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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 152 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Ohhh, Fisker the Car company not Fiskar the scissor company.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 62 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

Fiskars the blade company also makes Gerber products. The knives, not the Baby food.

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Babies can eat knives if they're brave enough

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You can eat anything, once.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

"It's not a war crime the first time."

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[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I bet they'd make a sharp looking car

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Stop with the puns... We get the point

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I get that we're chopping it up here, but can we cut back on the puns?

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[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In the irradiated wasteland after the climate wars there will be a blacksmith somewhere stamping Fiskars on the crude sheers he uses to shave his two headed sheep.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Then he will be zapped for trademark infringement with an orbital laser operated by the space oligarchs.

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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 84 points 7 months ago (5 children)

And all it took was scapegoating a reviewer kid. (Don't look at the stock prices before that, please)

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 42 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fisker found out Brownless got the car from an outside source

That typo is hilarious

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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

“The company is Fisker's second automotive startup. His previous startup, Fisker Automotive, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2013. Fisker launched his second automotive company in 2016.”

Actual picture of investors of the second company: 🤡

[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 39 points 7 months ago (4 children)

And I didn't really think his review was all that scathing.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Marques is actually very balanced even in his critical reviews.

Even with the Humane AI pin, he did commend them on their physical build quality, even if the rest of the device was practically useless, he never outright said that, just points out the flaws.

Although I do wonder sometimes how much he tries to hard to be balanced, as some products, especially cars due to the price, don’t deserve kind treatment for noticeable faults.

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[–] teejay@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

It wasn't. Fisker's shitty response is what made it an even bigger deal.

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[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah... if the car wasn't shit, the review would have been more positive. It's not the reviewer's fault the car sucks lol

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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

30 year olds are kids now? This is big

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Well tbf a lot of people have been following him since he actually was a kid. He started the channel when he was in high school.

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[–] Yaztromo@lemmy.world 60 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Likely well deserved — but still unfortunate. The EV space only benefits from more options and more competition.

[–] RupeThereItIs@lemmy.world 49 points 7 months ago

Competition is great, a company that can't produce a quality product and ships a CAR with beta level software that can't update OTA is NOT competition.

The auto industry is highly unfavorable to startups, the competition you want will come from the old ICE OEMs.

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[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 50 points 7 months ago

Fisker said it hired a Chief Restructuring Officer in the hopes of staving off bankruptcy.

Ah yes. No better way to reduce costs than hiring another C*O.

[–] Thrawne@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago (1 children)
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[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 34 points 7 months ago (9 children)

and then abruptly cut its price so it could quickly get rid of existing inventory.

Why would anybody buy a new car that has no future of warranty or parts availability?

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

You can buy like 2-3 for the price of one. If you didn’t need to worry about software issues it would be a good purchase.

If you’re looking for a good chassis and powertrain with no need for anything g else it might make sense.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 17 points 7 months ago

If it's cheap enough, someone will buy. I'm interested to know how it'll work in this case though.

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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

I read that as Fiskars first, and thought noo not the scissor company! But all is good, just another EV startup gone flop.

[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 months ago (6 children)
[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks MKBHD for not sucking corporate dick and actually showing issues with products and helping people make informed decisions on their purchases, right?

[–] maniel@lemmy.ml 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

of course, i posted this as a joke (like "thanks Obama"), i really doubt his review had anything to do with the company going bankrupt, but seeing the downvotes i'll really think twice before commenting

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Down votes are fake on here. Never think more than once before commenting.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 7 months ago

dont let the disagree votes stop you. their weight is meaningless

and if you get downvoted for a good joke, let it roll

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Surprise surprise. The CEO of a company I used to work for migrated to Fisker a good 10 years ago. By migrated I mean he injected a shit CEO who then ran down the company into bankruptcy and sold the pieces. This seems appropriate somehow. I mean the guy was alright, it's just that the other junk CEO fucked up the company. Sort of like Google do no evil meets "hey you're running out of the 15gb so I'm deleting your shit next month" CEO.

[–] teejay@lemmy.world 116 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Friend, I've read this three times and still have no idea wtf you're trying to say.

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