• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    Also. Why would an allegory for fascism driving your dumbass tiny pp truck be an endorsement? Why is that something you’d want for yourself?

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    3 months ago

    Saw it for the first time in person yesterday and I can confidently say….

    It’s even uglier in person!

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      I don’t know how to explain it, but it absolutely is. I saw my first a week or two ago, and was taken aback by how off-putting it is visually. I thought maybe it’d have an awkward charm, but no, it’s just physically uncomfortable to look at.

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        What struck me was how ungodly huge it is, for basically no reason. There was one outside of Costco with people trying to get some huge thing to fit in the bed. It didn’t go well. They already had it loaded by the time I walked into the store and they were still there putting ratchet straps on it when I left 30 minutes later.

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        It’s like looking at a texture that hasn’t fully rendered or something, just visual blur despite the sharp edges

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        I saw one in person the other day and physically uncomfortable is a good description. I was trying to describe it to my friends who have only seen pictures and I couldn’t stop laughing because it’s so much dumber looking in real life. Really just horrible.

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      Huh. I actually saw one for the first time in person yesterday too. On the way back from a camping trip, in a little village surrounded by corn fields.

      It really i the ugliest car I’ve ever seen. Including the car Homer designed in the Simpsons.

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        Couple of weeks ago I saw several, all parked next to each other, in a parking lot. Assumed it was some car club, or people going to some car event. Anyway, seeing them all lined-up like that, made me realize just how out of place they looked. They looked fake, like mock-ups, or something. It was weird. I have seen a lot of very highly stylized cars, lots of specialty vehicles designed for industrial, and military, use and never have I gotten that vibe. The only other time I got the same feeling was when one of the Nolan batman movies was being filmed near where I worked, and they had the “bat” vehicles parked in a private lot I passed, on my way to work. Getting to see them up close, and in person, really made it clear that they were fake vehicles, that required distance, and editing/cgi, to look real.

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        Homer’s car was pretty cool…

        • two bubble domes, with muzzles and restraints in the back
        • shag carpet
        • tailfin and metal bowler hood ornament
        • three horns to play the song “La Cucaracha”.
        • gigantic cupholders (which actually became a feature on many cars in the 1990s onward)
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      3 months ago

      Ive saw a few… one had a digital camo wrap… all i could think was “yeah, i wouldnt want to been seen either”

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      Interesting to know it’s just my area (which does make sense, it’s SF Bay Area), but I see them all the time, multiple a day sometimes.

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        There is only one by me that I see somewhat regularly, and oh what a trash bin it really is in person…

        But yeah, don’t see a lot here. I do live in a progressive area, but we are surrounded by farmland and maga outside the the townships into the more rural parts of the county. The cyber truck isn’t something a farmer is going to ever touch since it’s garbage for actual truck tasks, it’s a very specific pavement princess vehicle. Around here they actually use their trucks.

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        I’ve only seen one or two a month so far on days when I’m out, in an area where I see multiple Teslas a day when I’m out. It does seem like the number is increasing, but slowly.

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          Just saw one on the highway less than 30min ago. Idk if it’s just the East Bay, but hardly a day goes by without seeing at least one. It’s weird how popular they are here.

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            I live in Hercules 👏 Hercules 👏 Hercules 👏 and someone out here has one. See them every weekend driving in the city.

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    Oof, look at the replies of all the Elon fans. They just can’t take it.

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    Here’s a vehicle from the 1995 movie. I think the cybertruck could fit in with something like that if it had some greebles and a matching paint job.

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    The only Fleetway Character I like that makes me think of Elon is Super Sonic

    And if you know the book, that’s not the compliment it would be in any other continuity

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    Elon does not tire from being ridiculed in the internet and then going back home to wipe his tears with hundred dollar bank notes

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    I must admit that it does look pretty nice. If it wasn’t musk-related i would’ve bought one. But due to him i wouldn’t take one if it came for free when buying another car.

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      I saw one in person for the first time last week. It does not look good. Not at all like what the press images show. The panels were not planner, they were all warped and wavey. The gaps between panels were huge and uneven. Honestly, it looked like a reject from a bargain Back to the Future theme park ride, or like a poor quality cosplay piece.

      Maybe the owner just wasn’t taking care of it, but regardless, it looked bad.

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        Lol. Can’t judge yet. I only know it from the handful photos i saw. While the teslas all look horrible, the truck at least had some distinct optics. Probably will never see one where i live, even those murican “trucks” are so very rare here and chuckled upon. Unless it’s a construction- or woodworking-company or something that would need one.

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          It’s funny you mention woodworking, as that’s something I have personal experience with. If I showed up at my hardwood dealer / plywood supplier with a cyber truck and tried to load it up with lumber, they would laugh me out of the parking lot. They would never take me seriously again. It’s a completely impractical design for any kind of actual work. I can kind of understand the truck from a fashion accessory point of view, but not from a real world work one. Not at all.

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            Absolutely. Fashion yes, real world lol.

            Recently saw a comparison of one of those murican “trucks” (f150 i think) and some way tinier toyota something, where both had basically the same utility and space, the f150 is just bigggger for now reason (and eats more fuel). Hence u rarely see them here in private hands. People instantly assume your peepee-size 😂 Let alone a hummer 😂😂

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      I think we can all agree aesthetics are subjective. The down votes are likely for saying anything positive about something related to Musk (or just folks who disagree). Which, to your point, would be an interesting experiment: put one in front of people who don’t know who made it and see what they think.

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        I expected mindless downvotes due to saying something like that. Same kind of sheeples like the musk-fanboys. Just their ignorance turned 180°. Like atheists to theists 😁

        Yup, would be interesting to see. Not surprising of course. So many sheeple don’t dare to have an opinion that deviates from the popular one.

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      It “looks” nice from afar. Apparently, when you look closer, then it looks less nice - or useful, to be fair. For example, the truck bed appears to be inconvenient. And it seems that in some models, you can’t even fit a dirt bike in it.

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        Oh i have not the slightest idea about its usefulness or anything. Just based on the looks of the few imagines i would buy one if i had the need for a car like that. I prefer 2 seater convertibles 😁

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          I guess if I had “fuck you” money, I’d just have an actual truck’s exterior transformed into something that resembled the cybertruck, just for the ridiculousness of its looks. But you wouldn’t catch me driving tesla tech.

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            Me neither. Besides musk, i wouldn’t want something flashy anyway. People stare, you’re never invisible. I made such a mistake once, never again. Can’t understand why people like this 😁