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GEICO, the second-largest vehicle insurance underwriter in the US, has decided it will no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks. The company is terminating current Cybertruck policies and says the truck “doesn’t meet our underwriting guidelines.”

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

those things are very poorly made and all the most important parts are made of cheap plastic that an average person can literally rip off with his or her bare hands

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

"their" is shorter than "his or her"

(Even if you don't care about gender inclusiveness, they is just more convenient)

[–] thelasttoot 13 points 1 month ago

Similarly, "they" is also shorter than "he/she"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're correcting, sincerely, then good job.

If you're trolling... also, good job.

Either way 👍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wasn't strictly meaning to correct so much as point out a reason why it's more concise. I value the inclusive motivation too, if that was hard to tell; I just think there is another reason even if you don't care about inclusion.

It seems a lot of people are actively opposed to it though, not sure why. I'm just asking questions, you know?

😉

[–] scarabic 1 points 1 month ago

I’ll bet a lot of times people just start typing “he” and tack on “or she” when they catch themselves.