My argument with my significant other who trends liberal, and my uncle who trends conservative is exactly the same: if you boycott a product because of the politics of an owner of a company you would end up boycotting every product in existence that is publicly traded. With so many people with voting interests in a…

“Tesla could credibly claim to be different in its infancy but for years now it’s been more or less a regular car company”

Ten years later.

Five years from now:

The fact that all auto makers stopped offering small trucks for the U.S. market, tells you that everyone misunderstood the buying public. I guess when you consider how popular big trucks are (even though more than 90% of owners don’t need them), I could potentially see how execs were fooled.

“We can’t keep up with the demand for a reasonably-size, reasonably-priced pickup!” All the manufacturers (including Ford): “Quick let’s make more oversized, overspec’d $60-80K trucks because that is where the profit is!”

I have no idea how Ford could have foreseen this problem. I mean make a vehicle that is:

Uh, every business outside of China that is creating IP? Apparently you’re just not sufficiently educated in the matter to get it. If you work hard to create something new, you should also be able to reap the fruits of that creation, not having it ripped off by imitators who then churn out a cheap knock-off and…

More than just suicide...this was attempted mass murder.

Wow, I mean even the model number for the plane echoes Boeing’s aircraft designation system.

“Name one technology that has been only held by one country forever”

Prime gallows humor. I love it.

THERE WAS A TROLL ON THE WING!

OP was clearly trying to be humorous. 

I think he was saying to just let the dude jump off at that point. But hopefully he gets forced to take whatever medicine he needs and be put on the no fly list.

Great point! Curious how folks reported having trouble breathing, there was def. plenty of oxygen!

No decompression at 700 feet off the ground with the landing gear down.

700' altitude is likely not high enough to warrant. I know the reports say people we’re passing out, but at 700' that’s not from thin air.

I was the first jumper in the door on a C130 once at 1,000 ft. Wind was not that bad.

The whole ordeal could have been much more damaging and deadly if it was higher up.