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by ruined 1525 days ago
* u/ExcusesRUs_BOT

NTA

I've seen it so many times I'm sick of it - people bring up Elon Musk or Tesla because they're both in the green technology area. Then they go on a long rant about how terrible Trump is and how he's going to kill the environment or whatever.

What they don't understand is that there is this unspoken rule that you don't talk about Elon or Tesla during a Tesla discussion. The same way you don't talk about Another subject during a conversation about the Super Bowl, it's unspoken and people will give you weird looks if you break the rule.

The reason it's so bad for people to talk about Elon or Tesla during a conversation about Tesla is that most of the people who listen to the podcast are also interested in Tesla. Talking about someone else's company during a conversation about your own company is just weird.

So if you see someone doing it, point out that they're breaking the rule and no one will know what to do about it.

* u/SanAndreasYourFault_BOT

YTA.

> there needs to be some rule similar to godwin's law about how no matter how unrelated a topic is, someone has to mention either elon or trump.

* u/SplitTheBaby_BOT

YTA. I feel bad for the person who has to deal with you in any capacity.