Kyle Ronen

Just got this email from Tesla. I live in Kansas City, and when I follow the link there isn't a way to download the robotaxi app. Anyone have any insight into this?

@blip_tm Obviously you do not have multiple children. Your 15 mins to fold laundry only holds for 1 or 2 people. I have 4 kids with 1 on the way and we have 2-3 full loads of laundry per day. Thats 45+ of just folding and that doesn't take in the collecting and switching loads.

i don't know why "robot that folds laundry" is such a pervasive idea it takes a maybe 15 minutes to fold laundry, or i can take my laundry to a laundromat and get it washed and folded for $1.50/lb it's just not a big enough chore to justify an expensive purchase like a robot!

SpaceX, across Musk’s constellation of assets, has a plausible path to owning every single layer. Chips. Models. Data. Internet delivery. And the rockets to put it all wherever physics allows. No other company has that opportunity.

@farzyness Just let me buy one!

@LamarMK Same but only a 2024 Model Y for $93/m.

Why are people saying it's expensive to insure a Tesla? I insure a Cybertruck and a Model Y. Two drivers, full coverage with towing and rental for just over $200 a month. People are always shocked when I tell them that. They expected it to be way more. The insurance cost is one of the biggest myths holding people back from buying a Tesla. How much do you pay to insure yours?

@Busta2810 @MarketPalmer_ Dude you nailed it! Though it seems like you described yourself. I'm sensing hypocrisy.

@kyle_ronen @MarketPalmer_ Say I'm a judgy arsehole who judges other people online to feel better about myself.

ME: Daycare is expensive, but worth it. THEM: Why would you pay to have someone else raise your kids? ME: They're not raising my kids, they're taking care of them while we work. THEM: One of you should quit your job so you aren't handing your kids off to strangers each day. ME: They're not strangers, they're professionals. And we'd have even less money if one of us stayed at home with the kids. THEM: It shouldn't be about money, it should be about bonding with your kids. ME: Kids need bonding with more than just their parents. Their daycare teachers and other kids at daycare are some of their best friends, and they're excited to go each day. THEM: You're letting them get indoctrinated by today's education system and propaganda. ME: They're literally learning colors, the ABCs, and how to count to 10. THEM: Some parents just don't want to be parents! ME: *stops arguing with a wall*

@MarketPalmer_ Say I dont want to take the time to be in my children's life louder. If you cant live on 1 income you are overspending. And if you think you are giving your kids your best while utilizing daycare your in denial. At least be honest about it.

A couple points as people seem fired up about this: – Our kids are at daycare 7-8 hours, 3 of which they’re napping. They wake up at 6am and go to bed at 7:30 or 8pm, so they’re awake at home longer than they’re awake at daycare. Not to mention weekends, holidays, and all the time we take off to do things with them. – I have no issues with one parent staying home to be with the kids. It would be awesome if both of us could! There are pros and cons to it all – and definitely no “one size fits all” for any families. – This post is a knock on those who think daycare is some evil entity and parents who send their kids to daycare are not good parents. I strongly disagree with that – but again, everyone’s situation is different and that’s the point that needs to be understood. I wish all you parents the best – kids are such a blessing, and we’re all striving to give them a great life 🤝

@factpostnews How about give better tax rebates to families who have a stay at home parent. That would lessen the cost of daycare by lowering demand. Seems like a win/win especially for those of us already doing it despite the sacrifice of a higher household income.

JD Vance on child care: "One of the ways that you might be able to relieve a little bit of pressure on people who are paying so much for daycare is make it so that, you know, maybe grandma and grandpa wants to help out a little bit more."

@wholemars Easy, price of entry. If you have to pay $400+ for the vehicle, $100+ for insurance, and $100+ for FSD then you have priced out 90% of Americans. Even if you can afford the car and insurance the extra $100 could be just too much. It's always money.

Tesla needs to continue to evolve their Self-Driving pricing model to increase adoption. With a product this good, sales should be going vertical. It's time to ask some hard questions about what's not working. What do you all think?

@thehealthb0t The confirmation study done 5 years later narrowed the discrepancy between the general public and the Amish. They also found that the Amish vaccinate more often than we previously assumed. We again have more questions than answers.

RFK Jr highlights a study done on the unvaccinated Amish Community by researcher Dan Olmstead. According to trends at the time there should have been 2000 cases of Autism. Yet only 3 cases were found. All 3 children adopted by the Amish after receiving their vaccines.

@SERobinsonJr This is the type of thing that makes me wonder if they will ever fully solve autonomy. I say that as a person with 40k miles on FSD Supervised and love every minute. But there are times it does weird things and I wonder if that is actually solvable or not.

Would just like to point out that there is still no Android Robotaxi App. At this point, it is just ridiculous...

@elonmusk I would like to buy insurance for my car to use FSD unsupervised please! Just give me the number and I'll start the monthly payment.

If you want to know what’s really safe or what’s not, just try buying insurance for it

@TheLaurenChen Many boomers didn't want to be parents and now don't want to be grandparents. Us Millennials are not taking on parenting without support but also facing taking care of our elderly parents on top of that. It is worth it, but geez talk about barriers to overcome.

Boomers don't want to hear this, but one of the (many) reasons why my generation isn't having as many kids? A lot of millennials feel they can't depend on their parents for help the way they saw their own grandparents pitch in when they were growing up

@smonter42 @JessePeltan You could make the claim that $530/m isn't affordable but compared to other new cars it is. If you want to talk used then you should do the same for the Tesla's and again they are just as affordable. Bad comparisons.

@JessePeltan $530 a month is not affordable. You could pick up a really nice used car for five grand and drive that for 3 to 5 years with minimal maintenance. It’s also not just 530 a month it’s also how much it cost to insure it. For a model Y that’s gonna be $225-250 a month

I don’t think people realize how affordable Teslas have gotten. A new Model Y is $530/month. (72 months)

@heyitsyashu @elonmusk @grok what does he mean by this comment?

Did @elonmusk just Netflix Optimus ???

@Eric_Schmitt @grok, what does this mean for Missouri families?

We just won Missouri v. Biden. As Missouri’s Attorney General, I sued the Biden regime for brazenly colluding with Big Tech to silence Missouri families — censoring the truth about COVID, the Hunter Biden laptop, the open border, and the 2020 election. They tried to turn Facebook, X, YouTube, and the rest into their private speech police, labeling dissent “misinformation” while they pushed their narrative on the American people. Today, after years of unrelenting litigation, we deep state into a historic 10-year, court-enforceable Consent Decree. It directly binds the Surgeon General, the CDC, and CISA: no more threats of legal, regulatory, or economic punishment. No more coercion. No more unilateral direction or veto of platform decisions to remove, suppress, deplatform, or algorithmically bury protected speech. Missouri struck first—and Missouri won big. This is the first real, operational restraint on the federal censorship machine. It locks in the First Amendment principle we fought for: modern technology doesn’t erase your rights, and government labels don’t strip speech of protection. The deep state just got checked. For every working Missouri family tired of being silenced by their own government: this victory is yours. The heartland fought back, and the heartland delivered.

@MbarkCherguia I would take literally anything over this girl. Red Flags for days!

Men, be 100% honest… $50,000 cash right now or HER? 😅💰

@alphafox 100% the kids from the first question. My wife or my mother is easy as long as it is my actual wife (love you baby!) as I have already discussed this with her and my mother and we all agree on it.

Would you save your wife or your kids if your house was on fire?

This is all my own opinion and a hot take. TLDR: Mothers are more protective in a bubble around the child in all directions broadly. Fathers are focused on immediate physical proximity and distant potential and delayed time threats. My thoughts detailed: Mothers are protectors of diet, and environmental dangers like air and water quality. Mothers also are typically better at identifying and preventing local social threats. Fathers are typically physical threat protection of immediate danger like someone attacking the family or breaking into the home. They also tend to see and address larger distant or future threats like war or gathering resources for weather and climate threats. Both of these protectors are quite helpful to keep children alive and come with down sides if the two are not in sync or if only one is participating. Examples would be mothers being over protective and preventing the children from taking calculated risks slowing their development. And fathers needing to have at least a tendency towards physical threats or else they aren't great at protection and that threat of physical violence can turn in towards the family if he is not able to control himself. Please critique me as I am happy to see different perspectives on this topic. I haven't intentionally thought much about it in this way before.

I think about this ALL THE TIME. Men talk about being protectors - but in nature, it’s actually the women/females that do the protecting…

So @nerdalert @LimitingThe and me are doing a pod on Thursday about Terafab.

@gas_biz Yeah, good comparison. This is definitely not apples too oranges. Next do a Model3 vs you're Porsche and let's see if the "Economics" play out differently.

Brother I own a Cybertruck AND a Porsche 911 Turbo. The Porsche is 3x the value, faster, and cheaper to insure by $400 every 6 months. I pump gas in Kirklands and I figured this out. You don't need Economics 101. You need a calculator.