My exact thoughts: I wonder if Emperor Xi’s noticeable-nakedness means the end of the Chinese “economic miracle” (which was really just digging their way out of the hole they put themselves in under Mao’s “leadership”)?

I wonder if it is anything to do with their stock price tanking today?

What was that line?

So they’re mad it did exactly what it was meant to do. Got it.

And I know that some Tesla bro will come to mansplain why I’m wrong about this, but Tesla’s products have gone from cool and new to dated and weird. Meanwhile, Tesla’s superchargers may be everywhere, but they’re no longer the fastest and once regulations kick in and demand a single, standardized charging…

Why?.. I mean its not like relationships/love/sex HAVE to be with specific persons/groups..

As long as someone isn’t “punching down”.. I don’t care who/what they sleep with/fuck..

No one forced him to enter a legally-binding agreement to purchase Twitter at a dramatic overvalue of his own making.  He was forced to adhere to the legally-binding agreement that he’d entered into of his own free will, that’s true.

Such a shame. I love the old WW2 planes, but I think it’s about time to ground them all. These are 76-80 year old planes and keeping them airworthy is a nightmare. I think even worse is that to keep the planes authentic, the controls and avionics are also pushing 80 year old technology and pilots that are really…

“I can’t imagine having a net worth of 26 million USD and die in a common, old crap game.”

He's placing a political bet on government handouts. Musk is a defense contractor and Tesla has lived off credits and DOE loans for years. His ugly turn is probably a big play to lay in massive subsidies for his operations via the next admin. Bonus points as Twitter is his marketing department to keep himself in the…

Well, it shows that they were aware of what’s going on.  Can’t claim you didn’t know what was going on if you like the post.

“1st Gear: Tesla is the Luxury Sales King in the U.S.

Pulling out and expanding on one of your points...Tesla is about as luxurious, overall, as a modern day mid-range Toyota. If you sat in a Model S Plaid then sat in a Mercedes S580 the difference would be stark, the two aren’t in the same league. There’s nothing “luxurious” about Teslas, other than the inflated price…

1st Gear: I would argue that Tesla is only “luxury” in price. The inside of the 3 and Y are much less luxurious than my 9 year old Lexus CT (the cheapest Lexus) and about on par with my 15 year old Highlander Hybrid. The Model 3 and a Camry/Altima/Accord are probably better comparisons, even though I would easily give…

Well that’s a no brainer. No US president is going to be allowed to ride in an unarmored bus crammed with group of other world leaders. Don’t have to be Secret Service to figure that one out.

I mean... it basically is. It’s annoying, it’s smelly, lately it’s comparatively expensive. You’re more likely to eat crap foods than not (which is what the station literally banks on). You literally can’t do what’s inarguably the best part of vehicle ownership - drive - while you do it. There’s often crap music or TV…

Similar attitudes were likely expressed concerning Roosevelt and World War 2. We’re in World War 3 now. The Russian military aggression is only part of it. The fight with the CCP has been economic for some time.

His point still stands.  You could easily put the NFC device in a simple wristband, or (crazy thought here), a watch, and have the same benefit a lot easier.  Then again, that doesn’t properly show your dedication to Lord Musk.

Or, and I’m just spitballing here, save yourself thousands of dollars in medical costs and actual pain, and put the chip in a super thin wristband that is basically invisible.

Easier and cheaper to put rfid scanners on everything instead of fingerprint readers probably. Not to mention, there’s already millions (billions?) of rfid locks in the world.