you who is limited in actual eyesight?
- Bancakes 5y agoYour future is of suppression, faux pragmatism, Kaczynskiism, without novelty, without excitement or joy of engineering marvels. No thank you. I would rather not treat my actions regarding climate change like a poor college student comparing prices of bland cup noodles.
- LesZedCB 5y agoi hear you. and i'm sympathetic. it is a real loss. but that mentality is also why we're fucked. we are losing our way of life anyway, why not choose the easy things to give up now? NIMBYism is a real part of failed climate policy as much as ExxonMobile's misinformation campaigns and grifting
- kortilla 5y ago> why not choose the easy things to give up now? Because it placates one-dimensional morons into thinking they are doing something to stop climate change without actually changing anything. How many hours have been spent discussing this do-nothing tax while planes still fly without additional taxes? Another 20% airfare tax would do more in a week for climate change than this tax will do ever. > NIMBYism is a real part of failed climate policy What you’re supporting is the definition of NIMBYism. It’s a tax on other people doing things you don’t like and it’s not happening to you so it’s okay.
- hnov 5y agoHave you eliminated all red meat and air travel? What about buying things that are resource intensive. Almond milk?
- 8note 5y agoDo you specifically buy the whole cow so you can toss it in the trash after eating one slice of a roast? This is going overboard on the bad thing, vs driving a fuel efficient car as a comparison to eating some red meat. Not that I think it's on individuals to handle climate change. It's on governments to ban kind of vehicle, or rather, ensure its battery electric
- LesZedCB 5y agoI am 9 years vegetarian, haven't air traveled in over a year, and drink only oat milk. I have a 40 year old steel bike for grocery store runs that are close and short. I am starting up a vegetable farm in my home to reduce need for shipped foods, which will get it's water from rain collection (in in the PNW). I don't commute to work, 100% remote. is that a high enough bar for you?
- hnov 5y agoThe point isn’t that you need to do those things, just that the line is arbitrary, those on one side are precipitating the demise of our planet and those on the other are wackos, righteousness lies on the line itself.
- LesZedCB 5y agothe point is minimizing. the vehicle is a giant middle finger to minimization. pure excess. I think it's not not about a line but a posture, and that truck is one that's obvious: fuck responsibility.
- hnov 5y agoPosture elicits an emotional response and ad-hominem, this (inane I think you called it) conversation being a prime example. One of the reasons people are so divided is because we tend to lazily rely on how something makes us feel rather than doing the hard work of estimating the actual impact of something.
- patall 5y agoActually, you are right. You should be allowed to change the software. You should still not be allowed to drive faster than 90 kph. And have to proof in case of question that you did not go faster than allowed. But the software should be free, there you are right.
- santoshalper 5y ago"I like it, so who cares what it does to anyone else" It's practically the definition of anti-social or sociopathic behavior. A complete disregard for the wellbeing of others.