Tesla Cybertruck: Slayer of pickup trucks, birther of memes

When the **Tesla Cybertruck first rolled up on stage** , I thought it was a joke. And I’m not being snarky, I genuinely thought it was an elaborate prank involving sheet metal and an electric chassis. I fully expected the sheet metal to fall away and reveal the real beast underneath. See, I was expecting something like this…

Why couldn’t it have looked like this? 😢 #Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/fr0x9aUH4K

— Elite Computer Solutions LLC (@DarrellChildr12) November 22, 2019

Instead, we got this…

When a DeLorean and an El Camino love each other very much... #Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/ZWO3N6gpBA

— Aelpheris (@Aelpheris) November 22, 2019

I wonder what inspired him…

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But hey, it’s not all bad. As the wise Lorraine here points out, the truck does indeed look futuristic.

Why does the #Cybertruck from #tesla remind me a great deal of Back to the Future?

For real, it looks as though the 80's tried to conceptualise a car from the far far faaaaaaaaar distant future with 80's tech. https://t.co/wLCZrYT839 pic.twitter.com/bAGhXjpdbo

— Lorraine (@lorrainehwise) November 22, 2019

… and it would look perfectly at home in a video game…

I think the #Cybertruck looks pretty cool pic.twitter.com/uYcrUmzVOO

— Mac Arthur (@DoctorMacArthur) November 22, 2019

… as long as it’s not this one.

Same Energy #CyberTruck pic.twitter.com/jlEjxRBzSZ

— King's Letter (@TheKingsletter) November 22, 2019

If nothing else, Ford must be heaving a small sigh of relief. Their flagship pickup was ignominiously hauled up a hill, after all.

Cybertruck. Slayer of pickups. Birther of memes. Thank you, Elon! Never change. Please. [caption id=“attachment_7687671” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”] Tesla Cybertruck: Full steam mememachine![/caption]