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PoliticalOdor
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Doctoral candidate, budding writer, and comedian, student of life, Geek w/ technology "sword," friend2all, proud dad, searching for my Zen moment! Hashtags removed for blocklists 🌊

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I hear you. However, I am an academic, and they locked me into several things that would be too painful to drop outright.

Have been reading on training the feed, and that takes some of the functionality away, bordering on making it outright unacceptable.

Hoping they see the error of their ways.🤞
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The thing about the Tesla is that it gets better with every software update. When I bought it, the self-driving would have put me in a ditch. Now, it even avoids potholes. Now, it is even overly cautious. Looking at the screen 5 seconds longer than you should, it beeps at you... annoying! But safer.
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I do not disagree with you, because I do believe you have a valid point. However, I think there is a mix of both. The narcissist wants his name everywhere, but as far as him caring about anything, I do not perceive that he cares about much. If it does not hurt him directly, he does not care at all.
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
My only negative experience with the car is that they used the environmentally sound wiring (soybean or some such), and our rural area has lots of field rats... and they love to eat it. Every night I set a rat trap, and almost every night I catch one.

Expensive repairs.
January 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Paul, I love you, buddy, but I bought my Tesla BEFORE Musk showed his true colors.

He didn't design Tesla; he didn't create it. The car is awesome! Musk is not. I would have second thoughts today, but I do not credit the car with him at all... he was JUST money.
January 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
MAGA folk are awesome for Trump, because they believe whatever he tells them.

MAGA wants the Epstein Files released because they know the release will hurt sleazy people.

MAGA doesn't believe Trump is in the files.

Trump knows if MAGA finds out he IS in there, his support will vanish!
January 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Trump really doesn't care if you think he is a grifter, but he knows if you think it, his position is threatened.

Trump really doesn't care if you think he is in the Trump Files (aka, Epstein Files), but he knows if you think it, his position is threatened.
January 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Can you honestly say that adding a reporter to a Signal-chat, where he could be privy to attack plans, was NOT a distraction?

Personally, I want to think them all as imbeciles, because that is what they demonstrate, but doesn't it seem like pretty effective distractions??? Absolutely!
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱!
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM