It depends on the car. If I see a nice looking expensive car I don't think they're an asshole. Seeing something amazing is a treat for a gearhead like me, no matter how bitter I am.
The Cybertruck, however, is ugly as fuck. Unless your aesthetic is 80s low-poly video games it is even uglier in person than pictures. The fact that something that ugly costs that much is almost insulting.
The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown....
The options are basically an SUV with a giant touch screen and data harvesting, plus a cell phone connection so they can brick your car with a software update. None of that is appealing to me.
I wore a mask to the store last weekend because I had to get something for my mom and had a pretty nasty sinus infection and didn't want other people to catch my cold. If I have to be in a crowded place I also wear a mask because other people aren't as considerate.
Shipbuilding and car manufacturing both have extensive defense applications. They'll keep both around because if there's a war they need a local industry.
A luxury yacht belonging to Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk was officially transferred to the Ukrainian state on May 15, said Ukraine’s Agency for Investigation and Management of Assets, known by its Ukrainian acronym ARMA....
Seen in a place called Ollie’s, which buys up merchandise stores like Walmart can’t unload. I didn’t think it was worth the ten bucks. Ugly, ugly toys.
House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and...
Florida and Alabama have banned lab meat, but some in the livestock industry fear the precedent of states deciding what goes on store shelves, and what can’t.
Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson addressed recent developments in the state’s governor’s race Monday morning, days after two people named Robert Ferguson joined the ballot....
Bad news is us tall guys get bruised knees from the seats. Good news is we get to watch everything everyone is doing on the screens in front of us. I watched like ten movies at once on the last flight I was on.
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Maine Cybertruck Owner Sad Everyone Hates His Truck (jalopnik.com)
Those poor jeans had it rough (lemmy.world)
Fewer people in the US plan to buy EVs this year, study shows (www.reuters.com)
The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown....
Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 40,000 amid renewed hopes for U.S. economy (www.nbcnews.com)
Once more, into the weeeee! (lemmy.world)
North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime (apnews.com)
China Isn’t Scared Of Biden’s Big Bad EV Tariffs (jalopnik.com)
Nice house (jlai.lu)
Exclusive: US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Medvechuk's yacht officially transferred to Ukrainian state (kyivindependent.com)
A luxury yacht belonging to Ukrainian oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk was officially transferred to the Ukrainian state on May 15, said Ukraine’s Agency for Investigation and Management of Assets, known by its Ukrainian acronym ARMA....
Star Trek may have gone a licensing agreement too far... (lemmy.world)
Seen in a place called Ollie’s, which buys up merchandise stores like Walmart can’t unload. I didn’t think it was worth the ten bucks. Ugly, ugly toys.
I asked for rudest place names not offensive ones! (c.l3n.co)
Devout Christian Mike Johnson shows up to hush money trial to defend a guy accused of cheating on his wife with a porn star (www.vanityfair.com)
House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else. He has said his “faith informs everything I do.” He has told people curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly runs a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself notarized, states, “We believe and...
What's your most unpopular opinion about music ?
For me : Trippie Redd’s “!” Is actually a great album
Why states are suddenly making it a crime to sell lab-grown meat (wapo.st)
Florida and Alabama have banned lab meat, but some in the livestock industry fear the precedent of states deciding what goes on store shelves, and what can’t.
Voters Want Change. In Our Poll, They See It in Trump. - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
Yeah, why you vote even if you don’t particularly like Biden…...
2 Democratic candidates named Bob Ferguson withdraw from WA governor's race (www.komonews.com)
Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson addressed recent developments in the state’s governor’s race Monday morning, days after two people named Robert Ferguson joined the ballot....
The second matchup of the tournament (lemmy.world)
FAA bill would force the agency to craft 'real world' rules for airplane evacuations (www.wpr.org)
If an airplane has to be evacuated, the Federal Aviation Administration says all passengers must be capable of getting outwithin 90 seconds....
Broad Public Support for Legal Abortion Persists 2 Years After Dobbs (www.pewresearch.org)
It is very therapeutic to garden, though. (lemmy.today)
Democrats Ask Biden to Investigate Grocery Store Price-Fixing (time.com)