Elon Musk

my grandfather drove pintos for years cause the exploding problem was fixed but the name was trashed so you could get them for cheap lol

classic grandfather behavior

I saw a cybertruck on the streets last night. It's smaller than I was expecting, which made it all the more ungainly looking. Looked like something you would see in a low-budget sci-fi movie where they take all the body panels off of a suburban and replace it with a bunch of welded-on "aero" made out of commercial restaurant sinks. 100% troll move against the Musketeers - you must show your devotion by tithing $100K and literally encasing yourself in rolling embarrassment. The presumably bulletproof exterior will block most scorn and ridicule. Presumably.

what other examples are there of this precise flavor of mass devotion?

obviously there's trump, but even the people buying trump steaks don't justify it by suggesting that trump is leading humanity to the stars. and there are cults like heaven's gate etc., but none of them involved the richest person in the world

Ape NFTs

lol i guess so!

i suppose chatGPT has already created its own cohort of these

Looked like something you would see in a low-budget sci-fi movie where they take all the body panels off of a suburban and replace it with a bunch of welded-on "aero" made out of commercial restaurant sinks.

― Elvis Telecom, Friday, March 8, 2024 1:59 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao

but none of them involved the richest person in the world

I know that he was for a while and he may be again but I've noticed news reports and videos continue to refer to him as such lately even when he isn't (Bernard Arnault leapfrogged him and Bezos and Zuck are close enough to Musk in supposed net worth for those three to likely be constantly overtaking each other).

trump bragging he’s richer than musk wld be fun how can we make that happen

Cybertruck is like Elon Musk's face it only looks good from one angle

what other examples are there of this precise flavor of mass devotion?

Crypto for sure, although it lacks a single figurehead.

Fittingly, though, Musk has had his hand in crypto.

there have been striver cults around rich guys yr henry fords yr warren buffettes or even pre politics trump, social media may have tweaked the situation with elon tho

lol I just learned that this dumb truck has a paired attachable "cybertent" or some nonsense that is supposed to go on the back and that they are selling for $3,000. And that reportedly is a POS.

c'mon you can't post that without posting the pic of the concept art vs. the final product

https://i0.wp.com/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/03/tesla-cybertruck-meme.jpg?w=1500&quality=82&strip=all&ssl=1

lol

I’m convinced, here is my $$$$$

haa

Surely that can't be real.

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6txrci7pszrjvaugjmjqc3to/bafkreighv6berdxq6ph5jmbg3f2gac4f4pg5a6nuxpelt7s5yp4fnc5zgi@jpeg

total aztek *ripoff*

https://www.drivingline.com/s3/drivingline.prd/media/2321838/pontiac-aztec-overland-18.jpg

Maybe it looks better without the rain fly.

if you have a normal pickup you can just get a cap and sleep in there no tent needed

https://www.recoilweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/landmaster-damnation-alley-958x639.jpg

we have a kelty car tent, universal, attaches to most cars, cost about $100 on sale

https://images.etrailer.com/static/images/pics/k/e/ke53tr_21_1000.jpg

that tesla tent looks like it is available for $19 from 8 companies with different AI generated names and product photography on amazon

The Temu special.

concept art vs finished product is "We have a Cybertruck at home, but it's the Cybertruck"

why isnt it sitting on the bed what is its sitting on ???????

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y4ziklh6w6q3zencduqpdmiv/bafkreifzvxmzp7wekbbidzbfgjgwjhni6pghoeggdf4ao7ikfagc7urbbm@jpeg

awful https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/us-news/angela-chao-made-panicked-call-before-dying-in-completely-submerged-tesla-on-texas-ranch/

Christ that’s horrific

biting my tongue as hard as i can

one down

“…this was not a typical accident…”

…because a billionaire was involved

thanks sic. I was going to make a joke about Tesla and a pond taking Mr. Choppy's job away from him, but

If we had effective government Teslas would have been recalled or banned years ago and Musk in jail for stock manipulation but alas we rely on him for our space program lol.

amazing to think mcconnell just isnt going to do anything at all, a true reptile

I think I saw this story on an episode of the Blacklist.

Any time I’ve gotten into a Tesla, the damn door handles are inscrutable, maybe that makes it harder to rescue someone.

theyre electric too so if the power is out cause say youre submerged in water and inside the car you have to use a back up handle that you might not even be aware of, not sure how you open them from the outside without power, likewise gear shifting is done via the touchscreen tho by law there is a physical shifter too, hate this type of shit door handles are solved they work and dont cause anyone any problems

Right, there were shitty dudes on social networks today trying to explain that "she would have been able to open the doors if she had read the manual."

I hate all the bullshit they set in motion that other EVs (and other cars?) seem to have as well. Like, dumb door handles, giant iPad screens, that sort of bullshit.

Like, fine, introduced new technology, add features and new buttons, whatever, but why change the fundamental things that don't need to be changed, like steering wheels or handles?

new lux cars use their huge multiple screens as a marketing lure dont we all get enough screen time

I was getting into a Tesla rideshare recently and the door handle sprouted out of the door when the driver pressed a button to let me in. I was honestly afraid to grip the handle to open the door, because I didn’t know if it would retract and crush my hand. I said so to the driver and he said it happened to him once. F that.

lol unbelievable

For $5/mo. you get a firmware override of the Titan sub simulation.

the rivian tent looks good https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/08/rivians-new-treehouse-rooftop-tent-comes-with-a-movie-projector/

and at least there's an actual prototype, not just concept art

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/rivian-r3x-hatchback.jpg?w=1390&crop=1

I'm not a camping guy, but all of these car-tent situations seem to be pretty point-missing to me