r/SipsTea • • 7h ago

Lmao gottem Valid point

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u/True_Protection6842 7h ago

One exists and is wildly useful. The other is self indulgent bullshit to distract from the fact that Tesla is a terrible company that would be bankrupt without the circus act. 

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u/TheQuadricorn 7h ago edited 7h ago

How much fucking money was deposited to make a piece of shit car fly for a couple of seconds that could have changed many many lives makes me sick. Fuck this timeline and fuck that musk gooch

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u/ArcticCelt 5h ago

How much fucking money was deposited to make a piece of shit car fly for a couple of seconds

They basically used the stabilization from SpaceX mixed with the old compress air gimmick that was used in the 1984 Olympics, which only work for very short flights because you quickly run out of compressed Nitrogen after a couple of seconds, which is a technology from the cutting edge 1960s. It's great to make a visual stunt but you need to constantly recharge the nitrogen canisters each time the feature is used to impress your friends for a couple of seconds.

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u/No-Minimum3259 3h ago

You don't need high tech to convince a gulliblle and poorly educated audience. The US has no shortage of both.

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u/orixandcrake 52m ago

Hate to tell you that European tech bros are also fawning over Daddy Muskrat right now.