Elon Musk talks Tesla: "We dug our own grave with the Cybertruck"

Re:Elon Musk talks Tesla: "We dug our own grave with the Cyb... by aaroninsf on Thursday October 19, 2023 @01:37PM (#37945921)

Taking a few minutes AFK to meditate on the work taken on by the word "we" in that quote.

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Re:Elon Musk talks Tesla: "We dug our own grave with the Cyb... by stg22 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @02:29PM (#37946648)

It's one of those tricky irregular verbs in English:

We dug our own grave.

You are fired.

He/She is fired.

You are fired.

They are fired.

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Re:Elon Musk talks Tesla: "We dug our own grave with the Cyb... by Zigurd on Thursday October 19, 2023 @08:04PM (#37950470)

I'm sure a similar transition to "we" will happen when it turns out Starship is a space Spruce Goose.

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