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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@lemmy.world 148 points 2 years 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@lemmy.world 126 points 2 years ago (23 children)

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

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 43 points 2 years ago

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

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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 years 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..

[–] lucaswebdev@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 2 years 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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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 138 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] klemptor@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago

Man, I wish I were this clever. 🏅

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years 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@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

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

Your words cut deep.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years 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@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pc load letter?

What the fuck does that even mean?

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My next EV Van: Mercedes Printer

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[–] Zrybew@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years 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@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years 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.

[–] qupada@kbin.social 13 points 2 years 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.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years 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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[–] PennyAndAHalf@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years 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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[–] Zorque@kbin.social 15 points 2 years 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.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Brings a whole new element to PC Load Letter

[–] fleabomber@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

So, Wi-Fi problems?

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your work truck is an HP plotter

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

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

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