writing an ad for a fantasy car from your favorite brand isn't "options"

I'm trying to decide between a 2014 Volt or C Max Energi! Would be my first hybrid, pros and cons to both! Leaning towards the Volt though.

Is it bad that I thought Megan was in the right till the end

40%? Pff. Most domestic work is already done by machines. and has been for half a century. That revolution already sailed.

So when do you get to stop paying a monthly fee?

Seriously who thinks like this

"I feel great at night knowing when I bought my car the manufacturer made as much profit off of me as possible"

Maybe just send them an extra $10,000 as a tip

I don't get it. Why would I care if something is going around looking/acting like me when I'm gone? Why would I care to interact with a digital imposter of a loved one? Genuinely curious about the other perspective.

Loved ones shouldn't care either. It's not the same person. They are gone. People are silly though and would absolutely pay to do this because most people are scared of their own mortality and want to be remembered.

Hypothetical Diseases: Chronic Dopamine Exposure Syndrome or Systemic Domapine Desensitization.

Perpetual neurostimulation resulting in placques forming in the brain similar to those found in the brains of chronic cocaine abusers. Plaques develop as a defence to the extended presence of excess nuerotransmitter dopamine due to various causes antidepresents, ADHD drugs, and excessive, chronic overstimulation and dopamine release via use of electronic devices.

Symptoms: Depression. Excelerated Cognatives decline. Memory loss. Inablity to retrieve longterm memories.

This whole post is written like an advertisement

it has 0 insight into the EV market as a whole, completely ignores the fact that cars in this price category already exist from other companies and is just speculating in a world when Their Favorite Car Company is making this magical car that will do everything perfectly which it will because it only exists in your mind

Anyhow for people who want an EV under $40k that actually exists they make a Chevy Bolt that you can buy today, and note that Tesla has only ever sold a handful of cars under $40,000 despite multiple public promises that their cars would be much cheaper. Also they're 6 years late on FSD, 5 years late on Cybertruck, 2 years late on the Roadster. All products they've taken customer money for and not delivered.

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Yeah they're 5 years late on the Cybertruck and haven't even shared a concept of this car but I'm sure they'll bang it out in 6 months

>Bringing up Rivian is laughable. Look at the numbers of production

"This made up truck that they made one movie prop of has way better production numbers in my mind than a real truck people own and drive today"

But.. you would BE GLaDOS in this scenario.

Critical thinking skills are already in decline. I don't feel that AI will have a noticeable impact

I'm not certain, but Don't nuclear reactors still reqire water to produce power. Water is very heavy and enough to power you start up solar plant would be alot.

It could offer a way for humans to transcend the limitations of our physical bodies and achieve a form of immortality, however you should question whether a digital copy of a person's consciousness could truly be considered the same person

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“It doesn’t get happy, it doesn’t get sad, it doesn’t laugh at your jokes… it just runs programs!”

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How do you know that I am not psychologist too? :)

There is no evidence that any reality is "real reality", hence every reality can be considered simulated reality.

The bottom line is, I am kinda right. :)

Best selling car in the world by profit and on track to be the best selling car in the world this year.

The premises, the part that you put in bold, are complete fantasy -- I just want to make sure everyone is aware of this in case they might think it's based on any kind of real literature. It's like when a sci-fi book opens with something like "The accepted phases of matter have been unchanged since Aristotle: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma, aka quintessence. But what would if we discovered a fifth phase? What new future would it usher in for humanity?" or perhaps "The Maya warned us. Nostradamus warned us. Now, it's December 31, 2011 -- did anyone listen?" I'm serious -- it's pretty much at that level of sci-fi.

The most important thing to note is that from what you wrote there's complete misconception of all understanding of what mental illness is, even from as little as Freud understood. So bearing all that in mind, you basically have license to construct whatever model of psychology you want. Just remember that it'll be roughly the equivalent of the humours theory.