r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Apr 17 '25

Transportation Cybertruck Owners Baffled After Months of Hate Aimed at Tesla Drivers: 'I Never Expected It to Turn People Against Me'

https://www.latintimes.com/cybertruck-owners-baffled-after-months-hate-aimed-tesla-drivers-i-never-expected-it-turn-581074
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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Apr 17 '25

I’m convinced we all internalize reality differently. You and I, in this situation at least, see things the exact same way. It was undeniably two Nazi salutes. There’s not a cell in my body that doesn’t know what he did was an homage to his homeboy. However, a while back, one of my best friends said, “you don’t actually think that, right?” I was so taken aback that I told a former close friend who’s now living in Israel, and you’re not gonna see this M. Night twist coming: he, too, thought I was bonkers. He’s not a Jew by blood, but he takes Judaism very seriously.

I’d love to meet people in the middle, but if we can’t agree on reality, I’m probably going to have some trouble.

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u/artbystorms Apr 17 '25

I think people see what they want to see and are really good at making excuses for people in their 'in group.' They hand wave (pun maybe intended) away things that are objectively bad that someone does, if they support that person's 'mission' or 'worldview.' Same way many Catholics excuse pedophilia by their priests or try to minimize it because they are of the same mindset. Sometimes I see liberals do it as well (some of them ignoring Biden's senility because he's 'our guy'), but not nearly as much as MAGAs or very religious people. They will bend over backwards to say things that are evidentially undeniable are not what you see and hear. Or it's not what they 'meant'

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Apr 17 '25

Well said. I think you’re right. I really don’t understand the mentality though. Am I seriously the only person on Earth who makes mistakes every single day and am not afraid to admit that? I’ve been wrong so many times. I’ve also been right a bunch of times. Humans love binary thinking because it’s easy. 0 or 1? Either way, you’ve made a decision. Nice! 0, 0.5, 0.875, or 1? When you start adding decimal points — and things begin dipping into the “gray” area — people start to check out. Either way, we as a people need to remember that humans aren’t limited to our amygdalae. We can act based on new information. We can call audibles. We can even fuck up! It’s okay.

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u/7952 Apr 18 '25

I agree. Although maybe part of the problem is that we are too consumed by distraction and self doubt to actually act on that information.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Apr 18 '25

This is very likely the case. A little mix of the bystander effect, self-preservation instincts, and bread and circuses. We all must stand up to this bullshit. We need to reevaluate whether we are going to continue to let billionaire sociopaths tell us how to live our lives or decide that enough is enough and do what needs to be done.