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Neil Gaiman@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com |
Today I saw what I suspect to be my first Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle in the wilds of Woodstock. Now keeping a weather eye out for Mysterons.
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grantimatter
@grantimatter.bsky.social
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Better put Captain Ochre on speed-dial.
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@boggo2300.bsky.social
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I think you are being unnecessarily harsh on Mr Andersons aesthetic, Spectrum vehicles actually looked like vehicles (and tended to be swervy curvy things) not look like a weird crossbreed of ugly and boxy like that!
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Dani
@daniexists6.bsky.social
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Ah yes, the car that answers the question "what if we gave a Delorean the functionality of a Ford Pinto?"
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Bobbie Bees
@bobbiegarnet.bsky.social
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Did you remember to point and laugh?
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Wendell B
@wndlb.bsky.social
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Has anyone seen ANYTHING in the bed of that pickup?
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Tiny Turtles
@tinyturtles.bsky.social
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DeLorean for Boers
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Cats of Yore
@catsofyore.bsky.social
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I saw my first one up here in rural VT a couple weeks ago. The license plate said โGO2MARSโ. ๐
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Blaidd Llwyd
@blaiddllwyd.bsky.social
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The first time I saw a photo of one I was sure they stole the design from Spectrum. Good to know we're on the same wavelength there.
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Semi-feral Post Monger
@dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social
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oh no it has already collected a trophy
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KT could have a steam train, if he'd just lay down his tracks
@kinkyturtle.bsky.social
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โโ
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Him.
@ceeejay.bsky.social
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And yet, somehow, still not as ugly as the soul of the person who bought it #TheHomer
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@queenofattolia.bsky.social
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You're far too kind.
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Gojira1000
@gojira1000.bsky.social
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Lord those are just butt-ugly. But the Mysterons reference made it worth it
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Choying Palmo
@cchoetso.bsky.social
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Gosh, that's dang ugly.
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@bflmouse.bsky.social
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I finally saw one in person last week. They are just as ugly in person as they are in photographs.
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Michael Barnes
@barnesm31.bsky.social
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They know you can hear them earthman.
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Gilamasan
@gilamasan.bsky.social
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Don't give Musk ideas. He might actually decide to make the drivers seats face backwards in the next one.
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House Dok Productions
@housedokpro.bsky.social
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Stay safe, don't let them know you are aware.
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M Sipher
@msipher.bsky.social
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That ? can be a real bastard. ...oh. Mysterons. I see.
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genie
@genielee.bsky.social
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Living for the alt text lmfao
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Darrell Impey
@brotherbaldric.bsky.social
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You have to be pretty damn backwards to drive one.
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The Babe with the Power ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ
@babewiththepower.bsky.social
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I was in Houston for less than 24 hours and I saw at least 4 inside the Metro. And one on the drive there! The things are ugly as sin. We were surprised they were actually running, though! I've lost track of how many Teslas I've seen. Plague.
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Darkdwarf
@darkdwarf.bsky.social
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Neil walks away to the sound of timpani and the scene changes back & forth for a few seconds. Ba dum, ba dum, BA DUM!
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Cape Cod Postaah
@capecodblue.bsky.social
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Iโve only seen 2 othersโฆ
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Erin, a bee ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ (no DMs era)
@erinlisagayle.bsky.social
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Ah, the new, failed, DeLorean... ๐
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@anira.bsky.social
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It's nice that they let kids recreate their drawings.
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Keith Rhee
@foxpaws42.bsky.social
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Someone quipped that given how few Cybertrucks have sold, if you see one in your town, then you know who the village idiot is. Apparently, there are at least half a dozen village idiots where I live. ๐
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Toby
@entichahoo.sh
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In Califas I see them quite a bit. My first thought was should this be on the road from the recalls. Then I think on my hour commute I see almost triple digits of Teslas of all shape and sizes. PUKE
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Richard Brooks
@richardabrooks.bsky.social
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Here in the UK we are protected by sane driving legislation currently from ever having to see one Just another level of stupidity In a time when every other car manufacturer is pushing the โone world volume!โ Model Tesla builds the DODO ๐๐๐ Single country no hope of survival
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Richard Brooks
@richardabrooks.bsky.social
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๐๐๐ Oh it so is ๐๐๐ Very far from indestructible though
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Josh Dobbin
@joshdobbin.bsky.social
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It's like a Lovecraftian unspeakable geometry to trap a nameless force of cosmic asshole.
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ClockworkCosmo
@clockworkcosmo.bsky.social
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You should egg it Just smake a literal shit ton of eggs on there Some of em will probs cook and get stuck and itd be funny Also cheese, Dump cheese on there
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Operator Emma
@operatoremma.bsky.social
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Doorstop mobile
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kimmy
@sevenchakras.bsky.social
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better keep a spray bottle, can never be too safe
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Tracey M
@tracey-m.bsky.social
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Who would actually spend money to buy something so ugly!
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SpookyTeapot
@spookyteapot.bsky.social
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I saw one of these in Walden yesterday and considering how few there are, I'm wondering if it's the same one.
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thadeus
@thadeusk.bsky.social
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I hope the driver had the good sense to feel embarrassed.
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Nigel Bell
@nigel63.bsky.social
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In SPVs, the driver sat backwards to the direction of movement. I can feel an Elon metaphor gnawing at me. (๐)
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Ross Originals
@rossoriginals.bsky.social
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I still say they look more like badly rendered background vehicles from a PS1 game.
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Jihada de Laurentiis ๐
@yourgoddamndad.bsky.social
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you gotta get closer so the LOD updates with a greater level of detail
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Darryl Adams
@voradams.bsky.social
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All they need now is to have timpani drums when you get in or our of the vehicle
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James Petruzzi
@hawaiianimages.bsky.social
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My first thought was "Transportation of the Daleks" tbh
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Craig
@kuangeleven.bsky.social
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THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE MUSKERONS. WE KNOW YOU CAN oh shit, wait, just cut my finger off on the edge of the door. It's not opening at all now. I'm trapped in here. HELP!
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TAG! art
@tagart.bsky.social
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Itโs like someone managed to do a 3D rendering of a drawing by a psychotic 3 year oldโฆ oh wait.
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Miles McNerney
@uncle-miles.bsky.social
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Itโs like below 25 pixels per inch resolution on that car
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Mark Spatny
@markspatny.bsky.social
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I loved PlayStation 1 driving games too back in the 90s, but I'm not paying $85k to look like I'm in one.
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russell frost
@russellfrost.bsky.social
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Even the vehicles in Gerry Anderson shows were better than this.
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David Bowman
@dlbowman76.com
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"Captain Scarlet is indestructible...unlike this vehicle which will fall to pieces if you sneeze on it."
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Jan Thie
@janthie.bsky.social
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People who buy these things should have embraced catwalk culture: what the models there are wearing is never meant to be worn as clothes. It is, or should, be the same for Musk-y car models.
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Blair Shedd
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I love the "well, I tried, but it's five minutes to five on a Friday" design.
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Fiona Moore (new story collection, Human Resources, out now)
@drfionamoore.bsky.social
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โCaptain Scarlet is indestructible. The Cybertruck is not.โ
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Sasquatch
@sasquatch1.bsky.social
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I pretend these are rendering errors in the simulation we live in.
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Axmurders
@axmurders.bsky.social
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I've seen several of these monstrosities around Houston. I laugh every time at the sheer stupidity of these things. All I can see is old vector graphic "3D" video games
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H.
@ham1299.bsky.social
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I saw one on the road in western Illinois between the Quad-Cities and Chicago a couple of weeks ago.
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L10n
@l10n.bsky.social
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If I can just get my hands on my kindergarten drawings, I'm confident I have a winning copyright claim.
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Matt Grimshaw
@thedocumattarian.bsky.social
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OMG a Cyberschmuck ๐คฃ
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D. E. Wright
@dewrig.bsky.social
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Thanks, I hate it
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Adam is just a lowly Tarnished๐ BitSummit
@thatbeardoadam.bsky.social
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Sir, thatโs an upturned skip.
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@joeboington.bsky.social
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Is it a speed camera box. In germany some of them are masked as other objects.
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Kuarahy
@tekorei.bsky.social
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Maybe it'll be for sale at the flea market there this weekend
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Tad Suiter
@retius.bsky.social
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Living in Rura, Appalachian Southeast Ohio, I beat you to it by a couple weeks. Thank you for making me feel culturaly relevant. ๐
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Rob Bantin ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@cubusaddendum.bsky.social
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Saw one in SFO while attending GDC this year. Everyone on the ancient streetcar we were riding was taking the piss out of it. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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Thom Khat
@sirebril.bsky.social
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Just a syphilitic DeLorean
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Molligru (taking a break) ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ฆ
@blahpers.bsky.social
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Holy shit lol
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Trickcyclist ๐ฆ
@trickcyclist.bsky.social
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That one must have got wet. How careless of the owner.
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Ipsita Chatterjea (she/her)
@ichatterjea.bsky.social
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Alas. you have lost at Cyberstruck.
cc: @richterscale.bsky.social
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Jenna Beet
@jennabeet.bsky.social
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Neil they're so dumb
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Kaitlin Ruiz
@kaitlinruiz.bsky.social
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these always remind me of the not-car that Hastur and Ligur scoot around in
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@arlentsao.bsky.social
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It's waiting to stab someone when nobody is watching. All those sharp angles... It loves to stab
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Nicola Kaye
@coxy77.bsky.social
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Last time I saw a vehicle like that it was being used by the military in Aliens! ๐ฎ
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Rachel Esselle
@rachelsl.bsky.social
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Oh, no, youโve been Cyberstruck!
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Tony Fisk
@arfisk.bsky.social
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... and people with strings attached?
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Linda
@owaissa.bsky.social
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Thanks for the Woodstock pic anyway. Many happy times spent there and now I have to go buy some candles.
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THiNKTaNK
@b2spirit.bsky.social
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To live in China in 2024 is to see or ride in EVs whose makers aren't jerks.
From the ORA Good Cat, Ora Funky Cat, to Ora Ballet Cat (which comes with PERIOD CARE Mode) to Yangwang U8 & even more dazzling designs, Elon can thank the CCP for inadvertently protecting his brand๐ด rb.gy/ogy3df โผ
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Diane Duane
@diane.dianeduane.com
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(snicker)
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Vivacious Miss Audacious
@missaudacious.bsky.social
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Mysterons! A deep cut.
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@ronilsonsantos.com
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This car is very reminiscent of the cars I drew as a child, it's quite strange, but it stands out for being incredibly different, I actually like it but I don't think it would be a car for me to have in my garage, perhaps!
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cynthie
@cynthie.bsky.social
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And they call this a "truck"? They're going to have to lift the body on super high and huge, wide, tires, and give the owner the option for that horrible booming engine sound.
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Randi Mason
@randimason.bsky.social
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Gerry Andersonโs team would have made it look more like something humans would drive www.gerryanderson.com/captain-scar...
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Linda Millar
@davidboatymcboa.bsky.social
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I saw one in the car park of the Loveless Cafe just outside Nashville earlier this year it was the most ugly vehicle (should never be described as a car or a truck) that I have ever seen
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Ookwee
@ookwee.bsky.social
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We've got plenty of Mysterons in France, but still no Captain Scarlet.
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Dave
@davebrowne.bsky.social
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On the plus side, I now have that theme song stuck in my head.
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Alireza Rahmani
@alirezarahmani2004.bsky.social
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The Cybertruck is now known as Uglytruck
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Witty Librarian 2024
@paulwartenberg.bsky.social
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I've seen refrigerators that are more streamlined than that thing.
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Dan Davis
@bindlestaff.bsky.social
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Iโd sure love to see one with a Cyberman standing beside it.
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Dan Davis
@bindlestaff.bsky.social
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Itโs truly amazing just how bad that design is. Every single line is precisely the wrong line.
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firefly and owl
@fireflyandowl.bsky.social
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I got stuck behind a matte black one with tinted windows while driving a couple of days ago and it looked surreal, like something straight out of a comic.
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Mary50shadesofWTF
@kapdoll.bsky.social
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They are even uglier in person arenโt they. Pictures donโt relate just how bizarre they are.
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Salvatore.
@sal72.bsky.social
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Why has that skip got wheels ๐ค
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@henrygordonjagoff.bsky.social
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S.I.G!
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Chris, Mr. KaBoomBOX if youโre nastyโฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
@kaboombox.bsky.social
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M.A Reid-Lobatto
@milesreidlobatto.bsky.social
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Oh hey, I had the little Matchbox toy of that with the missile.
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Gary DaBaum on SciFi.Radio
@garydabaum.bsky.social
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S.I.G.
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Richard F Adams
@richardfadams.bsky.social
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Definitely Anderson design
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Elon Musk is a petty thin-skinned narcistsic cis twerp
@msmea.bsky.social
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Next time, wait for the graphics to finish loading before you screenshot it.
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I Am A Pyrite King
@iamapyriteking.bsky.social
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I'd be watchful for the Mysterians instead. They had a better design sense with sheet metal:
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Nick Barlow
@nickbwalking.bsky.social
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"Elon Musk's ego is indestructible, yours is not. Do not attempt to emulate him."
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Thomas Dougherty
@thomasdougherty.bsky.social
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I suspect the Corinthian would have driven one of these.
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Justin Sheppherd
@ahappyhiveling.bsky.social
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What if The Mysterons aided their invasion of Earth by designing really, really crappy vehicles for its defenders?
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Misdemeanorous Monk
@keyboardwarrior.bsky.social
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Just flip em off, then do it a second, more effective tine.
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Camis ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โ
@camilads.bsky.social
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This looks like anything but a car.
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Kilowog-core
@kilowogcore.bsky.social
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Ah! Der Wankpanzer! Somehow even larger and more ridiculous in person than a picture can convey. But I think your comparison does a great injustice to all the thought Gerry Anderson put into vehicle design.
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BreakinBenny
@breakinbenny.bsky.social
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I don't want to end up cutting myself on such a monstrosity.
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Andy Elms
@andyelms.bsky.social
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I think the screens are smaller in the SPV
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KC Momkin
@kc-momkin.bsky.social
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Today was my first sighting, too.
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clown of samsara
@waluigi.bsky.social
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Woodstock is such a lovely little town... I mean, sans that eyesore driving around of course ๐
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Chryse
@chryse.bsky.social
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I'm so sorry. Be careful
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Dark Star
@bjdunfee.bsky.social
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First one in my town started driving around about two weeks ago. It reminds me of the guys in Dire Straits' Money for Nothing video, but the best description I've heard is that someone caught a Porygon Pokemon as a kid and thought when I grow up I want to drive that.
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Robbert
@robbertv.bsky.social
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It already looks so damaged
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Dave Jones
@idster.bsky.social
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SIG
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Marie Rose ๐น๐ฑ๐โ๏ธโ๐๐พ๐๐๐ถ๐ท
@darlingm777.bsky.social
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I'm trying to think of something nice to say but I just can't think of anything. Ah, just thought of something .. Nice trees ๐ณ๐ ๐คญ
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Wattle of Bits ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@wattle.bsky.social
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is it me or is it aerodynamically backward
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Captain Scarletโs less indistructible half cousin
@captainscarlet.bsky.social
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We donโt claim him
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Rob
@somewherefun.bsky.social
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Ugly ๐คฎ
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Pearce
@pearced.bsky.social
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Is it behind that fridge?
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Tommy
@tommyg.bsky.social
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Today I saw my first of these things, too.
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Javier Henderson
@javierk4jh.bsky.social
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Captain Black is the one to watch out for.
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Jackie (they/them)
@jackiemayhem.bsky.social
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Someone up the road from my mom has one... I still think it looks like a cheese grater.
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Maggie McNeill
@maggiemcneill.bsky.social
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S.I.G.
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@paulthekelly.bsky.social
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But the SPV was cool. And probably more practical
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