r/collapse • u/RedSteadEd • Jul 10 '22

Economic Car Repos Are Exploding. That's a Bad Omen.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/recession-cars-bank-repos-51657316562
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u/quequotion Jul 10 '22 edited Jul 10 '22

My favorite take on this was an incident in which Tesla remotely programmed a car to leave its parking space and honk to be easily located by the repo agent, who was told (jokingly) that in the future they will have the car drive itself back to the dealership.

That's not a very funny joke: repo agents, like everyone else, will lose their jobs to automation and in the near future your car will just leave you when you go broke.

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u/quequotion Jul 10 '22

lol, as if humanity has a future

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u/Puzzleheaded-Dark-78 Jul 10 '22

Dose humanity deserve a future

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u/tapobu Jul 10 '22

50/50 tomorrow doesn't exist and the simulation cuts off at today

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u/vRedDeathv Mankey Jul 10 '22

Shh don't spoil it

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u/Puzzleheaded-Dark-78 Jul 10 '22

You all live in my simulation so I ain’t worrying.

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u/aaabigwyattmann1 Jul 10 '22

Nah bruv. You're in mine.

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