| ▲ | next_xibalba 8 hours ago |
| Very clearly behavior introduced and encouraged by the parents, driven by politics, and not the merits of the object itself. Though it is an interesting commentary on the extreme, enforced conformity and politicization-of-everything we see in the world today. |
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| ▲ | maxlin 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Absolutely. I am sad for these kids and their families. This is not how you raise curious, open-minded children. |
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| ▲ | NewJazz 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| What evidence do you see that "everything" is politicized? Elon was the largest single donor in the US midterm elections by far... Seems like he politicized things himself. |
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| ▲ | plagiarist 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | If the Nazi salute wasn't political enough. Children going through WWII in their history classes might dislike Cybertrucks independently of their parents. It's always an excuse and everyone else's fault that things are politicized. The same people telling us to leave every social problem to the Invisible Hand get fussy when it actually manifests. | | |
| ▲ | deepsquirrelnet 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > The same people telling us to leave every social problem to the Invisible Hand get fussy when it actually manifests. Yep. This is the world the Supreme Court handed us with Citizen's United. Now that money is speech, we all have to accept that when we buy things, our money can be used against us. This is the world they wanted, and if you hate cancel culture, then you need to get on board with fixing the damage from Citizen's United... not raging against regular people who are doing exactly what they are supposed to do, and using their money as speech. What you buy is your politics now. It fucking sucks, but look at it with clearer eyes. | |
| ▲ | jamiequint 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] | | |
| ▲ | muddi900 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Denying it will not stop it from being true. | |
| ▲ | plagiarist 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | You don't need to pretend any longer, you can openly embrace expressing your political opinions with your salutes. With the masked federal agents kidnapping and murdering citizens, even people who weren't paying attention previously have realized what MAGAs want for society. |
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| ▲ | ryeguy_24 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Totally, what kid would boo something without being preconditioned to hate it? Humans can never separate concepts in there heads. Either you’re good or you’re evil. Have news for you all, we are all both. Not saying I support that guys behavior, but he’s done some impressive stuff to further mankind. |
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| ▲ | komali2 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > and not the merits of the object itself This is interesting to say given that by most objective measures of what constitutes a good truck, the cybertruck is a bad truck. Edit: the stupid bed cover gets stuck when exposed to a not abnormal amount of dirt. In dry climates the thing shocks you every time you touch it. People regularly are slicing their hands open randomly on it. Body panels routinely fall off. Accelerator pedal getting stuck triggering recall. Shape of the bed making it impossible to actually carry anything normal and rectangular, 100 mile tow range when putting actual weight on it, bad visibility. I've seen some hilarious videos of them getting stuck in road conditions my Yaris could handle. I've even seen someone catastrophically damage the wheels by turning them left and right rapidly a few times. A good truck can carry things in the bed and tow something a long way. It can drive on and off a dirty worksite without critical components failing or getting dug in or snapping an axle. Or ok fine, the Houston family truck special, it should at least be able to take the cooler and kids to the beach without getting stuck. The cybertruck is not a good truck. It may be a good something else, status symbol or something, maybe it's comfortable to drive, I don't particularly care, it's simply not a good truck. |
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| ▲ | next_xibalba 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > objective measures of what constitutes a good truck There is literally no such thing. But regardless, in this subthread, we are discussing the response of children to the pure aesthetics of the truck (or lack thereof) vs. the coached, politicized reaction to what it is claimed to represent. | | |
| ▲ | AshleyGrant 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | There are plenty of objective measures of what makes a good truck. Payload capacity. Towing capacity. Towing range. Stopping distance when at GVWR. Stopping distance when towing at or Max Towing Capacity. Does standard lumber fit in the bed with or without the tailgate open. If it requires the tailgate to be open, does it provide factory installed tiedowns to be able to safely carry cargo with the tailgate open. There are, of course, plenty of subjective measures such as NVH, amenability to modification through the aftermarket, total cost of ownership, offroad capabilities, etc. From everything I've seen, some of which OP mentioned in an edit, points to the Cybertruck being a terrible truck seemingly designed by folks who have never owned/used a truck. And again, that is ignoring Elon's politics. | | |
| ▲ | sejje 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | No there's not. > Payload capacity. Fighting against truck size, MPGs > Towing capacity. Fighting MPGs, possibly diesel prices > Towing range. Only matters on electrics, everyone else goes to the gas station. > Stopping distance when at GVWR. I don't max my truck out, and I don't really think others should, either. Anyway, maybe you can see that objectively, I'd rather have a Nissan Hardbody than whatever Superduty Diesel you have in mind. |
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| ▲ | datakan 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] |
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| ▲ | slowin 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Or, it's just objectively ugly and cringe, which it is. |
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| ▲ | alt227 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Nothing about design or looks is objective. Lots of people like the design. Dont assume your opinion is objectively 'right'. | | |
| ▲ | slowin 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | No, it objectively failed. That's why they are not going to make it anymore. "Lots of people" do not like it. | | |
| ▲ | alt227 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | You seem to like moving goalposts. Nobody said anything about it not failing, it certainly did fail just like the Ford F150 Lighting before it. Liking something is subjective and lots of people like the design of the Cybertruck. It failed becasue Elon lied about its specs and couldnt deliver. Just because you dont like how it looks doesn't mean everybody else doesn't as well. | | |
| ▲ | slowin 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | We're talking about a parent who said their kids hate the cybertruck (like most people) with someone claiming that's because the parents influenced them. Occam's razor is that it's just an ugly vehicle, which it clearly is. |
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| ▲ | next_xibalba 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] | | |
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| ▲ | plagiarist 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | N64 graphics vehicle. | |
| ▲ | pfannkuchen 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Sure but kids don’t generally boo at ugly cars, they just don’t really notice them. | | |
| ▲ | slowin 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think the cybertruck is orders of magnitude uglier than any other vehicle, so I think it's an expected response. |
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