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Ted Gioia's avatar

I didn’t mention Elon Musk anywhere in this article. I didn’t even refer to him indirectly. Nor is any politician or political party mentioned at any point in the text. Feel free to disagree with the article but please don’t misrepresent what I actually wrote.

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Keith Otis Edwards's avatar

And nowhere did I say that you had mentioned Musk. I addressed your opinions in a separate comment, but this reply is to the comment of Ms. Dune, and it refers to the mob mentality on wide display here that Since Elon Musk is in league with Satan himself, the modern truck his company makes is thus Satanic in itself and thus must be put down viciously.

My comment to your essay instead concerns your devout preference for ideas and creations of the glorious past over those of the present or anything threatening from the ominous future.

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Ted Gioia's avatar

You don’t understand my views in the least. You misrepresented them here and in your other comment.

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Keith Otis Edwards's avatar

I believe that a cogent argument can be made that in all cases, not just this novel truck, you hail the art and ideas of the past over those of the present. Can you point to any of your sermons in which you praise modern music, art, writing or thought as being superior to that of the past?

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Ted Gioia's avatar

This is exactly what I’m referring to—you misrepresent my views. I’ve recommended around 400 new albums here in the last three years. I spend hours every day listening to new music, and I am an enthusiastic advocate for it. Either you don’t know my work, or you deliberately misrepresent it.

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Charlotte Dune's avatar

I like the cyber truck. Actually I LOVE IT. It makes me feel really safe when I’m riding in it, which I’ve never felt in a car before. Perhaps the feeling for women is tremendous safety and for men it is power?

I also live in a flood prone area, so I thought it would be great for that. If I could afford it, I’d buy my daughter one also. It is an apocalyptic car, so tough, but that’s why I like it. You aren’t going to blow out the tires on a pot hole or get crunched up to death if someone hits you in a cyber truck. I guess many trucks would be like this, but they’d also be harder to drive than the cyber truck, which they made very easy with all the screen visualizations and handling.

I also think Elon Musk makes great cars in general. I own a Tesla 3 and I love it.

I’m totally fine with democracy and people can support whomever and whatever ideas they want.

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71 911E's avatar

I do think the truck is ugly. I respect your reasons for liking it. But I will note that Lithium-Ion batteries are inherently dangerous when exposed to dihydrogen oxide (little high school chemistry class name for water). So please consider other options if you're affected by a flood.

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Charlotte Dune's avatar

I mean driving through the floods. The cyber truck has a boat mode that seals the battery off from water.

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71 911E's avatar

That's great, I had no idea and should have figured the future Martian had considered that.

You could add some AA guns and look like a small warship.

Just pulling you chain.

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Jerry Kennedy's avatar

Satan? You totally discredit your comments on that reference alone!

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HL Gazes's avatar

The whole Satan schtick is more a GQP, mob mentality thing than it is for us who find Musk rather disgusting for many different reasons. And Satan has little to do with it.

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