https://bsky.app/profile/drnerdlove.bsky.social/post/3kqft5pfddh2e

  • Melonius [he/him]
    hexbear
    66
    2 months ago

    Apple suing Tesla for design theft would be moderately entertaining, I'll allow it.

  • CommieCretzl [he/him]
    hexbear
    46
    2 months ago

    This is the ideal car body. You make not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

  • AutomatedPossum [she/her]
    hexbear
    40
    2 months ago

    Does the one from Car Builder also mandate that you do not wash it in direct sunlight and does it come without crumple zones?

  • emizeko [they/them]
    hexbear
    29
    2 months ago

    Elon probably doesn't even remember when he was 12 years old and played this game

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
    hexbear
    28
    2 months ago

    All those dumbass engineers futzing about with their aerodynamics testing when the entire field has been a solved issue has been solved by Apple II car builder

    wake up windblown sheeple

  • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
    hexbear
    25
    2 months ago

    Honestly the whole thing is funny in an unintentional way, critical support to Elon.

    Buying a car that looks straight out of a PS1 80s mac game, that has uncovered stainless steel panels like the coked-out failed DeLorean, no crumple zones, a shatterproof window that shatters in the live demo, on top of the whole Tesla cult pay-pig thing is funny all around.

    Usually things are focus-grouped, which is why all SUVs look the same. The cyber truck is the most likable thing Elon Musk has done in my eyes.

    If it was slightly more competent I would actually want to drive a car that looks like a PS1 pre-render. But maybe I just watched too much ReBoot as a kid.

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    20
    edit-2
    2 months ago

    Taking the 'utility' argument is an interesting choice when the thing costs a fortune and requires constant cleaning due to the stainless steel panels

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
      hexbear
      17
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      Elon simps are so strange. If they spend five grand (or whatever) to wrap it - they can get a color/pattern scheme of their liking. Sure - wrapping it might have its own issues but at least that improves a very bad situation in the short term. No sane person wants to be a slave to their truck because they have to busy themself babying, scrubbing, cleaning, and caring for the stainless steel all the time. But the greatest simps will brag that they will keep it unwrapped because that's how Elon sold it to them.

      Elon - my lord and master - I am your most humble servant! Notice me!

  • ashinadash [she/her, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    16
    2 months ago

    The way the Apple II draws graphics is mesmerising to me. Stored instructions for funny lines, in some of the jankiest and harshest colour you have ever seen.

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
      hexbear
      4
      2 months ago

      It's even cooler when you see it on a monitor that's green. It looks super retro. We had a few of them at my school growing up. Oregon Trail was a Mt Dew adventure.

    • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      2
      2 months ago

      I'm going to posit that it's not probable, it's absolutely where he got the idea. He played with this when he was a kid and he's recovered the memories while faded on ketamine.