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[–] [email protected] 102 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

He laments people laughing at him, and likens his purchase of the cybertruck to that of the Toyota Prius. Unfortunately, what he fails to consider, is that the Prius is an economy car. You can make fun of a crappy car, but that mockery ends before it affects the owner, because the majority of us understand that buying a car is more of a financial matter, rather than one of taste. i.e. most of us buy the car we can afford, not necessarily the car we want.

That goes out the window when you take into consideration the cybertrucks price tag. If it was an economy electric car (like the Prius), we would poke fun at the vehicles design and that would be it. But this is a bloated, over-priced, unreliable, gimmick truck; whose only purpose is to serve as an ego-boost to one of the richest, dumbest men on the planet. The man that got bullied into buying and abruptly tanking one of the largest social media companies in the world. The same man jumping around like a pick-me dipshit at a fascist rally for a convicted felon, bankrupt businessman, convicted rapist, and self-described sex-pest.

People can laugh at not just the cybertruck, but also the owner; because paying what amounts to a third of a fucking house so you can fanboy a man sure to go down as one of histories most public dumb-asses, makes you ripe for ridicule (and deservedly so).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Agree 100%. Also, re. "a third of a house"; I bought an old (1941) but comfortably livable 2 bedroom house with garden and driveway in Columbia, South Carolina for only $86k last year. Most of the cyberfuck owners paid MORE than my house for their dumb cars...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

well said, kudos

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

because paying what amounts to a third of a fucking house so you can fanboy a man sure to go down as one of histories most public dumb-asses, makes you ripe for ridicule (and deservedly so).

Hey, Memericans, do Apple next.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's bought a status car and spent ~$70k extra on it in order to get a reaction. Not sure what he's whining about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Probably because he expected for that sort of money for the only reaction to be people jizzing themselves

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago

He chooses what to drive. If he likes it, that's his right. It's also right of the others not to like it and find it ridiculous. There is no objective reason to drive a Cybertruck except to show off. Well, it backfired for him.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

"Stupidity" would be the answer to both why he bought a cybertruck and why he wonders why people are laughing about his choice.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

"I drive the equivalent of a 2024 Yugo that is laughably poor quality sold by a huckster and I paid enough to buy 4 reasonable cars. It's the most gaudy design of any car ever produced since the dawn of time. Why would people laugh at me?"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Granted, she could have been having a weird reaction to a stroke or something,

Bless your heart

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Man, I sure wish cybertrucks had been around to deflect when I spent 7 years driving a Fiat Panda.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Great News! There's a new Dacia Sandero!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

As a man I’ve been patiently waiting my entire life for the general population of women to realize they can shame men into not being stupid assholes. I don’t think men on the whole are going to like it…but it’s been a long time coming. See: history.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

This person needs to get help. I doubt more than one or two women are laughing at him, if there is anyone laughing at all.

Who has time to do this while driving?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I've pointed and laughed at a couple of Cybertrucks. It's hard to really capture how funny they look in motion in person. That feeling of "this was drawn by a kindergardener" hit me so much harder the first couple times I saw a real one moving.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Looks more like an attempt at a low polygon 3d model to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I think it's because it's stupid looking enough that the brain doesn't even classify it as a vehicle, it's just some weird contraption that isn't supposed to act like a vehicle does, so it's an uncanny valley effect.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

As others mentioned, it does look kinda ridiculous in person. Driving home Sunday with my sister we saw one, pointed and both laughed/chuckled to each other. I wasn't looking at the driver so dunno if they noticed, but if they were looking at our faces as we passed they might have been able to notice, and it was just a natural reaction, not meant to have the owner notice in an effort to mock or anything.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My partner and I make a point of pointing and laughing at every single cyber truck and owner we see

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

I live in the Bay Area and there are like 5 of them in my small, rural town, so I see them daily. I laugh every time. As silly as they look in photos, it's just so much sillier in real life. Especially out in the county where I live.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My opinion of Musk has nothing to do with it. For the price of it, its ugly as fuck.

I'm not a fan of priuses either, but priuses don't a) take wild swings in design in order to be "edgy" and b) price themselves according to supposed "cool points".

With or without Musk, your choices reflect who you are. This guy bought an overpriced vehicle in order to be "cool" and now he's butt hurt that no one agrees with him.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Because the front face of the car looks like it's exasperated by itself.

(¬▃¬)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Life. Don't talk to me about life.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (5 children)

you cant pick up chicks in a cyber truck

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

aluminum frame, steel skin. they put the horse in the cart and had the fare-payers pull the whole thing lolol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Remove all the hype and it looks stupid

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Hell, include the hype, and it looks stupid

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How many women own cybertrucks???

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We don't need to compensate for dick size.

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