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0 pointstobltobs9y ago0 comments

Your comparison to Tesla doesn't get better just by repeating it a few times. If your Tesla breaks down you wont have any problem to get a comparable replacement car. Much luck to get a replacement for your tractor during harvest season.

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bigtimeidiot9y ago

>Your comparison to Tesla doesn't get better just by repeating it a few times

Your hand-waving also does precisely zero.

>If your Tesla breaks down you wont have any problem to get a comparable replacement car

What does this have to do with anything? I want to work on something I bought; isn't that what we're arguing about? The availability of a replacement is a straw man. Why are you apologizing for other companies that do precisely what is being described in the article?

RealityVoid9y ago

While I think you have a valid point about Tesla's availability, this is a "Tu Coque". I mean, regardless if Tesla does/does not do it, this is considered bad and bringing Tesla in the discussion does not change nor challenge the validity of this view, only, maybe, reveal a little hypocrisy or favoritism in the audience.

dandelion_lover9y ago

>While I think you have a valid point about Tesla's availability, this is a "Tu Coque". I mean, regardless if Tesla does/does not do it, this is considered bad

aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

bigtimeidiot9y ago

>reveal a little hypocrisy or favoritism in the audience.

Precisely my point in bringing it up. Someone, who apparently worked at John Deere, offers an opposing view and some clown shouts him down like a bully. Why should anyone listen to the arguments of hypocrites?

If you're against this sort of thing, you're against it.

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tobltobsOP9y ago

> I want to work on something I bought; isn't that what we're arguing about?

This might be what you are arguing about, but then you are in the wrong discussion. Farmers complain that they have to wait for an authorized JD mechanic to fix even the most simple stuff. And during harvest time they just can't wait.

bigtimeidiot9y ago

>but then you are in the wrong discussion

Maybe you are.

>Farmers complain that they have to wait for an authorized JD mechanic to fix even the most simple stuff

Actually, it says in the article that they can fix simple things.

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bigtimeidiot9y ago

>Your comparison to Tesla doesn't get better just by repeating it a few times

Your hand-waving also does precisely zero.

>If your Tesla breaks down you wont have any problem to get a comparable replacement car

RealityVoid9y ago

dandelion_lover9y ago

>While I think you have a valid point about Tesla's availability, this is a "Tu Coque". I mean, regardless if Tesla does/does not do it, this is considered bad

aka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

bigtimeidiot9y ago

>reveal a little hypocrisy or favoritism in the audience.

If you're against this sort of thing, you're against it.

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tobltobsOP9y ago

> I want to work on something I bought; isn't that what we're arguing about?

bigtimeidiot9y ago

>but then you are in the wrong discussion

Maybe you are.

>Farmers complain that they have to wait for an authorized JD mechanic to fix even the most simple stuff

Actually, it says in the article that they can fix simple things.

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