Mackenzie Scott should take over Twitter
― symsymsym, Thursday, 7 March 2024 16:13 (eight months ago) link
https://bsky.app/profile/maxberger.bsky.social/post/3kn4wryvee226
― Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil? (stevie), Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:00 (eight months ago) link
saw the famed cybertruck "in the wild" yesterday, looked even dumbed than i'd hoped
― Clay, Friday, 8 March 2024 01:19 (eight months ago) link
its bulletproof so if you see one you can shoot it thats considered ok
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 01:23 (eight months ago) link
Somebody down the hill from me has one, it looks like it needs some Easy-Off oven cleaner
I've been wrong before, but this might end up being one of the greatest laughing stock lemons of the personal car era
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 8 March 2024 01:50 (eight months ago) link
The Yugo is the bar and may never be dethroned. But cybertruck is the undisputed champion at its price point.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 8 March 2024 04:14 (eight months ago) link
gotta give the pinto some love
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 04:19 (eight months ago) link
cars are so much better now it would take a drugged up sleep deprived billionaire to make a really bad one
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 04:20 (eight months ago) link
idk, at least the yugo didn't blow up like a pinto iirc? anyway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F02P2JO7yfc
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 March 2024 04:22 (eight months ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 04:25 (eight months ago) link
classic grandfather behavior
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 March 2024 04:35 (eight months ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 8 March 2024 06:59 (eight months ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 March 2024 07:12 (eight months ago) link
Ape NFTs
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 8 March 2024 07:33 (eight months ago) link
lol i guess so!
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 March 2024 07:49 (eight months ago) link
i suppose chatGPT has already created its own cohort of these
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 March 2024 07:51 (eight months ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 13:43 (eight months ago) link
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).
― nashwan, Friday, 8 March 2024 14:20 (eight months ago) link
trump bragging he’s richer than musk wld be fun how can we make that happen
― ... 2024-- there's one clear winner! (Hunt3r), Friday, 8 March 2024 14:58 (eight months ago) link
Cybertruck is like Elon Musk's face it only looks good from one angle
― frogbs, Friday, 8 March 2024 16:16 (eight months ago) link
Crypto for sure, although it lacks a single figurehead.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 8 March 2024 17:56 (eight months ago) link
Fittingly, though, Musk has had his hand in crypto.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 8 March 2024 17:57 (eight months ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 18:53 (eight months ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:20 (eight months ago) link
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
― 龜, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:23 (eight months ago) link
lol
― c u (crüt), Friday, 8 March 2024 19:24 (eight months ago) link
I’m convinced, here is my $$$$$
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Friday, 8 March 2024 19:28 (eight months ago) link
haa
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:38 (eight months ago) link
Surely that can't be real.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 8 March 2024 19:40 (eight months ago) link
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6txrci7pszrjvaugjmjqc3to/bafkreighv6berdxq6ph5jmbg3f2gac4f4pg5a6nuxpelt7s5yp4fnc5zgi@jpeg
― mark s, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:44 (eight months ago) link
total aztek *ripoff*
https://www.drivingline.com/s3/drivingline.prd/media/2321838/pontiac-aztec-overland-18.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:45 (eight months ago) link
Maybe it looks better without the rain fly.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 8 March 2024 19:50 (eight months ago) link
if you have a normal pickup you can just get a cap and sleep in there no tent needed
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:53 (eight months ago) link
https://www.recoilweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/landmaster-damnation-alley-958x639.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:55 (eight months ago) link
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
― 龜, Friday, 8 March 2024 19:55 (eight months ago) link
that tesla tent looks like it is available for $19 from 8 companies with different AI generated names and product photography on amazon
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 8 March 2024 20:22 (eight months ago) link
The Temu special.
― nickn, Friday, 8 March 2024 22:24 (eight months ago) link
concept art vs finished product is "We have a Cybertruck at home, but it's the Cybertruck"
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 8 March 2024 23:28 (eight months ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Saturday, 9 March 2024 17:37 (eight months ago) link
awful https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/us-news/angela-chao-made-panicked-call-before-dying-in-completely-submerged-tesla-on-texas-ranch/
― lag∞n, Saturday, 9 March 2024 18:18 (eight months ago) link
Christ that’s horrific
― Cemetry Gaetz (DJP), Saturday, 9 March 2024 19:49 (eight months ago) link
biting my tongue as hard as i can
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 9 March 2024 20:14 (eight months ago) link
one down
― bae (sic), Saturday, 9 March 2024 20:29 (eight months ago) link
“…this was not a typical accident…”
…because a billionaire was involved
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 9 March 2024 21:00 (eight months ago) link
thanks sic. I was going to make a joke about Tesla and a pond taking Mr. Choppy's job away from him, but
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 9 March 2024 21:51 (eight months ago) link
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.
― from a prominent family of bassoon players (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 9 March 2024 22:16 (eight months ago) link
amazing to think mcconnell just isnt going to do anything at all, a true reptile
― lag∞n, Saturday, 9 March 2024 23:37 (eight months ago) link
I think I saw this story on an episode of the Blacklist.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Sunday, 10 March 2024 01:58 (eight months ago) link
Any time I’ve gotten into a Tesla, the damn door handles are inscrutable, maybe that makes it harder to rescue someone.
― epistantophus, Sunday, 10 March 2024 02:05 (eight months ago) link
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
― lag∞n, Sunday, 10 March 2024 02:12 (eight months ago) link