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Cake day: February 15th, 2025

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  • First of all, $42,000 is very average for a basic family car nowadays.

    Second of all, with incentives and tax credits, that’s more like $30,000-$35,000 depending where you live.

    Third of all, owning an EV is considerably cheaper than owning a dino-burner. No oil changes. No fluid changes. You charge at home for an order of magnitude cheaper than gas (unless you buy one of those GM cinderblock Hummers or F150s something equally stupid American). A $42,000 car with no scheduled maintenance, fuel costs, or mechanical repairs is surprisingly affordable compared to a dino-burner at the same sticker price.

    Fourth of all, even at only two years old, you can pretty easily and regularly find Model 3s for sale at 50% or more depreciation from new. Add in the tax credit for used EVs and a 2 year old family sedan for $17,500 with no gas or oil changes to ever buy starts to become a pretty good deal.

    Fifth of all, I cannot stress enough how completely unwilling most people are to completely reverse direction on a $xx,xxx financial commitment because it suddenly becomes a fad among internet nerds to get pissed off about it. If you people would step outside yourselves for five goddamn seconds and look at what you’re doing, I would be so happy.

    Elon blows goats. Fuck up his goat farm. Don’t fuck over regular people just living their lives.












  • Because you are not the main character of the universe.

    You will leave behind consequences for your actions. The consequences of the actions of others gave you the world you have lived in, as will the consequences of your shape the world of the future.

    There is nothing after death and we all know that, so all there’s left to plan for after you die is the legacy of what you did while you were here.

    Speaking for me, I value the idea that the consequences of my life wind up being more positive than negative for future generations. I also value feeling like I’ve changed things for the better now, and so when I have a platform or any influence I aim for that.

    If you don’t care about any of that, please seek counseling. The rest of us will be better off with fewer narcissists.