• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    No, I don’t think so.

    In 1875 the future and its technological advancements was a great promise.
    It was the time of the great World Fairs, think Crystal Palace and Eiffel Tower.
    Seeing a high wheeler would have been a totally new and positively exciting thing.

    In 2026, a Cybertruck is a symbol for general degeneration and the worst possible use of decades old concepts and technologies.

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    New things, yes.

    But this design is elegant and beautiful, unlike the hideous Cybertruck.

    Aesthetic experience is naturally subjective, but I’m willing to bet that a vast majority of the global population would agree on this one.

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      That bicycle also was actual progress, unlike the Swasticar, which is just a pile of junk basically incapable of functioning as a road vehicle, let alone off road, sold for a massively inflated price.

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    1875? Bro I saw one of those in 2023, just casually out on the bikeways - it was a hell of a thing to witness, definitely felt cooler than seeing a Cybertruck 😂

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    Nope. Even in 1875, if you rode one of these things, people would think you’re a douchebag.

    These were never cool.

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      That is incorrect. It may have been considered dangerous to ride those, but reaching high speeds (the larger the wheel, the faster you could go) was cool.

    • When was the cybertruck ever cool? The last time I remember ever feeling remotely positively about the cybertruck was when Elon threw a titanium ball into its window to show that it was bulletproof. For a little while after that seeing a cybertruck would remind me of that and I’d laugh at the driver. Now I just flip them off, brake-check them, flash them with my brights if we are at night, etc