Detransition Stories/Tesla Self-Driving Documentary Parallels
Imagine shopping for a car
And basing all of your decision
On how bad the last guy’s crash was.
I get it— there are
Safety ratings but —
To obsess over detransition stories
Is to stare at car crashes and ask
The passengers
“How was your drive?” Afterwards.
People make
All sorts of incredibly stupid decisions
They regret later in life
People also just
Don’t know how to drive. Also—
The legal driving age where I grew up
Was 15 for cars and
Most people let their kids drive tractors
When they’re 11-12
I have a photo of myself driving one as a six year old!
People are out there on a mix of drugs
So thick you’d be amazed they are still alive
Let alone driving—
I’m so tired of these detransition stories
Like they mean more than the average user —
It’s like the Tesla documentary—
Yeah, he over pitched the capabilities
And yeah— you shouldn’t let your car
Drive itself based on cameras alone
—
Damn this is even more parallel to transitioning than I thought when I started writing this poem
Boom.