• sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    12 hours ago

    It can still be cheap junk even if you overpaid.

    You don’t have a monopoly on the English language.

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      10 hours ago

      Nobody would say “I wouldn’t buy a Cybertruck, they’re so cheap”, if they did, you’d probably go “Haha they’re like 6 figures new!”, thinking the person assumed that because Teslas look cheap they actually are.

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        9 hours ago

        They’re not like six figures new, that was basically tesla advertising to make them seem more expensive than they actually are (for conspicuous consumption purposes). Most of the models actually purchased are around $60K

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        9 hours ago

        You wouldn’t say that, this is true.

        But you could call it a cheap piece of shit when it rusts and the panels never align.