A woman pulls up to a gas station pump in a Tesla...

Posted by Solver 6 years, 8 months ago to Humor
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Had to share this,
https://youtu.be/vHPg2Mi2roI

A study in humor. Is it funny or is it offensive? Who decides?


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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "... that fewer women or no women should be allowed to vote?"
    It should be obvious to anyone reading commentary from Ayn Rand fans and not reading Ayn Rand that Objectivism is all about viewing people as groups carrying out political machinations to make other groups look bad. By that standard this is a true gem.
    - Can be worked into existing group stereotypes
    - Involves laughing at people
    - Might possibly upset someone
    Generating outrage and problems shows your independence, while producing things others enjoy and want to buy is weakness.
    It's Ayn Rand in the "mirror universe" where Spock has a beard.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The fact that they are subsidized in initial purchase price is bad, but what happens when the batteries wear out? My understanding is that this happens about every 50,000 - 75,000 miles and costs upward of $10K to replace. I can buy a LOT of gas for ten grand!
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  • Posted by ZenRoy 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If she were having a bad day with something that keeping her mind diverted in thought about something other than what she were actually doing I can see it being real, but otherwise I agree.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It has been my experience that most "blondes" who fit the stereotype are "bottle blondes", which proves nothing, except that there are more "bottle blondes" in existence than natural blondes ;^)
    There is no proven relationship between hair color (natural or not) and intelligence.
    What relationship, if any, is there between intelligence and the desire to look differently than is one's natural appearance? Is there any relationship between intelligence and the susceptibility to being convinced by mass media that ones natural hair color is unacceptable or less attractive than blonde?
    Is there any relationship between intelligence and the susceptibility to being convinced by mass media that a fast sports car makes one more attractive than a sedan? Is there any relationship between intelligence and the susceptibility to being convinced by mass media that smoking makes one more attractive than not smoking?
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  • Posted by Stormi 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Somehow, Hollywood maybe, has sold us on the blond stereotype, including the women themselves. My own grandmother was the brunette daughter of a Chicago university professor. He She was well educated, gorgeous, and could talk with you on literature from many countries. She was an excellent classical violin artist. About age 40, she dyed her hair blond, and said she had been smart for many years, but decided blonds have more fun, and she feigned being stupid! Go figure.So many girls in high identify with Brittany Spears, or Madanna (blond by choice), but not with smart blonds, very strange.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree with most of your assertions. I do take exception to your stereotype. My wife is a very smart rational woman she is objective and rational. She is also a very beautiful blond woman.
    She takes pride in all that she does including her appearance. Ocasio Cortez is totally ignorant and not even close to blond she is a brunette so is Rosie O’Donnell and Nancy Pelosi and Joy Behar and on and on.
    In fact Ben Carson who is a brain surgeon has stated that all the brains he has seen are gray. If hair color was a factor for intelligence than barbers would be
    akin to brain surgeons.
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  • Posted by RevJay4 6 years, 8 months ago
    Okay. Its funny. I don't care who you are, that's funny. I wonder if whoever supplied her with the car bothered to explain that its electric.
    Probably her soon to be exsomething.
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  • Posted by Lucky 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Candid Camera! From all that time ago I only remember one -
    The motor of a car had been removed. The car was pushed up to the browser. Help was sought as it it did not start.
    The mechanic looked twice or more everywhere back front inside and under. The driver said I don't know much about cars, The mechanic was methodical but his face said he did not know whether to smile laugh or scream.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh, yeah! Candid Camera! Don't think I've given a thought about that show I used to love for decades!
    That blonde would have been on Candid Camera for sure.
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  • Posted by exceller 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The first major challenge in recent years was the push button ignition.

    You need to have the breaks activated in order to start the car, but that's about the only "new" thing drastically different from traditional ignition and you get into it after the first start.

    I still can't fathom what was the scenario with this woman. Nobody can be as dense as she was demonstrating, and that's why I thought the scene was staged.
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  • Posted by term2 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It just seems to me to not make sense. Like why did she go to a gas station- there obviously isnt a gas gauge on a tesla like on a regular car. And it wasnt a dead battery issue....
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  • Posted by term2 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I will admit to wondering what buttons to push to get a prius to move that I rented (no instructions given). But I did figure it out, and definitely didnt try to fill it out
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  • Posted by exceller 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If you watch it again, see that she notices the guys in the car behind her at the start.

    Would you go through the motions as she did, if it was a real thing not staged?
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  • Posted by $ Radio_Randy 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I, originally, thought it was staged. After watching the whole thing, I decided the acting was way too good for a stunt, so I'm willing to believe it was true.

    The blonde gal really put the icing on the cake.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 6 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My father's generation didn't blink over those front gas fill cars, because many of them learned to drive in Ford Model A's, that had the gas cap right in front of the windshield.
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