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Very few people buying premium cars buy them exclusively for themselves.

fao_ 7y ago
I generally, in my daily life, have more things to worry about than a couple of random people expressing their dislike of something myself or the people I live with, own. If you spend most of your time worrying about whether other people like your car you must have an extremely easy life and should absolutely donate a large percentage of your money to charities that help those who are not as well off as you.
- erikpukinskis 7y ago
  You’re shifting the goalposts. From “why would anyone care” to “well I don’t care” to “if you have wealth you should give it away”. Where’s your bottom line?
  - fao_ 7y ago
    I'm not. I'm supplementing my main point to address things that you have brought up. The actual goalpost hasn't moved. See: - Why would you care about other people not liking it, if you like it. - If you don't like it (i.e. it's someone else's), surely you have better things to care about with your time than what someone else thinks of a car that you didn't buy? - Most people don't have the time or money to give a crap about what people think of their car, more than they do about things like fuel-efficiency and repair costs, so if your main concern is that other people don't like your car, you're very likely well-off enough to stand to donate that money to people who are actually worse off. The first two are just two parts of the same argument, the third point was used to augment the second. You're the one who was moving the goalposts. See: - The initial discussion was about the person buying the car (Your claim was originally "People buy Teslas because they get harassed less at traffic lights") - I responded to that and you moved the goalposts to "People drive cars that they didn't buy" (Which is a valid point, hence why I responded, but not the subject of the original argument, because we were talking about the owner of the car). Please don't move the goalposts and then accuse me of doing that?
    - erikpukinskis 7y ago
      Well now I don’t know who you’re replying to OR what your bottom line is.

fao_ 7y ago

I generally, in my daily life, have more things to worry about than a couple of random people expressing their dislike of something myself or the people I live with, own. If you spend most of your time worrying about whether other people like your car you must have an extremely easy life and should absolutely donate a large percentage of your money to charities that help those who are not as well off as you.

erikpukinskis 7y ago
You’re shifting the goalposts. From “why would anyone care” to “well I don’t care” to “if you have wealth you should give it away”. Where’s your bottom line?
- fao_ 7y ago
  I'm not. I'm supplementing my main point to address things that you have brought up. The actual goalpost hasn't moved. See: - Why would you care about other people not liking it, if you like it. - If you don't like it (i.e. it's someone else's), surely you have better things to care about with your time than what someone else thinks of a car that you didn't buy? - Most people don't have the time or money to give a crap about what people think of their car, more than they do about things like fuel-efficiency and repair costs, so if your main concern is that other people don't like your car, you're very likely well-off enough to stand to donate that money to people who are actually worse off. The first two are just two parts of the same argument, the third point was used to augment the second. You're the one who was moving the goalposts. See: - The initial discussion was about the person buying the car (Your claim was originally "People buy Teslas because they get harassed less at traffic lights") - I responded to that and you moved the goalposts to "People drive cars that they didn't buy" (Which is a valid point, hence why I responded, but not the subject of the original argument, because we were talking about the owner of the car). Please don't move the goalposts and then accuse me of doing that?
  - erikpukinskis 7y ago
    Well now I don’t know who you’re replying to OR what your bottom line is.