• MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
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    Easier to convince all those manly men to switch from boxer briefs to g-strings than to switch from their F-150s to Teslas.

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    They’ve basically got the Starbucks problem going except for their customers. Starbucks hired progressive college students for their staff and were shocked when unions started popping up. If a brand targets conscientious people, they’re not going to get a single conservative.

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    Red states overall don’t have a high enough average income for people to afford enough Teslas to make it worthwhile to open stores/dealerships there.

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      Don’t be so sure. I thought Twitter wouldn’t last a full year of Musk, but it’s still somehow limping it’s way along.

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      I still like their technology. Hopefully they can figure out how to divest their owner

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    It’s so weird that they can have their cars here in Texas. At one time I thought we blocked dealerships owned by the car company. Maybe I’m just drunk and remembering wrong. It happens.

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      You are correct. You buy them online and they ship from California and you register them in Texas. Texas has showrooms. They can tell you about the car but they can’t sell you the car. You have to buy it online.

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        Warning: this shit don’t make sense. Probably.

        More than usual tonight. I’m going through some shit and the folks that usually help me out when I hit bottom are going through their own shit right now. So we’re all drunk as hell going through the shit together. Even if one of us stopped drinking an hour ago because he’s on the east coast.

        Different places, different shit, different time zones, but we’re all Texas drunks tonight.

        They both have no comment here.

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      When Leon built the factory in Texas, they did not receive the ability to sell the vehicles in state. That may have changed, I haven’t been following.

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      “The verbal abuse and the flipping off is daily. I would say three times a day, it’s just constant, somebody pulls up next to me and they’re flipping me off or cussing me out or throwing things at me. In the last week I’ve had two people hit my vehicle,” said Vining.

      I love this for him.

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      “He attached “Make America Great Again” and “Fueled by liberal tears” stickers to his car, which he says was maybe not the best idea.”

      I’m just guessing this passive income fella is gonna have to buy a new car soon

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    Lmfao omg I hope they build a TON in red states and NOBODY buys the “stupid woke hippie cars”. Jesus fuck I cannot express how much I wish this will happen.

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    I’m not gonna set fire to a Tesla but my new plan is to just unplug them from charging if their sitting at a station alone. Would love if this caught on at a national level. Yes, you’re inconveniencing someone, but that’s the entire point. To get people to sell their Teslas (trade in or otherwise). If the used car market is filled with Teslas it will drive down the price and no one will want to buy new ones.

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      I saw someone charging their model x at an electricify America charging station today, right close to a Tesla supercharger. Get fucked Elon!

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    Ya know, if this is how we bring along a universal exceptance of electric vehicles and improved electric grid infrastructure, it would be such a great silver lining.

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      Right? Wouldn’t it be hilarious if conservatives finally embraced EVs just to own the libs, only for progressives to sweep the White House and ram through Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, strong unions, and tuition free college? Like, “Thanks for upgrading the grid, now step aside while we fix everything else you broke.”