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submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged. The owner parked the exotic cars in a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale. 

In an apparent vendetta against Elon Musk, a vandal, or vandals spray-painted an expletive and his name — “F--- Elon” — on the ostentatious electric trucks starting at over $80,000 each. 

“It was just one row and then it was a second row, and then a third row and a fourth row,” Adam Docktor, who works nearby, said.

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[-] FoolishSage@lemmy.world 234 points 2 years ago

The reason they stopped at 34 cybertrucks is because vandalizing any more would make it a federal crime. You can read up on this by googling "cybertruck rule 34"

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I got curious and tried it. What does this mean?

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 years ago

Well when two cybertrucks love each other very much...

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[-] nul42@lemmy.ca 97 points 2 years ago

I mistook the trucks for dumpsters.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Ah, Cyberdumpsters, please. Branding, and that.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago
[-] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Yes, it's the past tense of mistake.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 22 points 2 years ago

I think they are saying that it wasn’t a mistake. lol

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I think they are saying the cybertrucks are dumpsters

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 12 points 2 years ago

Agreed, that’s what I was going for

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 75 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged.

By Friday afternoon, the graffiti had been wiped off.

Social media influencers and passersby stopped to snap photos.

Fort Lauderdale police are now investigating the case.

What a rollercoaster

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 38 points 2 years ago

So I take it the trucks are now piles of rust then?

As before when they were merely potential piles of rust.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 years ago

The spray paint on those was about as weather resistant as a the "stainless" steel

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago

Just for info, spray paint you buy in shops now is shit because it's basically water based

Under no circumstances should you search online for "2K" spray paint as it's a two part paint, almost like epoxy resin and would be almost impossible to remove from a shitty pile of junk

[-] commandar@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Also worth noting: 2K is incredibly toxic and regular paint filter masks are useless for preventing it from getting into your lungs. It's supposed to be used while wearing positive pressure ventilated PPE.

Probably not the best choice for redecoration on the move.

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[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago

Some say vandalized, others say upgraded.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Yeah they were just trying to help tesla by demonstrating the concept of painting vehicles since tesla doesn't seem to understand it very well

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[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 56 points 2 years ago

Amateurs. You don't spray paint them, they'll just clean it off.

What you do, is place a stencil with “fuck Elon” on them, spray rust protective clear lacquer over the general area, and remove the stencil.

They won't notice until the next time it rains, when the words will show up in bright rust orange, much more harder to remove than any spray paint, and much harder to trace to you.

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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

Apart from the painting, it's interesting that Tesla needs to rent space to store Cybertrucks! Maybe it's not selling so hot?

[-] vodka@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago

I think they have a delivery hold on it right now for some issue they have to fix, again!

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well if they can hold spray cans, they definitely have wrists, so I suggest the justice system give them a good hard slap if they get caught.

Edit: I wonder- am I pissing off Cybertruck lovers or people who think this deserves a harsh punishment (or just people who have never heard the phrase 'a slap on the wrist')?

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think you were downboted for "hard slap", when obviously it should just at most be a soft slap.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

That sort of thing is what appeals are for, silly!

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But Trump says that just sitting in court is already cruel and unusual punishment, so idk?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Only if the AC is on.

[-] nulluser@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

A finger waggle, perhaps.

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[-] cadekat@pawb.social 34 points 2 years ago

Fuck, now I have to say fuck ten time to balance out the five censored fucks in this fucking post. Fuck this fucking noise, you're allowed to say fuck on the fucking internet for fuck's sake. Fuck.

[-] pageflight@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Thankfully electrek.co has the uncensored version.

defaced trucks

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Made them look better IMO. Probably raised the value of it too.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago

There are a few basic lifepaths you can pick in Cyberpunk; corpo, nomad, and street kid.

Corpos wouldn't be caught dead in a truck like that. It's all about smooth lines and luxury.

For a proper Street Kid look, that thing should be covered in Graffiti and random tags. So yes, these tagged trucks do look better in my opinion as well

For a Nomad look, random shit needs to be soldered to the truck, battle car/mad max style. This is probably the best look for that abomination IMO.

Lagniappe: Paint it all black and add some fake rocket launchers to the back for that Militech look.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Only gonks drive cybertrucks.

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[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago

so proud of my boy

[-] Crampon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

I'm lost. Why is the word Fuck sensorer both on image and text? What's going on? With the sensoring there's no way to know what's true and not. Maybe they wrote love Elon. No one knows.

[-] enkille@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago
[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Definitely an upgrade, it softens the metal brick look.

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[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago

Man I think he went that way 👉

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 17 points 2 years ago

Oh no, just missed him, now he's over 👈 thataway!

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Well at least they are partially painted now which should help with the rust.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Good thing they’re stainless.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago

Etching fluid would be a better choice, take .002-.003” off over the course of a night and no one would know until the sun hit it just right.

Might need a battery if you want to speed things up, but I think it’d work for a quick tag too.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 years ago

Beautiful 🥹

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Parking that much merchandise in one spot - might I suggest hiring a security guard or two? Maybe at least a fence and gate?

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Made your daddy proud... Proud...

[-] kelargo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I'm not a forensic handwriting analyst, but I kind think same person wrote the message on all of the trucks.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 2 years ago

30 cybertrucks, one owner? Fucking spiders georg here

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