Tech CEO’s response to burning Teslas includes plans to “optimize” firefighting industry out of existence

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    3 days ago

    Given that Musk seems hell-bent on becoming the villain from every piece of science fiction ever, I kind of expect him to keep fire departments around but have them start fires.

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    I’m still shocked at how america is being taken apart and taken down by a white supremacist south african. Maybe their power wasn’t so super after all.

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    3 days ago

    only clue that this is satire

    Meanwhile, Tesla’s stock surged 17% on news that Musk had threatened to send all arsonists to Mars as “unwitting beta testers for our oxygen deprivation experiments.”

    Tesla’s stock did not go up 17%.

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      isGlitch kinda sucks. A joke that reads like it’s real is called a lie. The whole point of satire is going so far beyond plausibility that the tension is released and you experience hu-man comedy. But this site seems to be a straight pipe to some AI prompts.

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      2 days ago

      I definitely did on this one and it’s a good reminder that I’m amplifying my echo chamber by getting lazy and only looking at headlines.

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    3 days ago

    Oh man, he’s going to pull a Crassus. I hope he ends the exact same way too, nothing would be more fitting.

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Elon just wants to get back to the traditional roots of firefighting.

    Private companies standing around and watching buildings burn, until the owner comes out and pays them.

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    3 days ago

    Weird thing to want when people are setting your businesses on fire.

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    3 days ago

    Aren’t the fire departments the one “saving” his burning show rooms? I mean if you wanna let them all burn down without being stopped by all means 👐🏼