[HN Gopher] Tesla Fans Troll Repair Pro for Fixing Model S for $...
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       Tesla Fans Troll Repair Pro for Fixing Model S for $15,000 Less
       Than Tesla
        
       Author : ewhanley
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2021-09-23 21:32 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | sidibe wrote:
       | Tesla fandom is such a bizarre phenomenon. It's weird that a
       | corporation can become such a big part of their customers'
       | identity that they rabidly go after anything negative.
        
         | rasz wrote:
         | <insert sport team here> / Apple / <handbag/jewelry/shoe brand>
        
         | theshadowknows wrote:
         | I agree. And I say this as someone who lives in a house with
         | two iPad Pros, air pods (three pairs)/pro (two pairs) /max (two
         | pairs), home pod, home pod mini, iMac, and two MacBook
         | pros..I'm a big fan of Apple products. But I'm more than happy
         | to talk about all the stuff they do that I don't like and the
         | lock in which seems to get worse each year...it's so crazy to
         | me when people make their favorite products/brands/politicians
         | part of their identity when truthfully most of these entities
         | see you as nothing except something from which to extract
         | value.
        
           | yladiz wrote:
           | This is a little trite, but they say that the move away from
           | religion has moved our sense of "who's god" to the state. In
           | general, at least in USA, trust in the state is really low,
           | so the next step is the corporation, and so people treat
           | their favorite corp almost like a religion and have faith
           | even in the face of actual falsehoods.
        
         | cynix wrote:
         | If you think Tesla fans are bad, wait until you see NIO fans...
        
         | thatfrenchguy wrote:
         | People are very sensitive to cult-like behavior, it's easy to
         | fall into when you're into a brand and you don't want to look
         | into the downsides.
        
       | Thorentis wrote:
       | At this point I don't know if they're fans, or if they're paid
       | shills. There is no way to know that anything on the Internet is
       | posted by a real person. I've started assuming otherwise, and
       | only trusting those I know personally. HN is one of the few
       | places I think real people converse with each other, but even
       | then I wouldn't be surprised of there are bots and paid shills
       | here sometimes.
        
         | nefitty wrote:
         | I don't know if it's a shortcoming on my end, but whenever
         | China comes up on HN, my antennae extend a little farther out.
         | 
         | I think the more naive belief would be to think that HN is
         | somehow immune to shills and bots...
        
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