I'd really love to meet some of these people IRL to see how their brain ticks.
On the internet I see so many people that make politics their whole life. In the real world I live in a pretty left leaning areas with many Teslas and no one I know is interested in getting rid of theirs.
Frankly politics isn't even a consideration for me when I buy a product. I guess that makes me a bad person by internet standards, but I really only care about getting a good product.
> love to meet some of these people IRL to see how their brain ticks
The most popular car colours are white, grey and black [1]. People don’t generally want opinionated cars. Driving a Tesla is now politically opinionated.
> I live in a pretty left leaning areas with many Teslas
If everyone drives a Tesla it’s not opinionated. I live in a small blue town in a deep red state. Folks are dumping their Teslas.
Nationally, Teslas have depreciated 10% over the last year, Cybertrucks 60% [2].
If you are not threatened by an ideology of death, then you are a proponent. Even the suggestion of nazism or communism or feudalism should result in scorn and massive repercussions.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 35.8 ms ] threadOn the internet I see so many people that make politics their whole life. In the real world I live in a pretty left leaning areas with many Teslas and no one I know is interested in getting rid of theirs.
Frankly politics isn't even a consideration for me when I buy a product. I guess that makes me a bad person by internet standards, but I really only care about getting a good product.
The most popular car colours are white, grey and black [1]. People don’t generally want opinionated cars. Driving a Tesla is now politically opinionated.
> I live in a pretty left leaning areas with many Teslas
If everyone drives a Tesla it’s not opinionated. I live in a small blue town in a deep red state. Folks are dumping their Teslas.
Nationally, Teslas have depreciated 10% over the last year, Cybertrucks 60% [2].
[1] https://www.edmunds.com/most-popular-car-colors/
[2] https://www.cargurus.com/research/price-trends/Tesla-m112
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5305269/tesla-state-dep...