• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    Guy needed a truck for work, and he got a big boner for Trump and Musk, and bought a SwastiKKKar. It quickly became apparent that it was completely inadequate for work, or anything else really, but at that point it had a resale value of less than zero, so he had no choice but to make it work.

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      I checked carvana for a price and people are trying to get 80k for the mfs lmao fat chance

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        If it goes down another 20K, it’ll be priced at what it was originally promised. Another 40K off that and now we’re talking good used truck prices.

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          I wouldn’t want one if it was given to me for free I’d be trying to offload it ASAP. I’ve heard news about people being trapped in their burning “Bulletproof” scifi refrigerator and dying. None for me thanks.

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          There’s also the scenario that he got a killer deal in a private sale from someone who just wanted to unload it at any price. They just didn’t want to be seen driving it, or keeping it in their driveway.

          I’ve met a few SwastiKKKar owners who claim they bought it before they knew Musk was a psycho, and would get rid of it, if that were possible. There is absolutely no used market for Teslas.

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      22 hours ago

      He probably bought it used cheap. Dealers won’t even take these on tradein because they don’t sell.

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      there are enough valid reasons to shit onto he cybertruck that there’s no need for us to pretend this exact mod isn’t done to plenty of regular trucks

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        Ya, but this is not a truck any more than the Hyundai Santa Cruz is a truck. It’s UTE. And anyone who does this to their Santa Cruz would also deserve to be mocked.

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          You’re kind of both missing the point. It isn’t really about the truck. MAGAs should be bullied and abused as much as possible. The truck is only a good excuse to heap on more scorn. He could have driving a perfectly acceptable ride, and I’d still excoriate them.

          MAGAs are the only acceptable targets for bullying, and it should be savage.

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            They are a bunch of bullies who bully other people. Bullying is nothing new, if anything it’s a mark of pride. No, what they can’t deal with is not fitting in, somehow being different. This is why they are antivax. They would rather have dead kids than some neurodiverse weirdos. Also dead children give you a huge sympathy bonus, whereas a weird kid gets you uninvited from get togethers.

            So, if you really want to upset them you have to point out just how weird their weird shit is.

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              Interesting perspective, I’m not sure I agree, but MAGAs are weird enough that it may well be true.

              So, if you really want to upset them you have to point out just how weird their weird shit is.

              Yeah, they got really bent when Walz started calling them Weirdos, but then the Democratic Schoolmarms got involved and decreed that it was mean to call out Treasonous Racist Pedophiles for the Weirdos they are, and Dems stopped.

              New rule: If it pisses them off, EVERYBODY do it! And don’t stop until they cry. Actually, when they cry, slap them, and get meaner.

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        IIRC, there was basically supposed to be an official version of this as an add-on. What happened to that?

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    There are two types of people that buy Teslas:

    1. People that buy them as Nazi jewelry

    2. People that buy them as Nazi technology

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      ngl, if it was cheap enough and I had a garage, I’d buy old ones to build a powerwall.

      I don’t like tesla or the people that bought them after mush was established, but i’d be more than happy to pay them 10% of the money they paid for 100% of the hardware and use it against the corporations.

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      “If this camper’s a-clankin’ it’s probably because I drove through some water and these things rust like a bastard”

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    Looks great actually. Simpler to build than a curved body. Nice flat lumber rack on top so you can build more for your friends, because let’s face it at this point your only friends are from the local Cybertruck club. A+

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      In later follow-up she said her franken-truckla suffered electrical problems, rain leakage, and has been relegated to someone’s backyard, rotting away under a tarp.

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        Sure, I mean it was a bit of a hack job. Doesn’t detract from the fact that she did something quite unique, nor does it imply that this one posted by OP is any more rain proof…

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      Tonoight:

      • James trips over a phone cord, “Oh cock!”

      • Hammond says the word ‘egalitarian’ “Egalitarian.”

      • and I hit a man with a shovel. PANG “oof!” “Sorry.”

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            Im a fan of Blazing Saddles… It’s got a lot of racism throughout and the Boomers loved it. But I cant stand The Big Bang Theory or Monk, and every Boomer i know loves those shows. Steve Martin is a comedic genius – he’s a Boomer and popular with the Boomers. I liked Dave Chapelle and that shit was racist AF. So I dunno where I stand anymore.

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          Is it worth it? I think so, I enjoyed it. Does it hold up? Complicated question.

          The Clarkson-Hammond-May show ran for a couple decades and went through three major phases: journalism, shenanigan and adventure.

          In earlier seasons they were more of a typical car show, they did more journalism relevant to the average driver…in early 2000s Britain. Top Gear isn’t looked back on fondly for Richard Hammond reporting on viewer polls for new car reliability in 2002. They still made an entertaining show, the cool wall and things like that are entertaining, but I would start you out with later episodes and let you watch these later if you like it. Series staples like taking sports cars for a fast lap around their track to compare their times, and doing celebrity interviews complete with a racing lap around the same track in a compact car, the “Star In A Reasonably Priced Car” segment, begin here.

          5 or 6 years in they started the shenanigan era, which is probably what peopel mean when they say “This reminds me of Top Gear.” They’d buy three used cars and go do ridiculous things, like turn them into camper vans, or outfit them for racing, or make sports cars into ambulances. In the words of Richard Hammond, “What this was, was fun. And I think we’re quite good at fun.” If I can point to an episode to introduce new viewers to the series, it’d be the British Leyland challenge episode. The show really starts to shine in this era; the three hosts have great chemistry together and the shenanigans give them more opportunity to play off one another.

          That gradually transitioned into the adventure era, as “three guys drive some old cars to the other side of London” becomes racing Veyron against a Cessna 182 across the length of Europe, or driving three old four-by-fours across South America or three ordinary RWD cars across Botswana. The show gradually abandoned the studio segments and became just, the three guys go somewhere in the world and drive some cars in interesting or spectacular locations. There’s great stuff here, their Botswana trip is amazing, their Korea trip is amazing, their Nile trip is wonderful, their North Pole trip is NUTS. But I’d watch earlier cheap car challenge episodes first.

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            Wow. Thanks for the detailed write up and recommendation. I was graduated from high school when the show was first airing, but I just never took the time to watch it because i wasnt a car guy. Then i was aware that shenanigans were happening, but in my mind it was still just a car show. But now 20 years later, people are still talking about it. If I can find it, maybe i’ll give it a watch starting where you suggested.