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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 127 points 3 months ago (5 children)

What cracks me up is the piece of metal, labeled metal, attached to the one metric ton of... Metal

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 months ago

It's to differentiate from the trucks where the front is entirely made of very bring LEDs

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cars these days are like 80% plastic crumble zone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Doesn’t the Cyber Truck have no crumple zone? It might apply to that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Pedestrians are the crumple zone. It's revolutionary really.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It doesn't need one, when running over pedestrians you wouldn't want to dent your car now would ya?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

metric

You sure about that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Well, the metal sees the magnet and wants to eat it so it move toward it. It's the ol' Magnet on a Stick trick and metal is easily fooled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also since they'd want iron specifically

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, nickel or cobalt should work too, if middle school science memory doesn't fail me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Indeed, great memory comrade