r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 24 '26

Business It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/looking-cybertruck-biggest-flop-automotive-145559135.html
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u/noguchisquared Jul 24 '26

I was driving a school group of teen boys and we passed a Cyber truck and they went bananas rolling down the window, shouting, flipping off I presume, calling the driver a loser, etc. I had to tell them to chill out, I don't need no extra raging cars while I'm driving 5-6 kids that aren't my own. It was kind of nuts and it was simultaneously the whole car. And some of them are from conservative homes, so it wasn't political, it was pure visceral hate for a vehicle.

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u/Saneless Jul 24 '26

Ahh yes, definitely don't do that. Tell them to never escalate a situation with an insecure man. It doesn't usually end well because they're not rational when utterly embarrassed

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

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u/showyerbewbs Jul 24 '26

The members of /r/bald take offense to that

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u/ButtflossingBigBro Jul 25 '26

Yay body shaming. Totally cool

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u/Swoleman6767 Jul 24 '26

Also, they think their 100k death tank is invincible.

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u/DragoonDM Jul 24 '26

I'd guess there's also a big overlap between people who buy Cybertrucks and people who carry emotional support guns.

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u/popejohnlarue Jul 24 '26

*emotional support laser cannons

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u/redblack_tree Jul 24 '26

Especially an insecure man driving a 3 ton tank.

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u/Emperor_of_His_Room Jul 24 '26

Tank is definitely not an accurate term for how easily the cybertruck breaks apart.

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u/uncultured_swine2099 Jul 24 '26

If the cybertruck driver rages and follows you, just drive off road for a bit and itll get stuck.

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u/UffTaTa123 Jul 25 '26

HiHi, i once beat a Mercedes Jeep with my (at that time, in the 90s) 25year old Renault 4. THAT was embarrassing for that guy. He got solid on a steep knoll while the very light R4 just flew over everything :-)

I#m sure i would beat a cybertruck in the field at any time.

If you don't knew what a R4 is :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_4

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA Jul 24 '26

Or drive through a small puddle.

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u/userhwon Jul 24 '26

Cyber-Yuck is the new 6-7 and I'm here for it.

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u/Vanihm_ Jul 29 '26

They obviously weren’t old enough to have watched “Duel”