9 points

probably where musk got the idea.

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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.

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28 points

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

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16 points

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.

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4 points

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.

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Oregon Trail was a Mt Dew adventure.

they were predicting the future

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25 points

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.

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8 points

Cars have become huge, but tbf the DeLorean is pretty small, I guess because it’s supposed to be a sports car (lol).

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well it is if you put a porsche engine in it

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Also fuck me cars have become huge.

Well so did Americans

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40 points

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

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I tried washing it, even in the shade, but now the screen won’t turn on.

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curious

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Looking into it.

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