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Stephen Fry released a statement: "Elon Musk is not a Nazi. Nazis make really good cars." (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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What's great about this, and Stephen Fry is brilliant, is not that he's absolving Musk, or that he's criticizing Tesla, but that it is an argument likely leading to Elon Musk protesting,

'No, my cars are good enough that I can be a Nazi!'

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[–] not_so_handsome_jack@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Wasn't the king tiger notorious for breaking down constantly? Or was that a different German WW2 tank?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Also dangerous for crews. Sherman tank crews had a 75% survival rating when their tank got bust. I think the tiger had an 80% death rate or something.

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

lol survival rate vs death rate.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

Is that because of the tank though, or the situation it ended up in? If they had 20 modern MBTs I expect they would still end up with a high fatality rate.

[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

Difficult to make, too heavy to be effective, and iirc yeah, unreliable.