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he said basically the same thing in the episode - he was specifically talking about EVs but it applies to most cars, and his criticism wasn't that they're bad a
by notatoad 2y ago
he said basically the same thing in the episode - he was specifically talking about EVs but it applies to most cars, and his criticism wasn't that they're bad at anything, but that they're boring.
Clarkson's ideal car blows up sometimes, becuase that makes it more fun and interesting. his idea of a good car isn't a useful benchmark for a commuter.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoGood. We need more boring cars. No maintenance, same max speed, same acceleration, not allowed to put stupid mods. Tesla learned this more than a decade ago, yet legacy auto marketers manage to fool you need to express individuality by spending tens of thousands of dollars.
- clipsy 2y agoWe need all food to be replaced with a standard ration of homogeneous nutrient slop, that way all of the dietary-related conditions that kill far more people than cars do will no longer be an issue.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoWhat you eat doesn’t kill others
- snapplebobapple 2y agoSure it does. The death rate for farm accidents is not zero and it is not equal across all fields so your dietary choices directly influence farm death rate. that something may kill someone is not a useful metric by itself and it is foolish to expect it to be the same.
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- trilbyglens 2y agoThat's quite a reach there
- snapplebobapple 2y agoIts not a reach at all. Its doing exactly what is needed and pointing out that deaths are irrelevant outside of the context of what we have to give up to avoid them. It is an extremely common error we all make which meeds to be aggressively corrected Because it underlies a lot of what is ruining everything. Pointing out that something kills some number of people is the modern policy version of comparing an idea to hitler to stifle further discussion and it needs to stop.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoGodwin's law strikes again
- snapplebobapple 2y agothats a very meta interpretation, interpreting calling out a new version of godwins law as invoking godwins law.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoAddendum - limp mode once you are behind your yearly mechanical inspection.
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