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There are at least four replies at this moment missing the point entirely, it's incredible how knee-jerk these are to defend Tesla against a defense of Tesla.

mynameisvlad 4y ago
If the point is so opaque that four separate comments miss it, then maybe it was not well described in the first place. It’s less a knee-jerk defense of Tesla and more of a knee-jerk “what are you talking about that’s absurd” because at face value it’s an exceptionally absurd claim.
- morelisp 4y ago
  It's a joke about Theranos, the biggest corporate fraud story of the decade and the parallel topic of the thread!
  - mynameisvlad 4y ago
    I mean, that doesn’t change how it’s a confusing and seemingly absurd claim at face value. It doesn’t read like a joke, it doesn’t in any way imply the link, it just sounds like an absurd statement put out to incite responses. And people clearly all read it this way. If one person read it wrong then sure, you might have a point. If every single person replying read it this way, then it just shows the point was not clearly articulated to begin with. Even if you had just watched the documentaries about Theranos, I doubt you could have immediately pieced that connection on first read.
    - morelisp 4y ago
      > seemingly absurd ... doesn’t read like a joke Buddy,
      - TeMPOraL 4y ago
        It would've been a joke if it wasn't indistinguishable from a typical anti-Tesla/anti-Musk comment on-line. Hence the confusion.
        pedrosorio 4y ago
        Are anti-Tesla comments claiming they sell relabeled VWs a common occurrence on the internet?
rurp 4y ago
I'm well acquainted with the Theranos story and still had no idea what the VW comment meant until I read the replies. It's a pretty tenuous joke, and given the other responses I'm clearly not the only one who thought so. Being aghast at people for misunderstanding is silly.
TeMPOraL 4y ago
Honestly, a lot of the anti-Tesla and anti-Musk arguments I've seen people post on-line, including here on HN, are like that comment, except in earnest. I'm not surprised so many people "missed the point" when your average Tesla/Musk thread on the Internet still has people posting blatant lies and trivially fact-checkable bullshit stories, like e.g. that apartheid emerald mine thing, and that's regardless of how cultured or enlightened the venue claims to be.

mynameisvlad 4y ago

If the point is so opaque that four separate comments miss it, then maybe it was not well described in the first place. It’s less a knee-jerk defense of Tesla and more of a knee-jerk “what are you talking about that’s absurd” because at face value it’s an exceptionally absurd claim.

morelisp 4y ago
It's a joke about Theranos, the biggest corporate fraud story of the decade and the parallel topic of the thread!
- mynameisvlad 4y ago
  I mean, that doesn’t change how it’s a confusing and seemingly absurd claim at face value. It doesn’t read like a joke, it doesn’t in any way imply the link, it just sounds like an absurd statement put out to incite responses. And people clearly all read it this way. If one person read it wrong then sure, you might have a point. If every single person replying read it this way, then it just shows the point was not clearly articulated to begin with. Even if you had just watched the documentaries about Theranos, I doubt you could have immediately pieced that connection on first read.
  - morelisp 4y ago
    > seemingly absurd ... doesn’t read like a joke Buddy,
    - TeMPOraL 4y ago
      It would've been a joke if it wasn't indistinguishable from a typical anti-Tesla/anti-Musk comment on-line. Hence the confusion.
      - pedrosorio 4y ago
        Are anti-Tesla comments claiming they sell relabeled VWs a common occurrence on the internet?

rurp 4y ago

I'm well acquainted with the Theranos story and still had no idea what the VW comment meant until I read the replies. It's a pretty tenuous joke, and given the other responses I'm clearly not the only one who thought so. Being aghast at people for misunderstanding is silly.

TeMPOraL 4y ago

Honestly, a lot of the anti-Tesla and anti-Musk arguments I've seen people post on-line, including here on HN, are like that comment, except in earnest. I'm not surprised so many people "missed the point" when your average Tesla/Musk thread on the Internet still has people posting blatant lies and trivially fact-checkable bullshit stories, like e.g. that apartheid emerald mine thing, and that's regardless of how cultured or enlightened the venue claims to be.