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from the tardygrade's perspective is it playing a large violin or a normal-sized cello?
Size-wise, relative to him, it's much closer to a violin than a cello, maybe slightly larger. So a viola would be the best fit. I think the picture is of a cello though, just sized strangely.
Edit: that image is strange. It's really popular, but bad. He's playing the strings from the wrong side of the bridge. How do you get that wrong?
Because of the size difference between humans and tardigrades, it's hard for tardigrades to attend music lessons and otherwise learn about human musical instruments, so give him a chance, he's probably trying his best.
It's impressive enough that a creature without thumbs is able to hold the bow in the first place, and you want to criticise him for how he's holding his cellolin?
He's holding the bow perfectly though, its just weird of him to miss the bridge
It has to be a normal-sized cello, a violin would have toe be the other way around.
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"can't give this thing away unless I lower the price to probably $79k. Sucks."
A brand new AWD CT from Tesla is $79,990.
Headline is clickbait. Seller is a whinger. Trash all round. Saved you a click.
Sorry to ask, but what is a "whinger"?
I believe it means "whiner". As in one who whines and complains.
I don't know where @CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net hails, but I just know this because I am a dad, which means I watch Bluey, and sometimes the dad on Bluey will tell the kids to "quit whinging".
Huh, it's common as in Australia.
Never thought of it as an Australian word. Odds are it has its roots in England though I guess
In Harry Potter, an English book, the Dursleys are from Little Whinging, because Rowling has no imagination.
She didn't plagiarise all of Harry potter though so she must have some imagination. Creatively bankrupt might be more apt
Rowling's goblins? Based on a racist caricature
The house elves? Wouldn't you know it, also based on a racist caricature
Centaurs? You guessed it! Based on a racist caricature!
My Geordie friend uses it a lot, I think you're right on the money.
(Geordies are from the region around Newcastle upon Tyne from what he told me, so part of northern England)
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Between price drops and the cybertruck recently qualifying for the federal EV tax credit, buyers can get a brand new unit for what this guy is asking. This early adopter paid too much and got a bad deal, but there's no mystery as to why no one wants to buy at his asking price.
Off topic: it looks waaaaay better in black. 😳
Honestly yeah. Almost batmobileisc
That's what the guy who blew up his cybertruck said. Made him feel like Batman.
“I feel like Batman, or Halo”
That's because you see less of it :)
A lot of ugly cars look better in black, the Chevrolet Uplander for example
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No one will buy a used car for more than they can get a new one. Who knew?
"I can't give this thing away."
FTA: He's not trying to give it away. He's expecting last year's used market value for it, but it's steadily depreciating. Someone offered him 50k for it. He overpaid for a new car.
Pretty much, guy's just being a Karen. "Broken TV from the 60's, 500 dollars. Don't low ball me, I know what I have."
A fool and his money...
idiot wants brand new value for his used vehicle. i hate these things, but this doesnt match reality on non-tesla vehicles let a lone one thats now nazi-based.
I can think of one way to get rid of it. Saw it on the news last week. He's probably not going to like it.
There is a Tesla dealership near my house that has a lot full of them. A ridiculous number. It seems that Tesla is struggling to get rid of them. Hard to believe that there is not a huge market for electric dumpsters sold by a conspicuous asshole.
All of a sudden I don’t feel like the stupidest person for having my passport stolen and missing my flight.
That doesn't make you stupid, more like a victim at least with the context you provided.
Ooof sorry to hear that. Any chance of getting it back? Sometimes people take the money but return the IDs / passport to wherever was closest.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to concern anyone with my absent mindedness. I filed a police report and the police did examine the cameras and confirmed the theft but I didn’t choose to prosecute. I already made arrangements with the embassy to get a temporary pass and travel back home next week.
All’s well that ends well.
Expensive lesson, try not being a sucker next time.
"Oh no my shitty car depreciated" god who would have guessed
Park it front of a hotel with something something has a fuse
Sledder also shares that over his lifetime, he has driven and sold over 40 exotic cars, and the Cybertruck is the one vehicle he is having the most trouble finding buyers for.
Not sure why he’s mentioning exotic cars and Cybertrucks in the same sentence. Anyways, he was a sucker the moment he paid the extra $20k or whatever for the Foundation Series. He was never getting that back.
That one is not as bad looking as the rest but it still screams 3rd grade art project
Have you tried exploding it?
Play stupid games...
Remember? The value of an item is what you get paid for, not what you want to get from it.
It should rust into nothing in a few months, then problem solved.
Tesla owners deserve every bad thing that comes their way. No sympathy.
too soon?
Matthew Livelsberger recently got rid of his Cybertruck
Can’t handle the douchnozzle neon sign lighting up when you drive that thing in public?
If analyzed in purelly financial terms, buying a brand new car is almost invariably one of the worst investments there is compared to other options (if you really need a car, aim for a car which is 1 or 2 years), and if you couple that with taking a punt on a Musk product on the user side (not even the shareholders' side but quite literally the side of the people the shareholders, most noteably Musk, want to extract money from, so pretty much the suckers' side) AND, maybe worse, doing it as an early adopter, pretty much adds up to a guaranteed lubless shafting.
Investing in a "I'm a sucker" tattoo for one's forehead probably has a better return.
buying a brand new car is almost invariably one of the worst investments
Because it's not an investment. There is nothing wrong with buying a new car if you plan on keeping it. You get the original manufacturer's warranty, no worries about a previous owner having been in an accident or not keeping up with routine maintenance, and often times you can lower your initial cost of ownership via dealer financing that's below market rates because they're willing to take loses there to move vehicles. Just a quick look, 2022 Toyota Corolla SE with 33k miles is selling for roughly ~$23k. A brand new 2025 Corolla SE is selling for ~$26k. If you need to finance it, you're going to get better rates on the new vehicle vs the used. You're getting 3 years worth of improvements and you're getting a full manufacturer's warranty and not just the balance of what's outstanding on a 3 year old vehicle with 33k miles on it.
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Aren't you literally not allowed to resale a Tesla (RIP First Sale doctrine)
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