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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by KennyBlanken on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:30PM (#47057181)
> 1 million Optimus robots

Are there that many unemployed actors available?

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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by mattmaroon on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:33PM (#47057196)
No but thanks to Elon there are a million unemployed federal government workers.
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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by aj_icracked on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @11:56PM (#47057337)
Down for this lol
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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by andsoitis on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @03:28AM (#47058657)
> there are a million unemployed federal government workers

Wikipedia notes about 300,000 people were laid off. Not a million.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_mas...

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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by mattmaroon on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:31AM (#47060310)
Thanks joke police!
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Re:Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Neth... by tjpnz on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @12:52AM (#47057670)
Plenty of Mocap actors.
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