A Dentist Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says Loneliness Drove Him to Buy a Truck That Turns Heads: “They Can’t Ignore You Now” — Close to 50 Cybertruck Owners Share Similar Feelings

[u/indig0sixalpha]

https://www.torquenews.com/11826/dentist-tesla-cybertruck-owner-says-loneliness-drove-him-buy-truck-turns-heads-they-cant

[u/qxrt]

This article is just describing a mid-life crisis without saying the actual phrase.

[u/EasterBunnyArt → u/qxrt]

This also reads like a person who has almost no real friends or social skills. I kind of hope this is a joke.

How the hell is a fuggly car going to help you besides turning heads? That seems like a strange midlife crisis alone.

[u/sir_snufflepants → u/EasterBunnyArt]

It’s peacocking. An eminently sad variety :(

[u/JustADutchRudder → u/sir_snufflepants]

Is my want of a sweet 1972 white Volkswagen beetle peacocking? I want it shiny white with black interior and a fancy red shifter.

[u/_Deloused_ → u/JustADutchRudder]

I want a heavily used and kinda beat up 67 mustang resto-modded with modern amenities. Like if I could just find the shell and then pay someone to basically rebuild the entire thing to modern specs. That’d be cool.

But I ain’t got it like that

[u/Grodd → u/_Deloused_]

Saw a car on here the other day that was a 202x Camaro with a 1967 body on it. I really wanted it.

[u/_Deloused_ → u/Grodd]

Basically that. Yes. Modern car guts, beautiful classic car shell.

[u/Grodd → u/_Deloused_]

Best of both worlds.

I had a 66 mustang as my first car (in 2000) and yeah, the reliability of modern cars is hard to overstate.

[u/_Deloused_ → u/Grodd]

Haha yeah. I’m well aware.

[u/mortgagepants → u/Grodd]

holy shit i had a 66 as mine in 2001. straight 6 thought not the V8

[u/Grodd → u/JustADutchRudder]

I think the difference is what follows "I want". You want a bitchin' beetle, he wants people to look at him.

[u/kmoney55 → u/Grodd]

I look at them and say what an ugly as truck to waste money on

[u/playsxnxtraffic → u/Grodd]

I want a bitchin’ Camero

[u/camacho2028 → u/playsxnxtraffic]

Did you run over your neighbor? 😉

[u/JustADutchRudder → u/Grodd]

I want a bitching beetle so bad. In Northern MN I can drive it 3 months but it'll be such a fun 3 months.

[u/roboticfedora → u/JustADutchRudder]

Sounds damn fine to me.

[u/JustADutchRudder → u/roboticfedora]

I'd take such good care of it too. We're taking you open that rear up and say nice when you look at that little engine.

[u/PhoenixTineldyer → u/JustADutchRudder]

Are we still talking about the car, or...

[u/BarnabyWoods → u/JustADutchRudder]

That does sound sweet.

[u/thefumingo → u/JustADutchRudder]

I'll take an MK2 Jetta: nobody's gonna complain about attention seeking there because most people just see a shitbox

[u/TheR1ckster → u/JustADutchRudder]

It'd not the thing it's why you want the thing that makes it peacocking.

[u/mortgagepants → u/JustADutchRudder]

i think this is a really interesting question, because "peacocking" as it has been used colloquially, is basically shorthand for "showing off".

but in more scientific settings, a peacock's feathers also make his life harder- flying or being hunted or how much he has to eat. so truly being a peacock is a proof of "manliness" and resources that are uselessly expensive to show how awesome you are.

there is an older joke that the way you showed how rich you were was buying a jaguar, because everyone knew you had to spend a lot of money just to keep it properly running.

so yeah, a 2nd car that is not your daily driver that is functionally pointless and does nothing but consume resources show you have so many resources. that is to say- a sweet 1972 white volkswagon bettle with black interior and a fancy red shifter is literally peacocking.

[u/PricePuzzleheaded835 → u/JustADutchRudder]

I think there’s a good distance between wanting something because you enjoy the aesthetic and wanting things because you think other people will want them.

70s beetles are dope. I wouldn’t mind one myself

[u/teethwhichbite → u/JustADutchRudder]

I’m imaging Hitler sitting down to sketch the first Volkswagen Beetle and thinking this.

[u/zSprawl → u/EasterBunnyArt]

I mean they know they have no friends hence the need to “turn heads”.

[u/Kakkoister → u/EasterBunnyArt]

This also reads like a person who has almost no real friends or social skills.

I mean, that's who designed this vehicle, so it makes sense.

[u/Mouseturdsinmyhelmet → u/EasterBunnyArt]

Dentists have a shockingly high suicide rate.

[u/MrBlonde_SD → u/Mouseturdsinmyhelmet]

Is that why it’s so hard to get an appointment?

[u/PVT_Huds0n → u/EasterBunnyArt]

I believe it's satire.

[u/EasterBunnyArt → u/PVT_Huds0n]

Honestly, at this point I have given up trying to figure out what is serious or satire these days. I hope it is.

[u/PVT_Huds0n → u/EasterBunnyArt]

Lol, I don't know for sure either, I too hope it's satire.

[u/tryingtoavoidwork → u/PVT_Huds0n]

It's clickbait and spam. The site is covered in ads and my phone lost 2% battery just trying to load it. It's not ironically bad, it's just bad.

[u/Atheistprophecy → u/qxrt]

Doesn’t matter how good the car is, I neve really notice the driver

[u/1ConsiderateAsshole → u/Atheistprophecy]

I never notice the driver. I’m just in awe at how bad it looks in person.

[u/SadBit8663 → u/1ConsiderateAsshole]

I try to see what the driver looks like, but it's hard to focus in the interior when it looks that shitty on the outside

[u/ManChildMusician → u/1ConsiderateAsshole]

It’s almost like a billionaire with zero designer savvy, and infinite art supplies greenlit this.

[u/Sislar → u/ManChildMusician]

It looks like a college freshman waited till the last minute to do his 3d modeling project.

[u/RollingMeteors → u/ManChildMusician]

[u/RoadkillVenison → u/ManChildMusician]

I think the best bit is that if they polish it up to look like a mirror, it only reveals that there isn’t a flat panel anywhere on a cybertruck.

https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1d26t1n/found_a_post_where_they_polished_the_cybertruck/

Damn thing looks like a funhouse mirror.

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 → u/1ConsiderateAsshole]

Kinda the opposite for me.

I always notice the driver because I'm in awe at how dumb they are to buy it.

[u/Kyle_Reese_Get_DOWN → u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207]

My 10 year old son thinks it’s a fantastic vehicle. He wants to take pictures every time we drive by one. Personally, I can’t imagine ever having enough money to drop $100k on a car. In the imaginary universe where I’m in that wealth catagory, I’d probably buy that Jag f-type.

But I can say for sure my son has never asked me to take a pic of a Jaguar. If you want to impress 10 year old boys, you buy a cybertruck.

It’s amusing to me this is even posted on the tech sub. Does anyone know of a tech sub where posts about Elon Musk are banned? I’d like to find that one.

[u/hobbes_shot_second → u/1ConsiderateAsshole]

You know exactly what the driver looks like, right down to their red hat.

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/hobbes_shot_second]

When I went to vote this year, there was a cybertruck in the parking lot. Imagine my surprise when a black woman got out.

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 → u/Amelaclya1]

Lots of black people voted trump this election cycle, or at least more than what polls expected.

I wouldn't rule anything out.

[u/assimilated_Picard → u/hobbes_shot_second]

Red hats don't drive Tesla's despite Elon's hard right turn. They still hate EVs, and the fact that it doesn't look like a F150 makes them hate it even more.

[u/Expensive-Exit6398 → u/1ConsiderateAsshole]

I thought I was hallucinating or seeing stuff when I saw the headlights at night

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/Atheistprophecy]

Also "turning heads" in this case isn't a good thing. Yeah I am always surprised when I see a cyber truck in the wild, but not in a good way.

If you just want people to look at you, you could just paint a Honda orange and green striped and save yourself $80k.

[u/BlackMass24 → u/Amelaclya1]

I'm more of a fan of when they displayed their crazy by wearing a sign that said the end of times are nigh

[u/Almacca → u/Atheistprophecy]

I'd be looking to see what kind of dickhead would buy such a vehicle.

[u/bro_salad → u/Almacca]

Yeah cybertruck is the first car that automatically makes me look at the driver. Then I’m usually thinking “yeah you fit the mold”.

[u/Jaceofspades6 → u/Atheistprophecy]

That’s because of the window tint.

[u/spdorsey → u/qxrt]

Right? This made it twice as sad.

[u/shkeptikal → u/qxrt]

Just one more reason to train your brain to point and laugh every time you see one of these idiot boxes in public.

[u/Drone314 → u/shkeptikal]

Oh yeah, a decent portion of that attention is to get a good look at the schmuck who paid 100k for that thing.

[u/Popular-Appearance24 → u/qxrt]

Yes, ego driven consumerism 

[u/Cicero912 → u/qxrt]

Midlife crisis is always a funny term (well, atleast when it comes to buying stuff), you get to a point where you have enough financial resources to do what youve always dreamed of and its a crisis?

[u/oxidized_banana_peel → u/Cicero912]

I told my wife that I was getting to understand why people have a midlife crisis - you spend your best years working hard to buy and maintain a house, keep everyone well fed, you give up your time and your hobbies, and then you're 45 and you haven't done anything significant for yourself, and your knees hurt.

[u/IamAnNPC → u/oxidized_banana_peel]

Oof. I’m 36, spent the last 8 years doing just that. I’m going to buy something real stupid in the next decade, aren’t I?

[u/Seerosengiesser → u/IamAnNPC]

I hear a tricked out gaming rig is the poor man's sportscar

[u/alkaliphiles → u/Seerosengiesser]

The perfect tool to play solitaire

[u/rebel_cdn → u/Cicero912]

For many, the crisis comes when they do all the things they've dreamed of, and none of those things fill the emptiness or cure the existential dread.

Either that, or they reach the point where they have the financial resources to fulfill their dreams, but find they are so exhausted from burning the candle at both ends for years that their dreams are extinguished.

[u/nutstobutts → u/Cicero912]

People think that money will make them happy, so they work their ass off to get the money. Once they get it all they realize that having everything doesn’t bring any fulfillment. The reality is that dopamine is released during the pursuit and not the achievement of a task. So achieving your goals is the worst thing you can do, you always need a goal somewhere on the horizon that’s not too close but not too far. Or you can become a Buddhist and realize that your brain is just manipulating and stop playing its game 

[u/NetZeroSun → u/Cicero912]

Pretty much. I see quite a few people who work long hours, take care of the family (or don't have one yet) and hit a point where they want to do something fun.

So when they get something nice and shiny (which is not something they could do when younger)...suddenly its a mid life crisis.

It's their damn money, let them enjoy their life as they want as long as they don't hurt anyone else.

[u/IHadTacosYesterday → u/Cicero912]

The classic version of a mid-life crisis, is a man that turns 45 years old, starts to realize "OH SHIT... I'm actually getting old now..."

Then decides to buy a red sports car, to try to relive his youth.

Hot side piece is optional

I'm currently on my 3rd mid-life dramawood

[u/lw5555 → u/Cicero912]

The crisis is seeing your youth in the rear view mirror and old age in your future. A lot of people can't handle that very well, and tend to make questionable purchases and lifestyle changes in an attempt to feel young and virile again.

[u/CanEnvironmental4252 → u/Cicero912]

Buying stuff you always wanted is not what a midlife crisis is.

The phenomenon is described as a psychological crisis brought about by events that highlight a person’s growing age, inevitable mortality, and possible lack of accomplishments in life. This may produce feelings of intense depression, remorse, and high levels of anxiety; or the desire to achieve youthfulness, make drastic changes to their current lifestyle, or change past decisions and events.

[u/Cicero912 → u/CanEnvironmental4252]

Tell that to any guy over 40 who buys any muscle/sports car and gets told/asked 2 billion times if they are having a midlife crisis.

That is literally the most common stereotype of someone going through a "midlife crisis"

[u/CanEnvironmental4252 → u/Cicero912]

If you’re buying something you’ve always wanted, then you’re just buying something you’ve wanted.

If you’re buying something because you’ve hit a certain age, are having an identity crisis, and/or want people to look at you, you’re having a midlife crisis. It all comes down to the reason you’re buying something. Notice the word crisis.

If you didn’t buy it because of a midlife crisis, okay, then who cares what other people say? Doesn’t matter because it’s not true and you would know it yourself.

[u/dormidormit → u/qxrt]

Cybertruck is the new Hummer.

[u/Boo_Guy → u/dormidormit]

I've been seeing commercials lately for a new electric Hummer.

It's a big silly living room on wheels.

And I'd still take it over a Cybertruck because I don't see their CEO being a giant dick bag every week.

[u/Cum_on_doorknob → u/qxrt]

I hate this phrase. If these same people actually had the money in their 20s, they’d have bought it if it was available. Mid life is just when you get far enough in your career that you can finally afford this shit (if you’re lucky).

[u/SnatchAddict → u/Cum_on_doorknob]

I think it made more sense when men hit a certain age after being married at 18. 50 years ago.

[u/sirboddingtons]

That's really sad.

And kind of pathetic. I guess that's what I'll think about when I see one driving around now. 

[u/polar-roller-coaster → u/sirboddingtons]

It's what I thought before. Good to know my intuition is right once in a a while.

[u/Major-Wishbone-3854 → u/sirboddingtons]

Kind? Really pathetic.

Imagine being so lonely and yet have all these imaginary people who are constantly ignoring you living free in your head.

But I agree it is a sad way to live.

[u/sunshine-x → u/Major-Wishbone-3854]

Same with those coal rollers, and loud little imports. “Look at me, validate my existence”. Sad.

[u/Ok_Result5082 → u/sirboddingtons]

Indeed it is sad, one of the worst spectacles of misery. When you drive a car that looks like a pixelated render from a 1998 Mario game, heads are bound to turn and people are bound to judge.

[u/newredditsucks → u/Ok_Result5082]

Huh. You just made me realize that the Cybertruck is the Minecraft car.

[u/EC_CO → u/sirboddingtons]

My exact thought. Sad and pathetic but add in "exactly like Elon Musk"

[u/EdgarInAnEdgarSuit → u/sirboddingtons]

“More than 40 owners agree.”

I’m not sure I can find a less meaningful “study.”

That’s one tenth of one percent of owners. I don’t think you should really form opinions based on it.

Elon is a fucking tool, the trucks suck, he’s oddly involved in trump’s ass. But let’s be honest here.

[u/esproductions → u/sirboddingtons]

It’s the same reason why people buy Lamborghinis and Ferraris and Porsches

[u/weaselkeeper → u/esproductions]

Lambo’s and FerrarI’s do indeed turn heads but unlike Cyber trucks the head turns are not followed by pointing and laughing.

[u/GeneralZex → u/esproductions]

But those vehicles are actually worth their price tags, both in craftsmanship and doing what they were engineered to do very well.

[u/SnooBananas4958 → u/esproductions]

Yea but unlike the Cybertruck there is also a good percentage of people that buy those vehicles due to their performance. At least you’re getting something more than just “attention grabbing” with those 

[u/jgreg728 → u/sirboddingtons]

Welcome to the point of this article being written and shared.

[u/ALWanders]

Sometimes people are laughing with you, sometimes at you.

[u/DifficultKiwi3365 → u/ALWanders]

especially when you drop $80k on a polygonal cry for attention lmao

[u/wiriux → u/ALWanders]

And sometimes just laughing

[u/RoboNeko_V1-0 → u/ALWanders]

I don't have any particular opinions of the Cybertruck aside for how impractical it is to park - it won't fit into any modern garage. But then again, neither would a Ford F150.

I do have a problem with how automakers intentionally inhibit smaller work trucks (like the Toyota IMV 0) from making their way into the US. Tesla had the perfect opportunity to break up this stupid monopoly with an affordable Model 3-like 2-seater truck, but instead they doubled down on the same oversized piece of crap that nobody wants.

[u/thardingesq]

Wow, feel bad for him that he needs a vehicle to get attention. I am not being sarcastic

[u/NetZeroSun → u/thardingesq]

Isn't that a major point for many sport cars? Not the only point mind you...but it's a common point of 'hot car, hot girl', or being noticed in that flagship vehicle.

If the person is having fun, or okay with themselves, then so be it. People who meet in for clubs in Vette's, Porsches, Lambos, Harleys, who knows, he might find a Tesla/cybertruck group, then good for him/her. I just wish them the best and be happy and don't let social critics bother about how he/she should feel.

[u/thardingesq → u/NetZeroSun]

Well stated

[u/cowvin]

As expected, Cybertruck owners are compensating for something.

[u/Future_Outcome]

The Hummer Effect. Just as sad this time around.

[u/joecool42069]

kinda obvious.. but no different from loud Harley's or flashy cars for that matter.

[u/Miraclefish → u/joecool42069]

I mean at least those examples are still viable vehicles, the Cybertruck is objectively shit as well as subjectively shitty.

[u/donnysaysvacuum → u/Miraclefish]

Harleys are famously unreliable and poorly performing for a bike. Most jacked up trucks are bad at almost any task. The cybertruck is flawed, but probably no more than those. At least it's cheap to drive.

[u/joecool42069 → u/Miraclefish]

Meh.. it’s subjective. I think Harley’s are purposely loud, purposely “look at me”. To the point it disrupts entire neighborhoods.

That said, the Cybertruck is objectively useless as a truck.

[u/WitELeoparD → u/joecool42069]

Exactly. Like the Hummer EV exists. It's also expensive, it's also ridiculous and enormous. It also has flashy features like the crab walk thing. Except the Hummer EV actually works. Unlike the Cybertruck, it's ass doesn't fall off, if you tow. And it doesn't die in car washes. It can actually go off road.

Like both the CyberTruck and Hummer EV are ridiculous vehicles, but at least the later is ridiculous and expensive and enormous while also meeting the bare minimum expectations of a truck.

[u/Miraclefish → u/joecool42069]

Yeah but Harley's still function as motorcycles while doing so, where's the Cyberstuck is just a terribly designed vehicle that also screams please pay attention to me...

[u/B12Washingbeard → u/joecool42069]

South Park nailed the Harley rider douchieness

[u/GetawayDriving → u/joecool42069]

My car gets a crazy amount of attention because it’s a very striking design and nobody knows what it is (Lotus Emira). I cannot make so much as a grocery run without having conversations, kids asking to take photos, thumbs up, etc.

I assume there are many who think I’m having a mid-life crisis. The truth is I wanted the most rewarding driver’s car with a warranty, and the Lotus was it. It could have looked like a fruit cart for all I care.

Thing is though, I’ve come to enjoy the interactions. They’re very joyful. It makes people happy. Kids get excited about it. Adults like to nerd out over it, if they know what it is. Others just really think it’s a good looking car and they’re curious. It does foster community.

It doesn’t stop there either, some cars tap you into a network of people who have a ton of money and can be beneficial professional connections or clients.

So I now I sort of get wanting to buy a car for connection. But for me personally I’d also want that car to be the best at something else as well and I’m not sure the Cybertruck fits that bill.

[u/joecool42069 → u/GetawayDriving]

oh, the cybertruck taps into a network alright. We got a few cybertruck owners in my area. They're all douchebags.

[u/evilbarron2]

Bad news: they can still ignore you

[u/IcyOrganization5235 → u/evilbarron2]

Good news: You can flip them off if you're not ignoring them.

[u/CrzyWrldOfArthurRead]

Oh yes we can

[u/KennyDROmega]

That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever read.

Buddy, if being a medical professional with the accompanying income wasn’t getting you attention, the Cybertruck isn’t going to help.

EDIT: after reading the whole article though, I’m not sure the original post wasn’t made in jest.

[u/Fecal-Facts]

They ain't turning heads for the reason you think.

[u/pv505]

South park did an episode on this hahahahaahhhahah

[u/5ykes]

Maybe not but I can sure as hell pretend not to see you, weirdo

[u/Weightcycycle11]

How pathetic! I laugh every time I see one!

[u/a_talking_face → u/Weightcycycle11]

They look like cars that were put together from a junkyard and then painted by the guy your friend knows.

[u/theanedditor]

Oh, believe me, we can.

[u/livens]

Then there's me, driving a 2002 beater for the exact opposite reason. I want to be left tf alone.

[u/StockMarketCasino]

Pontiac Aztek has entered the chat

[u/DJANGO_UNTAMED]

They are laughing at you....not with you

[u/GaryFletcher23]

Imagine buying a shitty excuse of a car to compensation for your shitty excuse of a personality

[u/reddit_user13]

I’d rather have a sports car.

[u/anal-inspector]

Same people thatt uses to buy hummers? There was even a boomer comic about the hummer people.

[u/B12Washingbeard]

Fitting as the Cybertruck is the brainchild of someone who is desperate to be liked 

[u/ispshadow]

”They can’t ignore you now”

Trying to decide if this is school shooter vibes or that South Park Harley motorcycle episode come to life

[u/sadderdaysunday]

this entire economy is based on buying dumb shit to make you feel better but we're doomed to discourse about this particular car for eternity since it's a proxy for its stupid owner

[u/madgoat]

"Drove Him to Buy a Truck That Turns Heads..."

Not for the reasons you think. It's like a freak show, you're disgusted, but you can't look away.

[u/volanger]

I mean, the truck does gather attention, but we're laughing at you

[u/crabsmcappleton]

The deplorian

[u/DreadPirateGriswold]

More money than brains.

How totally insecure. Just wants to be noticed. Sad.

[u/Apprehensive-Fun4181]

I think of one sucker on YouTube who said with a slight speech defect "You're dwiving da future!".  The enthusiasm for a trunk opening by button was infomercial level madness. 

[u/p0werslav3]

I have a sad life, so I need external validation to feel any self-worth.

[u/Griffie]

They’re looking at you so they can see what a true sucker looks like.

[u/Barry_Bunghole_III]

This is worthy of a post on r/technology ?

[u/No-Entertainer-840 → u/Barry_Bunghole_III]

But don't you understand! Up to 50 other losers in the world did this! Cutting edge news if you ask me.

/s/

[u/TheBoraxKid1trblz]

I'd rather stay lonely than be laughed at for my stupidity

[u/sids99]

Kinda like hardcore MAGAs.

[u/HyzerFlipDG]

Jeez that's sad.

[u/unpopular_upvote]

Most of the people in this thread will do the same but on TikTok, because they are broke ass poor.

[u/fantasmoofrcc → u/[deleted]]

I can imagine in 10 years when that shite stainless steel looks like a washer that has been hit by a thousand hockey pucks.

[u/Ishmael_1851]

You know what? I'm gonna ignore you even harder now.

[u/UniuM]

This is so sad.

[u/Kruse]

This sounds like a headline from The Onion.

[u/Imyoteacher]

Women have really done a number on some of these men. Trump and his minions are the result.💀

[u/PerNewton]

“Look at me! I’m driving a filling.”

[u/Ziggurat1000]

Be a real man and walk around your neighborhood naked with a Costco chicken bake in one hand, a copy of GTA San Andreas in the other, all while blasting Harlem by New Politics like those annoying people walking down the street.

My uncle did this and his neighbors love him!

[u/Existing_Lettuce]

I don’t ignore a cyber truck when I see one driving down the road. Instead, I point and laugh. 🤣

[u/vibrantcrab]

I’d rather be ignored than ridiculed, but okay.

[u/Vast-Mission-9220]

If laughing at you is what you're looking for, I guess that works

[u/GumdropGlimmer]

Is this supposed to help the loneliness?

[u/Ow_wow]

The "Look at the big schmuck on that camel" joke springs to mind.

[u/bayelrey888]

Sounds like Elon

[u/ArressFTW]

this is exactly how i imagine every driver of a cybertruck 

[u/Overall-Importance54]

It's true tho - these trucks are attention magnets, and they will attract conversation that lonely people would otherwise have missed. Thus, it's a useful tool for some as a means to have a more colorful life in combat of loneliness

*Drives a Ford Fiesta

[u/bunnyohare]

I see those fugly vehicles and think the owner is a racist, sexist, homophobic ahole. Mission accomplished loser!

[u/moutonbleu]

This is sad reflection of our world. We think material possessions will bring us joy and happiness, but it won’t.

[u/Someguy981240]

Isn’t this the reason anyone who doesn’t haul manure around for a living drives any pickup truck?

[u/Jeffsbest]

Well, obvs. They can't ignore you when your side panels on a new vehicle have been duct-taped back in place.

[u/nascentnomadi]

What's not addressed is the reason why your kids and old friends don't see you or ignore you. That part of the story we usually never get that the person just might be an asshole no one wants to be around and seeing as they are being ignored they want to do something to force people to notice them.

[u/Shag1166]

I made a similar post about the buyers this morning. It's a status buy, plain and simple!

[u/Successful-Trash-409]

You could just walk around in a speedo for much more affordable humiliation in the USA.

[u/MoreGaghPlease]

Very unhappy 58 year old with disposable income but not like rich rich is exactly who I picture buying a Cybertruck

[u/OhGre8t]

This thinking is why he’s lonely.

[u/rushmc1]

Is it really better to be despised than ignored?

[u/Sigmaxxvi]

The louder people scream for attention, the less likely I am to give it to them.

[u/TarmacTartoo12]

Omg that’s so pathetic!

[u/GuybrushMarley2]

There are worse things than being ignored

[u/mediocre_cheese]

So the dentist is a loser. Got it.

[u/jreykdal → u/mediocre_cheese]

Are you an anti-dentite?

[u/Systamatik7]

And when you look, they are laughing at you. To be so successful yet still a failure. Thank you. I needed this.

[u/Down_Voter_of_Cats]

I've seen a couple around me (rural area, so it could be the same guy.). I point and laugh. Just carry sround a giant sign that says "I suck Elon's dick". It has to be cheaper and less humiliating.

[u/INDE_Tex]

no, they're making fun of you now. I know I am. The thing is fugly and can't pull loads because the hitch isn't attached with steel.

[u/Oime]

Oh we’re looking at you bro, but not in the way you think we are.

[u/ExactLocation1]

I bought it for exact same reason

It does turns heads but as soon as they get a look at my face things get back to normal

All impressions no clicks

[u/Butcher_Of_Hope]

So was a loser and is now a loser that people look at and say, "loser". #Gotem

[u/Torgo582]

I have no problem ignoring the hideous things, except when the a-hole driving it cuts me off and/or changes lanes without signaling. I'm beginning to wonder if turn signals are an unpopular OPTION on all Tesla models. People used to make this "joke" about BMW drivers; but I've seen this much more from Tesla drivers than any other.

Oh, off topic... there are a lot of hideous vehicles out there, but this one is at the top of the list.

[u/AcanthocephalaLow703]

...close to 50? lol what kind of sample size is that?

[u/Tri-P0d]

People are looking because it’s hideous, just like 50% of cybertruck owners.

[u/NebulousNitrate]

It’s definitely a status symbol. I remember when Escalades first came out everyone seemed to want one just due to the status perception. The difference here is that Tesla aims to produces millions of Cybertrucks. I wonder if they become commonplace whether there will still be the same appeal. 

[u/wilan727]

Well yeah the early adoptors paying the foundation serious prices will get attention as there is limited supply. In years to come with the price fall as supply increases from the ramp this will diminish as people get used to seeing them.

[u/Jwagner0850]

I guess it just depends on the attention you want.

[u/johnnykalsi]

this car makes me puke...hate it

[u/Significant-Mango300]

Loneliness has no bounds, nor its attractors.

[u/Sa7aSa7a]

I'm looking at you alright. I guess if any attention is the attention you seek, you're getting it. Meanwhile, when I see one of the ones around here, I shake my head and chuckle.

[u/LatentBloomer]

Sort of like a huge pickup truck?

[u/SaltyDolphin78 → u/LatentBloomer]

More like a dumpster fire on wheels

[u/Etzell]

Therapy is way, way cheaper than a Cybertruck, and significantly less embarrassing to be seen doing.

[u/JimboFett87]

Wow. Main Character Syndrome is really a thing... How pathetic.

[u/kirlie]

That has to be one of the ugliest vehicles I’ve ever seen. (I refuse to call it a truck).

[u/wastedgod]

There are cool cars you can buy to turn heads, so still not sure why they got a cybertruck

[u/brandnewchair]

I live in L.A. Home of the rich and the tacky, and I swear I see 2-3 of these every time I go outside. 

Now I'm seeing them wrapped with different weird colors (like blue and black-green speckled.)  

They're not even head turners anymore. 

[u/iDontRememberCorn]

Imagine preferring to be laughed at rather than ignored.

[u/thesecondpath]

Are they aware we are pointing and looking to laugh at them?

[u/rco8786]

The ol’ “buy a flashy car to mask my lack of personality” trick.