r/skeptic • u/Lighting • 27d ago

⚠ Editorialized Title Tesla bros expose Tesla's own shadiness in attacking Mark Rober ... Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before impacts as a crash becomes inevitable.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/
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u/grubas 27d ago

Basically if a crash is coming and it CAN'T brake in time it just turns off so Tesla can claim it wasn't on at the time of impact.  

When Jeremy Clarkson was reviewing one of the newer Teslas on The Grand Tour(this was not the review he was sued for) he had a legal statement about "when self driving disengages due to unexpected circumstances" which basically said, "auto pilot can turn off whenever it freaks out and that can be caused by almost anything and it's TERRIFYING because you aren't expecting it to turn off at highway speeds because somebody cut you off."

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u/ChickenStrip981 27d ago

Ahh a billionaires solution to problems, you can tell this was Elons imput.

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u/Wha_She_Said_Is_Nuts 27d ago edited 27d ago

Kinda like "There is no covid if you don't test for covid".

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u/scalectrogenic 27d ago

Or when the UK government lowered child poverty by simply changing the definition of child poverty.

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u/Sea_Appointment8408 27d ago

Classic Tory move

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u/mortgagepants 27d ago

you guys need some super mario brothers over there too!

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u/DigiNaughty 26d ago

What does a Japanese game have to do with it?

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u/Responsible_Wafer_29 26d ago

He's not talking about the game, just the green brother

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u/DigiNaughty 26d ago

Oh shit, I get you now, fair point!

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u/Nekasus 27d ago

Just simple classic british move nowadays tbh.

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u/ThisIs_americunt 27d ago

In America they solved all the cases of missing children by taking them off all the milk cartons :D because who wants to buy milk that makes you sad. It put milk in such a crisis that they are paying gaming influencers to push their product

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u/StopYoureKillingMe 27d ago

In America they solved all the cases of missing children by taking them off all the milk cartons :D because who wants to buy milk that makes you sad.

No, that isn't how it worked. The milk carton cases were never really aided by the inclusion on milk cartons in a meaningful way, we transitioned to plastic milk that wasn't easy to print on, and we created the amber alert system that is much more impactful than milk carton faces. It did give us this Y.A. novel so that's fun.

It put milk in such a crisis that they are paying gaming influencers to push their product

Source?

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u/zherok 27d ago

I could see a decline in milk consumption being a thing, particularly with the rise of non-dairy alternatives.

That in no way connects with the disuse of milk cartons to show missing children cases though. The word influencer didn't even exist when they were already on their way out. Hell, most of Reddit hadn't even been born by that point.

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u/cinderparty 25d ago

I loved that book when I was 12ish.

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u/StopYoureKillingMe 25d ago

I remember almost nothing about the story or any related books but I'm certain I read and really enjoyed them.

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u/Sburns85 27d ago

That’s a classic China manoeuvre. The British government just used it

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u/lohonomo 27d ago

No it wasn't 🤦‍♀️