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Kasper:

--- Quote from: james_s on December 08, 2022, 11:14:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: Psi on December 08, 2022, 10:41:11 pm ---Yep, its just a made-up word to describe a personality trait that exceeds some arbitrarily level.
Everyone has the trait it's just small enough to cause no real problems in life.

'personality trait' is probably the wrong word for it, but i couldn't think of something better

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I think that is an understatement to say the least. I often literally feel like an alien that was dropped into a planet of strange inhabitants, their apparent thought process no making much sense at all to me in most cases. It was far more acute when I was younger, since then I've learned largely by observation the appropriate way to respond to people in various situations. I occasionally feel like an actor in the role of a "normal" person.

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I don't mean to minimize it, I think everyone is different and some more than others but I think feeling different is an ironically common feeling.

tom66:

--- Quote from: james_s on December 08, 2022, 06:53:49 pm ---I've driven a few Teslas, and a handful of other electric cars, and a large number of cars in general. To say their only redeeming quality is being the first electric is ridiculous. Yes they have had some problems, but the performance is so far ahead of every other production EV around that it's hard to even compare. A Tesla next to just about any other electric car is like a high performance supercar next to a Toyota Corolla. I was blown away by the acceleration, the Model Y my dad had is the fastest car I've ever driven by a wide margin and it isn't even the fastest version they offer. It drove very nicely too, smooth, quiet, my friend's dad owns it now and it has been problem free.

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A few years ago sure - but now you have vehicles like the Jaguar i-Pace, Porsche Taycan, Audi e-Tron (S Quattro), Ford Mach-E...  These have comparable performance to the Tesla's in the same price range.  Really all Tesla has left now in unique performance is at the ultra high performance end, the sub 3-seconds sports sedans.

Buriedcode:

--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on December 08, 2022, 06:58:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on December 08, 2022, 01:13:45 pm ---Note that assburger was the trend diagnosis of late 1990's and early 2000's, AFAIK it has been completely removed from official use as a diagnosis everywhere. (Wikipedia says retired as diagnosis in 2013.)

It was always quite iffy as a diagnosis, being some kind of "Autism Lite 2000TM". Many people are like me, they tick quite a few boxes out of assburger diagnosis but not enough to get it. It makes little sense to diagnose people like that, when most of the criteria are more like personality traits everyone has, just more focused and stronger in some.

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Yep.

Anyway. Now Musk has a mental condition that would expain his very nasty behavior. Is this where the thread is heading?

Next step should be to claim that he has a cancer, which would explain everything. :-DD

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As he's such a divisive figure, it was pretty clear from the outset that the posters here will either defend him regardless of what he's done, or criticise him (for the obvious things he's done).  Those who don't care either way just don't post.  I'm still unsure why so many see him as an "engineer" or "inventor".  I'm unaware of any actual technical achievements or decisions he has made - he's a businessman.

Mark19960:

--- Quote from: Buriedcode on December 11, 2022, 01:05:23 am ---I'm still unsure why so many see him as an "engineer" or "inventor".  I'm unaware of any actual technical achievements or decisions he has made - he's a businessman.

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I see Musk as a vapourware copycat snake oil salesman that lives off the government and acts like Veruca Salt.

X:

--- Quote from: eti on May 10, 2021, 04:29:10 am ---In the knowledge that this forum never seems to want to delete threads, I’ve change the title to reflect my opinion change over the last month or so. I’m not going to sit here and “Justify” or “Validate“ why I changed  my mind, but let’s just say that I think Elon musk is a very nice chap, and I hugely misjudged him, and the fact that he is very very anti-left liberal woke… That’s enough for me to like him.

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You met the guy have you? I'm anti-left and anti-woke also, but I'm not about to forget absurdities just because of this. From Hyperloop to his promotion of how wonderful his AI is, cold gas thrusters, one-lane tunnels to "reduce traffic", and now people seem to think he's the bastion of Free Speech. Of course, why would Elon ever do anything for the benefit of Elon Musk when he can be a free speech hero instead? I suggest a wade through Thunderf00t on YouTube, who has done countless videos about his shenanigans.
Don't get me wrong, I'd be more than happy to give him the benefit of the doubt, but something is a bit off about all this, and so I remain neutral on my views about him. That said, it's his money and I am not one to tell him how to spend it.

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