Elon Musk

Good pod discussion on why tech media outlets can’t change how they boost psychopaths

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/10722966-tech-media-needs-to-do-better-on-crypto-and-elon-musk-w-ed-zitron

Does Elon know who Baudrillard is?

I'd like to see ol' lonny musk wriggle his way out of *this* jam

this thing looks like total shit

Some more beautiful photos of the Cybertruck from yesterday. @elonmusk

Photos shared by Nattanan here: https://t.co/FLuSILXQ7R pic.twitter.com/mOiBnxYR01

— Sawyer Merritt 📈🚀 (@SawyerMerritt) June 7, 2022

look at the warping in the side panels and the absolutely shitty join at the front end

happy meal toy

Design cues from the Damnation Alley vehicle.

why it have no headlights

they should google "how to make cars"

people used to laugh at the Pontiac Aztek, who's laughing now

First comment: "Thing looks like a curbside fridge with a “FREE” sign taped to it."

Or a pile of leftover ducting from an A/C installation.

I want to see it standing upright

https://www.simplyeighties.com/resources/Transformers%20Motomaster%20Stunticon.JPG.opt200x327o0%2C0s200x327.JPG

He just keeps winning and getting more money you guys are just envious of his genius. Look at that truck LOOK AT IT!

https://media.wired.com/photos/593252a1edfced5820d0fa07/master/w_2560%2Cc_limit/the-homer-inline4.jpg

admittedly they do look pretty striking & neat right out of the factory, the problem is I bet they'll all look like dogshit after 15,000 miles, not to mention all the "this is why nobody designs cars like this" problems that'll be discovered along the way

lmao that thing is so offensive imagine being a designer at tesla youve devoted your professional life to developing some sort of expertise and the lamest man in the world hands you a drawing on a napkin, its called the "cyber truck"

saw someone speculating it looks that way cause they used very strong aerospace aluminum which makes is super durable but you also just cant shape it the way you really need to for a car

It looks like a shop class welding project where you only get a passing grade if your welded box can hold water. (I speak from experience.)

Also, how is this a truck?? I don't see a picture of cargo capacity so wtf is it even for?

cyber tronk

You carry your groceries in the cloud

Also, how is this a truck?? I don't see a picture of cargo capacity so wtf is it even for?

― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Wednesday, June 8, 2022 10:15 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

it has a bed in the back, also 4wd etc offroad stuff, tho its supposedly not body on frame which is maybe the prime truck thing they say it has "an exoskeleton" whatever that means https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2019/11/22/tesla-cybertruck-uses-stainless-steel-exoskeleton-rather-than-traditional-body-on-frame/

i was looking at a 1990, boxy looking Volvo. These straight lines are seen in the Cyber truck. Its interesting to see the reaction of this stainless steel truck hauling freight with its 8 camera security. It sets a new standard for tough.

— Grant Hendricks (@GrantHe62069356) June 7, 2022

the entire "look, it won't dent" thing is kind of dumb because if you're actually using a truck for work, nobody cares if the vehicle gets dinged up. the worst risk is enough paint gets scraped off that you end up with rust and corrosion

now, if you're worried about people throwing bricks and rocks at your fancy rolling fortress for... reasons.. then having a dent-proof exterior makes sense

why dont they just made the whole car out of the plastic cladding

lmao the volvo comparers tweet has zero likes but someone telling him to stfu has hundreds

Lol mh xpost

My dad designed and made a couple of recumbent bikes in the late '80s that used 100% riveted structural sheet metal instead of a welded frame. Apparently he was 30 years ahead of the (nonexistent) curve.

modern cars are designed to crumple in a crash so that the people inside them don't die

yeah good point wonder if this thing would pass a crash test, not that theyre ever going to release it anyway

this stainless steel truck hauling freight

Freight? You mean a sack of potting soil and a couple grocery bags from Costco, right?

cars should be made of NERF

We know a place where Floam cars go

Musk stans are my least favorite stans of all

For all you haters mocking Musk's future-tank, well, I'll have you know that Ignaz Semmelweis was the first to discover the importance of hand washing to maintaining basic hygiene, and he was mocked, too. In the future *all* cars will look like vintage 16-bit video game vehicles, and Musk will be counting money. Until he dies from a communicable disease easily avoided by hand washing.

vintage 16-bit video game vehicle

It does have some Battlezone lines going on there

i am a very very function over form guy and can def be won by proving the former. But that looks like shit, and surface deformations like that usually don’t mean good things at all wrt design or production competence.
wrt layout design, there seems a small market for a truck that is functionally truck with also uh, another thing (hello Ridgelines which i love). but here the skyhigh bedwall and… it’s all 100% wtf to this amateur.
in a world where hummers became dick extensions i dunno.

I still think about the moment he introduced this monstrosity to the world and demoed its "indestructability" by throwing a giant metal ball at the window, which shattered instantly. Then tried it again and shattered the back window too. That was such a funny moment that I almost can't hate the guy completely. Few people get to be a part of such a widely broadcast, pure comedic moment like that.

It looks like there's a smaller car inside of it and someone stuck a whole bunch of protective sheets of metal on in, post-apocalypse style. Like Dead Reckoning from "Land of the Dead:"

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/zombie/images/4/42/Dead_Reckoning.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20171207033908

lol I pulled a Musk
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8e/b5/e4/8eb5e493f9a86ab751eb6a15196cddff.jpg

I'm getting a broken image on that which coincidentally also resembles the Cybertruck

Let me know when Musk makes this one and I'll sign the check
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/amv-prod-cad-assets/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MMFR_PlymouthRock.jpg

brb designing and market planning an aftermarket 3 ft tall android doof warrior

Ran across this gem in the twitter roasting:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FUrXjMgaAAAJMca?format=png&name=small

lol, that's fantastic

frogbs otm, one of the great self-owns by a blowhard. on a par with geraldo and the empty vault. you’ll be able to judge the quality of the obituary by whether or not it includes that moment.

not that I should expect any differently but it’s weird that that moment didn’t really dim his star any among the stans (not surprising) or tech and mainstream media (a little more surprising)

shit, it looks like they've added a windshield wiper! This thing ain't no joke:

https://electrek.co/2022/06/07/tesla-cybertruck-updated-interior-and-windshield-wiper/

https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/12/Tesla-Cybertruck-tailgate-open.jpg

Bed looks good for a hefty load of laundry and a labradoodle puppy

They really cheapened scaled down the tires from those first renderings, huh?

They prefer the term "value engineering."