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?
Simple: Elon is a dipshit.
Man someone came and down voted all us. Who’s still stanning musk on the fediverse in 2024?
Elon is the standard candle for dipshittyness. All other dipshits are gauged in “Elon units” of how irredeemably dipshitty they are.
Exactly, I saw this and thought “why the hell would I even want to be like judge dredd?”
Because musk is a fascist, duh?
I’ll bet Elon thinks that Dredd would put a Punisher sticker on it too.
…with that blue stripe, just complete the oblivious look
Why is he a simp, I don’t understand.
“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.
In a finer, better timeline, there was a Judge Dredd movie directed by Terry Gilliam
Now that would have been one Hell of a film! And Gilliam would have had simps in it.
Dan Akyroyd as Dredd.
John Cleese as Dredd (he’s future Dirty Harry, so someone tall and rangy works) but Dan Aykroyd could definitely get in as the Chief Judge or perhaps a simp.
Check Aykroyd in ‘Dragnet.’ He’d have had to pack on some weight, but he’d have been great. He’s a motorcyclist in real life, so he’d have that skill.
That’s a very comprehensive answer, thank you. Although I have to concede that the car does suit the aesthetic of that comic.
Nah, it looks like someone wanted to design a car but realized curves are complicated and hard to draw and model.
Judge Dredd aesthetic is brutal but aggressively practical, with function deciding form. The cybertruck was made in reverse, with a design that the Tesla engineers were forced to cram a vehicle into.
Completely missed this extra layer, today I am the simp.
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Honestly it’s a first
It’s a bit of a deep dive, especially as there’s no page that I can direct you to (online, I bet it’s in one of the books I have).
Ive read most of the pre 1980s 2000ADs at one point or another (my dad had his childhood ones on a big box) but it has been nearly a two decades since I read any so my memory has someone faded.
He’s simping for dredd - an explicit satire of authoritarianism and police brutality
As noted higher up it’s actually a different slang in the comics, but Dredd is a literal fascist so either way it’s not a good look to want to attach your brand to him.
Yes I saw, I am suitably shamed :)
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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.
I would buy that before I bought a cyber truck.
Oof, look at the replies of all the Elon fans. They just can’t take it.
No thanks.
Fair.
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
Clever comebacks
You’re wrong, simp.
oof
It’s clever because it’s an in-universe insult different from and far older than the current population culture usage, and all of the fake fans won’t understand that and will out themselves objecting.
Elon does not tire from being ridiculed in the internet and then going back home to wipe his tears with hundred dollar bank notes
what if he would but he doesn’t know he wants to?
I must admit that it does look pretty nice. If it wasn’t musk-related i would’ve bought one. But due to him i wouldn’t take one if it came for free when buying another car.
It looks so nice racoons have mistaken it for a dumpster and tried to break in
Awesome! I love trash-pandas! That would be a selling-point!
I saw one in person for the first time last week. It does not look good. Not at all like what the press images show. The panels were not planner, they were all warped and wavey. The gaps between panels were huge and uneven. Honestly, it looked like a reject from a bargain Back to the Future theme park ride, or like a poor quality cosplay piece.
Maybe the owner just wasn’t taking care of it, but regardless, it looked bad.
Lol. Can’t judge yet. I only know it from the handful photos i saw. While the teslas all look horrible, the truck at least had some distinct optics. Probably will never see one where i live, even those murican “trucks” are so very rare here and chuckled upon. Unless it’s a construction- or woodworking-company or something that would need one.
It’s funny you mention woodworking, as that’s something I have personal experience with. If I showed up at my hardwood dealer / plywood supplier with a cyber truck and tried to load it up with lumber, they would laugh me out of the parking lot. They would never take me seriously again. It’s a completely impractical design for any kind of actual work. I can kind of understand the truck from a fashion accessory point of view, but not from a real world work one. Not at all.
Absolutely. Fashion yes, real world lol.
Recently saw a comparison of one of those murican “trucks” (f150 i think) and some way tinier toyota something, where both had basically the same utility and space, the f150 is just bigggger for now reason (and eats more fuel). Hence u rarely see them here in private hands. People instantly assume your peepee-size 😂 Let alone a hummer 😂😂
I think we can all agree aesthetics are subjective. The down votes are likely for saying anything positive about something related to Musk (or just folks who disagree). Which, to your point, would be an interesting experiment: put one in front of people who don’t know who made it and see what they think.
I expected mindless downvotes due to saying something like that. Same kind of sheeples like the musk-fanboys. Just their ignorance turned 180°. Like atheists to theists 😁
Yup, would be interesting to see. Not surprising of course. So many sheeple don’t dare to have an opinion that deviates from the popular one.
I’m gonna get down voted as well but I agree I like the aesthetic, I saw this matte white (photo below) one the other day that I thought looked slick.
Now to be clear I’d never by a Tesla for numerous reasons, I would by an Aptera though (hopefully the succeed in making solar mobility a reality)
Solar mobile? Nope, won’t happen. Please think of the oil- and power-Shareholders. You egomaniac!
But yes, it’s refreshing to the boring market. If for SUVs, they’re all the same. Round and ugly as fuck. Except the benz ones that are only driven by gangsters 😁
