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I saw a trailer for a movie if you stop walking you die and if there's two people left they fight, winner gets money's or a wish or something. Anyways we should do that to rich people and winner gets a pizza party, we just keep the money and do helpful stuff.
Its called The Long Walk, and I am listening to the audiobook now for second time. And spoiler no they don't fight. You just keep walking until ome of them drops. Not telling you who.
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We need to do more above ground nuke tests. I can think of a place right now.
Shoot them all down
Mrs Merton: What was it that first attracted you to ~~millionaire Paul Daniels~~ billionaire Jeff Bezos?
Oh they are kettling themselves. It would be a shame if something happened to all of them simultaneously
Hey uhh Mysterio if you wanna attack Venice now is the time.
Mario Bros. Theme
Gross
We need a French solution to the billionaire problem.
They all gathered together for this. The British Guy Fawkes may have had a better solution.
"INTO the lagoon", you say? Promise?
I'll bring the sandbags, you bring the ropes.
Tells you how much more style the rich used to have. What good are all those billions today if the place where you live is not as pretty as Venice? Nobody is going to visit his house in Florida in 100 years.
Nobody is going to visit his house in Florida in 100 years.
You'd need some scuba gear, probably.
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If I wasn't already boycotting amazon, I'd start now.
I’ve never hoped so hard for a natural disaster
I understand your feeling but keep in mind that many people live in Venice. Some of them are organizing against the event, it's not fair to wish for a natural disaster.
It’s not fair for jeff bezos and his band of cronies to exist either. Sometimes the world is unfair. At least in my example the unfairness would be swift and would overwhelmingly result in a net positive for humanity
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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But hey, we should do the right thing, save the environment and buy his ev truck!
Wait he has an ev truck now too?? Is this part of the douchebag checklist? Space company, ev truck, …
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Sucks that a small frame single cab pickup truck has to comeback under Bezos, because it is the perfect example of a sane size and price truck, but being attached to Bezos and electric only kills it for me. I was super interested until I did research on the company. I really wish they’d bring back the tiny (by today’s standards) Toyota trucks with the full size bed. Like the mid 90s Tacoma with no lift
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Don't forget to turn off the lights (those LED lights that consumes practically nothing), and recycle (but forget that recycling companies do not actually recycle anything).
As for that EV, it seems an easy way to shame poor people who cannot afford it.
Every time, this world feels like a big joke. Once I retire, I'll get a cabin in the woods and forget about all this.
I’ll get a cabin in the woods and forget about all this.
Enjoy the uncontrolled wildfires. There's no escaping the damaging effects of capitalism.
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Poor people are who should use EVs the most. They have been on the market for 15 years now, you can get dirt cheap older models. Bolt, eGolf, Zoe or Leaf can be had for under 5k. Cheaper to power, cheaper to maintain, cheaper to run. Plus more convenient and fun, subjectively.
Also recycling is part of "reduce, reuse, recycle", which not only can help "save the planet", it will definitely and immediately save your wallet. Even if someone supposed to do the recycling, doesn't.
Also, the truck in question will be pretty cheap and suitable for developing countries, so that's Jeffie accidentally doing the right thing for once. Just because he's involved in financing some project, doesn't mean it's bad.
Until it is on the market for the supposed cheap price it is just a rich fuck pretending to do the right thing.
Remember when Teslas was going to have a budget model?
5k? Not where I live, and you need charging stations, and sometimes subscriptions (for the Zoe). EV start at 30k in France, it's a luxury car that poor people cannot afford and/or charge.
As for the reduce, reuse, we all do that already. I was referring to recycling which don't not happen compared to rich people who are shaming us and destroying the planet at the same time.
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It's not his truck, he was a series A funder among many. The CEO of Slate is a woman with an idea.
Them: "Save the planet!"
Bezos: "... and redeem it for valuable prizes!"
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