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    I’ve just remembered “I’m a free speech absolutist, but not when it comes to parodies of me” and “tweeting my publicly available flight logs is sending out assassination coordinates”. What a joke of an individual. Cry more Elmo.

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      I have even forgotten he is in cars business, more news from him when he is manipulating crypto prices

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      I’m in the EV market right now, looking for a good commuter car, and Tesla went from my #1 spot to one of the last options. It’s amazing how well he tanked that whole business. Luckily there’s a ton of competition cheaters now

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        A conservative was talking at me a few weeks ago about how much he loved how Musk was pissing off the libs and about how he’s a shrewd businessman. I asked if he would buy a Tesla and he said never. He didn’t have a response when I told him Musk doesn’t sound like a good businessman.

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      If you’re in California, be aware that there’s a hidden/sneaky “EV tax” and you’ll be paying (nearly) double registration fees every year. Mine went from $330 to alamost $700.

      Also public charging is starting to be a problem as there’s not nearly enough charging stations and CA does nothing about it.

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        You’re also not paying gas taxes though. They have to make up the lost gas tax revenue somehow. Realistically, it should be based on the miles driven and the weight of the car (road damages increases exponentially with the weight of the vehicle), but for now they just have that flat EV tax.

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      Try charging a non Tesla while on a road trip, you’ll learn fast.

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    It’s not cheating to hire the workers you unceremoniously fired to save money asshole. It’s called capitalism.

    Then again, every super wealthy capitalist doesn’t actually want capitalism. They want feudalism, where nobody else is allowed to compete with them and if someone makes them angry they can banish them from society without trial.

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        If we’re bbq’ing and you’re using silverware I think you’re doing it wrong, all bbq is finger food and bread is your napkin. It’s like the only time eating like you’re 6 when you’re 56 is socially acceptable.

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    “Competition is fine” says the guy that was born into wealth and was given a huge leg up in life. Although, I really hope they duke it out in court with Meta just so they burn through piles of money needlessly.

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    Welfare queen, that relies on government subsidies to run his business, accuses other billionaires of cheating in the market. Hilarious

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    What they do is pass laws to make their cheating legal and therefore not cheating, while making actual honest competition illegal, and therefore cheating. The game is easy when it’s rigged.

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    I can’t believe I’m rooting for The Zuck. Worse case of “enemy of my enemy” ever.

    Though if Twitter does fall Meta should be next. It won’t be, but it’s nice to imagine.

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      We’ve really entered the Twilight Zone. I’m rooting for The Zuck to win this battle and I’m rooting for Disney in Florida.

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        As much as Disney influenced my childhood, I definitely have my criticisms on their practices as a company.

        Them fighting Ronny is not one of them. I was gonna make a pun on Desantis, but I drew up blank

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    Why does he consider it cheating? Now hopefully facebook will fuck it up, as well, so they loose money and user base.