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?
Probably bots run by Musk, it’s the right level of pointlessly petty
Simple: Elon is a dipshit.
You could say he’s a simp
Elon is the standard candle for dipshittyness. All other dipshits are gauged in “Elon units” of how irredeemably dipshitty they are.
Because musk is a fascist, duh?
Exactly, I saw this and thought “why the hell would I even want to be like judge dredd?”
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
It’s like looking at a texture that hasn’t fully rendered or something, just visual blur despite the sharp edges
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.
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.
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.
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)
I agree on all points but the shag carpet.
It’s never a good idea, or cool, unless it’s The Mystery Van.
I will respect your choice to put it places, though.
Like, zoinks! That’s just, like, your take on it, man!
You do bring up a valid point.
Shag carpets are acceptable as long as they really tie the room together.
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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.
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.
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.
Cybertruck or Elon?
Yes
I mean, hair plugs don’t really do anything for anyone.
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.
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Not quite correct. Stainless steel, even the best quality, is rust resistant. Even the best quality will rust in the right conditions. That’s why it’s so stupid for them to have decided that since it’s stainless steel there’s no need for it to get a protective coating or paint.
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Fair enough. I tend to forget about the DeLorean lol. I’m an electrical and computer engineer so I don’t tend to work with a lot of different types of materials. But with the little I work with even I knew it would have rust issues from the very beginning since there was no way they would spring for the material quality they needed to.
I was thinking this when I went to the beach for the 4th. Here there are houses literally on the sand and one of those had a cyber truck parked 10 ft from the same. The air gets so salty and humid, you could already tell it was starting to get affected.
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.
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.
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.
Completely missed this extra layer, today I am the simp.
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Honestly it’s a first
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, nothing like the word of god shutting you down.
Oof, look at the replies of all the Elon fans. They just can’t take it.
No thanks.
Fair.
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.
The only Judge Dredd movie I recognize is the one with Karl Urban, which was sadly under-advertised and didn’t make the money it should have…
Fun movie. I should watch it again when I can get more edibles
“Dang, this movie about pigs killing harmless drug users would be so much better high.”
You’re not wrong, it’s just funny.
Cersei can never be harmless
I’ll fight for the Stallone version any time.
Urban’s version was unironic, and Dredd is always meant to be done ironically.
The greatest version of Dredd is Stallone… in Demolition Man
Interesting take.
The Urban version is damn near a complete ripoff of The Raid, which is a better movie. It’s a fun watch and Heady gives a great performance, but that’s about it.
Not a ripoff but a fucking coincidence. The movie that premiered first started recording second.
Dude, there are entire segments that are almost shot-for-shot homages. I really enjoy the Urban version of Dredd, but it’s just The Raid with white people.
It’s way underrated, but watch Dick Tracey with Warren Beatty and Madonna. She gives the best performance of her career and the movie makers used a lot of great tricks to make it look like an old time cartoon come to life. For instance, in the old ‘four color’ process, there was exactly one shade of yellow, one of green etc. No variation. If you look ,you’ll see that they did the same thing in the movie.
I would buy that before I bought a cyber truck.
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.
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?
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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Awesome! I love trash-pandas! That would be a selling-point!
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 😂😂
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!
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.
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.
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 😁
