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Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail. (fuelarc.com)

submitted 4 months ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Well, I would say the test results were conclusive, if nothing else.

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[–] j4yc33@piefed.social 60 points 4 months ago (4 children)

If I had a nickel every time a Cybertruck driver re-enacted the end of The Perfect Storm while casting themselves as George Clooney, I would have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

Comedy gold.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'd say weird except it was advertised as a hybrid boat (and would have been advertised as a rocket or plane too if he'd thought of it) so like, doing what you are told it can do is not stop weird.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago

doing what you are told it can do is not [too] weird.

It is when it sounds unlikely and the ones making the claim are notorious for constant embellishments and flat out falsehoods

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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

They key word there is "advertised". Remember, bonless chicken wings don't have to be boneless. In the US, if your advertisement isn't lieing, you aren't trying.

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[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io [S] 7 points 4 months ago

😂 Some of the time, the jokes are hard to shoehorn into the articles. This time? The jokes practically wrote themselves

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