• yggdar@lemmy.wtf
      52·
      1 year ago

      Wow, that is incredibly annoying! I can’t imagine they wouldn’t get forced to take it down.

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
        13·
        1 year ago

        I’m hoping you mean the city shooting it down, as in saying nope to it lol. Any responsible gun owner would ideally realize how terrible of an idea it would be to pop rounds at it, in a city center, with buildings behind it, knowing a good percentage of those shots will miss and go flying beyond it.

        Odds are, the city will have something to say about it, and knowing Elon, he didn’t pull a permit so it’s a matter of time. That thing is an eye sore and a hazard.

      • UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml
        9·
        1 year ago

        Purely because it’s in CA. Even if you can get your hands on a gun you’ve only got 5 shots before you have to reload.

        • mlc894@lemm.ee
          11·
          1 year ago

          Is reloading super laborious or something? Is the goal to only need to reload once a day, maybe at night as your phone is recharging?

          • fades@beehaw.org
            1·
            1 year ago

            Absolutely not. Especially with said small mags, op said 5 but for Cali I believe it’s 10?

            Either way that’s a small fucking mag even for a round like 5.56 (standard us rifle round). You could easily stuff 4-5 in your two pants pockets.

            Sticking with the 5.56 example, push the mag in, hit the bolt release to load the first round, pull the trigger and the next is auto loaded. Pull the trigger for each bullet and when there are no more the bolt will stay locked back. You push the mag release button, mag falls out, then you just slide a new mag in. Hit the bolt catch release and it will load the next round.

            It’s easy as fuck, no the goal isn’t to reload once a day. If anything the goal would be to hit the target with as few bullets possible x the person you replied to was just being facetious.

            here is an excellent example animation that covers the entire sequence from load to fire. Most of it is irrelevant but if you actually care you can jump around using the chapters

            The only laborious thing about reloading is putting each round in one by one. The video shows a 30 round mag so think of a mag 1/3rd of that for this post context. With stripper clips or a speed reloaded it’s easy and quick af. Realistically you’d go out with preloaded mags instead of a box of bullets you load on the fly. Always a good idea to take extra cartridges tho.

            • mlc894@lemm.ee
              2·
              1 year ago

              Thanks for a genuinely interesting reply! While I learned something from you, I still don’t know when I’d “go out with preloaded mags”. I don’t know what I’d expect to find out there which would require that sort of preparation, ha!

        • docious@sh.itjust.works
          8·
          1 year ago

          Gun Simps: “You can’t have gun control because people don’t follow the law and will get them anyway.”

          Also Gun Simps: “Nobody has guns in California because it’s against the law.”

          Pick one way to be wrong, at least.

        • fades@beehaw.org
          4·
          1 year ago

          There are PLENTY of gun owners in Cali and your pockets can easily fit 4-5x 5 or 10 rd mags in your pants pockets if not more.

          You can fire pretty quick between mag changes as well. Who the fuck is going around with a single 5rd mag?

          The actual answer is because responsible gun owners would never just go shoot something down in the city just cuz it’s annoying to the other businesses around the sign

    • tetha@feddit.de
      2·
      1 year ago

      Wow. I’m not particularly sensitive, but that seems like the right amount of very bright strobe that gives me headaches in concerts, especially at night in the dark. That’s very much the level of trying to find out a way to get to the roof to unplug it.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
    37·
    1 year ago

    It’s amazing how countless people have labeled Elon a shit-posting edgelord, and yet, he keeps trying so damn hard to tell the world what we all already know.

    We get it, dude. Now shut the fuck up and do a days worth of work for once in your life. I think we’re all quite tired of billionaire’s at this point.

  • magnetosphere @beehaw.org
    34·
    1 year ago

    This has gotten WAY out of hand.

    A bad idea is one thing. They happen all the time. Many executives would sell their souls for the kind of recognition that the blue bird had, but I suppose a good marketing team could have pulled off a successful rebranding.

    This whole “x” fiasco, however, is a series of bad ideas done hastily, sloppily, and with little to no planning. It’s completely unjustifiable, from any perspective - unless you’re Elon, apparently.

    • appel@lemmy.ml
      14·
      1 year ago

      All those blue bird icons on millions of sites. Good luck getting those to change to x. Of all the dumb moves Musk has made, this ranks as the second dumbest. Of course, the dumbest move was paying 44 billion dollars for a site that realistically was worth 5-10 billion, and that was before that knucklefuck took over and ran it straight into the ground.

      • magnetosphere @beehaw.org
        14·
        1 year ago

        Yeah. The more I think about it, the worse it is. Lately, I’ve been wondering how many businesses have professionally printed “Follow us on Twitter!” stickers in their windows and signs by their cash registers. Your local pizza place probably does. That kind of visibility and awareness is priceless.

        Is Elon going to ship tens of thousands of replacement signs? No. Are business owners going to pay to replace them themselves? Some, maybe, but even then it won’t be a major priority. Hell, I didn’t take one elective class in marketing, and even I have a better understanding of the value he’s throwing away.

    • KingJalopy @lemm.ee
      8·
      1 year ago

      I mean all I have heard for days now is about this X thing. He memed it into existence and now it’s incredibly recognizable and talked about non-stop. God he’s such an ass.

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
    22·
    1 year ago

    I’d surely be walking into the building every morning with a paper bag over my head if I were somebody who was still stuck working there.

      • pup_atlas@pawb.social
        18·
        1 year ago

        This. Many of the people who still work there have no other choice. Their citizenship is tied to their employer. I feel sympathy for them.

  • VanillaGorilla@kbin.social
    18·
    1 year ago

    I thought it was a collapsed crane until I’ve seen the Lego holding it. Did a three year old build this? Those small bricks aren’t meant for young children, they can inhale them.