A farmer proves the Tesla Cybertruck is a workhorse, defying critics with a video showcasing impressive features.

      • @CosmoNova
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        86 months ago

        I don’t play the game so I’ve got no stocks in this, but why on earth did Epic even agree to it? Tesla must’ve put a ridiculous amount of zeroes on that paycheck. I mean you might as well put Hitler’s car in it at this point.

  • @givesomefucks
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    336 months ago

    The sole positive is he can plug a welder into it…

    But it’s a hell of a lot cheaper to just put a generator in the bed of a real truck. Plus you won’t accidentally use all your battery welding and be stuck. Since you can’t just bring out a new battery, you’d have to tow it back.

    • @[email protected]
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      236 months ago

      Also, it costs $100k. No sane farmer is spending $100k on a work truck that’s inevitably going to get really dirty and banged up.

      • @owenfromcanada
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        176 months ago

        And won’t survive things like… getting sprayed with water.

        • @Plopp
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          66 months ago

          You’re being unreasonable, it’s a farm not an ocean! Ever seen a water farm? Didn’t think so.

          • @[email protected]
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            06 months ago

            It’s just rust bro, it’s actually cool that your 100k truck rusts out of the factory. When it rains you just reset the car and it only takes 4 hours, who cars, don’t you have a phone to watch 2 movies?

      • @[email protected]
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        06 months ago

        I don’t know man, a lot of work trucks can get to six figures pretty easily once you start adding utility beds and the like. Especially if you start with a one ton.

        • @[email protected]
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          26 months ago

          I agree, but those people don’t tend to be farmers, in my experience (or maybe I only know poor farmers).

          • @RagingSnarkasm
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            26 months ago

            Those are required features for interstate commuters.

            Source: I used to have to commute on the interstate with them.

          • @[email protected]
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            16 months ago

            Not talking about the cyber truck. I’m talking about actual pickups. The Fords, the Chevys, the Rams, and the like. Stuff people actually use for work. You can’t swap the bed on the cybertruck

    • @HangingFruit
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      16 months ago

      It rhymes. Was it intentional? lol

  • @CaptainKickass
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    266 months ago

    Alternative headline:

    Farmer inexplicably spends over 100 grand buying trash

    • Yggstyle
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      286 months ago

      Go easy on the farmers it’s not their fault John Deere has conditioned them to do that.

  • Vanth
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    236 months ago

    My extremely progressive by American farmer standards uncle, who has driven a Prius for non-farm travel for over a decade, would probably stare at this article silently, turn, and walk out to the barn to continue working. Just about the harshest response that man ever gives.

  • ekZepp
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    216 months ago

    What a funny account. Created in July and only full of tech articles posts with zero comments

    🔒

    • qaz
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      6 months ago

      I’ve checked and they posted an article from “ibtimes” 26 (!!) times

      Site Posts
      www.ibtimes.co.uk 26
      www.techtimes.com 10
      www.hngn.com 4

      Some further analysis shows that all 3 are using the same name server provider (AWS) and have the same registrant name (a company called PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC). Techtimes and HNGN are also both hosted at Google Cloud, but ibtimes is hosted at AWS. Making it seem like the account is attempting to increase backlinks to their sites. But it could also just be a coincidence of course.

      Edit 2024-08-16: They posted another article from IBNTIMES.

      • @[email protected]
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        56 months ago

        It could be those are just preferred news sources for them. If I were in the habit of reading news and posting what I thought was interesting, I would probably browse a handful of sites and maybe you’d be able to see a similar pattern.

        But I can’t figure why they never comment. Not even to add clarifying information or links or whatever.

        • qaz
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          6 months ago

          We can ask and maybe get their first comment in the process. [email protected]

    • @asap
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      76 months ago

      Doing the Lord’s work, that’s an easy add to the block list.

    • @[email protected]
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      26 months ago

      Their posts are largely well received and commented, but yeah it’s a little weird. I can think of a few possibilities for this, but whatever they’re doing doesn’t seem like typical user behavior. They don’t seem to be shilling for Tesla because I see at least one semi-negative post.

      shrug

  • @gedaliyah
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    16 months ago

    Is this the most downvoted post on Lemmy?