Things I've learned so far:

  • the door handles are shitty and flimsy

  • the car sometimes doesn't go into park and will keep driving

  • they have a 'toy box' app including a whoopie cushion.

  • one of the settings for the whoopie cushion is, "I'm so Random!"

  • they are manufactured super quickly and sometimes are missing things as crucial as the charging kit

  • they come in at different charges

  • they come in on transport mode which limits the speed to 31 mph

  • they have an annoying ass UFO sound when you go in reverse, but are completely silent when they drive forward

  • they are just so plastic

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    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      But you don't get to join the musk cult with doge coins

    • Ursus_Hexagonus [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Doesn't Tesla have a huge charging network that others can't use, or has that changed?

      • pppp1000 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Apparently they're opening it up to other EVs, according to Peelon. Not sure when but I believe he will be charging other manufacturers a handsome sum to keep his company floating.

  • learntocod [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Translate this to simplified Chinese, write it out on little scraps of paper, stash those in the car, wait for :reddit-logo: posts.

    “Help, I am forced to work on these shitty cars while my government gives a trillion dollars a year to oligarchs for shitty weapons. I just want health care.”

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Oh my god. I really love that idea. Thank you so much.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It's funny but I've read that the Tesla factory in China has a really good reputation for QC.

      • learntocod [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        No disrespect to any worker. I figured our comrade here is unloading the cars somewhere in the US. Even still, it’s not worth losing work you need.

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    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      To be fair, this runs against the motion that Musk didn't contribute anything to the car's design or UI.

  • Weedian [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    how many OSHA violations have they racked up this week?

  • comi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Don’t burn out :hahaha:

    Be safe comrade.

    Also how may of them are white?

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Thanks, comrade. About 1/5 are white. Most are blue or black.

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        • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Some big company I don't know about is buying them and we're basically working as a paid parking lot.

          No white people in sight anywhere lol.

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            • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Just means we gotta be careful about the auto driving cars not seeing us.

              :scared:

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                • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  We're living in times that were created for very specific purposes. We didn't accidentally wind up here

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    I hear if you try and unionize, Elon will personally come and kidnap you to the emerald mines. Is that true?

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I'm gonna find out. I want to ask the drivers to officially work for Tesla if they have a union. I'll doxx myself if I see Musk coming towards me with a burlap sack.

        • Alex_Jones [he/him]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          Just hedging the question like, 'It's good to work there, right? So you got a union?,

          • CyberMao [it/its]
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            3 years ago

            In case you’re not meming, don’t use the U word and get in contact with a Union rep who can get you organizer training. The course I took was 12 hours spread across 2 weekends and it gave us a fighting chance.

            • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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              Good call. I'll be careful. Thanks, comrade.

              • CrimsonSage [any]
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                3 years ago

                If management sniffs the U word you can be canned, and more than that blacklisted cus you can be sure as shit they have a way to flag that in background checks, be safe comrade.

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                  :this: especially if it’s a “right to work” state.

                  It’s also a race to see who can reach more employees first and better. Doing social mapping and initial one-on-ones after management’s sicked their middle manager dogs on everyone is real stressful work.

                  • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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                    3 years ago

                    Hmmm. It is a right to work state. Oh well, I can use this time to do the reading and learn when best to agitate for unions.

                    • CyberMao [it/its]
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                      3 years ago

                      Better to learn before you need to than after. I lost my first push, but if I’d been able to start even just a few months early at “full strength”, we’d have wiped the floor with those ghoulish fucks. Just a few less mistakes and a bit more time to work on some tough social leaders would have pushed us over. Having a party organized and waiting until the material conditions are right isn’t just for governmental revolution. My workplace was so fucking ripe and I sat on my ass looking for a new job for 2 months before I reached out to a rep.

                  • CrimsonSage [any]
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                    3 years ago

                    It would really suck to become a "trouble maker" over a temp job. Like don't get me wrong hella respect if you are gonna do it, but it just seems like a bad idea to me.

                • Alex_Jones [he/him]
                  hexagon
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                  3 years ago

                  That's good advice. I don't think many bazinga brains who unironically love Tesla would listen to a poc in a vest talk about the virtues of a union.

  • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Rearranging deck chairs on the titanic -> rearranging the Teslas on climate-changed earth

  • Alex_Jones [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    Also they're way behind schedule for how many cars they're supposed to bring over.

    :surprised-pika:

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      But I'm trying to plan for my retirement.

      :elmofire:

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        • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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          3 years ago

          I have the same retirement plan, but don't underestimate society's resilience. People could literally be ascending to heaven and we'll still be expected to show up to work.

          • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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            Getting a text from your boss like "I kno its ur day off but Hector got raptured, we need another person on food prep"

            Edit: Now laughing my ass off at the image of the staff of a chain restaurant all ascending to heaven leaving behind the bewildered patrons howling for treats

  • pppp1000 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Have you worked on Model X and how high is the failure rate for the latchless doors?

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I don't have any x models to work with, but I don't trust the 3 model's door handles