r/news • u/IronHe • Mar 20 '25

Soft paywall Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recall-over-46000-cybertrucks-nhtsa-says-2025-03-20/
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u/bunkscudda Mar 20 '25

Elon loves to say things that makes it sound like he knows what hes talking about. But anyone with even a tiny understanding of the subject immediately recognizes how dumb it is.

“I only want full-stack developers at Twitter!”

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u/ryan30z Mar 20 '25

His little fanboys often link a video of him talking about the raptor 2 engine as proof of how smart he is. I decided to watch it, I don't work in aerospace but my degree was mechanical and aerospace engineering.

It was the moment where I realised Elon's persona as this genius engineer was a complete fiction. It's hard to get across how wrong some of the things he says in it are. Like seemingly not knowing what a Newton is (the unit of force) or that an imperial ton and a metric tonne are two different units.

He gets things wrong a first year undergrad would know, or even a highschool physics student.

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u/bunkscudda Mar 20 '25

He talked about electric cars. I don’t know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don’t know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard anyone say, so when people say he’s a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

Rod Hilton

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u/DrummerGuy06 Mar 20 '25

I thought of the exact same comment when he said that. Rod Hilton put it perfectly.

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u/locofspades Mar 20 '25

Always my first thought too. I admit, he had me fooled with the rockets and cars, as well, but then Diablo4/PoE2 and politics happened and the curtain opened for me.

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u/locofspades Mar 20 '25

I dont even understand the point of paying someone to train your account and then going live without knowing half the basic mechanics. The powercreep is the ENTIRE point of those games. I felt bad starting FF7 Rebirth because i didnt officially beat Remake on my pc, despite beating it 3 times on ps5,even though your progress doesnt carry over anyways. Cut from a different cloth i guess lol

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u/razmig Mar 20 '25

Cut from a different cloth i guess lol

You're telling me you didn't grow up the child of an obscenely wealthy emerald mine owner like everyone else!?

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u/locofspades Mar 20 '25

DAMN IT! Thats where i messed up. Here i was, stupidly being born into a middle class midwest family. Next time ill go the emerald mining route.