The thing that strikes my about the Cybertruck is this: you know the Golden Ratio, a ratio that feels aesthetically pleasing and mimics nature?
I think the Cybertruck was constructed using the Shit Ratios: ratios that look weird and goofy.
It’s not just the blocky polygon shit. The ratio of height to length is wrong. The ratio of wheel to car is wrong. The ratio of window to steel is wrong.
It’s like someone specifically picked every disharmonious ratio in the world and shoved them all into one vehicle. You could have done a blocky polygon that looked better than this.
Someone in my neighborhood has one! I don't understand any possible reason to get one of these. Does it perform well in any context?
(I'm not a car person but I can understand why some people spend money on attractive sports cars)
No. In addition to being subjectively awful, it really has no objective redeeming qualities either. Anyone who gets one did so because they like the company, and/or guy behind it. That's why it's so satisfying to mock, they're all owned by clowns.
Nope. It's kind of a death trap. It will rust and/or completely fail if it gets rained on. Also they were all recalled since the accelerator pedal can get stuck to the floor because of poor manufacturing.
Don't forget the lack of four-wheel drive, so it has trouble operating in inclement weather, or less-than-ideal conditions.
So, in addition to looking bad, it can't even properly function *as a truck.*
They remind me of cars in 1970s children's sci-fi shows, which were regular cars with some kind of box meant to look like a futuristic car placed around it.
Someone posted that it came straight out of the "Money For Nothing" video and I had to legit watch the whole thing to confirm that it does not, actually, appear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2...
Given the source, I’m assuming it’s supposed to look like a stealth bomber or futuristic tank, so the proportions being unnatural are typical of thinking you can brute force your way through any situation.
And it turning out to in reality be stupid and fragile fits perfectly.
This seems right.
I also think it's amusing that a company that's notorious for not being able to line up panels properly went with a design based on straight lines.
Exactly! I think it's why seeing one in person is so jarring, even after you've seen pics.
I described it as unlocking a new kind of uncanny valley where it *feels* wrong before you're able to fully articulate why.
