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[–] bcron 117 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Man youtubers are dumb as hell. Use a stick or something

[–] bitchkat 81 points 7 months ago (4 children)

He used a banana, an organic dildo, and a carrot. It snapped the carrot and then he decided to try with his arm, hand, and finger.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It snapped the tip of the carrot, which wouldn't be a lot of resistance

Based on what it didn't cut through, his finger should have been safe but apparently Tesla designed the thing to keep increasing the pressure if it detects resistance each time until it can close, which is absolutely baffling. I don't know of any other safety feature that turns down the safety the more it activates. The fact that it reacts to the exact same conditions differently each time should, in itself, be deeply concerning for any safety feature.

It might have been dumb of him to try it, but that doesn't change that it's still unsafe.

[–] postmateDumbass 8 points 7 months ago

I wonder if FSD backs up after running over a pedestrian to confirn that 'Yup, it was something with the road there' before continuing to drive forward again.

[–] Everythingispenguins 2 points 7 months ago

Not say I agree but here is the logic. Self closing trunks are pretty common on many vehicles. A problem that is/was (I think a lot of manufacturers have mostly fix it) happen was the trunk lid would detect the resistance from a grocery bag or something. You know the stuff that in the past you could have just shut the lid with a little force. When this resistance was felt the lid would open back up. A good thing for safety but it can lead to the trunk never closing.

I bet when Tesla wrote the code they forgot to give it a maximum pressure it could close with regardless of how many times it closed. Or they set the maximum pressure way too hard.

[–] NoSpiritAnimal 24 points 7 months ago (3 children)

organic dildo

He slammed his peantus in the hood?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

No, that would ruin the steel of totally high quality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Emerald 1 points 7 months ago

Someone somewhere is going to do this now. They'll probably be from Florida.

[–] GladiusB 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Then it's his own damn fault. Even if he tries suing, he will lose.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That's why you get "don't put living animals in the microwave oven" in the instructions.

If Tesla didn't explicitely wrote "don't put your f***ing finger in the way on purpose after multiple attempts to close it!" he may have a chance.

He will plead a trauma from the loss of trust in his beloved car brand and the credibility damage on his Youtube channel and ask for M$.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, it snapped the carrot before the update. After the update, it only snapped the very tip. That's a pretty important detail imo.

[–] bitchkat 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So you're confirming that it snapped the carrot? And then he tried it with body parts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, it snapped the thin tip of the carrot. I didn't watch the video, but it sounded like he went from safest to least safe, so produce first and body parts afterward (arm, then hand, then finger).

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

I think hot dogs are good test subjects

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We live in an age where the notion of "thinking something through before doing it", also known as "common sense" has been replaced with the need to get it out there onto the internet as fast as possible before someone else beats you to it. The need for social gratification on the internet beats the need for self-preservation.

The first time I recall realizing this what when another YouTube dipship picked up a Portuguese Man-o-war and people got pissy when it was pointed out how lucky he was to not have been stung and how it was sheer dumb luck that he was still alive

People defended him saying "He didn't know it was dangerous, he didn't know what it was..." And that's the whole fucking point... We used to live in a society were people were smart enough to not touch shit that they don't know if it's dangerous or not. The concept of erring on the side of caution is now abandoned because of stupidity and social media credits.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"we used to" No the fuck we didn't. Humans have always been dumb, shortsighted, and curious. The internet just makes it really easy to see the ones that fuck up enough to be entertaining.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah. You're right that we've always been dumb and stupid and would do stupid shit to impress our peer group

But I firmly believe social media has inflated the definition of "peer group" to include "internet followers", which jacks the whole stupidity up to 11.

For example, you're a nineties kid walking through the mall with your friends in your JNKO jeans and your slap-it watch. One of your friends decides he's going to be an idiot by balancing on the railing of the second floor and you all have a good laugh. Edit: If his friends hadn't been there, would he have done it? I doubt it. But now his "friends" don't have to be there, because they're just random followers to give him social media points.

That's sort of what I meant. Its not the we didn't do dumb shit as kids, its that social media credit has motivated people to do dumb shit when they normally wouldn't.

Edit: also, WE grew out of it. Nowadays they are socially and financially incentivized to NOT grow out of that phase.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Yeah. No one ever gave me AdSense dollars for nearly busting my fucking head.

[–] RyruGrr 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Truth. As an 80s kid / 90s teen, I feel pretty lucky to be alive. I'm grateful for the few times in my life when common sense kicked in, and I said no.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Same. Was thirteen in 89. Graduated in 94. Hit Y2K at 23. Basically peak Clerks/Dazed and Confused generation.

To make matters worse I grew up in a small town where there was nothing better to do THAN do stupid shit with friends.

[–] postmateDumbass 1 points 7 months ago

Natural selection will find a place to strike.

[–] postmateDumbass 2 points 7 months ago

Its the same wirh Being First To Market.

But in the financial world your failed risk hurts more than your family.

[–] anlumo 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Dicks get more clicks.

[–] bcron 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would have preferred a 'will it blend' format with the ultimate test being the Cybertruck's own keyfob (you have one job!)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The keyfob is either just a credit card sized thing, or your phone. There is no fob.

[–] atrielienz 1 points 7 months ago

Didn't the model 3 have one that was a miniature car? You'd think they would allow that as an option for the cyber truck.