# Tesla Cybertruck

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866 "2019-11-23T10:32:34Z")\
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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> It turns me off in person because it looks mean. It’s large and closed-in and has lots of sharp edges that look like death to pedestrians or cyclists it jostles.

Agree.

A LOT of modern cars and especially trucks are Brutalist devices meant to appeal to bullies or bullying mentalities. The CT may be _primer inter pares_ but it has lots of company.

As Obi Wan did not say of Light Sabers …

> A thuggish aesthetic for a thuggish era.

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