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Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road (futurism.com)
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In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] 168 points 2 years ago (14 children)

These people haven't found any individual self identity.

An attack on the brand is an attack on them. Reminds me of the people who made Stars Wars their meaning and crumbled when a certain trilogy didn't hold up.

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  • [–] 90 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    An attack on the brand is an attack on them.

    Thus it ever is with Conservatives. They make $whatever their whole identity, and so take any critique of $whatever as a personal attack against themselves.

    I blame evangelical religions' need for martyrdom for this.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    You pretty much hit the nail on the head. These people have no identity or ability to think for themselves because they never needed either one. The church will do all your thinking for you, and anything it doesn't cover will be handled by Fox News. Be like everyone else and fit in, otherwise... you have to start thinking for yourself. THE HORROR.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    “Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.” ― Barry Goldwater

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The term you are looking for is “external locus of identity”. And, yes.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    So literally every single above average sports fan?

    The pathological need to be part of a group so bad it overwhelmes all reason is a feature I have yet to understand. And I say that as someone who can recognize in myself those moments when I feel the pull to be part of an in group.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's evolutionary. Humans are social pack animals. The need for inclusion was evolved into us over however many years.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh yes I'm aware. I'm clearly missing, or at least have a reduced expression of, that gene. I play soccer multiple times a week, meanwhile I couldn't possibly care less about watching soccer; or any sport for that matter.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That’s just tribalism in general. Humans are tribal by nature as a survival mechanism. In modern culture, that manifests as behaviors like being a rabid sports fan.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh yes I’m aware. I’m clearly missing, or at least have a reduced expression of, that gene. I play soccer multiple times a week, meanwhile I couldn’t possibly care less about watching soccer; or any sport for that matter.

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