Public REACTIONS to Your Cybertruck (and Your Reaction)? [Admin Warning: NO POLITICS]

[cybercuh]

I lowered my comprehensive deductible just in case...

I also drove to DTLA for the Laker game on Tuesday.. surprisingly no middle fingers lol

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[Shadowmite]

I got a nail in my front driver side tire over the past day or two. Not loosing much pressure; but right in the damn middle of the rubber like it was placed there. And low and behold my sentry videos have had a couple people stop right in the blind spots that are the front tire areas. Maybe I'm just imagining the worst in people. Off to get a patch...

Argh, right in the middle, but big enough that the patch failed. Luckily I bought certs from discount tire as they have to replace the tire. Under 900 miles on it.

 

[CyberGus]

people can either be the victims of change or the architects of it

Can’t it be both?

 

[JBee]

Can’t it be both?

As in they intentionally architected the change to be a victim of it?

Surprisingly, a lot of people do actually have that problem, but at that point I say they lose the victim status if they are intentionally changing things to make it worse for themselves. We can often be our worst enemy, if we only concentrate inwards. The best way to overcome your own anxieties is to help someone else overcome theirs.

Here the big question is whether they know that they are doing it, and do it despite knowing it won't work, or if they have no idea what they are doing in the first place and still do it. Distinguishing either is often hard, especially for those stuck in the loop of seeking acceptance by the masses, instead of seeking some semblance of the truth.

Truth is not derived by consensus.

It's hard to roll a 6 on a five sided dice, no matter how "lucky" you are, or "think" you are, or strongly protest that there should be a 6 as an option on the dice.

The point I'm trying to make is that complaining costs nothing and can be done without effort retroactively and in hindsight. But conversely, actively changing the system or environment to the better, or towards a "truthful goal" to make progress, where rolling a 6 is actually a option on the table in the natural world, requires a lot of effort, hard work, resilience, courage and foresight.

Of course we all have limits to what we have control over, and as such we can only architect so much in our own lives, and we are victims to the whims of what others architect for us, that bound our lives and freedom. This is not all negative in that it somewhat ensures stability by adding latency to change, in that after tripping up, it still leaves the option of getting up and trying again. The important thing here is that we should all be collectively trying to improve our own and each others life, and never accept and leave room for doing the opposite.

Predominantly though, we don't actually live in a world run by "real-time" ideas and our dominant ideology is by the often failed ideology of dead men long past, that can no longer be compelled to justify "their" truth.

Critically, the feedback loop here is much to long for this day and age, where huge amounts of information and ideas can be disseminated in an instant, without the transfer of knowledge being forced through a printing press and distributed by horse. If the velocity of information exchange is proportional to the rate of increase in available intelligence, then subsequently our rate of progress can and will become exponential. (Take Grok3 as a teacher as an example - it's nuts)

If however, we avoid pursuing the truth, and instead opt for pursuing a lie, our demise will naturally be equally swift. The natural world does not sustain that which has no foundation in reality.

Further, if the rate of progress is determined by the speed at which we extinguish outdated and false ideology, then the faster we question our systems effectiveness and implement change for intentional positive improvement, the more effective we will be at change. Progress can only be maintained if we remain mindful of the limits of the natural world and also in the one we have created, and in particular by the limits of our own physical constraints, and in the full awareness that our flawed ideology or perception sometimes prevents us to identify the actual truth.

This raises the question of "original thought", and to what extent does our own programming by the environment we live in, be that family, friends, work, education or affiliations, allow us to consider something that gives original and truthful perspective on reality. If not taught in the first instance, what really is the colour red, if nothing else than the verbal agreement by society of the light stimulation of our individual synapses? Often our culture, that holds us on the path of social acceptance, is also part of the blinders that keep us from seeing the truth, because everywhere we look we see other people doing the same, and sometimes use that as an excuse to not to be any better and invoke change.

In fact our language itself forms the barrier to new insight and development, by limiting our bandwidth, and in that discourse of alternative views alone, is often enough to justify censorship, not only of speech, but of the idea of the concept itself in our minds. Ignoring the conversation because it is too uncomfortable or exhausting does not make it less important, in fact often the big questions we want to ignore disseminating the truth of, are the most important of all.

Change happens when you intentionally do something different to what you have been doing before. Or as apparently Einstein once said: The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

I think this highlights the issue at hand; that change only happens by the mental willingness of those stuck in the mediocrity, and that they admit that historic ideology has lost meaning in the their current world, and actively seek meaningful change in pursuit the approximation of the truth.

The issue here is whether people have the capacity to distinguish between satisfying their momentary base desires, which to great extent is the result of faulty programming (pursuit of fiat money as freedom for example) or have the mental and physical fortitude to overcome their inherent resistance to change, and instead to intentionally pursue and create a better environment for all to thrive.

One thing is for sure, it can't get better if we don't get rid of the things that make it worse.

We just need to close that feedback loop up a bit and the rate of progress will be "mind-blowing".

So ultimately don't just drive a vehicle of change, be a vehicle of change too!

 

[JBee]

I don't think the target audience, aka, e.g. the haters, is going to understand any of this...

That might be the case, but maybe the better choice is to not ignore them, but rather to engage in improving their understanding, even just incrementally. At some stage we were all but babes, and some have not been afforded the necessary environment to improve their knowledge of the underling issues that need to be resolved. This is mostly not entirely their own fault.

Society tends to herd towards conformity, seeking refuge in the known, with others of the same persuasion. We do that here on the forum as well as in real life. As such not everyone's experiences life the same way, so it's difficult for everyone to be on the same page.

Hate is the result of fear, fear is the result of uncertainty, uncertainty the consequence of not knowing.

The discourse of information creates new knowledge that forms the basis of new understanding, often enough to overcome the fear and the hate of the unknown and unexplored.

Inherently, stable people have the ability to adapt to new circumstances and information, and provided they don't have anti social tendencies, or detrimental dependencies, are adept at least considering an alternative perspective. It's often surprising to see the change in attitude once the fears have been abated by rational and respectful dialogue. There are some that are under so much other "pressure" for survival they are unable to afford the problem any consideration, so only the emotional response remains. But these tend to be outliers not the rule.

I believe it's really up to us that "do know", to lift up those that don't, however hard that may be. The question is how much effort should one put into doing that, if the desired result is unlikely? I say you can only really determine that after you at least try.

Now overall this might sound condescending or even elitist to some, but in saying this I also admit to the same principle; that I seek dialogue and instruction from alternative perspectives, to add to my knowledge to pursue understanding the truth. The intent of this is to ratchet upwards the social pursuit of truth, no matter from what level you start.

 

[furbyland]

That might be the case, but maybe the better choice is to not ignore them, but rather to engage in improving their understanding, even just incrementally. At some stage we were all but babes, and some have not been afforded the necessary environment to improve their knowledge of the underling issues that need to be resolved. This is mostly not entirely their own fault.

Society tends to herd towards conformity, seeking refuge in the known, with others of the same persuasion. We do that here on the forum as well as in real life. As such not everyone's experiences life the same way, so it's difficult for everyone to be on the same page.

Hate is the result of fear, fear is the result of uncertainty, uncertainty the consequence of not knowing.

The discourse of information creates new knowledge that forms the basis of new understanding, often enough to overcome the fear and the hate of the unknown and unexplored.

Inherently, stable people have the ability to adapt to new circumstances and information, and provided they don't have anti social tendencies, or detrimental dependencies, are adept at least considering an alternative perspective. It's often surprising to see the change in attitude once the fears have been abated by rational and respectful dialogue. There are some that are under so much other "pressure" for survival they are unable to afford the problem any consideration, so only the emotional response remains. But these tend to be outliers not the rule.

I believe it's really up to us that "do know", to lift up those that don't, however hard that may be. The question is how much effort should one put into doing that, if the desired result is unlikely? I say you can only really determine that after you at least try.

Now overall this might sound condescending or even elitist to some, but in saying this I also admit to the same principle; that I seek dialogue and instruction from alternative perspectives, to add to my knowledge to pursue understanding the truth. The intent of this is to ratchet upwards the social pursuit of truth, no matter from what level you start.

Agree. But your point is the effort worth it and the outcome likely positive. So far I’ve found that to be difficult to determine. But I’m not without trying if I feel it’s safe(ish). Cheers

 

[BrokenAxle]

I stopped at a convenience store last night and ended up in a 5 minute POSITIVE conversation about the Cybertruck. The guy commented that it was the first one he’d seen in white and thought it looked awesome. Asked me what I thought of driving it, etc.

I live in a Dallas suburb and have had nothing but good vibes thrown my way.

Posting just to balance out some of the negative I read on Tesla forums.

Happy Saturday everyone.

 

[OldDirtyRobot]

I live in Texas as well and maybe its a just a regional thing. I've only had a couple of negative interactions in almost a year of ownership.

 

[Gaximus]

In person all my reactions have been positive. Especially if it turns into a conversation. It’s usually just the people driving the opposite direction that have the courage to flip me off. I started paying attention more to that, I don’t get fingers with traffic going time same direction or at stop lights.

 

[Litterboxer1]

Where did the paste land?

 

[loki]

Where did the paste land?

Middle of the road.

 

[cybercricket]

Do you have any resemblance to Elon though ?

 

[loki]

Do you have any resemblance to Elon though ?

Not at all ?. Plus he probably didn’t see me sitting in back

 

[Litterboxer1]

Middle of the road.

So weird. I wonder what it was.

 

[loki]

So weird. I wonder what it was.

Maybe toothpaste

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