It should have been just one made for elon to drive around in. I’d still laugh though.

Someone in the Tesla forum posted that if the truck sold for 15k it wouldnt be laughed at. What do you think? It would certainly make it less ridiculous to own one. More of a peculiarity than a gigantic red flag.

I think there is a large group of people in America who define their self worth based on how much money their family makes. For them they see the cyber truck as showing off their success.

Maybe this is just dumb rich people. What did they used to buy before this? Exotic cars that break down ever few hundred miles? Outfits that cost tens of thousands of dollars?

I like spinners and dont think they make someone an idiot. I probably won’t ever buy them myself but they are at least fun. I haven’t seen a set in ages though.

I think the question is, why do those people not seem to react the same way to a cyber truck.

Price does matter right? I saw a comment in the original post on the Tesla forum saying people wouldnt laugh if it cost 15k. I think they are right but I dont think they realize why it would be less embarrassing if it was a budget car.

How much money do I need to bring your country before I can be called royalty and collect taxes from each person?

The only reason it still exists is because the only people who can give away that power is the royal family at the moment.

Yeah the ants are annoying, they seem to come through my house every so many years during summer. You see one and then realize theres a whole bunch of them all over. They can be tricky to deal with.

I won’t defend mosquito’s though, they are the worst.

Well mainly because most bugs aren’t doing anything harmful. Those removal services are to prevent damage or harm that can occur. A spider hanging out in the rafters is not hurting anyone. If the visual of a spider and a web is a problem then relocating them seems to be most reasonable.

If you have a line of ants show up, figure out where they are coming from and plug it, and then trap the ants and put them out side.

The question shouldnt be why let them live, in my opinion. It should be why should we kill that specific bug or five bugs or ten. Even a lot of those businesses that remove bugs and animals will do so non-lethally if possible. They can move whole nests in some cases

I understand you have a fear but it can’t be healthy to alleviate that fear by killing the cause of it whether its justified or not.

It can range in time for people thats for sure. Theres also different quality of learning. Its very important not to accidentally learn mistakes. It takes time and effort to build a habit.

I think you are trying to make the statement here that you have a justifiable fear of bugs, and that you are permitted to kill them on sight because of it.

This is essentially the justifiable racism defense but with bugs. Would you argue the same way about say a minority group if you had been victimized by minorities repeatedly as a child?

Obviously you aren’t saying racist things here, but you are saying there is a whole group of living things that you kill on sight because you had some bad experiences with them many years ago.

Okay but adults can choose to undo a bad habit. It doesnt take that long, maybe a month. It helps to learn about the bugs and what they do, how they live.

If I were in your shoes I think the accidental mouse killing would have been a catalyst for that. Ive never killed an animal though and I’m already vegan, so theres no way to know for sure.

Its also a south thing in america. Florida has as many small lizards running around as squirrels up north.

How impulsive of you.

Castlevania 64?!

Divine nonchalance to you!

Well thats certainly a position, fuck morality and all.

I actually didnt know how you felt about it until this last post, and I mostly agree. Ive been seeing an aversion here from people to acknowledge the downsides of it though and thats been frustrating. And I even pirate stuff myself.

Thank you for the reference!

Thank you for the reference!

Is there some sort of debate about the origin of museum pieces thats been going on?

Is there a time period I could research for when Arab Muslims conquered Egypt?