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Tech CEO's response to burning Teslas includes plans to "optimize" firefighting industry out of existence

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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Given that Musk seems hell-bent on becoming the villain from every piece of science fiction ever, I kind of expect him to keep fire departments around but have them start fires.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Very handy for book burnings.

[–] ZJBlank@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Literally Fahrenheit 451

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

keep fire departments around but have them start fires.

Ah, so it's the 1930s again.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago

I'm still shocked at how america is being taken apart and taken down by a white supremacist south african. Maybe their power wasn't so super after all.

[–] biznachio@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Yes—say and do things that are going to make you more unpopular.

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think I just ate the onion.

[–] anomoly_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I definitely did on this one and it's a good reminder that I'm amplifying my echo chamber by getting lazy and only looking at headlines.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

only clue that this is satire

Meanwhile, Tesla's stock surged 17% on news that Musk had threatened to send all arsonists to Mars as "unwitting beta testers for our oxygen deprivation experiments."

Tesla's stock did not go up 17%.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Oh man, he's going to pull a Crassus. I hope he ends the exact same way too, nothing would be more fitting.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Weird thing to want when people are setting your businesses on fire.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was he on drugs when he posted? It’s a pretty bizarre read.

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I don't know if it's drugs or trying to be funny or both

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Elon just wants to get back to the traditional roots of firefighting.

Private companies standing around and watching buildings burn, until the owner comes out and pays them.

Godamn this is borderline believable.

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The same fire department preventing his shitty cars from burning down entire cities?

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Aren’t the fire departments the one “saving” his burning show rooms? I mean if you wanna let them all burn down without being stopped by all means 👐🏼