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> Telling though, isn't it? I mean the degree to which this is so instantly believable. It's telling on the users in question and their relationship with reali

> Telling though, isn't it? I mean the degree to which this is so instantly believable. It's telling on the users in question and their relationship with reality.

Swizec 1y ago
> It's telling on the users in question and their relationship with reality. It’s telling to Tesla’s brand reputation. This will take decades and billions of dollars to repair, if it even can be fixed. Tesla may become synonymous with cars-as-internet-of-shit. Same as how Italian cars to this day are the butt of every reliability joke. This reputation has followed them since the 90’s. British cars are synonymous with cheap construction – a reputation they built in the 70’s. Stuff like this can be forever.
- jadamson 1y ago
  The question is why certain people found believable in the first place. "May become synonymous" implies they're not already, in which case this instance wouldn't be believable. In reality, people who believed this probably think Elon is a petty tyrant and don't like his politics. I agree with them, especially on the first point. The difference is that they either allow this to overwhelm their critical thinking skills, or never had any to begin with.
  - Swizec 1y ago
    > why certain people found believable in the first place Because Tesla’s brand perception is that of a shady company who would do something like this and nobody would be surprised. How they built that reputation I don’t know, lots of little things over the years.
arp242 1y ago
You're ignoring the "X" and "Reddit" and focusing purely on Bluesky. Your post here is a good example of confirmation bias in itself, and it's sad that you're not realising it.
- philipallstar 1y ago
  I do realise it. I agree they also have this; every group of people of size 1 or greater has it. But X and Reddit are much broader churches with fewer universal biases than BlueSky.
zeendo 1y ago
You mean X users, right?
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HamsterDan 1y ago
Sure, it's not true, but the fact that I believed it could be true pretty much confirms that Elon is evil, does it not?

> Telling though, isn't it? I mean the degree to which this is so instantly believable. It's telling on the users in question and their relationship with reality.

Swizec 1y ago

> It's telling on the users in question and their relationship with reality. It’s telling to Tesla’s brand reputation. This will take decades and billions of dollars to repair, if it even can be fixed. Tesla may become synonymous with cars-as-internet-of-shit. Same as how Italian cars to this day are the butt of every reliability joke. This reputation has followed them since the 90’s. British cars are synonymous with cheap construction – a reputation they built in the 70’s. Stuff like this can be forever.

jadamson 1y ago
The question is why certain people found believable in the first place. "May become synonymous" implies they're not already, in which case this instance wouldn't be believable. In reality, people who believed this probably think Elon is a petty tyrant and don't like his politics. I agree with them, especially on the first point. The difference is that they either allow this to overwhelm their critical thinking skills, or never had any to begin with.
- Swizec 1y ago
  > why certain people found believable in the first place Because Tesla’s brand perception is that of a shady company who would do something like this and nobody would be surprised. How they built that reputation I don’t know, lots of little things over the years.

arp242 1y ago

You're ignoring the "X" and "Reddit" and focusing purely on Bluesky. Your post here is a good example of confirmation bias in itself, and it's sad that you're not realising it.

philipallstar 1y ago
I do realise it. I agree they also have this; every group of people of size 1 or greater has it. But X and Reddit are much broader churches with fewer universal biases than BlueSky.

zeendo 1y ago

You mean X users, right?

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HamsterDan 1y ago

Sure, it's not true, but the fact that I believed it could be true pretty much confirms that Elon is evil, does it not?