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?
Simple: Elon is a dipshit.
Man someone came and down voted all us. Who’s still stanning musk on the fediverse in 2024?
Saw it for the first time in person yesterday and I can confidently say….
It’s even uglier in person!
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.
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.
It’s aggressively ugly
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.
It’s like looking at a texture that hasn’t fully rendered or something, just visual blur despite the sharp edges
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.
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.
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.
I live in Hercules 👏 Hercules 👏 Hercules 👏 and someone out here has one. See them every weekend driving in the city.
I hate Elon, I hate trucks, and I hate cars, but there is something about its style that I like. You gotta appreciate the Syd Mead inspiration and the attempt at something new. And though I’m reading it’s not working as well as advertised, I like the idea of stainless steel instead of paint.
There’s trying something different, and there’s just throwing shit at the design board.
Some ideas might have been worth exploring, but that would have required an actual design team.
I’m glad those menaces aren’t legal over here.
It’s what happened with a boss that punishes or fires people for saying something negative to the boss. After some time the boss is surrounded by nothing but yes-men so weird and disastrous plans get implemented with thunderous applause.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t disagree, I also wish they were illegal everywhere.
They needed designers that were well versed in the automotive field. Both with design and safety so they knew what what was smart or safe to innovate and what was better to leave alone. They also needed a CEO who didn’t have an unwarranted god complex and who didn’t have the final say on all design decisions.
It fails in every way it can. It’s dangerous and there’s plenty of stories of it breaking down several miles from the lot. No paint means that it will rust. Apparently you can get a clear coat added to it but it costs 5k. It’s massive and even though it’s a truck the bed is too small to really do much. Not having a normal steering wheel and all the controls being on the screen means you are constantly looking away from the road while driving. These are just the issues I remember off the top of my head. It was some manchild with too much money’s random idea that never should have been made.
I’ll bet Elon thinks that Dredd would put a Punisher sticker on it too.
…with that blue stripe, just complete the oblivious look
Why is he a simp, I don’t understand.
“Simp” has been in use as Mega-City One slang since the 80s. It is a subculture of people who have checked out of society and act like simpletons. See, for example, Megazine #15 and, more recently Prog 2207. This was really leaned into with Jack Point: The Simping Detective.
So, he’s basically calling Musk a clown.
That’s a very comprehensive answer, thank you. Although I have to concede that the car does suit the aesthetic of that comic.
the car does suit the aesthetic of that comic.
It… really does not. The cybertruck looks like the sad compromise of a too low polygon budget for a 80s game. The JD aesthetic is robust (*) and thick, sure, but not minimalistic.
(*) to which I mean the extent in that the Cybertruck looks robust.
Which is just a classic musky thing to do. Say some BS that barely passes the “as long as you don’t know anything about what I’m talking about, then it might sound right!”-test, and simps abound to make the bullshit asymmetry even more asymmetric.
PS: I’m sorry. I have blocking filters for “Elon” and “Trump”. Too many fucking morons with megaphones these days.
The cybertruck looks like the sad compromise of a too low polygon budget for a 80s game. The JD aesthetic is robust (*) and thick, sure, but not minimalistic.
And, like a lot of Carlos Ezquerra’s designs, the early Mega-City One aesthetic was very rounded and organic (“bubbly” even).
I have those filters, plus a filter for “Cybertruck”. So fed up of hearing about it.
Nah, it looks like someone wanted to design a car but realized curves are complicated and hard to draw and model.
Judge Dredd aesthetic is brutal but aggressively practical, with function deciding form. The cybertruck was made in reverse, with a design that the Tesla engineers were forced to cram a vehicle into.
It suits to the extent that Judge would blow it up for the crime of looking ugly.
In a finer, better timeline, there was a Judge Dredd movie directed by Terry Gilliam
Now that would have been one Hell of a film! And Gilliam would have had simps in it.
Dan Akyroyd as Dredd.
John Cleese as Dredd (he’s future Dirty Harry, so someone tall and rangy works) but Dan Aykroyd could definitely get in as the Chief Judge or perhaps a simp.
Check Aykroyd in ‘Dragnet.’ He’d have had to pack on some weight, but he’d have been great. He’s a motorcyclist in real life, so he’d have that skill.
Completely missed this extra layer, today I am the simp.
It’s a bit of a deep dive, especially as there’s no page that I can direct you to (online, I bet it’s in one of the books I have).
Ive read most of the pre 1980s 2000ADs at one point or another (my dad had his childhood ones on a big box) but it has been nearly a two decades since I read any so my memory has someone faded.
He’s simping for dredd - an explicit satire of authoritarianism and police brutality
As noted higher up it’s actually a different slang in the comics, but Dredd is a literal fascist so either way it’s not a good look to want to attach your brand to him.
Yes I saw, I am suitably shamed :)
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Oof, look at the replies of all the Elon fans. They just can’t take it.
No thanks.
Fair.
oof, nothing like the word of god shutting you down.
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
Clever comebacks
You’re wrong, simp.
oof
It’s clever because it’s an in-universe insult different from and far older than the current population culture usage, and all of the fake fans won’t understand that and will out themselves objecting.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 😂😂
I’m gonna get down voted as well but I agree I like the aesthetic, I saw this matte white (photo below) one the other day that I thought looked slick.
Now to be clear I’d never by a Tesla for numerous reasons, I would by an Aptera though (hopefully the succeed in making solar mobility a reality)
Solar mobile? Nope, won’t happen. Please think of the oil- and power-Shareholders. You egomaniac!
But yes, it’s refreshing to the boring market. If for SUVs, they’re all the same. Round and ugly as fuck. Except the benz ones that are only driven by gangsters 😁
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.
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 😁
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.
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 😁
Oh, good point about the unwanted attention!
Elon does not tire from being ridiculed in the internet and then going back home to wipe his tears with hundred dollar bank notes
what if he would but he doesn’t know he wants to?
