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I guess they can't get away with just claiming to add rocket thrusters to their cars to hype their brand. I don't even know who the CEO is. Still a silly idea,

by __m 2y ago

I guess they can't get away with just claiming to add rocket thrusters to their cars to hype their brand. I don't even know who the CEO is. Still a silly idea, unless your customer is batman.

bigcat12345678 2y ago
Wow, I cannot believe how awkward to see such negative review just because it's a Chinese brand... This is insanely cool. Not mentioning the implied tech. Of course you know it's a Chinese brand. The internal mindset shifting happen so naturally...
- pcl 2y ago
  I think the OP was making a sarcastic dig at Musk’s history of promises and cult of personality, by comparing to a company that is comparatively just quietly executing.
- atoav 2y ago
  Can the "insanely cool" thing jump over climate change induced megafires? Forgive my cynicism, but I dislike products like that because it represents the polar opposite of what the world needs right now. Your assessment of anti-sinoistic sentiment is on point tho.
  - rmbyrro 2y ago
    "what (I think) the world needs right now" is people who make uncomfortable sacrifices to live up to the ideas they defend, before calling for massive collective change and policing other people's personal choices and interests
    - atoav 2y ago
      Yeah, naturally we're only allowed to combat human extinction if we jump across imaginary moral bars some people set up. /s Bars that always turn out as a hypocrytical pretext to end the discussion prematurely. I say hypocritical because once there eventually is someone who dares to jump it and offer the same criticism the bar gets moved. No, I don't need to be a saint, a monk and carbon negative to say that in a world moving towards human extinction a jumping supercar should not exist.
      - rmbyrro 2y ago
        > if we jump across imaginary moral bars some people set up Aren't you you the one setting up imaginary moral bars for what kinds of features a car should or should not have? And for what people should or shouldn't want in a car? Aren't you the one believing "we're only allowed to combat human extinction" if we jump across your imaginary moral bars?
        atoav 2y ago
        No, I am not setting imaginary bars. I say that I personally think that people developing/selling/buying such a product are immoral (to me) and doing a disservice to humanity (in my eyes). Do with that what you will. Now I am not a fan of banning things, but if you are at a mountain hut with a weak solar battery and one guy keeps plugging in a toaster because he doesn't want to chop wood, I am all for banning the toaster. The world is not a place of unlimited resources and those who pretend it is while they make others pay the price are (to me) the lowest form of life and undeserving of any form of respect.
oytis 2y ago
I guess getting this car registered with this feature built in will be difficult in most countries too.
- Hamuko 2y ago
  Why? I don't think the car inspection office will check if the car jumps. Mostly that the suspension doesn't have play in it.
rahkiin 2y ago
I barely know any CEOs and I am happy when I can buy a product without knowing all political affiliations and personal opinions of the CEO that may or may not have an effect on their business decisions or on the business output.
nirui 2y ago
> I don't even know who the CEO is Ah, the benefit of having a Chinese CEO, they tend to want less public attention to themselves. "Man don't want to be famous, like pig don't want to grow big" as people say. That, plus the fact BYD's founder/CEO (same guy) was not as flashy (reads "Unhinged") as Elon Musk. FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chuanfu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chuanfu
- pjc50 2y ago
  Thinking of Jack Ma. You don't want to get too prominent in China, billionaires there aren't above the police.
  - bildung 2y ago
    Well to be fair, he got prominent and created an illegal peer-to-peer lending business to enrich himself on the despair of lower-income people - in a country that has heavy financial regulation in place to prevent exactly these kinds of developments (same as MLM schemes etc.).
  - nirui 2y ago
    Ah... Jack Ma, My favorite example on why nobody should try to be a communist propagandist. The man traveled to the US back in 2017 and publicly criticized how US utilized their tax incomes etc see [Link 1], then just few years later he lost half of his wealth for criticizing Xi Jinpin [Link 2]. So, apparently be a communist lapdog did very little in helping him gain political shield. [Link 1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/18/chinese-billionaire-jack-ma-says-the-us-wasted-trillions-on-warfare-instead-of-investing-in-infrastructure.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/18/chinese-billionaire-jack-ma-... [Link 2]: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/china-jack-ma-wealth-drop-intl-hnk/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/china-jack-ma-we...
- hawski 2y ago
  When I hear Chinese CEO, I think they may be easily replaced and in the end the real CEO is Xi Jinping. I am sure it is a bit more complicated and I may have some prejudice, but how far am I? I would expect for a Chinese CEO that would behave like Elon Musk to disappear quite quickly. Am I wrong in this assessment as well?
pyrale 2y ago
> I don't even know who the CEO is. In 2025, this has to be a praise.

by __m 2y ago

I guess they can't get away with just claiming to add rocket thrusters to their cars to hype their brand. I don't even know who the CEO is. Still a silly idea, unless your customer is batman.

bigcat12345678 2y ago

Wow, I cannot believe how awkward to see such negative review just because it's a Chinese brand... This is insanely cool. Not mentioning the implied tech. Of course you know it's a Chinese brand. The internal mindset shifting happen so naturally...

pcl 2y ago
I think the OP was making a sarcastic dig at Musk’s history of promises and cult of personality, by comparing to a company that is comparatively just quietly executing.
atoav 2y ago
Can the "insanely cool" thing jump over climate change induced megafires? Forgive my cynicism, but I dislike products like that because it represents the polar opposite of what the world needs right now. Your assessment of anti-sinoistic sentiment is on point tho.
- rmbyrro 2y ago
  "what (I think) the world needs right now" is people who make uncomfortable sacrifices to live up to the ideas they defend, before calling for massive collective change and policing other people's personal choices and interests
  - atoav 2y ago
    Yeah, naturally we're only allowed to combat human extinction if we jump across imaginary moral bars some people set up. /s Bars that always turn out as a hypocrytical pretext to end the discussion prematurely. I say hypocritical because once there eventually is someone who dares to jump it and offer the same criticism the bar gets moved. No, I don't need to be a saint, a monk and carbon negative to say that in a world moving towards human extinction a jumping supercar should not exist.
    - rmbyrro 2y ago
      > if we jump across imaginary moral bars some people set up Aren't you you the one setting up imaginary moral bars for what kinds of features a car should or should not have? And for what people should or shouldn't want in a car? Aren't you the one believing "we're only allowed to combat human extinction" if we jump across your imaginary moral bars?
      - atoav 2y ago
        No, I am not setting imaginary bars. I say that I personally think that people developing/selling/buying such a product are immoral (to me) and doing a disservice to humanity (in my eyes). Do with that what you will. Now I am not a fan of banning things, but if you are at a mountain hut with a weak solar battery and one guy keeps plugging in a toaster because he doesn't want to chop wood, I am all for banning the toaster. The world is not a place of unlimited resources and those who pretend it is while they make others pay the price are (to me) the lowest form of life and undeserving of any form of respect.

oytis 2y ago

I guess getting this car registered with this feature built in will be difficult in most countries too.

Hamuko 2y ago
Why? I don't think the car inspection office will check if the car jumps. Mostly that the suspension doesn't have play in it.

rahkiin 2y ago

I barely know any CEOs and I am happy when I can buy a product without knowing all political affiliations and personal opinions of the CEO that may or may not have an effect on their business decisions or on the business output.

nirui 2y ago

> I don't even know who the CEO is Ah, the benefit of having a Chinese CEO, they tend to want less public attention to themselves. "Man don't want to be famous, like pig don't want to grow big" as people say. That, plus the fact BYD's founder/CEO (same guy) was not as flashy (reads "Unhinged") as Elon Musk. FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chuanfu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chuanfu

pjc50 2y ago
Thinking of Jack Ma. You don't want to get too prominent in China, billionaires there aren't above the police.
- bildung 2y ago
  Well to be fair, he got prominent and created an illegal peer-to-peer lending business to enrich himself on the despair of lower-income people - in a country that has heavy financial regulation in place to prevent exactly these kinds of developments (same as MLM schemes etc.).
- nirui 2y ago
  Ah... Jack Ma, My favorite example on why nobody should try to be a communist propagandist. The man traveled to the US back in 2017 and publicly criticized how US utilized their tax incomes etc see [Link 1], then just few years later he lost half of his wealth for criticizing Xi Jinpin [Link 2]. So, apparently be a communist lapdog did very little in helping him gain political shield. [Link 1]: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/18/chinese-billionaire-jack-ma-says-the-us-wasted-trillions-on-warfare-instead-of-investing-in-infrastructure.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/18/chinese-billionaire-jack-ma-... [Link 2]: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/china-jack-ma-wealth-drop-intl-hnk/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/12/business/china-jack-ma-we...
hawski 2y ago
When I hear Chinese CEO, I think they may be easily replaced and in the end the real CEO is Xi Jinping. I am sure it is a bit more complicated and I may have some prejudice, but how far am I? I would expect for a Chinese CEO that would behave like Elon Musk to disappear quite quickly. Am I wrong in this assessment as well?

pyrale 2y ago

> I don't even know who the CEO is. In 2025, this has to be a praise.