Comment on Missed Connection

sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Norin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I regularly see 2 on my commute. I wouldn’t exactly notice that I have a similar commute to other people, but a Cybertruck sticks out.

  1 of them has been painted a matte black that looks like a chalkboard (good luck to them when the road salt comes out) and the other is the regular finish.

  Either way, I’m always thinking about just how fucking dorky the things look compared to everything else on the highway.

  And it’s not like they’re using it for anything cool. They’re both just stuck in the same traffic as the rest of us.

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  • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have one of those ridge wallets (birthday present, decent wallet) and apparently they had a giveaway for a gold cyber truck. That would be the single most conspicuous vehicle on the road. Like, obnoxiously so. I feel bad for the winner.

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    • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Probably just gold vinyl that would only last a couple years anyway

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    • generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do you have to take the prize if you win?

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  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I recently spotted one that had this two-tone paint: copper and purple. I couldn’t decide if it was an improvement or not.

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  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think we have a similar commute, or there’s more than one dummy with that matte black.

    I usually see it on a street with the same name as a hospital they tore down…

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• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The raw stainless steel doesn’t help. Just painting or wrapping it makes it look like a real vehicle. It’s still off, but it’s no worse than the cube, Aztec, or other odd cars.

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  • schema@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Turns out that normal cars have paint jobs and a clear coat finish for a reason. For raw stainless steel, everything from road salt to bird poop is very bad if not cleaned off quickly.

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    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But you can’t take it through a car wash or it will break the computer.

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• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It gives me the impression that Elon Musk wanted to literally design one of their vehicles but doesn’t know how to draw smooth edges and rejected any attempts to improve his design because he wanted to see what he had made rather than someone with actual talent’s interpretation of it. But maybe that’s just me.

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• explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Homer Simpson is an influential car designer; we have him to thank for all these cup holders.

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