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[–] 162 points 2 years ago (9 children)
  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Guy looks exactly as I would've imagined him.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    I can hear him saying, "of course it will be fine" with a tone that implies questioning the fineness was the stupidest thing he's ever heard, because he thinks projecting confidence works for anything just like it works for tricking people that he knows things he really doesn't.

    And then there's a good chance he acts like there was no way anyone could see the result coming once it's clear that it isn't, in fact, fine.

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  • [–] 153 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    A wave od horror washing over me as I realize these idiots can afford a Cybertruck while I can only have an old beater.

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  • [–] 87 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    wealth and stupidity come hand in hand in many, many cases.

    I think this is partially because in order to make a lot of money in most cases you have to fuck someone else over and never have it occur to you thats what you're doing. Like if you find out you can buy t-shirts for €1, then you go to your neighbor and tell them they can have a t-shirt for the low price of €30 (and manage not to feel bad about that) you're a successful businessman and a pilliar of the community.

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    [–] 99 points 2 years ago (29 children)

    Since no one else has said it, this isn’t a design flaw of the truck. The operator didn’t let air out of their tires. Before driving on sand you really want to let your tire PSI down to like 15 to be safe. I used to pull hummers out of the beach with my old four cylinder Nissan pickup because their drivers were often overconfident they didn’t need to deflate their tires (or just completely unaware). I don’t like Tesla but this is an operator error, not a fatal flaw of the truck.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (19 children)

    I used to race cars, and would over/ under inflate my tires based on the weather and track conditions. Never thought about driving on sand, but that's a super useful tip that I would wager most people have never heard.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    It's not just sand, rock crawlers will deflate tires down to single digits (that's why they use beadlocks) so that the tires actually wrap around the rocks.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    I guess you're talking about psi.

    (No offense to you, dear Buffaloaf, I just looked it up and thought I might share).

    For everyone of the 191 non-USA countries, 10 psi is 0,69 bar or 690 hPa. That's pretty low.

    By the way, why is psi written in such a weird way? It should be lbs/ in^2

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Yeah it made me a lot of extra cash when I was in high school. I would park over the on-ramp for beach access and wait for a tourist to inevitably get stuck. Most of the time I wouldn’t ask for money but they’d give me a nice tip since they knew the only other option was to call a tow truck. The park service requires a permit to off road now, and that info is on the permit so fortunately for visitors it happens less often now.

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    [–] 68 points 2 years ago

    Calm? It scares the ever-living shit out of me that I’m surrounded by these people every day. They drive next to me. They have power over me. It’s frightening.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    What am I looking at? Should I conclude that Cybertruck is a bad off-road vehicle, or that sand is an unsuitable surface for driving, or both?

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Mostly that the driver is an absolute muppet. Sand like that is so soft you sink to your ankles walking in it, the truck never stood a chance.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago

    Back in the late-80s or early-90s, a guy in my coastal town bought a new Nissan Pathfinder, took a bunch of friends for a nighttime joyride at the beach. I do believe there was beer involved.

    When they hit water lapping in the sand and made a sharp turn, the tires made a wake that looked really, really cool! Do that again!

    Suddenly, the car stopped moving forward. They had drifted too deep. Of course none of these rocket scientists had any idea if the tide was coming or going... it was coming.

    They got out - through the windows I guess - waded onshore and prayed for the best. But like I said, the tide was coming. They saw the Pathfinder that still had that new agency car smell, getting completely submerged.

    Next day a tow truck pulled it onshore, but as you probably guessed, it was a total loss.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Maybe they could try this (before going on the beach)?

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago

    Just wait. That sea air is gonna do wonders for that trucks brick's complexion.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago

    Step-Elon I'm stuck!

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Stupidity ages like a fine wine. Give it a couple of more years and you will be surprised about your ability to bend the concept of rational thinking.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Imagine having enough money to be that dumb.

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Imagine walking to the beach

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    sorry, im just trying to figure out how the fuck someone gets a cybertruck stuck on sand of all things.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    A tragedy of the greatest magnitude. How many of them have to be washed ashore until we do something?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    We can only hope there’s another billionaire on board

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Don't take it to the sea it's not ambidextrous.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    This is hilarious.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Why would anybody want to buy a cat that ugly anyway?

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    [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    I am feeling better about myself already, thank you.

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