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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why is he a simp, I don't understand.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (11 children)

"Simp" has been in use as Mega-City One slang since the 80s. It is a subculture of people who have checked out of society and act like simpletons. See, for example, Megazine #15 and, more recently Prog 2207. This was really leaned into with Jack Point: The Simping Detective.

So, he's basically calling Musk a clown.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Completely missed this extra layer, today I am the simp.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

He's simping for dredd - an explicit satire of authoritarianism and police brutality

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

The only Fleetway Character I like that makes me think of Elon is Super Sonic

And if you know the book, that's not the compliment it would be in any other continuity

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Here's a vehicle from the 1995 movie. I think the cybertruck could fit in with something like that if it had some greebles and a matching paint job.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (7 children)

The only Judge Dredd movie I recognize is the one with Karl Urban, which was sadly under-advertised and didn't make the money it should have..

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Fun movie. I should watch it again when I can get more edibles

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oof, look at the replies of all the Elon fans. They just can't take it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

oof, nothing like the word of god shutting you down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Saw it for the first time in person yesterday and I can confidently say….

It’s even uglier in person!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Huh. I actually saw one for the first time in person yesterday too. On the way back from a camping trip, in a little village surrounded by corn fields.

It really i the ugliest car I've ever seen. Including the car Homer designed in the Simpsons.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Couple of weeks ago I saw several, all parked next to each other, in a parking lot. Assumed it was some car club, or people going to some car event. Anyway, seeing them all lined-up like that, made me realize just how out of place they looked. They looked fake, like mock-ups, or something. It was weird. I have seen a lot of very highly stylized cars, lots of specialty vehicles designed for industrial, and military, use and never have I gotten that vibe. The only other time I got the same feeling was when one of the Nolan batman movies was being filmed near where I worked, and they had the "bat" vehicles parked in a private lot I passed, on my way to work. Getting to see them up close, and in person, really made it clear that they were fake vehicles, that required distance, and editing/cgi, to look real.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I hate Elon, I hate trucks, and I hate cars, but there is something about its style that I like. You gotta appreciate the Syd Mead inspiration and the attempt at something new. And though I’m reading it’s not working as well as advertised, I like the idea of stainless steel instead of paint.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It fails in every way it can. It's dangerous and there's plenty of stories of it breaking down several miles from the lot. No paint means that it will rust. Apparently you can get a clear coat added to it but it costs 5k. It's massive and even though it's a truck the bed is too small to really do much. Not having a normal steering wheel and all the controls being on the screen means you are constantly looking away from the road while driving. These are just the issues I remember off the top of my head. It was some manchild with too much money's random idea that never should have been made.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

There's trying something different, and there's just throwing shit at the design board.

Some ideas might have been worth exploring, but that would have required an actual design team.

I'm glad those menaces aren't legal over here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

They needed designers that were well versed in the automotive field. Both with design and safety so they knew what what was smart or safe to innovate and what was better to leave alone. They also needed a CEO who didn't have an unwarranted god complex and who also had final say on all design decisions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

It's what happened with a boss that punishes or fires people for saying something negative to the boss. After some time the boss is surrounded by nothing but yes-men so weird and disastrous plans get implemented with thunderous applause.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don’t disagree, I also wish they were illegal everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Interesting to know it’s just my area (which does make sense, it's SF Bay Area), but I see them all the time, multiple a day sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’ve only seen one or two a month so far on days when I’m out, in an area where I see multiple Teslas a day when I’m out. It does seem like the number is increasing, but slowly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Just saw one on the highway less than 30min ago. Idk if it's just the East Bay, but hardly a day goes by without seeing at least one. It's weird how popular they are here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

There is only one by me that I see somewhat regularly, and oh what a trash bin it really is in person....

But yeah, don't see a lot here. I do live in a progressive area, but we are surrounded by farmland and maga outside the the townships into the more rural parts of the county. The cyber truck isn't something a farmer is going to ever touch since it's garbage for actual truck tasks, it's a very specific pavement princess vehicle. Around here they actually use their trucks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I don't know how to explain it, but it absolutely is. I saw my first a week or two ago, and was taken aback by how off-putting it is visually. I thought maybe it'd have an awkward charm, but no, it's just physically uncomfortable to look at.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I saw one in person the other day and physically uncomfortable is a good description. I was trying to describe it to my friends who have only seen pictures and I couldn't stop laughing because it's so much dumber looking in real life. Really just horrible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What struck me was how ungodly huge it is, for basically no reason. There was one outside of Costco with people trying to get some huge thing to fit in the bed. It didn't go well. They already had it loaded by the time I walked into the store and they were still there putting ratchet straps on it when I left 30 minutes later.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

It's like looking at a texture that hasn't fully rendered or something, just visual blur despite the sharp edges

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'll bet Elon thinks that Dredd would put a Punisher sticker on it too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

...with that blue stripe, just complete the oblivious look

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Also. Why would an allegory for fascism driving your dumbass tiny pp truck be an endorsement? Why is that something you'd want for yourself?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Because musk is a fascist, duh?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Exactly, I saw this and thought "why the hell would I even want to be like judge dredd?"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Simple: Elon is a dipshit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Man someone came and down voted all us. Who's still stanning musk on the fediverse in 2024?

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