• ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Couldn’t happen to an uglier, more stupid car.

    It looks like something a 6 year old designed on a 1980s PC.

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      1 day ago

      You just know this is the one car that Elon designed personally, like that episode of the Simpsons where Homer bankrupts his brothers car company, only real life doesn’t actually punish idiocy.

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      I would usually give a lot of credit to someone trying something different, but I’d drive a 1971 Ford Pinto before I ever intentionally get within photographable proximity to a Cybertruck.

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      When the cybertruck was first announced, I actually appreciated how different it looked, but its performance and association to Musk has entirely ruined any hope of me ever liking a low-poly vehicle ever again.

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        I thought it would look unique in a geeky way. Instead it looks unique in a Nazi way. That’s not my vibe. Killed my enthusiasm for owning something that I knew most people would hate. Also costing twice as much and being a piece of shit.

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          I think it has plenty of reasons to not like it that are completely non political. The other stuff is just icing on the cake.

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        When the cybertruck was first announced, I actually appreciated how different it looked

        Yeah, same here. I usually like weird looking forms for ordinary objects. The cybertruck counts.

        Even disregarding the emotional association to Musk, which is nigh impossible, the engineering of the car makes it suck to hell, because that’s all Musk’s decision he forced.

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        I know this sounds really pathetic to say out loud now that it’s a confirmed flop, but I never liked the look.

        • I didn’t really care about the look. Then I saw one in the flesh in a car show. The thing just looked strange up close. It was cordoned off too unlike the hundreds of other cars there. I guess they didn’t want people touching it because lots of greasy fingers and stainless steel body don’t mix well.

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      Indeed.

      Still shocking he never hired a designer. Even an idiot fraud like Elizabeth Holmes knew to do that.

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      It looks like something a 6 year old designed on a 1980s PC.

      It looks like my drawing of a car as a 4 year old brought to reality

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      That’s quite exactly what they were going for actually. Lo-res graphic to represent hi-tech. Somewhat like military camo is now pixelated for no practical reason.

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          Neither pixellation nor digitization contributes to the camouflaging effect. The pixellated style, however, simplifies design and eases printing on fabric, compared to traditional patterns. While digital patterns are becoming widespread, critics maintain that the pixellated look is a question of fashion rather than function.

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          20 hours ago

          nah, you’re totally off topic. I was responding to looks. sorry for distracting you away from looks by mentioning practicality. on practicality, the reason for the cybertruck panels is they’re stainless steel. on looks, you didn’t reply. since you avoided that topic, i suspect you’re another sheep who jumped on the “ugly” bandwagon and aren’t able to say much more than “ugly ugly ugly”. no interest.