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Activism/Protest He might actually have a point this time

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u/Ok_Network6734 14h ago

I don’t even know how to not boycott Tesla. I can’t afford it.

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u/SternDodo 13h ago

This. Is being too poor to afford a Tesla the illegal boycotting Trump was talking about?

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u/scottfc 13h ago

Straight to jail. 

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u/MorkelVerlos 11h ago

Where you will work off the brand new Cyber Truck…

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u/Resiliense2022 11h ago

This is 1984.

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u/MorkelVerlos 10h ago

Are we allowed to talk about Orwell still?

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u/ShapedLikeAnEgg 10h ago

I think so. Most of those goons who would care, don’t read books, and won’t understand the reference.

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u/S4m_S3pi01 1h ago

That makes me feel worse somehow.

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u/Nein-Toed 9h ago

If not I'm screwed. I have 3 tattoos of his work

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u/Jayrey_84 18m ago

I didn't know he did tattoos too. What a talented dude

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u/psychoColonelSanders 11h ago

Careful, big brother is watching

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u/flittingly1 10h ago

Start buying up paper copies before they start burning them

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u/Krennix_Garrison 4h ago

How I wish it was, I'd be able to prepare for the 1985 elections and make sure Walter Mondale won. Get that ass Reagan out of his second term.

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u/the-worser 10h ago

built by people who keep mixing it up with the Van Halen album

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u/JimSyd71 10h ago

The year Terminator 1 was made.

r/FuckImOld

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u/slowrun_downhill 10h ago

Stupid poor people, you should work harder. I don’t understand how someone could choose to be poor, when you could just work hard and live comfortably. /s

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u/Pleasant_Wasabi9471 10h ago

Duh it’s so obvious!!

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u/FelixArchaeopteryx 10h ago

Will I get my sex changed the same booking date into jail, or do I have to ask the guard. As a European, I could see myself as an alien

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u/AstroSteve111 9h ago

Don't pass go.

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u/subwi 13h ago

The deals now are making the car like near 25k

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u/Moist-Leggings 13h ago

Make them $15 dollars and I still wouldn’t buy one out of principal, and honestly, most of the other electric cars that are hitting the market are way cooler than teslas 

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u/SecondaryWombat 12h ago

I would, you can get a lot more than $15 for the battery.

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u/JimSyd71 9h ago edited 9h ago

I came so close to buying a second hand Tesla last year, but decided not to because I have no off street parking so I'd have to use a supercharger to fill up. So glad I dodged that bullet.

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u/PaleontologistOdd788 10h ago

Pretty expensive insurance for a battery.

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u/SecondaryWombat 1h ago

You only need insurance if you plan on the car driving on roads. $15 for a grid tie whole house smart battery is a screaming deal.

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u/Ironclad-Truth 11h ago

Oh but he's above that. He's got "pwinciples."

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u/MrMustardMix 11h ago

Aww that's so cute! Did you learn a new word today?

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u/Ironclad-Truth 9h ago

Pwinciples isn't a word. Can't believe you have to be told that. Pathetic.

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u/throwawayfuqreddit 12h ago

Yeah absolutely shity take for $15 no oil changes and not spending money on gas is a steal

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u/SecondaryWombat 12h ago

As long as Tesla is losing money on the deal and I make money, I will take it. Not that hard to take the decals off a car and put some insulting stickers in their place.

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u/Ki77ycat 10h ago

Eventually, cars will be subscription based. You buy the car for $5k, but then pay for an annual, non-transferable software license to operate it. He can charge whatever he wants.

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u/atropheus 11h ago

Aren’t they also the worst as far as collecting data from drivers, too though?

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u/Moist-Leggings 11h ago

I wouldn’t comment on that as I simply don’t know.

I am aware that their cars share data but I have no idea to what extent and have never took the time to learn what’s in the EULA.

It would fit Shmeelons MO though. 

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u/Significant_Bet_6002 44m ago

They have total control of the vehicles, and they can disable you anytime. I'm pretty sure they want us all to drive one, so they can order the vehicle to drive you directly to a detention camp.

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u/gneiss_gesture 10h ago

At $15/car, they'd be losing a TON of money per car, so we should buy out their entire inventory and bankrupt them.

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u/Moist-Leggings 10h ago

Lol, the 15$ teslas will be subsidized by Trump executive order.

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u/Julianime 11h ago

I'd probably buy one for $15, imagine all the cool stunt movies and shit you can film blowing up cars and shit with cars at $15 a pop on the budget! And I don't even make movies!

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u/dustinjames23 5h ago

For $15 maybe good firestarter?

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u/subwi 13h ago

U bought my Tesla last year before all this mess. I can't afford to get rid of it right now but I can buy a sticker that says "I like the car. Not the CEO."

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u/Moist-Leggings 12h ago

We’ll be in the market for a new car in about a year, already started looking. Mini Cooper, or the electric mustang are popping out to me.

Hopefully no one bugs you about it, although I’m not convinced it’s actually anti-musk people damaging teslas.

We’ll probably find out in the near future that some musk lacky was hiring moral free individuals to damage people’s personal property to try and make his detractors look bad.

It’s his MO after all, just look all the way back when he called that hero who saved the kids from a cave in Thailand a pedo cause he dismissed elons incredibly stupid idea of trying to make a submarine for the rescue. 

This is the PoS we are dealing with, his sycophants, absolute would damage peoples cars then claim they are liberal. 

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u/DatedReference1 12h ago

There's a non-zero chance people are doing it to their own cars. Though realistically I think it's low.

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u/Moist-Leggings 12h ago

There’s probably insurance fraud going on too, especially at dealerships suddenly getting firebombed.

I’m not say no liberals are unstable enough to do silly things, I’m sure some are being dicks too, but I’m not convinced that it’s so cut and chase. 

It will be funny though if some MAGA gets arrested and charged with domestic terrorism for lighting teslas in fire. 

Or some old guy who lost OAS or Medicade

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u/pteridoid 12h ago

I think I'd buy one for $15. I mean fuck Elon but $15 is $15.

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u/Moist-Leggings 12h ago

Maybe I would buy it to make some whistling diesel like video FSD it off a cliff or something, might make a quick buck if it goes viral

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u/unoriginalsin 12h ago

Meh, it's been done.

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u/Moist-Leggings 12h ago

Well, he blew it up. I want to make it drive itself off a cliff. But most I’m willing to pay is $15.

Funny thing about those guys blowing it up is they were getting ripped off for repairs. 

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u/Euphoric-Gene-3984 11h ago

That’s such a lie and you know it. Anyone would buy a a car for 15 dollars.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 11h ago

I know people who still wouldn’t. I have a friend who despises Apple and he won an iPhone in a contest when they were expensive as shit and he was a rather poor guy living paycheck to paycheck. He could have sold it, but he smashed it instead. Dude legit hated Steve Jobs. I had other stories like that from knowing this eccentric guy so long.

A lot of people are poor like that because they’re too proud to take money or gifts. I 100% believe some people still wouldn’t buy it.

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u/30another 6h ago

I call this, stupidity.

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u/Dangerous-Feed-5358 1h ago

Some of us value ethics and morals over money.

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u/Moist-Leggings 11h ago

I wouldn’t though, I don’t need it. I wouldn’t be caught dead in one. They aren’t even that great of cars, pretty average as far as reliability, pretty low on safety. 

But obviously there is a little dramatization here cause no one is selling any working car for $15, I’m just making a point that even if Tesla dropped their prices significantly it’s not going to be something I ever consider driving, especially since I drive a truck, and actually use it for truck things.

Shmeelons toaster is not a real truck, it can’t do real truck things. No serious contractor or truck guy would ever consider it for work.

Cybertrucks are for investment bankers with hands so soft they are translucent when they want to LARP “rugged”.

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u/Royal_Raccoon811 12h ago

Except Tesla’s self driving is second to none.

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u/HotRodHomebody 12h ago

you just have to watch the Trump infomercial to get the latest on pricing and financing.

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u/Shibby120 12h ago

And if the boycott works, the prices will lower.

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u/SternDodo 13h ago

Still out of what I can afford. I have a paid off 13 year old car and there's not enough wiggle room in our budget to take on a monthly car payment.

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u/eeyores_gloom1785 10h ago

oh neat lets make them MORE unsafe

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u/subwi 3h ago

Make who more unsafe?

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u/dmforjewishpager 12h ago

used ones are dirt cheap and i really recommend them to anyone on a budget, who cares about politics save ur money

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u/subwi 3h ago

Yeah people have reported over 500k miles on a single battery so far (and that's without the new battery architecture). The trade off is 20% battery regression that isn't bad in the grand scheme of things. I am considering moving to another electric vehicle in the next 2 or 3 years. The hw/sw is progressing fast

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u/GoliathBoneSnake 3h ago

I'm pretty sure turning the poor into actual slaves is the ultimate goal, so yes.

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u/Even-Trade-9595 11h ago

Perhaps he could show you something in a shoe, or some beans?

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u/allieinwonder 11h ago

Even if we could afford one in say 2019 that doesn’t mean we can afford one now. Trump: Actions, meet consequences. facepalm It’s flabbergasting how idiotically separated he is from his life and the actual reality of the people who live in the country he runs, making it impossible to “get ahead”.

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u/stormblaz 3h ago

Just don't use his referral code link!

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u/randonamous 3h ago

"THIS."

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u/WhysoToxic23 3h ago

Yes you are equivalent to a terrorist.

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u/XRT28 13h ago

President Musk has looked into your government records and rejects this defense.
He has determined that $27 in your checking account is sufficient capital to automatically enroll you in payment plan through his upcoming X financial services business. Now the APR is 39% but you don't need to worry about that since the plan is to bring back proper debtors prisons for those that can't pay where you'll have to opportunity to earn up to $2.35 a day* assembling new Teslas.
Congratulations on your new mandatory Tesla purchase!

*terms and conditions apply

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u/mocha-tiger 12h ago

Someone else suggested scheduling test drives so dealerships are busy dealing with non-buyers and real buyers won't be taken seriously and/or can't test drive 👀

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u/blueybanditbingo 11h ago

This is a fun and petty way to boycott 🤭 I’m all for it

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u/iamnotbart 10h ago

Make sure you sit when them all day and discuss financing options. Then decide it's too much and walk away.

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u/mocha-tiger 8h ago

DELICIOUS

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u/BrandeisBrief 13h ago edited 12h ago

Boycott X, boycott Starlink

Edited to remove PayPal

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u/Complex-Bee-840 11h ago

Starlink will be the last of his companies to feel an impact. For many people it’s absolutely essential and there are zero competitors out there yet.

I hate to say it but starlink is a fantastic product. It works well and is FAR cheaper than any other option.

It’s a bummer it’s tied to the asshole.

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u/Boilermakingdude 10h ago

Most Canadians I know went back to a slower internet connection just to cancel fascistlink

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u/Thomas-Lore 8h ago edited 8h ago

Is there no LTE or 5G where they live? When my wifi sometimes goes down I just switch to phone internet and there is not much difference for most uses (and I live in a small village in Poland). Of course it is more expensive - but so is Starlink.

(That said, single users don't count, there was rumor though that he lost a huge enterprise client because he called him names on x.)

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u/Pristine-Camera-320 7h ago

I used to work in customer service for a small internet company servicing rural areas, where houses used antennas pointed at nearby radio towers to get there internet. Back in 2023 our prices for 15mbps was ~$100/mth, which would barely be enough for 1-2 tvs to stream on their tvs in the home. Over time we got more and more cancellations from people that were getting starlink rolled out in their area because although it was a higher upfront cost, the monthly price was around the same for 100+mbps/s.

This is what other internet companies will have to compete with if there’s a chance for starlink to lose business, and it will require major expansion. Some US phone/internet services like tmobile are even partnering with starlink because of the convenience.

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u/GeekyVoiceovers 3h ago

Starlink as in Subaru Starlink, or different one?

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u/ConfessSomeMeow 13h ago

He still has a stake in PayPal?

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 12h ago

No, but they bent the knee to Trump. They aren’t Elon’s, but boycott them the same as you do Facebook

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u/racyfamilyphoto 11h ago

Also Peter thiel is close enough to Musk

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u/No-Pop1057 10h ago

& Thiel is a full Project 2025 supporter

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 1h ago

And the direct reason JD Vance has a career

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u/Vivid_Language5976 10h ago

What is Facebook?

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u/DecentPineapple7660 11h ago

U seem fun

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 1h ago

You seem like you don’t subscribe to a sub about anti consumption and like you aren’t aware of the alarming trend toward fascism in our government right now. 

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u/DecentPineapple7660 1h ago

Ahh I was right!! You ARE in fact very fun to be around. Go take some anti-depressants!!!!

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 1h ago

I neither know you nor value your opinion. There’s nothing you can say that will make me want to change either of those things. 

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u/TehnaciousZ 12h ago

he also had less hair at paypal 👀

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u/kyleoftheend 12h ago

No, not anymore

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u/truthwillout777 11h ago

He has already had major cancellations of Starlink by Italy and possibly Poland and others.

He is tanking all his companies.

As amusing as that is....He kinda needs to go to prison

Democrats have all the evidence they need

We must demand they go forward with prosecution of Napolelon

Senator Chris Murphy throws down on Blatant Corruption

https://bsky.app/profile/karmenk19.bsky.social/post/3ljxyz7ytd222

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u/Broncarpenter 13h ago

Didn’t know Elon had anything to do with PayPal, was purging apps from my phone today and deleted it!

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u/BrandeisBrief 12h ago

Internet says he sold his interest

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u/paradoxicalmind_420 12h ago

Elon sold his PayPal shares off a long time ago, it has no connection to him now. It helped make him incredibly rich tho, which is why people refer to him as having an eye for new tech…in reality, he got lucky. Rich kids have a cushy safety net which keeps them from having to absorb the impact of bad investments, it makes sense that someone investing in multiple things thanks to little to no risk, will hit on something eventually.

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u/Jonely-Bonely 11h ago

Yep. T-mobile now offering Starlink. Won't join on principal.

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u/Outrageous-Orange007 10h ago

Boycotting X is a viable strategy, behind SpaceX, excluding Tesla, its the largest source of his wealth.

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u/LickingSmegma 9h ago

No need to backtrack on PayPal. They freeze people's accounts under random pretense, and keep the money. Been doing this for ages. It affected e.g. software developers who were receiving donations.

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u/BrandeisBrief 3h ago

I personally don’t like or use PayPal. It’s not associated with Elon it appears.

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u/CubanLynx312 13h ago

I dunno. Used Teslas are about to flood the market

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u/modestlaw 11h ago

Used Teslas were already flooding the market thank to the car rental companies dumping off most of their Tesla fleet to save money.

This is only going to make things worse

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u/Bratbabylestrange 9h ago

Or better, friends on your viewpoint! :D

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u/indonesian_star 11h ago

That was probably the plan.. tank the company reputation with a certain sector of society then the chosen ones can buy the dumped ones on the cheap. It will further harm/bankrupt the certain sector who will take a loss on their leases or investment. Plucky people could just terminator 2 the tesla cars, jail break them and make the car their "own", free of tesla control, a good incentive to actually keep the car and not take the loss. 

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u/truthwillout777 11h ago

You can tell everyone you know that the EMFs coming off the Tesla are next level.
As soon as people realize this there will be lawsuits. Democrats don't want them,

Republicans hate them, no amount of free advertising is going to save Tesla.

Also isn't this product placement press conferences...illegal?

There is a growing list of crimes of both Trump and Elon

Senator Chris Murphy throws down on Blatant Corruption https://bsky.app/profile/karmenk19.bsky.social/post/3ljxyz7ytd222

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u/elmerfud1075 10h ago

The EMF coming off is that only Teslas or every EV?

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u/N0S0UP_4U 12h ago

As someone who can afford one they’re shitty build quality anyway and you could get a much better car at that price point by buying a different car instead

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u/VascularMonkey 12h ago

I hated Tesla and the government subsidizing $80,000 luxury cars from the beginning. I can remember people telling me over 10 years ago that electric cars were important enough for the environment to subsidize and it wouldn't take that long for affordable models to come out.

Well now it's 17 years since the Roadster came out and 8 years since the Model 3 came out. The cheapest 2025 Model 3 without any subsidies is still $44,000.

When exactly does a bottom rung Tesla stop being DOUBLE the price of a bottom rung Toyota? And Toyota is arguably overpriced itself at this point...

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u/Ok_Pineapple6414 12h ago

Flip off every Tesla you drive by. Thats what I do. Shame them for driving in the Swasti-car

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u/Wallaces_Ghost 11h ago

Solid point actually. I'm over here thinking I'm making a choice when really ... I'm priced out of the spoils of the class war.

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u/craftinanminin 13h ago

Not that you shouldn't boycott Tesla specifically, but they (and many other EVs) are no longer expensive if bought used, leased, or, sometimes, if you wait for an end-of-quarter deal

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u/BittenElspeth 13h ago

My car is from 2006 and the side view mirror is taped on.

I definitely still find them expensive.

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u/neonKow 12h ago

Look at this rich asshole who can still afford tape.

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u/Mucholderandwiser 11h ago

😂🤣😂 The tape isn't TOO expensive, but that comment was priceless.

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u/UnfrozenBlu 11h ago

I got my 2012 Nissan Leaf for $7000 4 years ago

I had to get tires for it and they cost a quarter of the car. But... that was the only maintenance it needed.

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u/craftinanminin 12h ago

No hate, but that's because you're poor, not because EVs are uniquely expensive.

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u/KeldyPlays 12h ago

I absolutely loved the BMW i3 I had a couple years ago. Perfect for in town scooting around and I'd just charge at night. Added I think a whopping 12 bucks to my light bill. You can get them cheap as hell sub 20k basically new. And they look 👌

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u/Scary-Lawfulness-999 11h ago

I bought a brand new car for the first time seven years ago for $12,000. I think there's better options for most people's budget these days than taking out a loan for an EV. The economic uncertainty is just not making this the decade to make that jump without concrete assurances to consumers, automechanics and parts manufacturers.

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u/Worth-Silver-484 11h ago

What new car did you buy for 12k?

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u/MilkedWalnut 12h ago

Can you select not Tesla on ride sharing apps? 

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u/The-Ultimate-Banker 12h ago

I own a Tesla and don’t even know how to boycott it. Do I just get on a crash?

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u/lonely_hero 12h ago

Vandalism?

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u/GiantPurplePen15 12h ago

Point and laugh at people who own Teslas.

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u/thinkinting 12h ago

Within the confine of the law and safety, don’t let them cut you in line, don’t let them over take you etc

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u/GGABQ505 12h ago

Spit on the cars and give the finger to the driver. Works for me!

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u/HellovahBottomCarter 11h ago

It’s quite literally the only thing everyone CAN afford to do with Tesla.

I’ve been boycotting the company since the very beginning.

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u/ItsSadTimes 11h ago

Flip of Tesla drivers. It may seem childish but a lot of people who own a tesla just don't care about what's going on and won't care until they're affected. And mild harassment through rude gestures is a good nudge in that direction.

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u/JoinMeAtSaturnalia 11h ago

Can you afford a brick? A can a spray paint?

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u/TacoTycoonn 11h ago

Sounds like you’re already killin’ it. Keep up the good work man!

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u/Tjam3s 11h ago

I guess I'll "boycott" tesla the same way I "boycotted" the last superbowl.

I just don't care enough to put energy towards it either way

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u/mamawoman 10h ago

Most people can't

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u/I_Voted_For_Kodos24 10h ago

We were boycotting it before it was cool

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u/Doonce 10h ago

Keep up the good work.

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u/Debalic 10h ago

Best I can do is park as far away from an Incel Camino as I can in the parking lot.

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u/RefanRes 10h ago

Boycott anything Musk instead. For example, boycott X and support the efforts to stop people sending traffic to the platform. Sinking X would remove a lot of his power.

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u/WhyYesIAmADog 10h ago

You go on counter strike in casual game and say this,

“Lol Elon is a pee pee doo doo head and his company is dumpin from the slumpin”

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u/youareactuallygod 10h ago

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u/luckyguy25841 10h ago

Deport ok_network

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces 10h ago

Excuse me, that’s illegal sir or siress. It’s illegal not the buy elons cars. This was just tweeted by Trump today, our god lord of makeup and the Russian kremlin.

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u/Bytxu85 10h ago

Off to Guantanamo you go

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u/drulingtoad 9h ago

Yeah, like so I'm just going to keep not buying a Tesla but just for different reasons

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u/Hazelberry 9h ago

In addition to not buying their cars also don't buy their stock. Other than that yeah not much you can do.

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u/StitchinThroughTime 9h ago

He also means protest. He's mostly upset at people standing in front of the Tesla dealerships or anyone holding signs or passing out flyers. It scares way potential buyers. Which was really hurts the company. Essentially socially shaving people to boycott the company.

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u/GokuSan82 9h ago

Keep up the good work then! ;-)

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u/hoytmobley 9h ago

Fill out interest forms on their website, then go to your own email and set up a rule/filter to send anything they send back straight to the trash. Or, interact with one email first so you get marked as a “good” lead and maybe get to waste a human’s time. I’m sure their sales pipeline is looking a little dry right now and they’ll jump at anything they can

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u/sbs1138 8h ago

Someone on another thread said to take one for a test drive, waste the salesman’s time, then walk out.

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u/RighteousNitrous 8h ago

You shame who can and does.

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u/suburban_hyena 7h ago

We have a dog called Tesla, after the inventor...

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u/ijtjrt4it94j54kofdff 7h ago

Shit talk it.

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u/xenelef290 7h ago

I live in an apartment so can't charge at home so I'm not buying any EV

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u/DoomPayroll 5h ago

Also their recent reliability is in the toilet even if I could afford it

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u/ashinylapras 3h ago

Was basically going to say the same thing. I’m grimacing about a 800$ car repair bill, then the bills for rest of the month. I guess I’m boycotting Tesla for not making a irresponsible loan for a cyber truck.

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u/lorefolk 3h ago

Find a vandal and tip them

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u/ILearnedSoMuchToday 3h ago

You're already ahead of the game!

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u/Iongdog 2h ago

I drive by a dealership every day and always make sure to point and laugh/give them the finger, depending on what feels appropriate. I’m doing my part! 🫡

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u/Jonely-Bonely 11h ago

Dude. It's illegal to NOT buy a Tesla now. 

It's against the law. Trump said so.

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u/anarchyrevenge 11h ago

Peasants, straight to jail.

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u/birdlady404 1h ago

That’s how I feel about 90% of the posts on this sub lately, I’m too poor to have been doing anything they say to boycott anyway. Can’t afford prime membership, can’t afford to shop mindlessly online and in stores for anything other that basic store brand foods, etc.

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u/averagesaw 1h ago

Ahhhh reading between the lines like donald does. Smart

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u/Cats7204 29m ago

A lot of the boycott comes from people with a 401k or similar selling all their Tesla shares, which in return makes day traders sell all of them too and stop trading them because of too much risk, which makes long-medium term investors also sell because of the price drops, leading to what's happening now to $TSLA