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Only the Most Secure of Men Purchase the Swastidumpster

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I love that there are before and after photos. Someone saw that, knew exactly how it would end, and instead of telling the guy, took a picture, then waited in the parking lot for the inevitable results. 💀
- Might have told them. Many people take unsolicited advice as an attack, and refuse to listen, thinking they know better.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate the cyber truck, but this is the owners fault. That roof thing slides back so he could have had them in at an angle where they wouldn’t have slid out.
I mean there’s an example of what to do parked right next to him 😆
- i thought thats the point of the post? cybertrucks are bought by guys working in tech who are insecure about their lack of ability in "manly tasks"... like loading up a pickup
  
  Sure sure, but I'm in tech and am not a manly man and yet I thought of it. This guy is just dense it seems.
- I'm not sure the CTs tailgate could handle that much weight though. Bottom line - this thing is a toy, not a work truck, like the one parked next to it.
  
  Oh god it’s even worse then 🤣

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but this isn't unique to just the dumpster truck owners.
I've seen people try to drive away with a couch mounted vertically in the passenger seat of a convertible (with no straps or rope of any kind).
I lost track of how many people roped their doors shut through the windows on their vehicles while strapping a 75 inch TV down to the roof of their Honda CRV.
The general population has an unbelievably poor understanding of physics and honestly I think we need to let more people die due to darwinism again. Saving the village idiot with modern medical standards has really just allowed them to get older and come up with even worse ideas. Sometimes they procreate and spawn in some new physics challenged shitlings that will be finding their way into your local ER with some self inflicted stupidity any day now.
- Pretty fucked up that you prefer people dying over just properly funding our education system.
  
  Well hang on now. You have no clue where I stand on education.
  I think all of our teachers need to be better vetted and paid. Proper education of future generations should be a top priority of any society.
  That being said I think we both know there are certain people that will still not learn anything and they will still be repeat idiots until they do actually win a Darwin award or some other illness finally takes them.
  I would be fine letting them learn harsher lessons and not get saved once they are legal adults.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/1hd1hb1/rural_cosplay_is_unfortunately_a_thing/
  rural cosplay is very much a thing...
  
  As someone who grew up in a small farming town and now lives in the GTA fuck almost everyone with a pickup truck because it's all for show ain't no one slinging gravel or wood or a beat up generator somewhere like when I grew up. It's all faux rural cosplay shit.
- Congratulations, you've just talked yourself into being a proponent of eugenics. Speak with Goebbels for your welcome packet and fashionable armband.
  
  There is a big difference between not using "shared" resources to save idiots that endanger themselves and others repeatedly and eugenics.
  I'm saying maybe we just don't give that guy that decided to ride a motorcycle with no helmet at 2 times the speed limit for the third time all the bags of universal donor blood on the way to the hospital.

You’d think a tech worker would at least have a basic understanding of physics
- Lol 80% of the computer science students at my uni absolutely detested math of any kind
  
  At least intro physics was super interesting. Fuck Calc and Chem though.

It’s really just a techy spin on how a lot of car brands are marketed to insecure guys. Read the marketing strategy for big trucks or jeeps, and it confirms they are 100% aware that their marketing is aiming for weak men insecure in their masculinity. Pathetic.
At least if they’d bought a real truck, they might’ve been able to haul something with it.

They just summed up marketing. Buy your way into who you want to be

This makes me remember Sweden in the nineties, everh 40yo man and their fucking grandmother just had to buy a ... Harley Davidson motorcycle!
I mean if you want an anchor to your boat there are way cheaper ones. :-)
The thing was that those people wanted to be a rebel so hard, they shelled out astronomical amounts on that crappy bike (one story out of many; my lil bro got one in like 2010 and it broke down so much it was just comical, once he got it to this magic known harley mechanic who did a crazy overhaul, it broke down on the way home.).
So they was working in front of a computer all day, or serving people or whatever, and they were not rebels (!) but Harley Davidson could fix that. Like the cybertruck makes you a craftsman. Just like that.
Sweden was having more harley davidson motorcycles per capita than any other country in the world at that time. Guess insecurity sells.
/Story off

I don't pity the fools, I just point and laugh. Do you know how much therapy you could afford with the money they wasted on their Cyber Rusts? Or a few trades courses? Or maybe a basic physics class for the but in this photo lol

I'm not even by any accounts manly, and arguably a techie type, but I've been able to carry bookcases on top of my sedan, and boards sticking out the back trunk, using just rope, bungees, or Ikea twine, multiple times without any issue. Driving down highways even.
You don't need to be hoo-rah to secure a damn load, you just have to brain
- I can fit 90% of what a truck can in my hatchback. I can fit 150% of what a truck can in my work van. As an added bonus my shit won't get wrecked by a passing rain shower.
  
  I just checked for fun, the bed is 4X6' I can fit a 4X8 in my minivan and close the hatch. haha

Basically this... https://youtu.be/gW5WLexsimU

Hmm, so it's a conflict between having a sigma right-wing male ideal and not living up to it?

who could have seen that coming, except, well, everyone
- for the last 3 years too, longer if you know that musk released the picture of the cybertruck long before it was sold.

“Outside their domain of experience”
Maybe more like nobody is around them to tell them that a) it’s not going to work, b) it’s a bad idea, c) nobody to dump the idea on to do the actual work of solving the problem that the originator can then take credit for or blame when it doesn’t work.

They could have at least gotten a proper electric pickup
- F150 lightning slaps. I wish I could afford one.
  
  I wish they made enough for me to have the option to get a used one in the future.

That's most truck owners. Come at me.
- But there's that one guy that drives his truck to and fro his office job every day because he hates gas. But then twice a year he mixes some cement so it's totally valid.
- I'll come at you by correcting it to NEW truck owners. If you are afraid of scratching your truck you shouldn't be owning a truck. Also, exceptions apply for states that regularly see feet of snow during the winter where four wheel drive or awd are a necessity for safe driving.
- Large trucks are gender affirming care.
  
  My favorite is truck nuts. Did the truck want bottom surgery?
  
  Don't say that too loudly or they might get taxed more /j
  
  Basically, unless you legit haul stuff regularly.
- If a truck is older than say 2015, has dings, scratches or mud. It's probably their work truck. If it's lifted, clean, etc. It's a pavement princess. Ive also heard that a lot of those trucks that are diesel having constant problems because they aren't hauling or driving long enough to get the engine nice and hot to burn some of the build up. Never owned a diesel so don't @ me.
  
  Its the particle filter that needs a good burning every once in a while. Otherwise it gets clogged and can't filter anymore and also reduces your exhaust flow.
  It is indeed a problem with many diesel cars that are only used for city drives. As for the driving itself diesel is more chill than gasoline because the maximum torque is reached at lower rpm and it is more difficult to stall the engine than a gasoline engine so manual gear is easier.
- Ya I hate that I have a truck because it makes me guilty by association but I like to go camping most weekends and it's just the best tool for the job in my opinion
  It's black and there are scratches down both sides of the truck from foliage and shit which I intentionally don't buff out because I think it actually looks cooler being obviously "used" lol
  Fun fact but on Vancouver Island these scratches are known as "BC pinstripes"
  
  I'm just south of the BC border, and I saw the absolute coolest truck a few years back. It's a vibe out here.
  
  Pavement princesses annoy me. When I see a huge truck sparkling like it just pulled out of a showroom, I figure they don't really need a truck, they just bought it to show off.
  The scratches mean you actually use your truck as a truck.
  
  No hate, I had a Nissan Frontier, I loved that damn truck. I really only used it like a truck a handful of times tho. I had to sell her when I moved overseas.
- The people with lift kits and glaring lights underneath who never have towed a single thing in their lives are who you call pavement princesses
  
  I saw some dbag the other day driving a perfectly clean Ford F-350. In Western Canada. In April. It was clean. He was also headed downtown and wearing a suit. That truck has never had so much as a pebble in the treads of its tires.
- As someone who has a truck that does truck things you are being too generous with "most". That's almost all truck owners.

insecurity of tech workers
That's the part that kinda boggles my mind. You'd think that engineers and hackers would be exactly the types who would be inclined towards DIY. I know I am, and I feel like that's pretty common among the sorts of people who went into tech because they had a passion for it.
I suspect all these insecure cybertruck owner types are the dudebro assholes who are only in it for the money and are shitty at their job anyway because they don't care.
- Software engineer here. I want a truck, but one that fits my use case. I don’t want something taller than me. I have to be able to reach in and grab things out of the bed without climbing in. I don’t care if I’m always on pavement, it needs to have a use.
  What’s the point of having a truck only to use it like an SUV?
  I’m not good at DIY, but like… you should use the right tool for the job?
- You'd think that engineers and hackers would be exactly the types who would be inclined towards DIY.
  Actual engineers and hackers usually are the kind of persons who can tackle problems out of their comfort zone with enough research. I'm a software developer, I couldn't cook stuff, but one day I decided I'd make a pizza and it turned out okay.
  Problem is, the Cybertruck target demo isn't engineers or hackers. It's their managers. The Idea Guys. Elon is the archetypal Pointy-Haired Boss and the other PHBs go "I want to be just like Elon". They can't solve any problem worth a damn, because they have underlings for that, and gods forbid if they decide to actually do something themselves.
- I work in tech an power tools are scary, they make loud noices.
  
  Haha I'm the same. My wife's a mechanical engineer whos very good with tools. She fixes all the shit in our house, she just makes me hold stuff when she needs another set of hands, then when she releases me I run away from the loud noises
  
  If it makes you feel any better, the magic smoke in technology is the same as the magic smoke in power tools.
- Adam Conover did a good job explaining the phenomenon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol4X6oc-tz8
- I’m a software developer and not really done any kind of DIY, BUT I do know that something not strapped in the back of a moving vehicle is not going to stay in the vehicle when you move.
  I’ve done tech DIY stuff but it wood or metal stuff.
- I like computers but I'm totally different from these fools

I don’t feel bad for them. I put sticky notes on the window that say “stupid.”
- Seems like you're doing only half the work, then. Dehumanizing doesn't help any of us, least of all those who need it. I'm not saying we should not hate nazis/fascists/bigots.
  Failing to keep compassion as some part of the equation only sets an exploitable standard to fuel more Us v Them™ bullshit from the top down.
  Sticker the fuck outta these cuck-buckets, sure. Keep your bruised flame of silent pity alight for those fellow poors that got suckered, though. 🥹🙇🏽‍♂️
  
  Found the guy that bought the Cybertruck!
  
  Cyberbrick owners are doing well enough to buy that monstrosity. I have endless empathy for people who are barely scraping by.

I agree with the post. I'd say most issues can be followed back to fragile masculinity. Masculinity specifically for historic reasons.
I do pity those so devoid of self-esteem. I hate the fact they're manipulable sheep that vote, but I understand where it's coming from. I'm sad for them that they'll never find contentment where they're looking for it.
- How can it be changed? Their votes ruin society.
  
  Ultimately they have to feel good and safe and peaceful enough that they stop acting out.
  
  They need a hug and to feel safe enough to be vulnerable. The identity of masculinity, the prohibition of displaying or feeling any emotion (other than anger), maybe is what contributes to people being underdeveloped husks. They're empty shells and the way they didn't learn to deal with emotions. Lashing out and compensating by "having" (things, people, being feared ['respect' to them]) because it makes them feel powerful. But real power is knowing who you are, being able to connect with yourself and others. They're not allowed that, though. Connection requires being vulnerable and having a strong enough sense of self to not be threatened by that.

If you have a bedliner, you have to pull that load in tension across the back and tighten it with motorcycle straps or the like. If not, it will slip right on out the back, friction free. Kind of one of the points of having a bedliner. A poseur truck owner wouldn't know this, the same as they wouldn't know how or why to tie a trucker's hitch. You don't have to be completely inexperienced to screw this up but it helps.
- As someone who has decades of experience safely hauling loads of all shapes and sizes I'll add my two cents:
  Any load hanging out the back of the truck needs to be flagged. If a car behind me could hit the cargo before my truck, it's getting a big bright flag. (most big box stores have them for free right by the exit)
  Hauling anything with the tailgate down is asking for problems.
  Composite decking is surprisingly easy to snap when unsupported. He should have pulled the back of the unibody off with a trailer for this. (Or jackknifed it into the shiny dumpster failing to back it up)
  Anything that you could see blowing around in a tornado needs to be strapped down. Almost anything will fly out of a bed at highway speeds. Ratcheting straps in an x from corner to corner for 90% of the time.
  Every truck has ratcheting straps ready to go. Otherwise it's just a pavement princess/dick extender/soothing balm for fragile masculinity.
  
  Very good points.
  I had started to describe with more detail that I was a cabinet and furniture maker for decades and still work in industry as a designer, but was annoying even myself with the description (didn't want to be lecturing folks further). Anyhow, I once saw a guy I worked for send a client off with an expensive piece I had just finished, without lifting a finger to secure the load. That piece exploded out of the bed, somewhere between our shop and the Bay Bridge, splintering onto the freeway. Dude made this woman pay for replacement, said contract stipulated as such. Even supposedly experienced jagoffs like that guy can blow it royally.
  
  Even my old Mazda 3 had ratchet straps in case I unexpectedly needed to transport something on the roof.
  
  I drive a Santa Cruz and even I have straps and tie-downs.

the head scratch!

Never heard of a rachet straps and red rag.
- He forgot to hit the side and say "That oughta hold 'er".
  
  Rituals are rituals for a reason. Sometimes they work.
  
  Or at least a "that's not going anywhere"
- Or, I don’t know, rolling up that cover and lifting the tailgate so that the boards sit at an angle and don’t slide out so easily?
- Judging by the bending of some of the material in the 2nd pic, I’m guessing this person thought it would be bad for the material to be bent under their stacked weight if the tailgate was up so decided to lay them flat, completely ignoring the need to further secure the load because they were heavy.

The insecure d-bags buying these "trucks" are the same people who were hardcore anti-EV not that long ago, right?
Wasn't that group calling Obama all kinds of evil things simply because of the mandate to end combustion engines by like 2035?
- Without data, it's impossible to tell. I am sorry to say it but it's very dangerous to get rallied up without evidence.

I can just picture this in a turn on the road wiping out a half dozen kids on e-bikes and killing someone easily.

"Pro parking"? Is that a subscription parking space or something else?
- A lot of larger hardware stores have a spot reserved for "pros" (people part of construction companies) to load up large orders
  
  Construction companies have large orders delivered, and actual pros shop at actual lumber yards, plumbing supply stores, etc.
  "Pro" parking at a big-box home store is for handymen, anybody who needs the building materials from that side of the store, and random DiYers who understand that the alleged restriction isn't even a real rule to begin with.
- At Lowe's, at least at mine, the "pro parking" is badged as such for trucks with trailers. It's over there near the lumber aisle, near the front, and they basically took two rows of parking spaces that face each other and took the little bollards out so you can pull through with a trailer and load reasonably easy.
- Lmao.

If they'd bought a beater car and asked their dad to help troubleshoot it, they'd actually learn something about the field they're insecure about.
- Chances are they're from families with a similar upbringing. You're assuming a lot that they can just ask their dad
  
  I'm working off of the text that is given.
  They feel insecure, that they're not what their dad wished them to be
  If dad's an accountant, than there shouldn't be any wishful thinking about their son becoming a mechanic.

I dunno, I'm into tech and I wouldn't touch something that poorly designed.

"brittle from the rejection of their own softness"

Just pay a contractor too much money to teach you such skills? It's not like they lack the money to do so... unless they spent it all on a truck

I refuse to believe that real people paid for this. These guys must just be actors acting out midlife crises to convince us that the cyberttruck is real.

Yes, it's basically like wearing a t-shirt with a print of some subculture, eg some band, or physical work reference, or racism, etc - what ppl want to be associated with in public, but have to fake it (real ones don't need no advertising).
Except it's not just a shirt & they are very vocal about it.

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