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It’s a cult, in cults people don’t demand refunds from the messiah. IRL they ask what else I can contribute to the church to fix that because it mist be their f
by mrtksn 1y ago
It’s a cult, in cults people don’t demand refunds from the messiah. IRL they ask what else I can contribute to the church to fix that because it mist be their fault that the prophesies didn’t come true. In the end it’s not a problem if parties choose not to make a problem if it.
In recent years the leader of a cult in Turkey known for being filthy rich died and when cult split the new factions summoned the believers to re-do their inauguration ritual, which involves money collecting, since the old one expired within the death of the leader. And they went and did that, because although its not the members that are rich they still benefit from being in the community and the business connections.
Tesla has a similar thing, they are on a mission and many make money from being part of the community as they collect referrals, make content and sell accessories. Even if not doing any of that they ysually have Tesla shares and even if that’s not the case they want to keep the value of their vehicle high. Also in comes with the emotional baggage of having told everyone how their tesla drives autonomously etc.
- IAmBroom 1y agoElon has eroded, even exploded, a lot of that cult. I've seen multiple Teslas in the wild with apologetic "I bought this before I knew he was crazy" bumperstickers.
- stronglikedan 1y ago> "I bought this before I knew he was crazy" bumperstickers how ironic
- gipp 1y agoThat probably describes some corners of Tesla's market, but 99% of people buying Teslas and FSD are doing it because it is (was?) a cool car with a potentially cool feature. You're letting the wildly unrepresentative sample of "loud people on the Internet" distort your perception of the world at large.
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- mrtksn 1y agoThose who don’t care, wouldn’t care anyway. If they still have the car the can just sell it, if they don’t have the car its irrelevant. Most people just don’t want new troubles in their lives, its juts money long gone.
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- FeloniousHam 1y agoI'm barely a whisper on the Internet, but let me repeat my own daily lived experience with FSD: it's amazing, useful, and a better driver than me 90% of the time. I use it every day on my commute, most days driveway to parking spot without intervention. It drove me 4 1/2 hours through Atlanta rush hour traffic, into the city, and to the hotel dropoff. When I have a drink after work, or tired from a long drive, I don't worry about a small drop in attention raising the chance of an accident. It's not perfect, and probably oversold, but it's amazing and useful. You find within days of using it where your trust and comfort level are with the technology. When I get in a car without it (or worse, with a steering wheel and console covered in confusing buttons and dials!), I feel like I'm steering an Amish hay wagon. nb. I subscribe to the service, I don't have an FSD investment to justify.
- chipsrafferty 1y agoIsn't this illegal?
- FeloniousHam 1y agoAmbiguous antecedent. Which "this"?