• mke@programming.dev
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    20 days ago

    Are we talking about the same thing, here? The post says cybertruck. I reference the cybertruck. You bring up an old loaner, again. Is your old loaner an eighty-thousand dollar shitbox or not?

    No reasonable person is chasing after poor sods with old loaners to vandalize.

    I got harassed today for my loaner

    I’m sorry you got harassed, but I must ask: did your car get vandalized?

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      20 days ago

      No, I did not get a cybertruck loaner and it did not get vandalized. While I understand the post, the top-level comment I responded to is a sentiment encouraging harassment and vandalism toward teslas I’ve seen growing more popular on social media, which I have now had some exposure to IRL.

      Also Tesla or not, I’m a believer in leaving people and their shit alone and using healthier methods of expressing dissatisfaction if the goal is to actually change their mindset.

      While today I was simply harassed, tomorrow the loaner could be vandalized by someone not differentiating Tesla models and just being pissed some guy is driving a Tesla.

      Legit Tesla owners getting their vehicles harassed/vandalized are not going to get the message. They’ll simply get pissed that some angry asshole made their day less convenient and if anything, I fear that will just give them even more of an underdog complex than they already have.

      Plus, vandalism repair costs = more money to Tesla.