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Imagine a traffic jam, But you are also stuck in an underground hole too.

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Now imagine one of those Teslas catches fire while everyone is trapped in the tunnel.

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:elmofire:

Honestly it’s only a matter of time. Part of me is horrified by the thought, but another part of me is 100% :sicko-flipped: ready for it. I even have family that own Tesla’s, but I cannot wait for the hype around these piece of shit cars and this piece of shit fail-son capitalist to die.

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16 points

Optimistic of you to think that the hype will die once his shitty cars kill people

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8 points

Well it’s a good thing Teslas don’t have a reputation for spontaneously combusting…

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That video gave me so much anxiety. He kept talking about one of the doors being locked but not being told much else. Horrifying to be locked underground in a car.

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60 points

A train from 1829 moved faster than this thing

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Yeah, but could a train from 1829 be an effective vehicle for grifting?

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74 points

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No, but there were more effective grifts in the later 19th century

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But wouldn’t a train from 1829 be prone to random and intense explosions/fires, HUH???1?

O wait

O shit

O fuck

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10 points

O’connor :ira:

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I love the muskbros that show up to remind you that it doesn’t need an escape staircase in that tunnel because it’s short enough that laws dont require it have one. In the event of a fire, you’re supposed to calmly and orderly walk the whole length of the tunnel to one of the main exits.

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In the tunnel packed with cars prone to exploding?

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Also while there’s more cars driving towards you, into the flames

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And the tunnel is just big enough to fit one of their shitty cars. I’m not even sure you can open the door fully while the car is in the tunnel.

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6 points

Cars that will try to reverse to get out of the tunnel. With stressed drivers. And people on foot fleeing the fire. One of these cases is going to get stuck, locking the others in place.

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5 points

Elon Musk is trying to create a new lithium ion based Centralia from scratch

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46 points

Honestly who could have foreseen this?

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32 points

:blob-no-thoughts:

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I for one am shocked. I thought this was the one smh

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44 points

They’re actually building these? Seriously? :ohnoes:

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47 points

It’s already done, and where if not in fucking Las Vegas

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33 points

:agony-shivering:

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31 points

Truly, that fucking city is a monument to the hubris of man. Even the ancient Greek playwrights couldn’t have come up with something better.

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16 points

the mafia would never have allowed this.

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This is just the convention center. Not quite a mile/1.5k. Vegas has agreed to a loop that connects the casinos to the airport and their football stadium. 30 miles/48k that is going to be a nonstop clusterfuck

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20 points

Lmao it’s so fucking short they could’ve just built the moving walkway things you see at airports and saved millions

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9 points

Even 500 feet of a closed single-lane tunnel is a death trap waiting to happen. A dozen shuttle buses could’ve reduced traffic by at least as much for a fraction of the cost, and wouldn’t be a death trap waiting to happen.

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Enjoy one of my favorite episodes of :wtyp: :wtyp-gang:

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