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Party leader doubling down on it:

Leave it to the libertarians to decry kids eating quinoa and sushi as extravagant while they feast on the finest imported American brainworms.

        • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          6 months ago

          I saw a video of a guy (not necessarily a chud) who stuck a stick under the trunk door of his cybertruck claiming this initial test would prove how safe the trunk door was; it snaps, and he still sticks his finger under the trunk door and gets it broken.

          People would absolutely buy this gun and think it works as advertised.

            • Dirt_Possum [any, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
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              6 months ago

              Part of what’s funny about the video is that he was trying to showcase a software update Tesla released, the purpose of which was specifically for making it safe to close the trunk on your fingers. He tests it with a cucumber and banana and it actually looks reasonably safe but then he does the test with his finger. Not only does the test fail but the trunk won’t open so he’s stuck there shocked in obvious pain and can’t get his finger back out.

              It doesn’t actually break but he shows it afterward and it’s clearly smashed with bruises and a decent sized cut from the trunk’s edge. He comes back and has some excuse from tesla about it being because he tested with veggies first and the software thought he was trying to shut it with something blocking it because of the previous repeated attempts. He actually starts to test it again with his finger saying “This time it should hurt way less…” but he can’t do it, he keeps pulling back right before it closes in what I might have said was finally a tiny bit of sense, only it’s an instinctive reaction and he can’t help it. He concludes that we’ll just have to trust it from the last banana test.

              Here it is if anyone wants to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA55B1kobnw