Awesome. I support people fighting as hard as they can to defend their country.
friendly reminder that unless you build your drone from scratch or flash some fancy firmware it has an ID that gets broadcast and can be traced back to you. be safe
Bet you get drone control laws before you gun control laws in the US.
acid is gonna do dogshit on cars, if it doesn’t splash away in half a second the paint will protect the car
unless
looks at cybertrucks
So now you just feel justified in destroying strangers cars? You are terrible people harming strangers for fun.
It’s cosmetic damage only. Car still works. Tesla owners are, right now, driving around a symbol of modern day fascism. People warned them about it for months that this is happening.
Does it suck for the people who own one and have no other vehicle they can drive instead? Yeah. I feel bad for them. But it’s unfortunately a necessary evil…because it’s working.
It’s collapsing the Tesla stock price. Teslas are becoming difficult and expensive to insure. It’s becoming risky to even own one or drive it around. It’s making Trump and Musk extremely uncomfortable, to the point that Musk made Trump promote his company on the White House lawn. It’s been one of the best American protests that we’ve had in a long time, and it only inconveniences one group of important people - current/potential Tesla car/stock owners.
Musk, and billionaires in general, need to understand that when you try to take away the rights of Americans, we will fuck your business over. We will make sure that you can’t sell your product, and that owning your product is risky, expensive, and not worth the price.
What rights has Musk taken away?
The term you were searching for is vandalism.
Honestly, who cares. This is hilarious
parody of kash patel
While this is funny as hell (and likely fake, because everything on the Internet is fake, and probably gay), it’s a good reminder of just how incredibly fucking not-what-you’d-expect of the shit hits the fan civil war wise. Farmers with drones and some fertilizers can really fuck some shit up
is this slaughterbots
i bet this is slaughterbots
clicks
wasnt disappointed
Every time I see this I think just how fucked we are if this is developed. Then I saw the hybrid drone warfare in Ukraine and I know we are pretty fucking close.
The IRA used farm equipment, I think a manure spreader, to spray tens of thousands of gallons of fuel at a military installation.
Just one example of that type of thinking.
Wow, just looked it up, but it didn’t quite hit me until I saw one of those things work.
More info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_tactical_vehicles_of_the_Provisional_IRA
This would have been of the liquid variety, rather than chunks, but you get the idea.
Can you still buy lawn darts? Asking for a friend
Seems the working class spends too much time attacking their own instead of actually going after elon musk
You know in those movies where the hero has to beat the living hell from a thousand grunts before they are able to get at the boss? And you don’t feel too bad for the grunts, even though they’re not millionaires or the guys doing the big evil stuff, because they chose to align themselves with a villain like the boss?
It’s kind of like that. If people don’t want to own a Tesla because they’ll be targeted for aligning themselves with Musk, Tesla’s stock goes down, which hurts the boss.
I’m not saying I support it (and I’m not saying I don’t), but saying that this is hurting the Working Class and not the real Bad Guy is missing the point.
Counter point = some folks bought Tesla (the normal ones not the weird “truck” things) because they wanted a more environmentally friendly option for a car. Back before awareness that Musk is an asshole was common.
Like some of the owners might be regretful but not in a position to sell at a huge loss and buy a different EV.
Nah. Musk was calling that rescue diver saving kids trapped in cave a pedo before the model 3 came out. It was clear, public knowledge that he was a douchebag very early on.
That was the exact moment I realized what a dickhead he is
Not everyone is online as much as we are. Lots of people are utterly unaware that ever happened.
Being unaware doesn’t protect from consequences. Even morally, in a democracy, it’s up to the people to be informed. Buying decisions drive policy. It should worry people that they don’t have the time nor tools to be informed. This alone should start a general strike.
With all the things that are looming, imagine the price you are going to pay because you were not online enough.
That’s true but buying a Tesla is honestly a pretty online move.
EVERY big company CEO is a piece of shit. They just keep it behind closed doors. Fuckface decided to do it in the open.
You probably own clothes right now made by kids in Pakistan. How would you feel if someone set them on fire while you were wearing them?
You gonna slap the food out of people’s mouths because they shop at Walmart?
Wanna kick some homeless dude for wearing a donated Tesla T-shirt?
At some point you gotta realize everyone is a victim of capitalism and punishing them for being part of the system they’re born into is the opposite of how you get them to look around and wake up.
If they really want catharsis they’d go after Tesla showrooms. Musk actually owns those, so you’ll actually be hurting his bottom line directly, instead of fucking over someone who bought the only car you could even get during the pandemic.
Really, if you’re pissed at him fuck with him, not some random with a car payment who probably hates him as much as you do.
(I really want to say cybertrucks are fair game, but that’s the goblin talking, and you really shouldn’t listen to the goblin. If your goal is accelerationism, then we have nothing to say to each other)
This was important for me to read, thank you.
Yeah but I kind of expect every CEO to be on that level of douchebaggery. We wouldn’t be able to buy everything if that’s the bar, because the CEO of every company is on that level.
Also we can’t expect everyone to be aware of that story.
It’s when he bought Twitter and started going on about woke mind virus that he revealed himself as a bigger douche than most CEOs.
Yeah, the twitter debacle fucking broke him I wonder if there’s an alternative timeline where he weaseled out of having to buy it and decided to calm down and shut the fuck up afterwards.
Maybe this is the timeline where he eats enough drugs to explode his own heart on a livestream.
The huge loss (in sales volume and therefore 2nd hand price) has mainly occurred because Musk is meddling politically.
Shit dropped from drones is just icing on the cake.
Cybertrucks are still an acceptable target. He proved who he was by then.
Agree. Plus they are utterly ridiculous.
Counterpoint: We’ve known how fucked up he is for years. It was just hero worshipping suckers who bought into his bullshit. Anyone with half a brain recognized him for exactly what he always has been.
Waiting for an explanation of how we take down a billionaire
Billionaires have to be fought in their wallets. Use their precious “free market” against them.
So far, Tesla stock is down about 60%, sales are tanking, the company image and brand is badly damaged, recovery seems far away, and frankly bankruptcy seems closer. If Tesla dies, Musk loses billions, AND his most lucrative division.
It will also hurt the wallets of many other Sociopathic Oligarchs, who are also heavily invested in Tesla. Destroy a few other companies like that, and they may start to listen a bit harder.
We already have a demonstration of how to do that a few months ago.
They have the drones. They have the acid-filled balloons. Seems like they’ve got the recipe?
They need an address…
I certainly don’t have it. Bet no one here does. If we did, we could send polite letters requesting change.
jokes.
Ya man. That’s pretty much it. Destruction of already paid for and profited on privet property is absolutely pointless.
If you wanna hit these guys hard, people like Elon and his billionair ilk. Take they’re money. That’s what they fight for anyway, that’s all they want and it’s their most greatest fear.
Take their money give them a menial job somewhere getting paid $15.45 an hour. See how they like it.
Musk has lost about half of his money because much fewer people want to buy a Tesla now.
I dont think its the best way to get at their money but if they continue to get vandalized and ppl either sell them (flooding used market) or don’t buy them, the stock price might return to normal amount. I’m not advocating for that but it seems like a solution
Any alternative solutions for affecting a wealthy persons money?
Even though this is most likely fake, it’s still worth a reminder, that learning how to fly drones is a hobby that could have some extra utility if the situation develops further in a way, where things may be needed that would be illegal to mention on reddit.
And even if that doesn’t happen - still a very cool hobby.
It can be fake but fake turns to reality fast on the internet, remember tide pods?
Learning to build and fly drones has been on my to do list for several reasons. Number one they are freaking cool. Number two, if we need to defend ourselves/assassinate dictators/fight against the government, normal guns are kind of obsolete at this point.
The new edition of the anarchists cookbook needs to include instructions on how to 3D print drones and program them to take out targets with AI.
with AI
Oh for fuck’s sake…
the first edition was literally random bullshit zines put together in one book… half of the “recipes” kill you…
on top of that, you can get all the Top Ukrainian drone Tech on Alibaba. TheChinese have developed some top notch shit and they got a lot of it sell. fiber controls, remote relays, release mechanisms, all sorts of fun toys
Funnily enough I noticed that banggood has some decent deals if ur willing to wait for the boat to bring it over.
It’s a bit challenging if you don’t have good reaction timing.
Or if you didn’t know you could mix your trims and not make the throttle cut or spike every turn
This guy trims.
This guy drones.
Cameras are not a security feature. It is a surveillance feature.
Tell me this is real, it sounds too good to be real
It’s probably made up bullshit to legitimize Moron’s desire to call tesla vandalism “terrorism” and throw people in jail
Don’t forget making drones illegal and putting drone owners in jail for no reason.
The possibilities are endless!
I wouldn’t be angry if we got a little more serious and started doing this to ICE vehicles
Honestly, we just need a trebuchet aimed at the white house and mara largo. Mara largo is absolutely not secure, and I doubt the white house is prepared for large boulders.
You send this to enough people and even if its not real it will be soon.
I am doubtful this is true… are there any other sources?
Honest question, maybe this is silly, but what acid would be unable to eat through a water balloon, but still strong enough to eat through automotive paint?
Edit: lots of great answers below, if you’re taking notes. 😉
Water balloons are pretty weak, something like acetone or xylene could fuck up the paint but would also damage the balloon. Acids are unlikely to do much, they’re both made of plastic polymers.
You could probably fill a water balloon with paint, though. Or epoxy.
but what acid would be unable to eat through a water balloon, but still strong enough to eat through automotive paint?
Paint strippers often come in plastic bottles, but destroys the bond between paint and metal.
Also even light acids like vinegar can be enough to etch and damage, but not remove paints - or in the case of the cybertruck, accelerate corrosion on the stainless.
Those plastic bottles that hold diluted acids and alcohols are usually PP (polypropylene) or HDPE (high density polyethylene) or similar plastics that are a lot tougher than thin, flexible plastic bags (LDPE, PET) and I imagine balloons too
Party/water baloons are usually made from latex, which is resistant to some acids but not others.
Another option is to use nitrile or vinyl gloves.
https://glovesbyweb.com/pages/gloves-chemical-resistance-chart
You’re not really looking for long-term storage, so as long as the material holds up for a few min while you fly around… You may even want it to disolve to destroy evidence and ensure the acid is actually deployed.
Tbh I really hope nobody is flying anything particularly corrosive around in a water balloon, that has far too much potential to do harm to an unlucky randomer.
The Signal group imbeciles were pretty chuffed about an ENTIRE apartment building being collapsed on their single person target. Collateral damage from a bursting balloon seems trivial, by comparison…
Brake fluid?
Regular DOT3 brake fluid is quite harmful to paint especially if it’s unnoticed and won’t be cleaned off for several hours. You can pump the stuff through rubber brake lines no problem, so I imagine a balloon would be able to survive it.
Chemicals react with different materials differently. I’m not a chemist but there are probably plenty of chemicals that would react with the stainless steel or paint of a tesla but not the rubber in a balloon. Bleach and ammonia off the top of my head would probably mess up the trim pretty good. Doesn’t have to burn holes to do damage.
do not mix bleach and ammonia under any circoumstamce, you will die from a painful hydrazine (poisonous) and nitrogen trichloride (explosive) death
Yeah I knew that. But separately they would be good to mess up car exteriors I would think. Always good to have that psa though.
You buy most acids, commercially, in plastic bottles… Those bottles would probably split nicely if dropped from a great enough height. Thus, you get impact damage, and the acid would enhance any damage done. Although, now I’m thinking about it, glass bottles would shatter better…Nitric acid, anyone?
Nitric acida lot like stepping up from vandalism to attempted murder.
I was really just thinking of the swastikars in isolation. You are, of course, correct. That’s not a tool to be used if there’s bystanders nearby.
Ferric chloride will eat metal too
The ideal way to deliver, uh, …cocktails.
Yes. Every unoccupied Tesla deserves a good, stiff… drink.
unoccupied
…sigh… fiiiiiiiiine.
Well, occupied Teslas require extra drinks. One per person, otherwise you’ll seem rude.
AWESOME!
But I think it’s a hoax, tried finding the source and came across multiple accounts on threads posting the same thing word for word. Womp womp.
Remember, a lot of those Tesla owners are democrats who believe in cutting fossil fuels and bought their cars before Elon went full Nazi.
Cybertruck owners have no excuse though.
Thank you!
Just because someone owns a Tesla doesn’t mean they’re bootlicking or some kind of Nazi sympathizer. And I’m sick and tired of social media frothing at the mouth for any excuse for violence.
Jesus. It’s a car! Cars are major investments. I don’t own a Tesla, but if it was Henry Ford Jr. doing this instead of Musk, you can bet your ass I wouldn’t be bending to the whims of the bloodthirsty mob to sell the car I’ve had for close to a decade because they demand it as a purity test or else I’m a target for vandalism.
FUCK THAT, AND FUCK THEM!
I can’t afford a new car right now. I don’t want a new car right now; I like the one I have. My ownership of this car is in no way an endorsement of the Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford Jr, or any of their board members nor their actions, personal behavior, etc. It’s just a car, I like it, it’s paid for, it gets good mileage, and isn’t a smartphone on wheels.
Replace “Ford Motor Company” with “Tesla” and it’s the same thing.
You own a Ford?
Pffft. dweeb.
/s
Its a little different. That pos ford has been dead awhile, and the company has been no more awful than any other car company since then. Lol maybe even a little less awful than some.
Meanwhile the shitbox at tesla is still there, and has bought his way into american government on a much bigger scale than our normal owner class. And is also going full fucking hateful fascist. At least the people who owned us before pretended we were getting better and gave us a step forward for the two back.
Yes, I do find the joke funny. No I dont want working people having there cars vandalized, whether they bought it to save the world or because they where propagandized. These tactics should applied to unsold teslas on the lots.
But comparing CONTINUED or active support of tesla, to ford or german car companies, is wrong.
But comparing CONTINUED or active support of tesla, to ford or german car companies, is wrong.
I’m doing no such thing.
That pos ford has been dead awhile, and the company has been no more awful than any other car company since then.
The point was that in 2017 when I bought this car (which is an analogy for a Tesla), Musk was just another eccentric shithead not unlike most other CEOs. “Henry Ford Jr” is a placeholder for whoever the fuck is in charge of Ford these days, not the literal man himself.
So if Henry Ford Jr (remember: he’s a stand in for the current CEO) went full mask off, the argument from the mob is that I should have had a crystal ball to foresee that all the way back in 2017 AND that I should always have enough money to throw out and replace a MAJOR INVESTMENT, on a whim, just in case the CEO of the company that made it starts doing Nazi things at some undetermined time in the future. And if I can’t afford to do that, then the mob calls me a Nazi sympathizer, bootlicker, and deems me a valid target for vandalism.
Can you see how goddamned illogical and insane that is?
I’m done.
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My car’s paid off. So, put your money where your mouth is and write me a check and cover the new car payments or STFU with your illogical purity tests. And the same goes to the rest of you.
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Elon dming lemmy.world mods now, or do they hope to curry favor with the oligarchs in advance?
Maybe lemmy.world will be the next reddit :)
Looks like I had one of my comments, querying the mods, deleted too. That’s pretty sucky tbh and doesn’t encourage me for the future of Lemmy as a free speech platform. Apparently calling out a deleted comment is being uncivil… Edit: LOL it was my comment preceding yours… The generic message from the mods doesn’t actually tell you which message got deleted.
Already is.
Imagine turning to violence against innocent people, members of your own party, just because you lost an election LMAO 🤣
Of course you think it’s violence because you think stuff is more valuable than actual human life.
Jan 6
People die
“Just a peaceful protest”
Giant huff of Musky beef tallow flatulence
“Putting a scratch on a car is peak violence”
Conclusion: musk farts cause brain damage.
See also: mods
Mods are censoring??? Don’t tell me we are redditing already. I was just answering this guys comment and it disappeared…
There are civility rules for most communities on lemmy. It helps to keep the discussion from erupting into slap fights.
now they’re just swastikar owners
Sucks to suck I guess, market conditions change, time to get a car not built by a nazi and actively acting as a rolling surveillance system for a nazi?
Which is it? That Elon stole all the ideas for the tesla, that all of the work and engineering that went into it have nothing to do with Elon, Or Elon made the teslas and as mediocre as they are they were the ONLY electric vehicle that had a 100+ mile range for years which is why anyone I know that has a tesla have one.
My friend got one off auction and fixed it up because he has a leaf and the 40 mile range wouldn’t get him to Seattle and back home. The tesla did. His motive had nothing to do with Elon, and he can’t stand him as much as you. And he can’t sell a salvage title vehicle. Are you going to tell me he deserves to get his car shat on?
And who is going to pay for that new vehicle?
And sell the Tesla to…?
I guess they’re suggesting to sell the car for cheap to conservatives. Let conservatives get a car for cheap, while losing thousands of dollars. At least you get to make a statement.
Yes, help the conservatives. A novel approach.
I’m sure everyone who can easily throw away 40+ thousand dollars has already done so and is probably more than willing to tell you about it.
I also have never owned a car and don’t know how buying one works.
Sure, but not everybody is rich to the point of changing cars like they change clothes. Most Tesla owners are underwater on their loans. Selling a Tesla requires giving the car away and bringing extra money to pay off the loan.
That is probably true, except as it relates to NEW Telsa owners, and Cybertruck owners. Those cunts can go eat ass.
