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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, it is iconic and will be used as a metaphor years from now when people start making movies of this era.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

They won't find a single one to film.

On the global scale the Cybertruck is an incredibly niche American thing.

It's only ever sold 40 something thousand units since 2023. That's ridiculously low.

For comparison, Toyota sells some 11 million vehicles a year globally. And just in the United States, Porsche yearly sells some 70k units. That 40k Cybertrucks is from three fiscal years

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but it is famous loke the pinto, anf easy to recognize loke the delorean, and easy to make a prop version of.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Like. I and o are next to each other on the keyboard

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure slapping a few pizza boxes together and painting it silver would make a convincing enough replica, but why would anyone bother?

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No no. Why would anyone bother to put one in their movies in 20 years?

That's like saying they'd have people wearing Apple Vision Pro's in 20 years. Why? Wasn't a big product. Just an overhyped one which utterly failed.

Perhaps as a meme to how shit it is but it's definitely not "iconic to the era".

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Yeah, it is. Just not in the way elmo wanted.