Elon Musk's Cybertruck is getting roasted on Twitter, and people think it looks like something out of a badly rendered video game
- Tesla unveiled its first truck, the Cybertruck, on Thursday evening.
- The Cybertruck is a six-passenger pickup the company says has three motors, armored glass, and up to 500 miles of range. It has an angular design.
- Twitter has been busily roasting the Cybertruck since the unveiling, with many people saying it looks like a vehicle out of a badly rendered video game.
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Tesla's new Cybertruck has not had the easiest start.
CEO Elon Musk unveiled the $39,900 Cybertruck on Thursday night. This is Tesla's first truck, which Musk has been hyping up for months.
Tesla says Cybertruck is made of a heavy-duty stainless steel and armored glass and can carry six people with a maximum range of 500 miles.
The presentation itself hit a snag when Musk tried to show off the truck's armored windows — and his lead designer promptly smashed them.
But it seems the Cybertruck has more to worry about than a hiccup in its unveiling. Its angular and blocky design is being widely derided on Twitter, where users have compared it to everything from video games to.
Here's a roundup are some of our favorite aesthetic comparisons being made online to the new Tesla Cybertruck:
Elon: ....andddd print.#Cybertruck #CYBRTRK pic.twitter.com/MMNO8Na03c
— Ni (@Avo_NP) November 22, 2019
The Cybertruck reveal is the scene they put in an Elon biopic to communicate “hitting rock bottom”
— Visionary Director Scott Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerBMD) November 22, 2019
cybertruck is what you get when you fire everyone that says no to you
— Kris Straub (@krisstraub) November 22, 2019
i’m gonna tell my kids this was the new tesla #Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/7ctpzQZuEa
— yadeer (@yadeer_) November 22, 2019
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Some people said the truck's blocky design reminded them of a badly rendered video game.
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197739340216127488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Damn I gotta get a better graphics card. Tesla #Cybertruck looks like shit at these low render distances. pic.twitter.com/fetnfIjuUj
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197766091910467584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Tesla cybertruck lookin like an HD port of a PS1 game
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197741797109186561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Same Energy #CyberTruck pic.twitter.com/jlEjxRBzSZ
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197769392890634240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
My thoughts on the new Tesla Cybertruck :) pic.twitter.com/0kI2RTd7jK
The video game comparisons didn't end there. Some compared the design to the Warthog, an all-terrain vehicle from the "Halo" franchise.
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197752718133276672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Wow the new Tesla #Cybertruck is sweet. pic.twitter.com/cW0yUbTVuD
Though this isn't necessarily a bad thing for some customers.
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197778364318310400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Just preordered the #Cybertruck and im going to to get a wrap to make it actually look like a warthog!
One user said its aesthetic came straight from the surreal game "Death Stranding."
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197755478152925184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
*plays death stranding once* #Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/SzeBB1iY0I
Others compared the unveiling to the car designed by Homer Simpson in the 1991 "Simpsons" episode "O Brother Where Art Thou."
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197763043410796544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Leaked footage of the design meetings for the Tesla #Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/AYUfuco0V8
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197794843495456768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Simpsons Did It #Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/AkywAuFVP5
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197800412256112640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Elon Musk unveils the #Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/j7p7crYtNs
A Google research scientist tweeted that the angular car was reminiscent of the Tomb-Sweeping Festival, a festival celebrated in some East Asian countries in which people buy paper models of material goods and home comforts to burn and send to their ancestors.
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197802426004197376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Elon Musk's Cybertruck reminds me of paper cars burned and offered to deceased relatives during Tomb Sweeping Festival (清明節) to ensure that ancestors are not short of material comforts in the afterworld.https://t.co/ZLTOK96Tnv pic.twitter.com/YdRTdNCfN8
The truck's exterior wasn't the only part that took a hammering. Whether the Cybertruck's design will be an impediment to its sales remains to be seen.
//twitter.com/mims/statuses/1197739952412471302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
"What happened to you??"
"Got in an accident in my new #Cybertruck. Smashed my face right on the marble fucking countertop..." pic.twitter.com/KLbhjEGY1F