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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • It’s tied to company stock performance. He’s only getting a trillion if he brings Tesla to like an 8 trillion dollar valuation, which seems pretty unlikely given his weird behaviour, their broken PR, and their weird valuation for years. Oh, and the competition heating up in the EV sector.

    But to answer the question asked: those people who could go on strike have a few shares or options in TSLA, so if Elon hits that insane target, they all stand to make millions themselves.

    That, and they knowingly and willingly work for a nazi that doesn’t care about them. I don’t think there’s anything he could say or do that would make them rethink their career path.


  • I first saw this each time Bush was elected. So many people vowed to move to Canada if that bastard got elected.

    Then the bastard got elected. And Canada reported like a tiny spike in traffic to their immigration information website. I think actual applications were up a statistically insignificant amount.

    I guess it’s like the difference between filing for bankruptcy and Declaring It, Michael.


  • Ultra low speed limit signs always make me laugh.

    My car has an analog speedometer and the first number is 20. The best speed they’re going to get from me, especially driving up a ramp in stop-and-go traffic is “less than 20”.

    I used to live in an apartment building where they just posted a speed limit sign that said “DEAD SLOW”. My friend got a complaint letter from strata that he was speeding. He replied that “dead slow is a nautical term meaning a ship must travel in such a way that they don’t lose the ability to steer. I was not operating a boat and my ability to steer was never in question.” They gave him a “warning” and said the actual speed limit is 10; though that wasn’t on any sign nor ever written anywhere.







  • I feel like admitting that would have led to him getting a bullet in the head.

    The machines obviously aren’t interested in reconnecting him - they grow humans by the thousand in their facilities. Like you’re not going to hike for a day to pick up lost carrot when you have them growing in your garden.

    The only way the machines would consider reconnecting him would be as part of a deal for something significantly more valuable than one human. If Morpheus is on the table? Sure, now that’s worth it. Which isn’t to say they wouldn’t have betrayed and killed him once they had Morpheus anyway. Our only assurance that they would honour an agreement is a throwaway line from the Architect at the end of Reloaded.

    And if there’s no going back, what does a terrified resistance do when one of their fighters starts talking about joining the enemy? He’s too dangerous - he’s gotta go.





  • This happened on my car after an oil change (not at Canadian Tire) and they did the same thing. Zap straps to reattach the bottom (plastic in my case) because the old bolts had rusted through. They never mentioned to me either, but fortunately I still had 4/6 original bolts still in place.

    I get that an oil change customer doesn’t want to hear “uhhhh we found some broke shit that’s going to cost extra to fix”, but it’s not an acceptable alternative to half ass a shitty fix and not tell anyone. It’s like opening up the walls in your home for the first time and discovering the insanely lazy job a plumber or electrician hid behind a wall.