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[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I would have loved a Cybertruck...

  • before they completely redesigned away every innovation they promised
  • before I realized it was in 1.35 scale. I would have rather have it be a mid-sized truck like the GMC Canyon (Rivian understood the assignment)
  • before Elon showed the world that he's actually a moron
  • before Elon let the world know he's a pathetic megalomaniac with a delicate ego
  • before Elon showed the world that he's pathetic enough to cheat at video games
  • before Elon showed the world that he is literally a Nazi.
[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I’m in the same boat as you.

Disclosure: I used to be a Tesla shareholder. And I made a few pennies off the hype.

Alas, Elon is a giant cunt, and Tesla sucks (and is obscenely overvalued as well).

The saddest part about Elon’s mask falling off, for me personally: explaining to my son - who aspires to be an engineer, and who idolized Musk as a modern-day Iron Man mythic hero - that Musk is, sadly, a con-man who succeeded wildly for awhile at grift (and he’s a shitty father, and a fascist, at that); that was a huge bummer for me.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I bought into Tesla at below the $100 mark because I genuinely believed that Tesla, SpaceX, and yes, Elon would bring about a new tech revolution and allow us to start leaving the past behind.

That's what hurts the most. The absolute waste of potential. He could have done so much good but alas, down the shitter it all went.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

down the Xitter it all went

Autocorrect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Does your son realize that Elon is not an engineer? And he has never produced his own invention (the ~~shadow~~ shape of the cyber truck does not count as an invention).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Now he does. At the time, no.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I twigged when a puff piece about his engineering bona fides mentioned him using epoxy on a conveniently cracked housing during a press tour.

Sure, bud. That's proof of him being Chief Engineer like writing that article was proof of you being a journalist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I swear Android autocorrect has a sense of humour. I swiped shape but it wrote shadow. OK the last two sets of keys are adjacent but I did not pause over d.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was a little excited about the potential of the CT, too. The idea of a cheap outer shell folded from cheap sheet steel, something that can be welded, beaten, and easily repaired was a good concept, to my mind. On top of a mass produced cheap chassis with a beefy battery for worksites and a reasonable amount of storage, it could have been great. I don't even mind the look of it.

I sold my Tesla stock last year at the 400 mark. Still had to keep 100 shares to back a call option.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I sold my Tesla stock last year at the 400 mark. Still had to keep 100 shares to back a call option.

That's rough. I sold the moment he started going Twitter crazy. I left some money on the table but I just had to get out. Same with Facebook. I bought early because some of my good friends had been there since early days and they had nothing but good things to say. The moment Trump got elected, and I saw not only what Facebook had done but also the dumpster fire it had become, I left the platform and dumped my stock.

Fascism is an instant sell for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Don’t forget to add: When it became clear how poorly designed the vehicle would be even in regards to incredibly simple, already solved problems. Like, the fucking thing can’t even do what their regular cars can and those are built exceedingly poorly by today’s standards.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. They're ugly as fuck, but I want a vehicle that does what a truck does and is electric. The initial reveal was like, 80% of what a truck does. Close enough when there were no other options on the market.

Then they watered it down, didn't even deliver something remotely reliable, musk went full Nazi, then Ford and rivian made trucks that fit the bill better anyways. Not that it really ever bothered me, but also their trucks are not ugly as sin.

Cybertruck will probably be studied in business schools for centuries as the textbook monumental fuck up that it is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I’m looking forward to see how Slate goes with their truck. Slate Truck

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh my god it's actually a sane size.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

With sane features and cost!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

IMO the bed needs to be at least a foot longer. I've driven an S10 with a 6 foot bed my entire life and I'll go no shorter than that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, S10 and 80s / 90s Ford ranger are target sizes for me.