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Bullet proof things are bullet proof because they deform to absorb the energy of the bullet.
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At my last tabletop D&D campaign I was a part of, we had ascended through an astral plane accidentally and all the party members had achieved a demi-God status. All of us were to select both a power and a weakness. One of our party was a bard and he was famous for rolling critical fails (1 on a d20). His strength was that he could perform truly amazing acts that would get the attention of both mortals and immortal creatures. His weakness was hubris. He RP'ed that character so well. He'd do just the dumbest poo poo because he was convinced of how excellent he was at everything. To the point that he got us into a situation that resulted in a TPK. I think I've found that Elon Musk is my old party's bard. He'll attract the attention of everyone, and gently caress it all up with hubris. He could have shaved probably $10-20k off the price of the model X by just putting regular doors, but no, those stupid gullwing things had to be on there. He could have had an easy rear end pickup, but no, gotta be bulletproof and look like an origami boat. I want them to do well, but they always leave the door open to someone else being more practical and less idiotic about stuff that doesn't matter.
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Nov 23, 2019 11:41
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See, I'm the opposite. I admire Tesla for making crazy cars because they're cool and ignoring all the safe moves. gently caress practicality, I want 80s wedges. But I hate Musk's smug face and want him to die penniless and alone.
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Nov 23, 2019 17:50
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KillHour posted:See, I'm the opposite. I admire Tesla for making crazy cars because they're cool and ignoring all the safe moves. gently caress practicality, I want 80s wedges. The problem is that they aren't cool 80s wedges designed by cool 80s designers, it's a miss-the-point child's design by someone that's never worked a day in their life. DOME this is not.
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KakerMix posted:The problem is that they aren't cool 80s wedges designed by cool 80s designers, it's a miss-the-point child's design by someone that's never worked a day in their life. This comes back to my "gently caress Elon" statement. I like the idea but the execution is garbage. See also: giant tablets for an interface.
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Nov 23, 2019 19:03
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Billionaires shouldn't exist. 
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I still dont get the "Its not going to be for everyone/ It will be polarizing" comment before the reveal. You are a company trying to sell things and make money. Then they come out with a concept that alienates the majority of people looking forward to something. Its not bold. Its loving dumb. It was already going to be an uphill battle trying to win over people who currently buy F150s, GMCs, Silverados. If they had made the concept more like those renders we saw way back, it was still going to have to fight hard for sales. "Thats not a REAL TRUCK!" But now? gently caress. Good luck with that. Ive asked people what they thought about the Rivian, and some are like "its a little weird, but its pretty cool." I have yet to speak to a single person who saw the Tesla truck and went "oh man thats it. Thats what I want." I went from thinking in 2 years I had a tough decision to make about getting either the Rivian or the Tesla truck, to turning off the Cybertruck reveal live stream in disgust. It would have been so god drat lazy, but I honestly wish they had just took a hint from Simone Giertz's Truckla. Instead just take a Model X ad throw a truck bed on it. I would have rather had that at the reveal. If you want to make a wedge Robocop truck for yourself and drive to and from interviews that shows how futuristic and weird you are, cool do that Elon. But dont bank your next vehicle on something like that. Franco Caution fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Nov 23, 2019 |
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Nov 23, 2019 19:22
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You say all that as if Tesla has the production capacity to actually put out a mainstream truck competitor to something like the F150. They don't. The number of these things sold was going to be limited by how many they could actually produce so they absolutely have the latitude to make something that doesn't appeal to everyone because they are still going to sell every single one that they can build and more importantly they are going to sell to mostly fans which will be more willing to overlook some of the other faults of the company.
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Nov 23, 2019 19:33
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Franco Caution posted:Ive asked people what they thought about the Rivian, and some are like "its a little weird, but its pretty cool." You called? I think the design is no holds barred awesome. The more I see of it in after-show videos, the better I like it. Sure, I can point to a long chain of influences on my brain that help with that, but it is what it is. I’m enthusiastic that a car manufacturer wants to design something unique - like some of the vehicles I grew up with in the 80s and 90s. I’m also enthusiastic that somebody will finally produce a vehicle that looks like what I was promised for 2020. I may very well buy one, against my better judgement of what I think of Tesla and the company’s longevity - that’s how much I like the design. If I do, I will be playing NewRetroWave music in it 24/7, and wear a black leather trench coat if need be.
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JK Fresco posted:This is also a problem with Tesla already where repairs and bodywork are so punishingly expensive that you're afraid to drive it around In this case some body damage might actually be an improvement.
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Nov 23, 2019 20:49
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morothar posted:You called? I think the design is no holds barred awesome. The more I see of it in after-show videos, the better I like it.
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Nov 23, 2019 21:14
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So what price is everyone picking it will actually start at. Clearly it won’t be $40k but I’m wondering how far over it’ll go.
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Nov 23, 2019 21:25
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I’m gonna predict 49k base w/ no upgrades
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Nov 23, 2019 21:45
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dissss posted:So what price is everyone picking it will actually start at. Clearly it won’t be $40k but I’m wondering how far over it’ll go. $80K at least, $100K with all the options.
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I've decided that Cybertruck is too boring. I want a spherical Tesla van with iris doors, which is gyroscopically stabilized within a rolling tube frame containing the batteries. In case of emergency/minor software glitch it fires the explosive bolts, sending the sphere sailing away from the collision to safety.
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Nov 23, 2019 22:19
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Nov 23, 2019 22:23
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Just lol that the AUTOMOTIVE INSANITY section of SA out of all places is crying about the CYYYBBERRTRUCKK's design.
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BrownieVK posted:Just lol that the AUTOMOTIVE INSANITY section of SA out of all places is crying about the CYYYBBERRTRUCKK's design. 
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BrownieVK posted:Just lol that the AUTOMOTIVE INSANITY section of SA out of all places is crying about the CYYYBBERRTRUCKK's design. It's AUTOMOTIVE INSANITY, not AUTOMOTIVE SEVERE COGNITIVE DISABILITY.
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Nov 24, 2019 00:56
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nor is it AUTOMOTIVE MACULAR DEGENERATION either
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Nov 24, 2019 01:10
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Terrorists need trucks that don't break, though.
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Nov 24, 2019 01:46
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The Cybertruck is cool because it looks like nothing else on the road. Once they've been on the road for 5 years it's going to free up designers to make other vehicles that don't all look like clones of each other. EDIT: I mean I think it looks like ridiculous rear end, but at least it's different.
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Nov 24, 2019 02:29
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I never said it looked good lol.
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The Prong Song posted:The Cybertruck is cool because it looks like nothing else on the road. Once they've been on the road for 5 years it's going to free up designers to make other vehicles that don't all look like clones of each other. By the time they've been on the road for five years, we'll all be dead.
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Nov 24, 2019 03:31
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All we want is life beyond the thunderdome
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Nov 24, 2019 03:36
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I like the design I just don't like Tesla
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Nov 24, 2019 04:15
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Eh. If I wanted to drop $40k+ on a new vehicle, I could see buying one.
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Anyone willing to buy (lol) a Tesla, let alone CYBERTRUCK, is a much braver person than I
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Aren’t real work trucks expected to last a certain number of service years? And be able to be serviced? Someone here in fleet management must have a sane opinion?
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Ultimate Mango posted:Aren’t real work trucks expected to last a certain number of service years? And be able to be serviced? thats why they made a vehicle that doesnt need maintenance checkmate, 
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Ultimate Mango posted:Aren’t real work trucks expected to last a certain number of service years? And be able to be serviced? A truck is expected to be a truck in all the ways it is supposed to be a truck. Tough, reliable, inexpensive for what you get. Even though a vast majority of trucks sold today never actually get used as trucks like say, a fleet or construction company uses them, they still have to perform like that if asked. Jeeps, they gotta be Jeeps in all the ways a Jeep is a Jeep in order to be able to cash the check their design writes. This Cybertruck is bulletproof though I guess so ???
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If you didn’t want a Cybertruck before what about now? https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3992688 
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Nov 24, 2019 06:28
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CyberNUTZ a $6000 option.
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The CyberNUTZ are actually a range extender! Form AND function!
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Applebees Appetizer posted:The CyberNUTZ are actually a range extender! Form AND function! electrons are stored in the balls
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Jymmybob posted:electrons are stored in the balls
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Jymmybob posted:electrons are stored in the balls I did a genuine lol at this
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cybertruck is good because all the people that complained about boring designs and crash standards and all that are suddenly soapboxing how weird it is i hope it sells millions and inspires a new generation of designers and convince bean counters to actually take risks
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dk2m posted:cybertruck is good because all the people that complained about boring designs and crash standards and all that are suddenly soapboxing how weird it is Am I allowed to agree with this post but still think it's stupid? Regardless of what it looks like I likely wouldn't end up buying one, or any other new car because money, so my opinion reeeally doesn't matter worth poo poo
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