I saw a Tesla in Brisbane the other day with one of those 'I bought this before Elon went crazy' stickers on it. When I looked it up on the rego check app, it was a 2024 model. Nice try, but no. :D

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, those stickers only work if it's older than the Thai caving incident, IMO.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Even that late is being pretty generous. Anyone paying attention could have picked it up much earlier, but yeah, that was probably his first fairly public display of what he's really like.

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Anyone paying attention could have picked it up much earlier

There's the issue. We can't expect every EV driver to have been paying attention to the politics of it's manufacturer at the time of purchase.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, his direction was already obvious by then if you were paying attention, with his abuse of Twitter to defraud investors, or his Hyperloop bullshit to stall public transport investment. But sticking his arse where it wasn't wanted, reacting like a complete manbaby when called out for his attention-seeking, projecting hard onto the actual hero, hiring someone to stalk said hero and try to dig up dirt, and finally perjuring himself in court to avoid losing a defamation lawsuit…that's an absolute final straw. Supporting him after that is inexcusable.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Even the Paypal stuff way before that was a clear indication of what he was like when you look back on it. That wasn't widely known at the time, though. My awakening was with the 'Elon Musk Is Not Your Friend' video from Some More News.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

They just don't want their car keyed.