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I like how it looks and I find it weird people seem to believe that their opinion is absolute truth and that anybody who doesn't hate it is wrong. What I found

I like how it looks and I find it weird people seem to believe that their opinion is absolute truth and that anybody who doesn't hate it is wrong. What I found the most surprising is that implies people don't actually believe cars on the road right now are ugly. Do people really look at SUVs and think "wow, is that thing pretty?"

threeseed 3y ago
So you think it's weird that other people believe that their opinions are right and everyone else is wrong. Have you been on a desert island or something ?
- maximus-decimus 3y ago
  I've come to accept it for political stuff (abortion and gun rights), but I guess it didn't sink in for stuff that's clearly subjective like your favorite color or pizza topping.
  - buildbot 3y ago
    Ask people about their thoughts on Hawaiian Pizza
    - grecy 3y ago
      I have my own opinon about pineapple on Pizza, but I'm not so full of myself that I think anyone with the opposite opinion is "wrong". They're opinions and preferences, not facts.
      - buildbot 3y ago
        That means you a decent human! Plenty of people do make a very big deal out of opinions as innocent as pineapple on Pizza :)
dkrich 3y ago
Funny because I think it’s weird that Tesla perma bull analysts automatically assume this car will be popular and sell millions without a single person actually receiving one or knowing the prices.
- yreg 3y ago
  A million people have paid the reservation for it. That's already many more units than the amount Tesla is going to be able to build in the following years. edit: Apparently it's 1.9M reservations.
  - coolspot 3y ago
    Reservation is just $100, I did it on a first day just for the lulz.
    - yreg 3y ago
      You lent Tesla $100 just for the lulz?
      - SCM-Enthusiast 3y ago
        You can flip the truck pretty easy if you got an early res.
  - dkrich 3y ago
    A reservation is $100 (refundable) or 1/10th of 1% of the purchase price. That's not a reservation, it's a thinly veiled attempt to pump the perceived success of this launch and share price. They know it, you know it, I know it, and the market knows it. Talk to me when they require a 20% down payment and I'll believe the hype.
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philwelch 3y ago
Current SUV’s are crossover monstrosities. The 1996 Ford Explorer in forest green was absolutely beautiful. Nobody makes vehicles in forest green anymore. It’s sad.
crazygringo 3y ago
> Do people really look at SUVs and think "wow, is that thing pretty?" Nope. Current cars are pretty ugly. But holy moly the Cybertruck is a whole new level of even uglier. The rounded, bulbuous shape of modern cars finally made sense to me when I understood it was all about occupant safety in collisions and fuel efficiency. Modern cars have the shapes they do mostly for engineering reasons, not aesthetic reasons. But the Cybertruck seems like what a solo road warrior cruising through a dystopian hellscape would drive while pirates try to take him out with machine guns. Fun in a movie, but not the vibe I want to put out in real life.

threeseed 3y ago

So you think it's weird that other people believe that their opinions are right and everyone else is wrong. Have you been on a desert island or something ?

maximus-decimus 3y ago
I've come to accept it for political stuff (abortion and gun rights), but I guess it didn't sink in for stuff that's clearly subjective like your favorite color or pizza topping.
- buildbot 3y ago
  Ask people about their thoughts on Hawaiian Pizza
  - grecy 3y ago
    I have my own opinon about pineapple on Pizza, but I'm not so full of myself that I think anyone with the opposite opinion is "wrong". They're opinions and preferences, not facts.
    - buildbot 3y ago
      That means you a decent human! Plenty of people do make a very big deal out of opinions as innocent as pineapple on Pizza :)

dkrich 3y ago

Funny because I think it’s weird that Tesla perma bull analysts automatically assume this car will be popular and sell millions without a single person actually receiving one or knowing the prices.

yreg 3y ago
A million people have paid the reservation for it. That's already many more units than the amount Tesla is going to be able to build in the following years. edit: Apparently it's 1.9M reservations.
- coolspot 3y ago
  Reservation is just $100, I did it on a first day just for the lulz.
  - yreg 3y ago
    You lent Tesla $100 just for the lulz?
    - SCM-Enthusiast 3y ago
      You can flip the truck pretty easy if you got an early res.
- dkrich 3y ago
  A reservation is $100 (refundable) or 1/10th of 1% of the purchase price. That's not a reservation, it's a thinly veiled attempt to pump the perceived success of this launch and share price. They know it, you know it, I know it, and the market knows it. Talk to me when they require a 20% down payment and I'll believe the hype.

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philwelch 3y ago

Current SUV’s are crossover monstrosities. The 1996 Ford Explorer in forest green was absolutely beautiful. Nobody makes vehicles in forest green anymore. It’s sad.

crazygringo 3y ago

> Do people really look at SUVs and think "wow, is that thing pretty?" Nope. Current cars are pretty ugly. But holy moly the Cybertruck is a whole new level of even uglier. The rounded, bulbuous shape of modern cars finally made sense to me when I understood it was all about occupant safety in collisions and fuel efficiency. Modern cars have the shapes they do mostly for engineering reasons, not aesthetic reasons. But the Cybertruck seems like what a solo road warrior cruising through a dystopian hellscape would drive while pirates try to take him out with machine guns. Fun in a movie, but not the vibe I want to put out in real life.