GEICO, the second-largest vehicle insurance underwriter in the US, has decided it will no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks. The company is terminating current Cybertruck policies and says the truck “doesn’t meet our underwriting guidelines.”

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    3 days ago

    those things are very poorly made and all the most important parts are made of cheap plastic that an average person can literally rip off with his or her bare hands

    • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      3 days ago

      “their” is shorter than “his or her”

      (Even if you don’t care about gender inclusiveness, they is just more convenient)

      • GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 days ago

        If you’re correcting, sincerely, then good job.

        If you’re trolling… also, good job.

        Either way 👍

        • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 days ago

          I wasn’t strictly meaning to correct so much as point out a reason why it’s more concise. I value the inclusive motivation too, if that was hard to tell; I just think there is another reason even if you don’t care about inclusion.

          It seems a lot of people are actively opposed to it though, not sure why. I’m just asking questions, you know?

          😉

          • scarabic@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 hours ago

            I’ll bet a lot of times people just start typing “he” and tack on “or she” when they catch themselves.

      • digdilem@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 days ago

        The best English literature doesn’t follow the basis of most convenient or shortest. Sometimes there are other reasons to choose a word of phrase.

        The plot of Romeo and Juliet could be rewritten in a paragraph but probably wouldn’t have had the same impact.