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

    Well - I would hope. But that’s not the same as putting it in there is it.

    “Tesla sales drop as EU consumers choose Chinese brands plus Musk is y’know WINK”

    I mean, I can see why they didn’t go with that one but still. There are plenty of people who don’t understand Elmo is an out-and-out nazi, cozy with putin and Peter Thiel and will destroy the country as soon as possible. Not mentioning him and his drugged-out asinine ideas in the headline is a missed opportunity.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      18 hours ago

      The title isn’t there to tell the whole story though. It should give a high level summary and then the details are in the article. If you hypothetically put something like what you suggested, it still doesn’t give all of the context, and the title would need to be longer to include the history of Musk, his drug use, his position with Tesla, etc, and you can’t put that all in the title. I’m all for dunking on that Nazi whenever we can, but I personally don’t think that the title of this article deserves any criticism, especially in the age of clickbait titles that don’t give anything, this one is decently descriptive.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        18 hours ago

        I’ll give you that. I just want more. Elmo’s such a stain that not factoring it directly to Tesla-going-down stories seems like skimping.