"Elon Musk kind of turned out to be an asshole and I don't want to be driving a car built and designed by an asshole. So, uh, looking forward to my new ride."
  • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
    30·
    11 hours ago

    Poor grammar aside, the headline is inaccurate. I am all in favor of people dumping Teslas, but Musk neither designed nor built any of them. He paid people to design them, then he paid people to build them. And by all accounts, he did not pay them well or treat them kindly.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      9 hours ago

      Wait, you’re telling me he was not the chief engineer of space x whole simultaneously being the world champion at a video game?

      • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        9 hours ago

        He seems to only have one actual skill, but to be fair, being born rich is very difficult to master.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
      9·
      11 hours ago

      Such a strange sentence. Makes you “garden path” (reanalyze the syntax after already being deeper into the structure). Minimally need a “that” after “Senator”.

      Though it’s uncommon usage, so that’s actually a tick against it potentially being AI generated.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        32·
        11 hours ago

        need a “that” after “Senator”.

        You mean ‘who’, right? Senators are (usually bad) people so let’s not treat them like objects.

        • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
          4·
          11 hours ago

          “That” or “who” are both commonly used for animate arguments. And given it is an object here, “whom” would be the most pretentious option.

    • MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com
      182·
      13 hours ago

      I’ve never heard of the site Mediaite before. I didn’t click the link, but plenty of AI slop sites are popping up and headlines like this are a good way to spot them.

      EDIT: apparently the sites been around for a bit, and this seems to be a one off headline issue. The credited writer appears to have several articles without issues apparent at first glance. Another article says “White House attorney” but it’s an attorney that’s acting as a liaison. Maybe just a nitpick. Some sensationalist headlines. Same as I’ve seen elsewhere so nothing too egregious.

      • TallonMetroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        13 hours ago

        “Senator Elon Musk” is ambiguous phrasing. Obviously, what is meant is “Senator [that] Elon Musk”, but it could also have been calling Aparthiedman himself a senator.

        • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
          5·
          13 hours ago

          It reads like a gardenpath sentence.

          For example (made up on the spot so excuse me if its crap)

          Muscle man made harms others when using force

          [Muscle that was made by man]

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        13·
        13 hours ago

        Elon Musk isn’t a Senator. The title as written reads that way by default.

        A that shoved in the middle would fix that.

      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        13 hours ago

        Senator Elon Musk Called a ‘Traitor’ Gets Rid of His Tesla: Don’t Want a Car Built By An ‘A**hole’

        This sounds like Elon is a Senator and was called a traitor; when it was actually Musk calling a Senator a traitor.

        Try:

        Senator, who was called a ‘Traitor’ by Elon Musk, Gets Rid of His Tesla: Don’t Want a Car Built By An ‘A**hole’

  • JuBe@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    26·
    13 hours ago

    Unfortunately, I don’t think there is a way to edit the title, but I think this article would have been clearer with a comma. I’m going to leave it up, but sticky this here with a clearer title: “[The] Senator [Who] Elon Musk Called a ‘Traitor’ Gets Rid of His Tesla: Don’t Want a Car Built By an ‘A**hole’.”

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
    12·
    13 hours ago

    The.

    THE Senator…

    Three letters, you couldn’t spare THREE FUCKING LETTERS?

    When these publication headline writers pass-on I hope the undertaker hideously abbreviates their tombstones!

    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
      4·
      13 hours ago

      Dude I had to read the post headline like 4 times to figure that out. It was so confusing. At first I was like “shouldn’t this say copresident Elon Musk?”

    • .Donuts@lemmy.world
      35·
      14 hours ago

      This would make more sense: Senator Who Was Called a ‘Traitor’ by Elon Musk Gets Rid of His Tesla: Don’t Want a Car Built By An ‘Asshole’

      Also, it’s Mark Kelly

      Edit: fixed who called who what

  • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    12 hours ago

    Two additional words to the title make it easier to read.

    THE Senator THAT Elon Musk called a “traitor” gets rid of his Tesla.

    Can also replace that with who I reckon. Or whom? Where’s the grammar nazis when you need them. Oof they’re going to have to rebrand aren’t they since real nazis are back!

    Also I hate title case. Why is it a thing?