I think one problem is that it's difficult to share with non-parents that the sacrifice is worth it. It's easier to understand the pain of losing opportunities, losing freedom, losing hobbies, losing sleep, or downsizing living space.
How do you explain that you miss your newborn so much, that when the baby is asleep all you do is look through pictures of him/her? i almost cried the first time my toddler ran up to me and gave me a hug. i cried when i picked him up after the first day of daycare and he said "i missed you" - i didn't even know he knew that phrase!
My (immigrant) parents never explained to me how awesome it is to be a parent. Also they are a 100 times more affectionate as grandparents than as parents.
I hope to teach my son that being a parent is the best luckiest blessed thing ever.
My parents are similar.
They had a cash/coin business and would count everything by hand. My mom developed shoulder/neck problems. I repeatedly asked them if I could buy them a bill and coin counter. Eventually I just bought them.
They thanked me and wished I had done it 5 years sooner.
One problem is that my parents treat all spending the same - whereas I think spending to invest in their health or quality of life is a no brainer.
Another important factor for the premiums (both for car price and stock price) may be FSD.
If we were guaranteed that FSD would never happen, the stock price would suffer more than the unit economics, but both would suffer. (I think!)
But who knows, this is all armchair quarterbacking.
There is nothing weird about a car in the luxury space dropping its prices 20% overnight? Are there other examples of cars (in the same price range, volume levels) doing this? Is it that common?
Are you implying all price fluctuations are uninteresting because they are all a matter of matching supply with demand?
Luxury car prices jump around like crazy. Go call five dealers and get quotes on the same BMW. Turn on your TV in the holiday season and try to dodge all the "Lexus Holiday Sales Event" ads.
Yeah, this absolutely happens all the time. It just doesn't reinforce your priors when someone gets a deal on a Porsche.
I'm looking examples where a car manufacturer dropped their prices overnight by 20%. Do you have example of those?
I'm not even assuming to know the answer (might not be enough info; although i know many car manufacturers do sell direct to consumer, although it's not as common). I differentiate this between the dealership model since there is an additional middleman (and they have different cost structures; how they hold/buy inventory on lot, etc etc). So, the more direct comparison would be the price that dealerships pay overnight drop 20%.
Either way, I don't think you will be convinced that this price drop is interesting since it's all just matching supply and demand.
edit: grammar -- distracted so i think i wrote sentences in the wrong tense.
> I'm looking examples where a car manufacturer dropped their prices overnight by 20%. Do you have example of those?
Every week? That's a ridiculous question, and you know it. Luxury car brands never sell for MSRP. Everything is always "discounted", and by a different amount for every sale. You genuinely think those price changes are not due to market factors? The only reason you're even able to assert this point is that Tesla, almost alone among major manufacturers, sells directly to customers for a fixed sticker price.
How do you explain that you miss your newborn so much, that when the baby is asleep all you do is look through pictures of him/her? i almost cried the first time my toddler ran up to me and gave me a hug. i cried when i picked him up after the first day of daycare and he said "i missed you" - i didn't even know he knew that phrase!
My (immigrant) parents never explained to me how awesome it is to be a parent. Also they are a 100 times more affectionate as grandparents than as parents. I hope to teach my son that being a parent is the best luckiest blessed thing ever.