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Nic McConnell @NicMcC83:

this is the most devastating review of anything i've ever seen

Scary Whitta @garywhitta· 1d:

Imagine if your printer was also your car. That's what owning a Tesla is like.

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[–] MotoAsh 148 points 8 months ago (23 children)

All corporations. All corporations will not be happy until ownership is a concept of the past. You are borrowing the company's resources and paying them for the service.

If you don't like it, stop heralding capitalism as the be-all of economic systems...

[–] captainlezbian 126 points 8 months ago (23 children)

This is Lemmy, you don’t have to convince people not to like capitalism here, we’re already on board

[–] [email protected] 43 points 8 months ago

We already have a noose set up for the first instance that gets greedy.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago (6 children)

It's ironic, isn't it. With the most common "criticism" of communism being that nobody will be able to have any personal belongings..

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

As far as i know, communists want to share means of production (usually land and machines, anything you need to work other than your brain). That means you may have your own printer and car, as long as you pay for it with a well distributed salary.

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"I'm sorry Dave, I can't leave the driveway, I'm out of Magenta."

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Man, I wish I were this clever. 🏅

[–] _stranger_ 58 points 8 months ago (4 children)

plot twist: It's a Brother monochrome laser printer.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (5 children)

The equivalent of an old brother mono laser would be a Lada or a Toyota hilux. It may not be pretty, but it's simple and it will run forever.

We got rid of the old hl2030 in favor of a fancy color printer/scanner. Now we have neither.

[–] shadowspirit 19 points 8 months ago

We got rid of the old hl2030 in favor of a fancy color printer/scanner. Now we have neither.

Your words cut deep.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Agreed entirely. I'm a big evangelist for Brother's business class black and white laser printers. I bought my hl2050 twenty years ago and I've only had to replace the toner once. It just works.

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[–] WhippetBowie 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I bought a brother printer / copier / scanner about 15 years ago. Still going strong, I replaced the ink once.

I bought it for $99.99

I still consider it the best money I've ever spent

Edit: $99 Canadian!

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[–] bemenaker 51 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Pc load letter?

What the fuck does that even mean?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Uh uh sounds like someone's got a case of the muundays

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[–] foggianism 30 points 8 months ago (3 children)

My next EV Van: Mercedes Printer

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[–] Zrybew 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

To be fair, the amount of false positive safety alerts and phantom breaking events dropped considerably last 6m.

But I can't reconcile the fact they turned off the bumper sensors making autopilot jerkier, and forcing it to keep a much wider distance from other cars.

[–] TBi 32 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I won’t buy a car without ultra sonic sensors. They stop you bashing into things that you, or the cameras, can’t see.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know of multiple people who've backed into poles that went right down the middle between two of them while they were too busy watching the screen.

A very useful and welcome addition, but not something to be wholly relied on as a replacement for paying attention.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

Honestly, if it went between the poles and wasn't visible on the camera, I could easily believe that it wouldn't have been seen looking over your shoulder.

Still gotta check by eye, but I've personally never seen one of those cameras and sensors that didn't have strictly better coverage than my eyes.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (49 children)

Admittedly a scathing burn, but in my experience not at all the same. I have had so many printers with connection issues, overpriced ink that dries up, and constant mechanical jams that I’ve sworn off ever owning a printer again and made my department paperless. But all I had to do for my Tesla is connect it to wifi, and every few weeks a no-hassle software update delivers some useful new features. I’ve never met a printer that improved with time.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

This can describe a majority of consumer appliances these days.

Not saying Tesla build quality isn't shit, but it's not exactly a very specific insult.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Brings a whole new element to PC Load Letter

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

So, Wi-Fi problems?

[–] postmateDumbass 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your work truck is an HP plotter

[–] chiliedogg 8 points 8 months ago

My compact cargo van is an airbrush strapped to a Roomba.

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