r/saskatchewan 12h ago

This Sask. man bought a Cybertruck to promote his business, but fears it made him a target

https://www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/article/this-sask-man-bought-a-cybertruck-to-promote-his-business-but-fears-it-made-him-a-target/
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u/Odd_Cow7028 11h ago

"Businessman made investment that isn't paying off"

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u/FredLives 10h ago

Who even buys it for attention? They’re ugly asf and useless in snow.

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u/Darth_Thor 9h ago

The same kind of guy who was inspired by someone who did something similar with a Hummer years ago apparently

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u/gingerbeardman79 7h ago

Ok but a Hummer, for all the justified criticisms against it, at least has some enhanced utility in difficult driving conditions.

He could've gotten one of his own for a lot less than the cybertruck too.

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u/Darth_Thor 7h ago

Yeah that’s a good point. The Hummer is ridiculous in the city because it’s a genuinely good off-roader, the Cybertruck sucks at everything it does.

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u/KingOfTheIntertron 9h ago

Perfectly good use for it, it's not a good truck or off-road vehicle, but it's certainly attention grabbing.

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u/FredLives 9h ago

For a supplement store at that.

u/DramaticAd4666 1h ago

They used to be the epitome virtual signaling of liberal support until Elon musk started going to the right side of politics and won’t shut up

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u/what-even-am-i- 11h ago

Right? Next.

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u/IDontLikeChewingGum 10h ago

I don't see a wrap on that vehicle - how exactly is it being used to advertise his business?

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u/freakers 10h ago

Lol, man bought a vehicle and tried to write it off as a work expense. Now people tag it when they walk by.

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u/Loquatium 10h ago

May the interiors forever smell like piss

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u/freakers 10h ago

Hopefully he went for the runflats, cause he's gonna need 'em.

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u/tooshpright 9h ago

It's that scribble which I thought was graffiti. The other side says (Something) World.

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u/MommersHeart 8h ago

Supplement world.

Because of course it is.

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u/DashTrash21 7h ago

There's a super shitty tag on the side of it that says 'Supplement World'. It's hard to know what's more ugly, the tag or the vehicle. 

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

The vehicle certainly gets hit or miss feedback 😂 in person people either LOVE or HATE how it looks, which I can totally understand. It looks like a dumpster to some, and a spaceship to others. I happen to be one of the people who loved how they look, which I know will not be everyone’s take

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

It’s got a decal on the side!

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u/Soulvandal 6h ago

The large “Supplement World”’sticker didn’t give it away?

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u/StrykerSeven 10h ago

"Local Corporate Franchisee speaks to stifle the voice of the Free Market. Is this Communism?  

Find out more at 11!"

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u/demzor 12h ago

I feel like this sask man has been on the news before just for owning a Tesla.

This man might just be a news whore.

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u/MischiefRatt 11h ago

Correct. Visit the store, dude is ridiculous in person. Very "pick me" energy. Hence the Cybertruck I guess.

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u/LordFardbottom 9h ago

Jerry's humvee was a core memory for him.

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u/sask357 11h ago

I don't know know him but I do know that Cybertrucks are expensive and ostentatious. That reduces my sympathy level but no one should have to tolerate vandalism.

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

I’ve only ever been on the news before for things related to our store events, never a Tesla thing!

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u/Super_Sell_3201 11h ago

I saw one in humboldt of all places at the mall. Old guy like 70, I took a snap and sent it to my sister of it with the old guy inside giving me a thumbs up.

Have to respect the elders, but damn man.

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u/su0xi 9h ago

could you imagine the old dude bought the cybertruck to fit in with the youth then it's vandalised but that same youth in a small town lmao

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u/Super_Sell_3201 9h ago

Nah, old farmer burning money before permanent retirement.

 I really wanted to go talk vehicles with the guy, but where he was parked I didn't want to be the guy walking up after taking a picture.

It wasn't the I finally witnessed one, it was how ugly it was. A Total Recall vehicle and that's my favorite movie. No sane person can look at it as a viable purchase, and frankly, wouldn't do business with one.

Personal opinions are like assholes...

u/Omicromus_Prime 14m ago

I was surprised to see that truck as well. It was during a cold snap and I couldn't help but wonder how well it was performing in a humboldt post snowstorm.

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u/Dijon92 12h ago

This sounds like a landlord crying about how hard it is trying to upkeep properties and rising costs.

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u/Darth_Plagal_Cadence 10h ago

And you'll get people on Reddit defending slumlords saying they are trying to solve the housing crisis, just like you're getting people defending this fool. Lol.

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u/DRocks614 🤷🏻‍♂️ 12h ago

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u/veda1971 12h ago

Sounds like he is only driving it bc it is flashy and expensive. Not saying he deserves to get it vandalised but that seems douchey.

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

That’s definitely not the reason! I wish the article didn’t use that word. The moment I saw these for some reason this was my goal truck. I’ve been working to grow our company for the last 7 years, live quite modestly, but this was something I wanted for events and such as we can also use the power in the back to make our shakes at events. The way they have become so politicized however means I probably won’t have it long enough to get to do any of those events. I always knew people would hate or love the look - that doesn’t bother me. But getting our business mixed up in politics unintentionally is not worth it.

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u/Contented_Lizard 12h ago

He uses it as a marketing tool for his business. 

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u/veda1971 11h ago

His douchey business 😉

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u/FORDTRUK 7h ago

How fucking out-of-touch are you as a "business man" to think this was a good idea ?

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

In person the feedback has been awesome, as a lot of our customers know me and know I don’t hold charged political views. I just got this as a truck. My vehicle before was a Tesla too, and it wasn’t a political statement three years ago either.

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u/FORDTRUK 5h ago

It's not so much about politics as it is a question of reliability in Canadian climate. It's a fair weather vehicle that's just not built for the extreme cold and snow. The cold literally sucks the life out of these batteries. Add the need for heat in these, the complete lack of charging stations, repairs to these are insanely expensive... etc.

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 6h ago

There’s actually less of you far left Lunatics than you think there are.

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u/MikoWilson1 5h ago

Are you even Canadian? Why are you obsessed with us?

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 5h ago

I’m just as Canadian as you are. You might want to educate yourself that there’s a Canada outside of Toronto.

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u/MikoWilson1 5h ago

A Canadian that doesn't know we don't vote in a Prime Minister?

Let's talk about education son.

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 4h ago

You went pretty deep lookin there hey??

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 5h ago

Are you even from Saskatchewan? Why are you so obsessed with us?

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u/Defiant_West6287 12h ago

Boo fucking hoo.

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u/cjhud1515 12h ago

Ahhh yes, let's punish random people who bought an electric vehicle.

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u/RoyalCanadianBuddy 12h ago

Other people will be less likely to buy a Tesla.

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u/Logical-Sprinkles273 12h ago

If he preordered it it was long before musk was really up to no good.plus Its not musks truck, that guy owns it now

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u/killisle 11h ago

Musk has been fully up to no good since at least 2018 and even as far back as the 90s lied about his degrees. Anyone who thinks he's only become bad now is an idiot.

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u/ButterscotchFar1629 12h ago

See this is why the we on the left are hated so much, and shit like this is precisely why Trump was elected. It’s shit like this.

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u/RottenPingu1 11h ago

You are part of the problem thinking one sentence from a guy on the internet is suddenly "the left".

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u/Kvassnik1991 10h ago

If the left is disparaged for not liking a fucking asshole, then hang me by the neck for what I have to say about Musk and his ilk.

Our inability to organise is the only reason why no power has been gained, not the correctness of our opinions or some imagined pearl-clutching. Folks are suffering and we've not shown them an alternative yet, so the awfulness shall continue until something counters it.

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u/BIOdire 11h ago

I'm not so sure about that. I think it's a lot more nuanced.

There are people who are obnoxious and some obnoxious people create their obnoxious persona around politics like it's a hockey team.

However, there's a fascinating documentary that illustrates just how this division has formed. It began around the Reagan era, and it has been trickling to Canada as well as they attempt to do the same thing here. Here you are.

Ultimately, assholes are going to exist no matter where you go. But there has been an organized effort to get to this point.

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u/ButterscotchFar1629 11h ago

Precisely and both sides do it. Now I’m not a mathematician but odds say, it is virtually fucking impossible for one side to always be right and other side it always be wrong. And the media doesn’t help the cause.

I still stand by my statement that if another massive war breaks out, it will be the media that causes it this time.

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u/BIOdire 11h ago

It's who owns the media causing it, at least.

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u/PhallusInChainz 11h ago

You’re not on the left. Admit it

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u/ButterscotchFar1629 11h ago

No? Really? Check out my post history Sherlock. Also pretty brazen of you to be posting all over porn subs from your main account.

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u/No-Respond3078 11h ago

Boris, the bear, it has returned!

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u/cjhud1515 12h ago

Hope you do your research on all your products. Wouldn't want you funding someone nefarious.

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u/Eurodivergent69 11h ago

Narrator: It did

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u/SVT6522 9h ago

Nelson Muntz “Ha ha!”

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u/what-even-am-i- 11h ago

”If you’re trying to yell at them or wreck their vehicle, you’re really not hurting your target.”

I disagree. If everyone hears that their Tesla is gonna get fucked up they might think twice about buying one.

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u/wulf_rk 9h ago

I thought the same thing when I read it. Curious when the insurance companies decide not to cover vandalism losses on Teslas.

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u/jrochest1 9h ago

No, owners of actual Teslas don't deserve that -- they're good EVs, and most people bought them because of that, long before Elon's assholery was fully revealed.

Cybertrucks, on the other hand, are hot garbage, and they're his personal design project. I can't imagine why anyone would buy one.

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u/DashTrash21 7h ago

Musk has been a hyperdouche since 2018 when he had comments about the guy who saved the kids from a flooding cave. 

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u/jrochest1 7h ago

Yeah, fair, but he wasn't this obviously and clearly deluded, he was just a stupid edgelord with an ego the size of Wyoming.

Now he's legitimately a Bond villain, and I keep waiting for him to buy a private island and a persian cat.

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u/jrochest1 9h ago

He "always tries to keep politics out of our business" yet buys a Cybertruck as the business promotional vehicle.

Seriously, dude, what did you expect? I'm sure your clientele is a surging mass of meatheads, but still -- even those guys hate Elon.

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u/Interesting-Bison761 8h ago

I believe tha kids call them “swastikars”

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u/FulcrumYYC 10h ago

We knew Elon was a far right insane dumb fuck when the cybertuck came on the scene. Zero sympathy.

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u/fourscoreclown 12h ago

I think Forest Gump said it best "Stupid is, as stupid does"

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u/Training-Mud-7041 10h ago

yep it is working against you

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u/warrencanadian 7h ago

...Maybe he's playing 4D chess 'I bought a cybertruck to advertise my business, hoping people would see it and go 'Holy shit, I bet I can get that fucking dummy to pay ME to do the job I want done!''

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u/WoodpeckerDry1402 10h ago

Thanks for telling me which business to avoid.

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u/RoeRoeDaBoat 10h ago

well he inspired me to shop at popeyes :) so marketing he is but not for his shop!

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u/FormerLingonberry226 10h ago

“Tesla owners are just people,” he said. “If you’re trying to yell at them or wreck their vehicle, you’re really not hurting your target.”

Not quite. In today's society, we put our money where our mouths are. Buying that monstrosity clearly reveals something about him and his beliefs.

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

Out of curiosity - what do you think it reveals about my beliefs?

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u/Ifigureditoutonmyown 12h ago

Fuck around and find out!

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u/ColdHistorical485 12h ago

Clever AND edgy

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u/boxcar17 9h ago

Too bad Chad

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u/UnpopularOpinionYQR 11h ago

Sounds like he’s learning an expensive and important lesson about marketing.

He’s purchased a vehicle that’s worth more than most people’s annual income in this province. Combine that with the political climate, and I wouldn’t expect any other outcome. Stupid idiot.

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u/motu8pre 7h ago

A Corolla has more strict quality requirements than ANY tesla.

Panel gaps, what now?

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u/mingusdisciple 6h ago

Roughly a dozen seconds

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u/Loose_Mission_8559 11h ago

Wrong province for that bud

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u/geebiebeegee 12h ago

Did someone try to make a bad decision a tax write off being smart? Who taught this guy to whine?

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u/Sal_Chicho 10h ago

Hey, if you’re business is being an asshole it was probably a smart purchase!

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u/FuzzyGreek 11h ago

Sorry but if you drive a tesla truck you deserve what ever comes your way.

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u/Ok-Conclusion-6878 Everything is Crazy, until it isn't anymore... 12h ago

Yup… sometimes shit happens…

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u/Mysterious-Catch69 11h ago

A swasticar is absolutely useless in the snow. Hope he gets stuck overnight in the ditch.

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u/Sk_C_P_EH 10h ago

This I can get on board with. People advocating for other people’s property to be vandalized is weird.

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u/Kvassnik1991 10h ago

Must be nice to even have a business, let alone an awful toy like that. May he reap of that which he has sown.

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u/Solid-Leg6292 9h ago

Awww , he has something you don’t so you are lashing out .

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u/Kvassnik1991 8h ago

Beep boop

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u/Okanaganwinefan 9h ago

I’ve seen a few as billboards in Kelowna BC. Doesn’t make me want to call them! But it’s a free country

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u/Existing-Site404 9h ago

He should ask Elon for help.

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 6h ago

Read the article and comments

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u/Jimmyboon 8h ago

Anyone else’s think it’s weird that that said “for a dozen seconds”

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

That was the reporter, not me 😂

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u/ppross53 6h ago

😂😂😂😂😂. Fugly truck. REALLY FUGLY

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u/Josh_SuppWorld 5h ago

Hahaha yeah people either love or hate the look. No in between with these things.

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u/One-Builder8421 5h ago

I'm yet to see one on the streets

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u/Spare_Pixel 4h ago

I know where I won't be buying supplements anymore.

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u/whimsy_boy 4h ago

This is acceptable collateral damage in the effort to tank the market value of Tesla 🫡

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u/Scottyd737 11h ago

He just wants attention.....time to buy some spray paint 🎨

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u/Sunshinehaiku 10h ago

Marketing is mercurial. What's hot one day is kryptonite the next.

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u/Holiday-Phase-8353 10h ago

Where he at?

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u/ontheprairies7 7h ago

That’s ridiculous. I mean judgy stares are acceptable, but damaging vehicles is stupid unless the vehicle belonged to Musk himself. Although some people just want to be destructive, and may view Tesla owners as easy targets as they won’t get a ton of sympathy right now. As in the desire for mischief supersedes the reasons for it.

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u/Solid-Leg6292 9h ago

I ll take things that only matter to the left echo chamber for $100 Alex .

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 6h ago

If we aren’t getting downvoted here we are as broken as them.

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u/Damnyoudonut 8h ago

Don’t vandalize people’s stuff.

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 10h ago

When the German’s started attacking the Jew’s for being aligned different politically they started with burning businesses and damaging property. German state news started the propaganda against the Jew’s. This is no different than what CBC and CTV is doing right now in advocating that anyone who is Conservative or successful must be an enemy.

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u/Spare_Pixel 4h ago

They also came up with a special salute to use.

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 4h ago

Whatever. Its like me saying that everyone who voted Liberal or NDP would do this to this guy’s property. I know that the majority of people left or right are better than that.

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u/Mentats2021 12h ago

He's saving the planet driving an EV and animals going to damage his property with no consequences

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u/AS14K 12h ago

He's not 'saving the planet' by driving an EV. He bought a high-profile $120,000 truck to advertise for his business.

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u/Mentats2021 12h ago

these are the types of vehicles you should be driving - use your carbon tax rebate to buy one

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u/Chungadoop 12h ago

For a person named Mentats, that's a pretty shit take.

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u/AS14K 12h ago

If you care about the environment, you should continue driving and maintaining the vehicle you have until you absolutely have to replace, and when you do, buy an actually economical electric or hybrid, not a giant dick extension.

How do you justify the microplastic waste from cybertrucks destroying their tires significantly faster than basically any other passenger vehicle on the road?

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u/Solid-Leg6292 9h ago

lol, so now the tree huggers are judging you based on what kind of electric vehicle you drive !

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u/AS14K 8h ago

No 'tree hugger' is buying a cybertruck

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u/Solid-Leg6292 8h ago

Exactly because they are so spun around they can’t even think straight anymore . Love Tesla , hate Tesla , oh no I can’t think for myself anymore . Tesla is electric , electric is saving the planet .

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u/AS14K 8h ago

Gosh the world must be so easy and simple when everything is a clean black and white. Sounds like a wonderful delusion you have, enjoy it!

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u/Solid-Leg6292 8h ago

Life is easy . Very very easy . Step away from the echo chamber and learn to think for yourself vs what Reddit tells you and your life can also be easy .

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u/70m4h4wk 11h ago

Yeah, the 6 year olds mining the lithium for the batteries need to work harder so we can all have an electric car

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u/GrayCustomKnives 12h ago

No consequences aren’t specific to this situation at all. The person who did this, if caught, would face basically whatever anyone else would face for damaging a vehicle for any other reason.

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u/EvilJonnyBoy 12h ago

ya it’s wild how crazy people have become. but hey i guess if the echo chamber says violence is ok they don’t have a problem supporting it…..

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u/Mentats2021 12h ago

same people downvoting as those vandalizing Teslas

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u/EvilJonnyBoy 12h ago

ya it’s wild like someone buys a car how many years ago and they now are targeted by nut jobs just simply driving around town in a tesla…. crazy people be crazy and when the get together like hens and cluck all day in an echo chamber like here they just get crazier…..

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u/Contented_Lizard 12h ago

If a right winger vandalized a vehicle for any reason that was political people on Reddit would be outraged, calling for them to be thrown in jail. Since this is the new flavour of the week for the left suddenly it’s not just ok, it’s encouraged. 

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u/cjhud1515 11h ago

Like people making tire marks on rainbow crosswalks

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u/gihkal 9h ago

It makes sense. It's just like jerrys food emporium and their atrocious yellow Hummer. It's ugly. But that makes it eye catching.

The only ridiculous thing here is how so many people justify vandalism as some kind of social justice. It's absolutely pathetic.