Blue_Morpho,

Mitch’s sister in law died in a Tesla.

Mitch Endorses Trump.

Trump meets with Elon Musk.

Do I have the timeline correct?

Fedizen,

theoretically it should be possible to remotely control a tesla. I’m not saying its murder, but did anyone check?

kava,

This is one of the reasons I am hesitant to get any “digital car”. I’ve read that government has backdoors to turn off engine or otherwise control cars.

Fedizen,

cant wait for children to break into that technology for giggles

blazeknave,

The real threat is foreign bad actors. There’s a global database that maps all VINs.

How many Americans have connected cars? How many are in garages? How many will not smell the exhaust before it kills them when every car in the country is started one night?

That’s WMD

Source: I used to meet with the CISOs of all the global auto manufacturers annually. If you’re a light sleeper, don’t work in infosec.

kava,

interesting idea for what really amounts to a terrorist attack. any others? i figure you may have some other cool ones

personally, i’m more scared of our government in most cases. of course, foreign bad actors can and will do damage but over the long term the government, should it morph into something a bit more authoritarian than it is today, would have much more incentive and capability to do harmful things

i remember there was some leak nearly a decade ago already that showed NSA can access all smart TVs. some TVs even have microphones so that they can listen to what’s going on in your living room. Makes you wonder if Orwell was a time traveler

blazeknave,

I was a pretty big punk rock anarchist conspiracy theorist from my preteens through my early 20s. Now I work in the field. IMHO the US’ version (not the GOP’s) of world order, is the least scary. And with these psychos threatening murder and shit, the SOTU rebuttal about knee deep in blood… I’ve come to accept whatever dumb shit I or anyone I know is doing online, the govt doesn’t give a shit. But as a FOSS nerd and EFF-donating privacy advocate, I feel you. My real fear is bad actors leveraging and extorting people.

As far as other examples… Just imagine every single thing you know is connected, is under attack 100% of every day in every direction. Way before the current tension, the US has been in cyber warfare with Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, etc. Right now they’re all trying to steal each other’s classified data. Some off the books guys might be actively trying to meltdown a nuclear plant. The world is your oyster. Whatever you can imagine, it’s happening. That’s why those Industry meetups I attended exist. Lookup ISAC. Automotive, finance, healthcare, manufacturing… Every vertical has an org where the security leadership exchanges best practices in spite of corporate competition, “bc the bad guys are sharing tips, so why shouldn’t we?”

I think you’re talking about PRISM? Iirc they had a pipe directly from the Bell/At&t Telco building at the Brooklyn bridge but that could have been hearsay. But I’d argue he was just a historian, not a futurist. It’s always been the same. Just different tools.

Blue_Morpho, (edited )

The great thing about software is it can be programmed to leave no evidence.

“The log says self driving was off”

“The log says the computer controlled doors were unlocked”

Who wrote that log? Yeah.

arc,

When your Tesla is on fire, or sinking, you can play a fun little game called “Find the manual door release”

Che_Donkey,
@Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml avatar

Wait…

…there isn’t one?

arc,

There is, you just have to find it while the car sinks or the flames spread. It’s not the normal button that a user might be accustomed to pushing to get out so they might not know where it is and finding it in time might be the difference between life and death. For front doors it’s usually a lever somewhere but in some model Ys and the cybertruck the rear door release is hidden. under a mat in the door recess.

Emerald,

There seems to be a lot of conflicting info on this for example the Tesla model and what exactly caused it to go into the water. Either way, make sure that your vehicle is going the direction you desire before you start moving fast enough to cause an issue.

although, this probably wouldn’t have happened if the user had physical feedback to feel whether the shifter moved how they wanted it to or not. Fuck tesla. The rescue crews also had issues with getting into the tesla that wouldn’t have happened on most vehicles.

Shadywack,
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  • samus12345,
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    Eh, an eternity of torment is too much no matter how many sins are committed in a single lifetime anyway.

    Harbinger01173430,

    You are so gullible to think that they would simply allow themselves to suffer in hell. They’ll probably try to take Lucifer’s throne. I’d do that.

    Shadywack,
    @Shadywack@lemmy.world avatar

    Fear mechanisms sure are effective. It took a real long time to get to where people don’t put all their trust into the imaginary extradimensional space wizard. The comfort is that we’re mortal, and those fuckheads WILL DIE eventually.

    friend_of_satan,

    I think god downvoted you.

    samus12345,
    @samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

    I’m curious whether it was believers who are mad on behalf of their god, or non-believers who are as vindictive as the god they don’t believe in.

    dumpsterlid,

    The horror of someone who believes deeply in eternity realizing in the very last moment of existence that there is no eternity, no nothing in fact, after this moment isn’t a fitting punishment for a villain?

    I dunno, don’t knock it til you try it.

    Voran,

    IDK. Annihilation is not frightening. I will not be awake to experience it. The only frightening thing is that it’s hard to conceptualize not existing so you default to the nearest thing you can imagine which is a black void or being trapped in a coffin.

    dumpsterlid,

    Annihilation itself isn’t scary, it is the moment before it that is scary.

    Shadywack,
    @Shadywack@lemmy.world avatar

    I cross many lines people consider ethical out of my hatred for them. There is no good and evil naturally, just what we create, and I have an admittedly unhealthy bottomless wellspring of hatred for the billionaire class. There’s no “enough”, not by any means, to satisfy the totality of the ill intent I wish upon them.

    dumpsterlid,

    There is no good and evil naturally, just what we create

    Which is love, which may wear scary forms, but it is always what gives us the power to sustain as beings through the fucking constant pain of suffering and injustice both within and without.

    Billionaires should not exist.

    Arthur_Leywin,

    Annnnnd I’m becoming a worse person cuz this put a smile on my face. Honestly it’s partially her fault for trusting Elon’s company.

    Emerald,

    Would you say that if they died in a Ford? Chevy? Honda?

    Arthur_Leywin,

    I would still smile but I would not blame her for choosing a Honda. Tesla is special because Elon is special.

    ColeSloth,

    If anyone’s curious, it looks like you “hold the brake and swipe up” on a touchscreen area to go in drive, and “hold the brake and swipe down” to go into reverse.

    So yeah, it’s not a physical shifter, though it seems pretty intuitive and simple. BUT if you’re in reverse and try to swipe up to drive(like you’d do during a 3 point turn) , you have no feedback aside from looking at the screen to let you know it actually registered your shift.

    IMO this is another idiotic implementation at going cheap on physical controls or “being high tech fancy” that shouldn’t exist. It’s dumb to not have important functions give physical feedback while driving. I’m not laying most of the blame on tesla for this. It still sounds like she’s the one who really screwed herself, but I’d all but guarantee there’s going to be a lawsuit for this one, and rightly so. Fuck all this touch control crap in cars. It’s lousy enough just on the radios.

    Blackmist,

    But bro, you’ll save like $0.87 per car by not including a physical gearshifter. Won’t anyone think of the poor shareholders footing that bill.

    BrianTheeBiscuiteer,

    Anton Yelchin was also done in by a not too dissimilar feature. The gear shift of his vehicle returned to a “neutral position” after shifting so unless you looked at the letter indicator you may not realize what gear you’re in.

    ColeSloth,

    I have the same annoyance with my prius. It’s a physical shifter you move, but it electronically shifts and the shifter always goes back to the same spot. If I try shifting in a hurry it won’t register every so often.

    nexusband,
    @nexusband@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s however not a good comparison because you still have a physical “way” of feeling where you are shifting to. I never had an issue with shifters that return to neutral, even in very high stress situations.

    Touch controls are however a very different thing, because you have absolutely no indication if you actually shifted or not.

    In fact, Ive had various cars now with return to neutral shifters - the new Mazda CX-60/70/80/90 don’t have this and I happend to shift in neutral, simply resting my hand on the shifter…

    ColeSloth,

    My prius is like this and every once in a while if I let of the brake a touch to soon while I shift it won’t register going from drive to reverse, or the other way around. It’s annoying, but something I’m aware of. Something that never happens with a physical shifter.

    elbarto777,

    I’m curious. In what situations do shifters need to return to neutral? Like, at a stop? Or when you open the door? Why neutral and not park, for example? Or is park also neutral in EV lingo?

    Furbag,

    “Return to neutral” does not mean neutral gear in this context. If you shift an old Prius into Drive, the shifter knob snaps back to the center of the jig, which is a neutral position for it to be in. It doesn’t stay in the Drive slot while the car is in Drive. You can probably find photos or videos of this out there somewhere.

    elbarto777, (edited )

    Edit: I understand it better. Thanks. Yeah, I think that can be annoying too. You have to pay attention to the knob in order to know which gear you are in, and when it lands where you want it to land. I guess new drivers would be more comfortable with that.

    Thanks for the explanation!

    Thanks, but that doesn’t sound like the OP is describing, though. You’re saying that in the old Prius, you put the car in Drive and it will stay in Drive. Whereas OP seems to be implying that they put it in Drive, and then the car switched to Neutral (not Drive anymore.) Otherwise, why would anyone be annoyed by that?

    qwertilliopasd,

    That is the worst idea ever. When I drove a snow plow I would shift from forward to reverse and back hundreds of times a storm. Without taking my eyes off my surroundings.

    douglasg14b,
    @douglasg14b@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s simple but it’s not easy, because it’s complex.

    If there’s anything we’ve learned in human history of engineering and design it’s that complexity kills when relying on human nature to control.

    Maggoty,

    Even a button shift. Literally just a row of buttons, select your gear by pressing it. Reverse would be under a safety cover so you don’t hit it at 60mph.

    Bytemeister,

    Or, you just have logic in the car’s software that stops you from shifting to reverse over 5mph.

    Maggoty,

    Don’t trust software. Just don’t. Software crashes planes. There’s no way car companies are programming better than plane companies. You can certainly have the feature, but a safety cover should also exist in such a configuration. There’s no reason, except shareholder primacy, to not include it.

    AA5B,

    How’s that any different?

    • My current Tesla has a stalk to click up/down to go into reverse/drive, but I always verify before taking my foot off the brake
    • my Subaru had a physical shifter on the console to move forward or back to a specific selection , but I always verified by taking my foot off the brake
    • I used to have a Pontiac with a shifter stalk on the steering wheel that I move to a specific selection, but I always verified before taking my foot off the brake
    ColeSloth,

    There’s over 300 people here who seem to agree with me. Then there’s you.

    Thann,
    @Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

    Don’t forget the fancy electric door handles that stop working when you back into a pond.

    There are emergency override handles, but not everyone knows where they are or how to use them, so they’re not all that useful in an emergency.

    These deadly features are purely cosmetic, so I would lay a decent amount of blame is on tesla

    MashedPotatoJeff,

    If I had my way, regulations would require a physical connection for all door handles, and not just that a secondary physical release be available. I don’t know how you would go about finding injuries associated with each design as a layperson, but I bet there’s a death or two associated with each novel design.

    An old man roasted in his Cadillac XLR because the battery was dead and he didn’t know where the secondary release was. I think it’s under the seat on that car. I don’t care how cool that electronic door release was, or if the old man was negligent in not knowing his exits; it wasn’t worth his life.

    Maggoty,

    This is why I liked driving the newer Army vehicles or well cared for Humvees. Everything was labeled. Anything important to not hit accidentally had a safety cover. And anything not obvious like an out of sight fire extinguisher has a high visibility sign pointing to it from your normal field of view.

    Fuck fashion, give me cars that are comfortable and safe.

    chiliedogg,

    And let’s not forget that there are people who have flexibility issues that can’t reach under their seat in an emergency.

    NocturnalEngineer,

    Or might have gained injuries during the accident preventing them from reaching.

    NotMyOldRedditName,

    The front driver and passenger emergency handles are so intuitively placed that every Tesla owner has to warn all their passengers not to use them.

    The back is another story entirely if they even have them, but the front are fine.

    Edit: I will grant people might forget after not using them for years in a moment of panic. But they know.

    Everythingispenguins,

    I love how they made the emergency door release a multi step process, which on some models recommended a flat head screwdriver or in others only is for the front doors.

    elbarto777,

    A flat-head screwdriver for an emergency door O_o

    How do these cars pass regulations?

    Maggoty,

    The only regulations we have is that we’re not allowed to implement European safety features.

    An exaggeration, but damn does it feel that way.

    Thann,
    @Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

    When you regulate yourself, it’s easy to pass

    rsuri,

    This would be at least the second time this “feature” has been tied to dying horribly.

    AA5B,

    I do have to find these but ….

    • you don’t need the mechanical backup if you open the door immediately
    • mechanical backup can’t help with unequal pressure while you’re sinking
    • who the heck would think of that while underwater in a car full of water?

    IMO, the real answers are:

    1. Train people to open windows when they go into the water and expect to swim out. There ought to be power long enough to do this
    2. Make sure there is a window breaker securely mounted someplace obvious

    I don’t know if I’d do any better in a panic, but I really ought to get window breakers for all my family’s cars

    shasta,

    I thought you couldn’t open normal doors underwater anyway due to water pressure so the recommendation is to kick out your windshield. Do newer cars have doors that open more easily underwater?

    Signtist,

    Stupid cosmetic designs have been an issue for a long time. There was a theater fire in Chicago in the early 1900’s where a bunch of people died because they couldn’t figure out how to use the fancy door handles while panicking and being crushed by everyone trying to get out. That’s the reason why exit doors on buildings with a high occupancy are now required to swing out, and have those pushbar locks that allow the door to open even if you’re just falling on it.

    If it’s possible that someone will need to use something while panicking, it needs to be as simple, intuitive, and failproof as possible

    anon_8675309,

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    He’s gotta do time at his neuralink first

    AtariDump,

    … and have those pushbar locks that allow the door to open even if you’re just falling on it.

    Crash bars

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_bar

    KevonLooney,

    If it’s possible

    It’s always “possible”. In fact, it’s inevitable that an accident or emergency will happen. They happen every day. It’s clearly Tesla’s fault for having terrible controls but what else is new?

    That’s why we have dedicated first responders instead of just fire hoses everywhere. Many fires can be stopped with just some baking soda or a wet towel, but non-professionals can’t be trusted to act rationally in that situation.

    nilloc,

    I’d hope that this would institute federal rules for vehicle egress and drive controls. Even if it’s only because a Richie died.

    Jeep was forced to recall their confusing shifters after one crushed that actor in his driveway.

    But I can also see Elon being a fucking snowflake about it and trying to whine his way out of spending any inflated investor money fixing this problem.

    roguetrick,

    Wanted to chime in and clarify, the major issue there is you cannot operate a door handle in a crush, no matter how much of your senses you have. Can’t use a door handle if you can’t use your arms. Am drunk on the internet and hope this isn’t interpreted as a hostile reply.

    Adramis,

    But isn’t the point of crash bar locks that just the act of being crushed against the door will force it open? The only thing you have to do to open it is push on it or be pushed into it. Of course that won’t help you when you fall as the door swings open and get trampled, but it’s better than everyone burning to death.

    roguetrick,

    Absolutely.

    EssentialCoffee,

    It wasn’t that they didn’t know how to use the door handles. It was that the doors opened inward.

    There were also ornamental doors that were an issue, but those weren’t actually doors, so it wasn’t that the victims couldn’t figure out how to use the handles, it’s that the “doors” weren’t really doors. They were walls.

    anivia,

    These deadly features are purely cosmetic

    No, electronic door handles are not cosmetic, they save a lot more lives than than they kill by people drowning or burning alive in their car because they are too stupid to read their cars manual.

    Since you apparently do not know this, the purpose of electronic door handles is for the car to be able to lock you out from opening the door if there is a car or bicycle approaching from behind in your blind spot. That’s why you only see them in cars with blind spot radars

    That being said, Teslas design is still terrible. In Audis the electronic door handle doubles up as the mechanical emergency door handle, you just need to pull on it harder than normal and it will engage the manual mechanism

    Garbanzo,

    they save a lot more lives than than they kill

    Do they? Can you provide any examples?

    the purpose of electronic door handles is for the car to be able to lock you out from opening the door if there is a car or bicycle approaching from behind in your blind spot.

    Seems like they created a lot of unnecessary risk to alleviate a relatively minor problem.

    Maggoty,

    So it needs to fail open then. Without a charge it should fail into a position it can be opened or actually open itself.

    This is not a new issue. Failure engineering has been around for a long time.

    Thann,
    @Thann@lemmy.ml avatar

    Bro, you dont need electronc door-handles to have electronic locks,

    olympicyes,

    Swiping up to drive is the same direction as tap up to reverse from a previous model Tesla. Kind of like how trackpads and mouse scroll wheels work in opposite directions. I can see how it’s not so intuitive if the direction contradicts 35 years of muscle memory.

    dhork,

    I find it hard to talk badly of anyone who had just died, whether or not they were related to Mitch McConnell. That was a horrible way to go.

    But, if it turns out the Tesla design was at fault, then we may be watching one of the few families who have enough resources to challenge Elon Musk get medieval on his ass. Which would be fun to watch, even if did take a tragedy to start all off.

    dirthawker0,

    The level of glee here over a death is kind of appalling. Yeah, she was a billionaire, so was Steve Jobs. Related by marriage to Mitch does not make her responsible for Mitch’s garbage decisions. I’m sure she has family and friends who are devastated. I had not heard anything about her existence before this, but even if she’s a bad person she’s still a human and drowning is an awful way to die.

    psycho_driver,

    I came close to drowning as a kid and I don’t think it would be all that bad of a way to go.

    Burn_The_Right, (edited )

    Their family is not a “loving family” that normal people would imagine. These are conservatives who lack the capacity for empathy and do not feel kindness or love for one another. Their relationships are transactional.

    If they sue, it will only be because they see an opportunity for profit. Not because they want to prevent this from happening to anyone else.

    aniki,

    If it’s about money for them, they may see a payday incoming. At the very least, the insurance company that had a life insurance policy out on her might have a thing or two to say to Muskrat. I cannot imagine how much money they are going to be paying out.

    Burn_The_Right,

    I’m really torn between hoping the lawsuit payout is very high vs. not wanting the McConnell crime family to become even richer.

    aniki,

    You could make the argument that because this societal parasite is now dead that overall their net worth will be less than if she spent the rest of her life accumulating.

    Maeve,

    My family and most people I know are poor, and this is also how they function. Even the "side" pieces.

    dhork,

    I disagree, it’s important to note that Conservatives love their families, too. They are not inhuman.

    And their love of their family can, for some, feed into their racism. Their families are successful and they may attribute that to genetics. People with inferior genetics can’t really help themselves, can they? They need a ruling class to make the important decisions for them.

    You’re right though, if they sue it won’t be to prevent this from happening to anyone else. It will be for revenge and punishment. Profit is a side motive here. They might pour an excessive amount into any lawsuit just for revenge.

    Dragster39,

    That paragraph about genetics and needing a ruling class because the poor can’t help themselves feels so wrong, immoral and like a completely degenerate thing to say that I am tempted to turn the argument around and say that these people need help. Who in there right mind would, seriously, consider something that’s not even the closest thing to being backed by science and logic.

    dhork,

    Who in there right mind would, seriously, consider something that’s not even the closest thing to being backed by science and logic.

    They’re not interested in science, logic, or anything that goes against their pre-concieved world view, though. They are right because they have the courage of their convictions, and if there are facts or logic that get in the way, well the facts and logic must be wrong!

    That’s how we get to almost half the country believing in “alternative facts”, which makes governing this country so hard.

    Vytle,

    Im begining to think that billionares are just weak to water.

    atx_aquarian,
    @atx_aquarian@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s their magnetism.

    BilboBargains,

    Billionaire Kryptonite recipe.

    One part billionaire, one part Tesla, two parts billionaire tears. Shake well and douse with copious volumes of lake water. Chef’s kiss

    moitoi,

    It was cold out, so she decided to take her Tesla Model X SUV for the four-minute drive rather than walk.

    It says everything.

    elbarto777, (edited )

    A four-minute drive is like a 20-minute walk. If it was really that cold, I may have done the same thing.

    The way you portray it, “it says everything,” is not fair - and yes, I know we’re talking about a billionaire. Like, she deserved to die because she didn’t want to walk in the cold.

    Her death shouldn’t have happened the way it did. And again, yes, I know she’s a billionaire, fuck billionaires, etc etc. But her mistake was her not being careful while driving, and potentially the car not being safe enough (e.g. doors jam-locked?)

    MeanEYE,
    @MeanEYE@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s 100% Tesla’s fault. Mechanical way to open doors is not obvious and hidden, sometimes all together missing. And car relies on power to open the door, which runs out when submerged. Shit car with shit ideas. There’s a reason why windows easily shatter on cars and Musk and his cult followers seem to think getting out of car in case of emergency is less important than sounding cool.

    olympicyes,

    I bet her car didn’t have a shifting stalk. New Model X makes you shift using the touchscreen. I knew that idea sounded unsafe but holy moly.

    AMDIsOurLord,

    What?

    olympicyes,

    Swiping up to drive is the same direction as tap up to reverse from a previous model Tesla. Kind of like how trackpads and mouse scroll wheels work in opposite directions. I can see how it’s not so intuitive if the direction contradicts 35 years of muscle memory.

    tmyakal,

    The pressure of the water against the door would’ve prevented her from opening it regardless of the door’s mechanical features or power supply issues.

    The windows not shattering is absolutely a Tesla design flaw, but there’s no way that woman was ever going to open a door from inside a submerged car.

    Maggoty,

    Okay but a door that just works is going to be easier to get open before water pressure makes that impossible. Also, once there’s enough water in the car, a mechanical door will open just fine. At which point you swim for it in the opposite direction the car is moving.

    ForgotAboutDre,

    That’s wouldn’t be a factor once the water entered the car. The pressure equalises if there water is on both side of the door.

    MeanEYE,
    @MeanEYE@lemmy.world avatar

    Pressure takes a while to build up and you generally can open the door before car sinks enough, it’s been tested. But even if you had to wait for car to fill with water, pressure would equalize then and you’d have no issues opening the door. Of course, you need to keep calm to use all of those tricks but car taking them away from you just increases risk of something like that happening.

    perestroika, (edited )

    True, but there’s some more.

    Over here, ice roads are opened on typical winters on several smaller bays. The instruction to drivers is:

    • don’t wear a seatbelt
    • if ice breaks, open your door swiftly (get out first, then think about calling people)
    • if you can’t open the door, lower your window swiftly
    • if you can’t lower the window, break it (the side window, not the windshield - a windshield is multilayer laminate, too strong to break quickly)

    Typically, if a car sinks on an ice road, people are likely to get out. A crank-operated window is handy in such a case. But regardless of instruction, sometimes folks do die. :(

    In general, I would not like to experience any sort of extreme incident in an over-engineered car. I’d prefer something from the 1970-ties, but with airbags.

    Knightfox,

    I agree with the sentiment that we shouldn’t be praising people’s deaths, but I want to point out the cold part

    Texas Hill Country loosely covers an area around Fredricksburg Texas with San Antonio and Austin being just on the outskirts. Looking back at the weather reports, and not knowing the exact location, the temperature on 2/10 was a low of 45-65 degrees F. Considering the lows typically come in in the late hours of the night the more realistic temperature was somewhere between 50-75 degrees F.

    Also, you can see the picture of the ranch in the article which also says it’s a 900 acre ranch. 900 acres is only 1.4 sq miles. It’s one thing to say a 4 min drive at 35 mph vs walking, but realistically it’s a lot slower speed and thus a lot shorter walk.

    elbarto777,

    Point taken, but regardless, it still doesn’t merit some rando say “Driving instead of walking because it’s cold? It says everything - NO WONDER she died!!!” It’s a silly thing to conclude.

    Knightfox,

    Absolutely agree

    SwingingTheLamp,

    Yes, if it’s cold, I will often make a 4-minute drive instead of walking 20 minutes from my guest house to my main house on my own property. It’s so relatable to most Americans!

    elbarto777,

    You just want to bash billionaires, and I’ve already addressed that in my original comment. If you don’t want to understand my point, that’s on you. Stop with the strawman arguments.

    SwingingTheLamp,

    Ooh, we got ourselves a mind reader, folks!

    twistypencil,

    Cold, in Texas? I mean, I’m sure it gets cold, but it’s not Canada and people go on 20min walks in the dead of winter with their dogs there. Awful way to die, no question.

    elbarto777,

    Oh I understand. But it’s all about perspective.

    Someone living in Siberia may say “cold in Canada? Silly geese.”

    I come from a tropical climate in which people wear jackets when it’s 21 C (31 C being the average all year round.) In my mind, 21 degrees Celsius (about 68 F I think) was damn cold.

    Of course, I now laugh about that.

    But I won’t judge her for not wanting to be cold and using a maybe seemingly reasonable way to do that.

    Maggoty,

    See that’s why living in Arizona is so much fun. There’s some park ranger in Death Valley but what’s the odds on running into them online?

    elbarto777,

    Lol! That was funny :)

    But anyway, Arizona can have cold snaps, right? Like 32 F at night in January? I know New Mexico and Texas do.

    But that rarely happens at sea level in an actual tropical region, near the equator.

    Maggoty,

    You should look at Northern Arizona. Southern Arizona is really hot and then Northern Arizona is high plains that can rival Canada for snow every few years. (Fun fact, when they were wondering where all the snow was for the Vancouver Olympics? It was in Arizona, we stole it fair and square!)

    Th3D3k0y,

    My first trip to Florida from Ohio I was on a tour at Kennedy Space Center. When I got there I noticed all the people in jackets, it was 65F, I was perplexed. Now the opposite is also true, I hate weather over 80F, too dang hot.

    RampantParanoia2365,

    …I have places that are 5 minute drives from my house. Do you think I take 40 minute strolls each time I want to visit one?

    miseducator,

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  • ikidd,
    @ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

    Top comment right here.

    AtariDump,

    Aaaand it’s gone.

    ikidd,
    @ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

    The mods on this community are pathetic. It wasn’t offensive in the least.

    Cryophilia,

    They’ve been getting worse lately.

    werefreeatlast,

    So anyway, let’s say you have a story and one minute of the story the character is driving peacefully to get to Walmart, but 60 seconds later she is in her Tesla completely submerged making a phone call. Maybe searching what to do via Goo… duck duck go. Wouldn’t it be interesting for the reader to know a little bit more about the story?

    For example, what was she wearing? Was her mechanic’s name Frank or Dave? Was the water cold? What did she need at Walmart anyway?

    Forget about the part of how the car actually made it into the water. What about the part where it started sinking? Did it sink slowly? Nose first? Did she know that the sand on your shoes could fracture the glass if it had hard enough material? Again, let’s not even talk about how the Tesla went from the road to underwater… pretty obvious…a gigantic alien picked it up and tossed it in the water.

    Kyrgizion,

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  • Sidewalker,

    Have some humanity. I fucking hate Mitch and the GOP as much as anyone, but this seems like nothing more than a tragic accident. The woman had a family and Im grieving their loss. This sucks all around.

    Hominine,
    @Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

    Wow this thread is a straight condemnation of Lemmy’s high-horse. It’s wild that the comment above yours is neutralized on votes and yours is so far in the negative. What did you do that was so worthy of condemnation? Express concern for another human being’s family.

    Of course, people here will tell you that billionaires discount lives on daily even while they discount the lives of the loved ones of this woman. Were all of them billionaires? Perhaps. Regardless of the size of their pockets we do know that they are human.

    Folks that lean left generally understand what it’s like to be caught in the circumstances of your birth. It’s incredibly telling that this self-same group finds it so easy to dismiss the value of this human life and those around her.

    You’re right to be concerned for the well-being of others, and I believe I’m right to be concerned about the company we’re keeping here. It’s seemingly a group of people that will dismiss the death of someone wealthy, even while they assume the wealthy will dismiss the death of the poor. I wouldn’t say it’s entirely incorrect even though it’s just as morally bankrupt.

    aidan,

    So much online discourse I’ve seen on here is just the same as Reddit. Stripping the humanity of people you don’t like. It’s just tribalist, cringey, and narcissistic.

    ABCDE,

    Not really; did you grieve for people you heard of dying in the news the other day? Grieving isn’t just being sad for a brief moment then moving on with your day.

    aStonedSanta,

    Your empathy for unempathetic people is depressing. Stand up for yourself better.

    0x0,

    Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me. I don’t want to be the kind of person that “turns off” empathy at will.

    aStonedSanta,

    Fair enough. It’s just my opinion. 💜

    barooboodoo,

    This is hilariously stupid, like genuinely ask yourself how Rage Against the Machine would feel about a billionaire dying.

    0x0,

    Would you consider RATM an authority on how I should feel?

    I mean, fuck billionaires in any sense that actually matters. They shouldn’t get to hoard wealth while real people can’t afford housing, medical care, etc. At the same time, I refuse to laugh at a human being drowning to death. Literally nobody deserves that. I’m also morally opposed to the death penalty.

    Maybe I’m just not hardcore enough.

    barooboodoo,

    Would you consider RATM an authority on how I should feel?

    You quoted them so, maybe?

    Hominine,
    @Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

    I fail to see how not having a modicum of empathy for this person’s family after their horrific death qualifies as “standing up for myself,” but do feel free to explain this worldview in detail.

    aStonedSanta,

    This person would have no second thought at you dying in this car. Or your family. Therefor you are defending and standing up for someone who would trash you. It’s just sad to watch from the outside is all.

    Hominine,
    @Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

    This person would have no second thought at you dying in this car. Or your family.

    Even if this were true, are we to assume the same of this woman’s grandchildren? Her distant family?
    Regardless, I fail to see the need to laugh at a terrible death, and that is certainly not standing up for anyone’s moral compass but my own.

    The sad state of affairs here is how far you and others like you are removed from your humanity.

    aStonedSanta,

    I don’t recall saying you should laugh. I recall saying you shouldn’t have empathy.

    Hominine,
    @Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

    No, the top level comment refers to laughter and that is specifically what I am speaking out against here.
    And yes, I do have empathy for the family members of this woman and I find it telling that you let that slide by.

    aStonedSanta,

    I haven’t let anything slide by. You are making assumptions about my character simply because I have no empathy for a single person because of their choices that led them to die. Again. I, Me, Santa did not say laughing is okay.

    Hominine,
    @Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

    You jumped into the thread unwittingly then, and I am glad you have some amount of concern for such frivolity at the conclusion of a horrible death.

    However, I clearly and repeatedly highlighted OP’s and my concern for the family, and yet again you seem to have missed that.

    aStonedSanta,

    Correct. I am ignoring the family aspect of this story as it doesn’t matter. People die in car crashes every single day. A billionaire dying is a good thing imo. Like a dragon being plucked from the story books and laid before society’s feet. I am also very aware of how callous this is. The family does not deserve this. No one deserves this. But they damn sure do not deserve your empathy either imo. They are part of a family benefiting off suffering and doing nothing to stand out against it. They did their part letting themselves benefit from the unempathetic people they called family.

    intensely_human,

    How does the family benefit from suffering?

    aStonedSanta,

    The only way in my eyes to become a billionaire is off the suffering of others. So their association and ability to spend that money is their benefit. Whether attained by them or others. They still play an important role in the destruction of those other human beings production and value.

    intensely_human,

    The only way in my eyes to become a billionaire is off the suffering of others.

    So what if I brought a $10 insulin vial to market and sold 100 million units?

    Is that taking advantage of the suffering of others? How is being a billionaire different than being a millionaire in that sense? Doesn’t money come when you provide something more valuable than the money to someone else?

    aStonedSanta,

    It depends on how you are viewing the situation and at what point you are declaring ownership. “I” brought. No you and the people who work for you brought it to market. Instead of sharing that wealth with the workers that created the value. You’ve hoarded it to get rich. And created suffering for those workers as their value was stolen from them to line your pockets. So “you” could bring something to market.

    ABCDE,

    That isn’t $1b of wealth or profit. You did not do that alone either.

    Hominine,
    @Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

    All of our families seem to have benefited from barbarity, (though I take your point in the here and now.) In addition, I have a hard time blaming those born into that family (particularly the younger members), as none of us choose our birth, and it seems to me that wealth can be as deranging as poverty.

    If my words felt calibrated to attack, I apologize and truly appreciate the conversation. You are considerate and I appreciate the handle.

    aStonedSanta,

    Yeah not at all. I love discourse and not arguments. And I dunno I think we had good discourse. 💜

    aStonedSanta,

    “Wealth can be as deranging as poverty” exactly. The problem is their inherent power from the wealth makes their interactions so much more destructive. Yet most of the time. They are just doing what’s best for their family. It’s hard to be callous tbh but sometimes I feel it’s needed. Lacking empathy is draining as fuck. Lol

    intensely_human,

    You are making assumptions about my character simply because I have no empathy for a single person because of their choices that led them to die

    You bet your ass I’m judging your character based on this.

    aStonedSanta,

    Have you ever looked at the Darwin awards and laughed? Damn you are just as bad as me!

    intensely_human,

    Of course I have. I bet a lot of those people would laugh at their own deaths too, if they could see them afterward.

    But that has nothing to do with empathy.

    Being able to turn your empathy off at will, seeing empathy as a thing you can control, that tells me about your character.

    You might not like that this reveals information about you, but it does.

    aStonedSanta,

    Interesting. Having the ability to control empathy and how it’s handed out is a very strong defense mechanism. Surprised you haven’t done it yourself in order to protect yourself from narcissistic people you have met through life. Or maybe you are over analyzing my comment as it’s not like I’m able to turn empathy on and off at will. But factors will affect it. As with all things. Blatantly being empathetic to everything is a recipe for suffering.

    intensely_human,

    Empathy is not the opposite of standing up for yourself, though thinking so does explain a hell of a lot of leftist politics these days.

    aStonedSanta,

    Depends on the context of the situation in my opinion but I understand where you are coming from. I’ve found if someone has no empathy for me. I should not return the favor to them as they’ve shown their hand. Does that make me spiteful? Probably. But I really love the quote. “Listen when someone tells you who they are”. As you can tell I’m callous and don’t have empathy for billionaires or ultra rich.

    ABCDE,

    They didn’t say it was, that’s a logical fallacy.

    ABCDE,

    Folks that lean left generally understand what it’s like to be caught in the circumstances of your birth. It’s incredibly telling that this self-same group finds it so easy to dismiss the value of this human life and those around her.

    You seem to have attributed feelings of people here to one side or the other, how and why? Do you have a record of how each person leans politically?

    Sidewalker,

    It’s okay. I realize lots of people are suffering and as a result tensions are high. I didn’t mean to make everyone so angry and I realize my initial comment of ‘have some humanity’ was to harsh. I’m sorry I made so many people angry with this.

    I do feel bad for the people that loved this woman regardless of how much money she has. I don’t wish that pain on anyone.

    Hominine,
    @Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

    You’re fine, this gets out of hand quick and I ended up feeling for someone that was getting pilloried in the snap-back.
    Thanks for the thoughtful reply and have a great week.

    Deceptichum,
    Deceptichum avatar

    Fuck no, zero sympathy for billionaires.

    Aatube, (edited )

    Still , it's not something I'd be comfortable laughing about.

    Edit: Seeing vs not seeing federated downvotes on kbin is really night and day

    Sterile_Technique,
    @Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world avatar

    Meme authors are sure to help you with that; sit tight, they usually roll out pretty quick!

    zcd, (edited )

    If you could push a button and get $1 million but a random person dies, would you push it? Billionaires are pushing that button all day every day, as many times as they possibly can

    aStonedSanta,

    Exactly.

    Sidewalker,

    I would not push such a button.

    I don’t think the kids who just miss their mom this morning are undeserving of my empathy no matter how much money the mom had. I can’t just turn off how I feel about this. I am sorry I made so many here angry though.

    ABCDE,

    Im grieving their loss

    That’s seems odd for someone you don’t know or care about at all.

    aidan,

    That’s what empathy is.

    ABCDE,

    It’s an example of empathy but not what it is.

    Sidewalker,

    I don’t know why, but it’s easy for me to imagine a person out there just grieving the loss of their mom this morning, and in turn imagining how I might feel in their shoes. It feels bad, and my heart does go out to them.

    I am sorry that I made so many people here angry, but I can’t turn off how I feel about it. i stand by it.

    ABCDE,

    I don’t think anyone is angry towards you. You can put yourself in their shoes but grieving is a pretty personal experience, usually because it’s someone you knew.

    Kyrgizion,

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  • Plague_Doctor,

    True, they were ready to send us all back to work at the start of the pandemic, no matter how many of us died or had family members killed.

    Guy_Fieris_Hair,

    As seen in Isreal and the pandemic response. $$$$ is worth more than the life of minions to them. Humanity is better off without that scum.

    Sterile_Technique,
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  • givesomefucks,

    She’s a fucking billionaire that spends holidays with Mitch McConnell.

    No one she knows gives a single fuck about you or anyone you know.

    And they’re actively hurting millions of people without a second thought.

    Don’t waste your pity on someone like this

    homesweethomeMrL,

    To be fair, the plea was for humanity, not billionairity. At some point this person was an infant and we’d protect and care about her then.

    Yes, the inequality is atrocious and her party is cruel and ruthless about expanding it, but therein lies the catch - we’re all gonna go some day. Right? Literally at the end of it we’re all the same in that regard. (cryogenicists and brain-in-a-computer people to the left)

    So I think it’s a crazy and sad story, I feel bad for the human, but the larger metaphor is ok to be temporarily amused by, imho. Y’know the problem with the French Revolution was they got really into beheading people. Children, pets, etc. Like, way more than anyone should, “even though” etc. Because if we lose that humanity we’re worse off than we are now, right?

    Anyway, don’t sweat the downvotes, humanity person. It’s just people being mad about billionaires, and who isn’t?

    Hiro8811,

    So…Tesla are the new way to kill persons now?

    june,

    Oh no

    Anyway, I’m going to Vegas later this week to get messy with my friends for my 40th. Anyone have any recommendations for places to hit?

    dingdongmetacarples,

    Check out Omega Mart at Area 15

    june,

    Yep! Have tickets for that already. Very excited.

    mdd,

    “Remember, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Except for herpes. That shit’ll come back with you.”

    Sterile_Technique,
    @Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world avatar

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  • june,

    Ooh, good call. Too bad I’m not renting a car. How much do you think Uber will charge for the service?

    qwertilliopasd,

    Isn’t the tesla underground deathtrap in vegas?

    homesweethomeMrL,

    It is!

    Got_Bent,

    Stromboli at 4 kegs.

    Super sketch building and parking lot.

    Red vinyl booths and decor not updated since Elvis was a teenager truck driver.

    Bartenders who’ve seen the hard times.

    Open 24/7

    Drinking

    Smoking

    Gambling

    High likelihood of hepatitis A, B, C and as of yet unknown variants

    And the best fucking stromboli this side of the Gambino family

    www.fourkegs.com

    Also, your first stop out of the Vegas airport should always be for early morning drinks at the Double Down Saloon. I’ll let you figure out that that gem of a property on your own.

    KevonLooney,

    Why would you ever pay to drink in Vegas? Head immediately to the Rite Aid and get alcohol like everyone else. Or go to any sports betting section in a casino. Drinks are free.

    Got_Bent,

    I’m not entirely sure I said anything about paying for drinks in Vegas. I’ve never paid for a drink in either fine high class establishment I described.

    zeekaran,

    Golden Tiki is an excellent bar. That whole area has great food too.

    And if you know anything about Meow Wolf, their third location is a short ride away. It’s called Omega Mart. It’s fine to go in drunk but it’s better to start sober and get drinks at their bar.

    june,

    We have our meow wolf tickets! Plan is exactly to go in sober (maybe high already) and stop at the bar.

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