The owner of a Tesla Cybertruck in Portland, Maine says he's been getting some seriously negative attention.
      • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        1 年前

        No! Bad DarkThoughts!

        You call a tow truck and have the vehicle towed at the owner’s expense.

          • Knuschberkeks@feddit.deEnglish
            3·
            1 年前

            No it’s not. You can’t park your car on the sidewalk unless explicitly allowed by a sign. If you park on the sidewalk you have to pay a fine, if your car is blocking something you also get a Punkt in Flensburg.

        • Radium@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 年前

          In what world is a tow truck going to tow a car for parking on the side walk? They’re gonna tell you to call the cops or parking enforcement and the cops don’t even show up for gun shots

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      40·
      1 年前

      Can’t say I agree. For example, if someone hits you with their car? It’s ok to scratch it.

      Edit: The downvotes on this are fucking unreal, imagine being upset that the person you just mowed over scratched your car. Fuck right off with that bullshit.

      • scorpious@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 年前

        For example, if someone hits you with their car? It’s ok to scratch it.

        Are you 12?

        Or do you just see every unfortunate occurrence as personal victimization?

    • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
      35·
      1 年前

      It is strange and striking that climate change activists have not committed any acts of terrorism. After all, terrorism is for the individual by far the modern world’s most effective form of political action, and climate change is an issue about which people feel just as strongly as about, say, animal rights. This is especially noticeable when you bear in mind the ease of things like blowing up petrol stations, or vandalising SUVs. In cities, SUVs are loathed by everyone except the people who drive them; and in a city the size of London, a few dozen people could in a short space of time make the ownership of these cars effectively impossible, just by running keys down the side of them, at a cost to the owner of several thousand pounds a time. Say fifty people vandalising four cars each every night for a month: six thousand trashed SUVs in a month and the Chelsea tractors would soon be disappearing from our streets. So why don’t these things happen?

      • Alpha71@lemmy.worldEnglish
        28·
        1 年前

        Because the law drops the hammer on them BIG time.

        Hell, activists use to spike old wood trees marked for clear cutting back in the day. This would cause the saw blades foresters would use to explode in their face, in fact George Alexander, a millworker, was severely injured when a saw blade shattered after contact with a tree spike and cut his jaw in half.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 年前

        I think it says more about the personalities on each side. ICE loving climate deniers are aggressive by nature.

        • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
          15·
          1 年前

          No, it’s more that people who care about climate change are good at long term thinking. There are no cuddly animals to rescue right now, so people who want instant gratification do other things.

          People who are good at long term thinking commit fewer types of impulse crimes. Vandalism is an unintelligent way to get your point across. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the paint job on the SUV.

          • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            1 年前

            I’ve seen ICE folks run cyclists off of roads. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an EV or cyclist attack a shitwagon.

            I dunno man, how ever you measure it I think the ice folks are more aggressive by nature, these are the same coal rolling fucks who like to pollute intentionally as a ‘fuck you’ to environmentalists.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 年前

        Maybe environmental movements don’t attract the types of people who do this stuff or maybe it’s not personal it’s impersonal? Big difference between being told in your childhood house of worship that you are going to happy sky place if you die for skydaddy or seeing your uncle dragged off in the night vs. seeing a PowerPoint about climate change. Or maybe it’s just a number game. Environmental groups just don’t have enough people to get them in the pool.

        Not sure.

    • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      1 年前

      You know, I agree. But also, you can’t imagine how much I want to scratch the cars that just park illegally in my neighborhood. They park on the curves and crossings and in such small distances that I literally cannot pass through with my stroller without scratching them. So I end up going around the block(s) further and further away just to pass through some gap of illegally parked cars that’s just big enough if I am very careful. But then I end up thinking, wtf. Why do I have to be careful to not scratch their wrongfully parked cars, a private property that they left outside on a place designed and protected by law to be solely for pedestrians, with my private property that should be able to walk this road? And also, why do I not get the same protection if I want to park my bike or stroller outside? Because no one cares if my private property is damaged when it is left outside. If I scratch my stroller on an illegally parked car when I cross the road at the place I am supposed to be crossing somehow I am the one who has to pay damages.

      • WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world
        English
        12·
        1 年前

        But what if the person on the other side was parked over the line and I had to leave space to get out and then they left and now I look like I parked like an asshole and then some asshole uses that as an excuse to ding my car.

        • Ioughttamow@kbin.run
          7·
          1 年前

          That’s just how the cookie crumbles. If you really can’t stomach any dings leave the car in the garage

          • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            1 年前

            I am on your side about this. I can’t stand the people who need their car to be in perfect appearance and do asshole things to get it that way.

            It’s a fucking machine that you use to move goods and people from a to b. Not a statement, not a status symbol, not a penis enhancement. Scratches are just battle scars. My civic looks like shit and I don’t care.

        • suction@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 年前

          Even then, in a “lorry problem” type of scenario, it could be OK. Like, you have a lever and there’s a fascist con-man polluting the world with bad ideas and products, and you could either do nothing or use the lever to go to town on one of those products to send a message to his supporters, I know what I would do

      • magnetosphere@fedia.io
        2·
        1 年前

        That doesn’t do expensive damage. I am pro-finger.

        Edit: come on, “pro-finger”? Nobody’s gonna take that and run with it? I’m disappointed.

    • dditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      68·
      1 年前

      Carter tells the paper he has never been a fan of the limelight, somehow forgetting what sort of attention a massive, angular truck would garner him.

      Lmao dude bought the fugliest car ever made and didn’t think twice about that decision

      • imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        4·
        1 年前

        and later,

        He knew the truck would be an eye-catcher in Maine. But he wanted it for its uniqueness.

        “It’s so ugly it’s cute. It’s like a French bulldog,” he said. “I don’t think it’s the most attractive car in the world, but it’s different. And I like to be different.”

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        1 年前

        I think it is more “carter lies in the paper’s face that he has never been a fan of the limelight”

        You literally don’t buy a cyberrustbucket unless you are dying for attention.

    • jumjummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 年前

      Thinking someone is a douche and actively damaging their car are two completely different things. Not cool to damage property like that, just point and laugh or loudly exclaim how that is the ugliest looking car you’ve ever seen and you pity whoever thought it was a good idea to buy one.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    108·
    1 年前

    People being assholes over it is dumb, but I can’t say I would want one. I saw one recently at my local grocery store and I couldn’t stop thinking how poorly built it looked. It just seemed like the fit and finish of the body panels was kinda bad. I got an overall feeling like it was something put together by a couple of teenagers in metal shop.

        • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
          13·
          1 年前

          Lol we don’t have an HOA around here thankfully, otherwise my 50yo camper would have to find a new home

      • casmael@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        1 年前

        Have you tried quitting to the menu and turning up texture detail? Looks like it might be something to do with anti-aliasing. Hopefully will be patched in the next update.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        1 年前

        I find all these comically oversized pickups obnoxious.

        The cybertruck is just the latest, most obnoxious model to date.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        1 年前

        Isn’t that the goal of owning a machine like that? You are trying to provoke a reaction. The car I own was the single most commonly sold sedan the year it was made. I don’t want people reacting to me, noticing me, etc. I want to be another person in the crowd.

        If you take a shit in front of a camera you can’t really be upset that people are commenting on it.

      • suction@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 年前

        I don’t think it’s the car per se that angers people but the idiocy of lemmings who are destroying the world by supporting people like Trump and Musk and Nick Fuentes. And by buying a Tesla car, that’s what you do, you enable Elon Musk to keep on destroying the world.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 年前

      One of my neighbors has one. When the ford flex next to it is the better truck in all respects…ya done fucked up

    • Muscar@discuss.onlineEnglish
      46·
      1 年前

      He doesn’t like negative attention and is too dumb to realise that was the only thing that would happen by buying such an obvious “I’m dumb and a dickhead” statement piece.

        • ____@infosec.pubEnglish
          2·
          1 年前

          This isn’t what gets me into a dispensary a second time.

          Feeling like I can ask a dumbass question, get a coherent answer, and they will have product in stock at the promised price; gets me in the second and subsequent times.

          Hypothetically, of course, but no different from the local booze warehouse, really. My loyalty is to the place where I asked someone “I see you’re out of x, what’s similar?” And they a) tapped out because it wasn’t their area of expertise and b) connected me with the person who could provide options and talk about that particular niche ad infinitum.

          Don’t be flashy if you run a dispensary, just know your stuff and educate your staff.

          • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 年前

            be on weedmaps (or whatever your state uses online), have your stock up to date, and most importantly, don’t just sell by the 1/8.

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    85·
    1 年前

    Not only did he get an unpopular truck, but he still uses Reddit. This guy is 0-2. What’s next?

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    1 年前

    I mean is it really a truck?

    There needs to be a way to validate if something is a truck.

    Like, if you can’t put a 2x4 in it, is it a truck? Is an el camino a truck?

    IF a cybertruck is a truck, is a Pontiac Aztek a truck?

  • RealFknNito@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 年前

    has been bombarded with reactions (both good and bad)

    Are articles just school essays with a minimum word count?

  • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    1 年前

    Is there any vehicle in the world that screams rich asshole more than the cyber truck? There are more expensive vehicles for sure, but my first thought if I saw a Pagani wouldn’t be to flip it off.

    • Nasan@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      36·
      1 年前

      At least with other expensive cars you can admire the craftsmanship, elegant appearance, and significant history behind the brand or specific model of car. For the money, you get none of those things with a cyber truck.

      • suction@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 年前

        People who care about such things aren’t Tesla customers. You need to have ultimate shallowness to spend money on Elon’s shitty products.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 年前

      There are more expensive vehicles for sure

      I can understand hitting the lottery and spending six figures on a luxury sports car. I cannot image why anyone would have voluntarily submitted themselves to this vehicle. Its the automotive equivalent of lighting six figures on fire.

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
        10·
        1 年前

        It depends on the car. If I see a nice looking expensive car I don’t think they’re an asshole. Seeing something amazing is a treat for a gearhead like me, no matter how bitter I am.

        The Cybertruck, however, is ugly as fuck. Unless your aesthetic is 80s low-poly video games it is even uglier in person than pictures. The fact that something that ugly costs that much is almost insulting.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 年前

        any vehicle you can’t afford

        Definitely a difference between living beyond your means and simply pissing the money away.

        Admittedly, this vehicle was made by a guy who wrecked his McLauren inside a year. When you’re a billionaire, I guess you just see everything as disposable.

  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    1 年前

    Isn’t getting attention the whole point of buying a expensive car like that for most people? I mean the same goes for expensive sports cars: most people don’t get these because they are particularly good drivers - hell, some are even so old they can’t even get into those cars properly.

  • THCDenton@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    1 年前

    You know, as much as I think Tesla sucks, I kinda feel bad pissing in someone’s cheerios. My Sister-in-law loves hers. She’s never had a car she really liked until now. Ima just let her be happy with her car.

    • Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      53·
      1 年前

      “Your sister” spent $120k on that… she spends that kind of money on cars ans has “never had a car she likes”? What a weird and very likely BS statement.

      That car is measurably more dangerous for the other cars and pedestrians around it on the road. If she is real, she sucks for buying and driving that thing (and for supporting elon and all his horseshit with the purchase)

    • suction@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 年前

      I truly feel happy for her. I once had a hammer, which was the first hammer I really loved. Didn’t use it often but just seeing it in the toolbox gave me a good feeling.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        20·
        1 年前

        You should look for more reasons to get your hammer out and use it! I hear the OP’s sister has a truck that could use a good hammering! Don’t let your hammer sit around gathering dust when there’s some much joy you could get out of it.

    • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      1 年前

      He didn’t say she has a cybertruck, Jesus Christ guys. I have a Tesla model 3 that I fucking love. It’s a great car. Yes, Elon sucks and I now feel like a bit of a chud driving it around, but objectively it is a good vehicle by any measure.

      • Bongles@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        1 年前

        “Good vehicle” is always subjective. It’s always going to be an opinion and will always have people who disagree.

        • baggachipz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          1 年前

          Reliable ✔️ Fast ✔️ Cheap to own ✔️ Convenient ✔️

          The only thing I’ve done is put new tires on it when necessary. By any measure that’s a good car.

      • THCDenton@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 年前

        Don’t feel bad. If you drove another car you’d still be a chud according to the fuckcars guys.

  • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    1 年前

    I saw one in person finally a few weeks ago and just started laughing; it’s even uglier in person! But I wouldn’t intentionally try to damage someone else’s vehicle; that’s even more ridiculous.

      • Trilobite@lemm.eeEnglish
        27·
        1 年前

        That depends on where you live lots of places are very unfriendly to bike riders

          • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            10·
            1 年前

            It’s wild that they attack cyclist. I am mostly a pedestrian first as I live in a walkable city, but I was walking my bike to the shop for repairs and there was a dramatic shift in how drivers reacted to me just walking a bike. It’s insane how much needless contempt they have for someone on a bike.

            • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              6·
              1 年前

              Hating anything that helps the planet is now the religion of the right. We’re talking about people who deliberately mod their trucks to create more harmful emissions.

        • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          5·
          1 年前

          I like my ebike, but I like my bicycle even more. I can’t quite place my finger on why, but it’s probably because my bicycle is a pretty decent hardtail and my ebike is a cheap drop-shipped folding fatbike that I use more for heavier hauls or recovery days. I’d probably change my opinion if I had something like a Specialized Turbo lol.

        • pedz@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          1 年前

          I pull my inflatable kayak with a bike trailer and thought about an ebike but then, I also do touring and the places I go to are beyond battery life. For example this weekend I’m cycling 90 km to my camp site and there’s no electricity. And I need to get back.

          And the second issue with this is that AFAIK there’s no fast charging on most ebikes. So if I need to stop somewhere to charge it when the battery will be dead after 75 km, it will take an eternity to charge.

          So in the end, for my case, as someone cycling a few thousand kilometres a year, for “longer distances”, it’s wouldn’t be very practical.

          • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 年前

            You can still pedal without the battery, you just don’t get the assist. What do you mean by fast charging? My battery goes from empty to full in 4 hours, and I have a 50 mile range. (80.5 km)

            • pedz@lemmy.caEnglish
              1·
              1 年前

              But with a dead battery you have to haul it plis your stuff, which was supposed to be there to make it easier in the first place.

              And by fast charge, I mean like an electric car, that can fully cjarge in about 15 to 20 minutes instead of hours.

              • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 年前

                Wouldn’t you still get some benefit once you’re going due to regenerative breaking? Though I’m just guessing as to how they are set up, no idea if they even do regenerative breaking.