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Fakes become believable when they are on-brand and match people's existing expectations, in this case about a company. I would totally expect petty, retaliatory
by ryandrake 1y ago
Fakes become believable when they are on-brand and match people's existing expectations, in this case about a company. I would totally expect petty, retaliatory behavior from a company run by a petty, retaliatory guy. So a forgery totally bypasses my usual "bullshit detector". This is a human weakness that a lot of people, admittedly including myself, are vulnerable to.
- aaron695 1y ago[dead]
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- anonymars 1y agoPrecisely. If it had been a Honda or a Ford would folks have found it as plausible?
- potato3732842 1y agoYes, and the comments would have been nearly the same less the ones specifically referring to Musk. That said, if you'd hav picked Toyota or Volvo when writing your comment you'd be correct. Those OEMs could literally put coal rolling diesels backed by Nissan CVTs in Yugo chassis and the "everything I know about cars I learned from internet comments and car-mags in my dentist waiting room" crowd would defend them.
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- aydyn 1y agoAmazing that people like you are still defending the story. Its telling about your bias, not Tesla or Musk.
- ryandrake 1y agoI don't see where I am defending the story. I'm even admitting that it was fake and that I fell for it! You're barking up the wrong tree.
- aydyn 1y agoYou fell for a hoax. End of. Or it should be. Instead you blame the victims of the hoax for your inability to discern something is a hoax (and a pretty obvious one).