Last week I actually had to sit in a lobby for about 20 minutes to wait for one of the absolutely massive pickup trucks parked on either side of me to leave before I could even think about getting in my car. Had a few moments of, "wait, what the fuck am I actually going to do if they don't leave?" because there was literally mere inches on either side (jackass #2 was kind enough to back in to his spot to make sure he could get out unimpeded though!).
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 February 2024 16:53 (seven months ago) link
I see a Model Y driving around every so often, it’s so ugly in person. There’s nothing particularly offensive about it (vs. the Cybertruck) but the entire package is hideous.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 8 February 2024 17:03 (seven months ago) link
i modded a sunroof button onto my fob. take that dinotruckers!
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Thursday, 8 February 2024 17:07 (seven months ago) link
https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/13/tesla_cybertruck_rust/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:15 (seven months ago) link
I saw one in the flesh last weekend
Amazing there's no clear coat, what a dumb omission... you'll have to be out there with Bar Keepers Friend and a green scrubby pad
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:28 (seven months ago) link
look if there's one thing Cybertruck owners are probably good at, it's this: cleaning things on a regular basis
― frogbs, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:31 (seven months ago) link
Maybe you need to treat it like a cast iron pan. Soak it in oil then hit it with a flamethrower to season the exterior.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:51 (seven months ago) link
Cybertruck Lodge Edition
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:54 (seven months ago) link
I get the feeling that 'this corrosion' is just the first of many problems to come with this vehicle, but early adopters won't admit the issues
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 21:58 (seven months ago) link
It's not the first! The wheel covers are known to fly off and they also seem to be causing unpredictable wear on the tires
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:04 (seven months ago) link
I'm just going to cover my cybertruck with human skin
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:09 (seven months ago) link
That feeling when your cybertruck is finally delivered.
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2017-03/23/17/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-03/sub-buzz-29101-1490303746-8.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto
Later, when you realize what you've done.
https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/trump-sad-getty-img.jpg
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 22:39 (seven months ago) link
amazing things are happening with elons burner account
https://i.imgur.com/69VESKi.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 05:05 (seven months ago) link
how are we all sleeping on this story: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/16/foremost-group-ceo-angela-chao-died-after-car-went-into-texas-pond.html
on this thread bcz the car was a tesla, it backed her into the pond, and the texas ranch belongs to her BiL mitch mcconnell
― mark s, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:11 (six months ago) link
what the shit
She was one of my college classmates (I did not know her)
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:12 (six months ago) link
wow, from a cursory search there doesnt seem to be any reputable reporting saying it was a telsa at this point fwiw
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:16 (six months ago) link
also "Foremost Group" ok but whats the name of the group haha
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:17 (six months ago) link
they made up that it was a tesla bcz that changed the story from wtf front page news to ho hum dog-bites-man
― mark s, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:20 (six months ago) link
also in highly non-reputable sources i'm reading that she was a high-up member of the CPC
― mark s, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:21 (six months ago) link
a quick twitter search is telling me the tesla was hacked
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:24 (six months ago) link
This is the link that was shared among my alumni group; also no mention of Tesla: https://www.tradewindsnews.com/people/angela-chao-dies-in-car-accident-as-foremost-group-mourns-charismatic-and-visionary-leader/2-1-1597405
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:25 (six months ago) link
fwiw this was a front page story on nytimes.com when it happened.
any conspiracy angle is presumably coming from trump fans rather than tesla haters.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:27 (six months ago) link
yeah it is trump guys
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:29 (six months ago) link
ok lol i heard it from a muslim communist on bluesky tho (fact)
― mark s, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:32 (six months ago) link
Wait what is the conspiracy? How is Trump involved? what happened, i’m confused
(tbc I don’t care all that much about the alleged Tesla connection, I just don’t get why it would be coming from a Trump-related conspiracy)
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:35 (six months ago) link
iirc trump sic'd his followers on elaine chao (and spread rumors of CCP involvement) after she resigned on jan 6 and was rumored to be one of the cabinet members involved in the inoking the 25th amendment. and he hates mcconnell.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:37 (six months ago) link
and this seems like a messy event at the mcconnell ranch including an obvious cover up (not admitting it was a tesla)
― mark s, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:39 (six months ago) link
this guy seems to be the prime pusher of the tesla theory idk if hes trumpy def seems a lil trumpish at least
‼️ Angela Chao’s death at a private Texas ranch in Blanco, County is suspicious. ‼️ Chao entered her Tesla and backed into a pond on the ranch and passed away. Chao, almost certainly a high-ranking member of the Communist Parry of China (she sat the board of state-owned pic.twitter.com/luN0NodLiZ— 🇺🇸 Kyle Bass 🇹🇼 (@Jkylebass) February 14, 2024
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:43 (six months ago) link
much to think about
Angela Chao didn't kill herself, and a car backing up into the pond was not an accident. She drove a Tesla that's easily hackable, but why Angela was she the target, or was she used as a warning to someone else?— Jericho (@JerichoXVI) February 20, 2024
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:46 (six months ago) link
‼️
― mark s, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:48 (six months ago) link
Oh that's sad. I met her a few times in New York in the 90s when she worked at Smith Barney with my friend. She was nice and I hadn't thought of her since. I had no idea who her sister and inlaws were until Covid and then I was kind of shocked she had married Bruce Wasserstein and wondered if family pressure had let her to that.
― felicity, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:51 (six months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/jWwMwqr/MV5-BNDk2-Nz-E0-ZTEt-OTI0-My00-Mz-Rh-LTk3-Mj-Mt-NTUw-Nz-Rl-YWMx-Njc0-Xk-Ey-Xk-Fqc-Gde-QXVy-Mz-A0-Mz.jpg
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:53 (six months ago) link
I was kind of shocked she had married Bruce Wasserstein
― felicity, Thursday, February 22, 2024 1:51 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
oh gosh
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 18:59 (six months ago) link
ok heres the deep trump state promoting it
Brian Costello Tells Steve Bannon that the Angela Chao the sister-in-law of Mitch McConnell, Died after reportedly backing her Tesla into a pond. pic.twitter.com/iatVEMUC00— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) February 14, 2024
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:05 (six months ago) link
in lieu of r/conspiracy:
I took a look at the property and it appears there is a significant fence between the garage and the pond (would take a tremendous effort to back into), but there are numerous bridges and crossings on the way in to the compound that she might have just rolled into, esp in the middle of the. night in rural Texas with little to no street illumination.
https://www.landandfarm.com/property/893-acres-in-blanco-county-300276/
This is kind of grim because this video opens with perhaps her final resting place and seems to concentrate on all the water features of the property:https://www.landandfarm.com/property/893-acres-in-blanco-county-300276/
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 22 February 2024 19:08 (six months ago) link
whoops, grim video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fb3XqBE4LM
FWIW, "tesla accidents backing into pond" ---> About 1,540,000 results. Circumstantial hearsay from Tesla haters, fans, etc. If she was using full self-driving on the Tesla, it could have very well backed into the pond on its own.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 22 February 2024 21:30 (six months ago) link
who these claimants are says more about justice and tesla than i enjoy knowing. tho tbh i am not spending extra to know these stories
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Thursday, 22 February 2024 21:41 (six months ago) link
Comrade Full Self Driving
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 22 February 2024 22:52 (six months ago) link
Musk released a full of shit statement claiming that the first neurolink patient is "able to control a mouse using only their thoughts," and my first thought was mouse the animal, and that this was like "Willard," and I thought, cool! Only just now did I realize they meant a computer mouse, and I thought, lame.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 February 2024 14:20 (six months ago) link
also certainly untrue
― mark s, Friday, 23 February 2024 14:25 (six months ago) link
I'm guessing a mouse pointer onscreen, rather than the actual mouse?
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 23 February 2024 14:26 (six months ago) link
feel like that's been done already, I recall hearing about stroke victims 10 years ago being able to control something with their thoughts that could allow them to communicate
that said until Elon can actually prove it I assume this is nothing but more stock price manipulation
― frogbs, Friday, 23 February 2024 14:39 (six months ago) link
yeah that tech has been around for 20+ years and you can do it without an implant
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 February 2024 14:46 (six months ago) link
theres an old nova episode where alan alda steers a boat with his thoughts
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 February 2024 14:47 (six months ago) link
tfw my cybertruck is steered by my intrusive thoughts
― mark s, Friday, 23 February 2024 15:01 (six months ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Friday, 23 February 2024 15:21 (six months ago) link
Has Musk ever steered anyone wrong?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 February 2024 15:58 (six months ago) link
Does neurolink come with a self-driving mode?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 23 February 2024 16:22 (six months ago) link
I heard if you pay for the neurolink blue checkmark level you get to steer a randomly selected Tesla with your mind.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 February 2024 16:32 (six months ago) link