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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 (31 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) (30 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"

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