• @disguy_ovahea
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    20 days ago

    Here’s the original photo before the low-quality noise reduction and oversaturation, in case anyone else is interested.

    2025

    Edit: Here’s the video https://youtu.be/YnO6RBOs6oA

      • @Anticorp
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        1020 days ago

        It’s just too perfect to be real, and yet it is.

      • @[email protected]
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        720 days ago

        Not just you. I saw this earlier and was sure it was fake. (Mostly because there were hundreds of the same or similar comments about how lithium batteries catch fire)

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        419 days ago

        No shame. I felt the same way until I saw the video.

      • @disguy_ovahea
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        1520 days ago

        Now that you mention it, that photo definitely has a Dark Knight vibe.

    • @[email protected]
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      2620 days ago

      They are different photos. The framing is different, the flames are different. Im not saying the posted one isnt altered, but the difference in appearance could just be from different cameras (quality, settings, etc).

      • @disguy_ovahea
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        1820 days ago

        You’re right. Someone pointed out in another post that it’s just another frame from the same video, but without editing.

          • @disguy_ovahea
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            19 days ago

            They’re very common mistakes.

            The photo has some high ISO noise, so it’s expected to use noise reduction. Too much will smooth away all of the texture, resulting in the oil painting-like appearance of the posted photo.

            Bumping the contrast and saturation is a common way to make photos more dramatic. They’re probably the most commonly overused and abused adjustments by novice photographers.

            It’s just an example of too much of a good thing.

    • @[email protected]
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      1420 days ago

      The OP’s image looks like one of those “ye olde deep fried memes” that grandpas like to talk about

      • @Sonor
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        319 days ago

        you mean NUKED MEMES :D

    • Snot FlickermanOP
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      6320 days ago

      The person who died was inside the vehicle, not that this makes it any better if it was an accident.

        • @[email protected]
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          1319 days ago

          Dude was transporting fireworks in the car. They caught on fire. For whatever reason. Doors locked automatically. As designed. The guy couldn’t find the hidden release lever. And so he burned to death.

          • stebo
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            1019 days ago

            He was also transporting cans of natural gas and other fuels. Who loads their truck to the brim with fireworks and anything that is highly explosive and then “accidentally” detonates it at the entrance of a hotel?

            • @dariusj18
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              119 days ago

              Someone with bad decision making skills? Wanted to go out into the desert and light shit on fire maybe?

          • @MisterFrog
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            719 days ago

            Why the fuck would doors lock automatically upon catching fire? That seems insane

    • @[email protected]
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      3120 days ago

      It’s so weird that they’re unsure whether to call it a terrorist attack:

      • Luigi shot one guy = 100% terrorist.
      • Someone commits a car bombing outside of a presidential elects business = better find out what color his skin was before making snap judgments.
      • stebo
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        1519 days ago

        it is not a terrorist attack because no rich people were hurt, obviously

      • Echo Dot
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        It’s a bit of a weird terrorist attack though. The whole thing about car bombs is that It’s supposed to be a portable bomb. The idea is you get out before setting it off.

        Also what’s the point of blowing up the outside of one of his businesses, it wasn’t like he was in there.

        So it doesn’t immediately feel like a terrorist attack.

        • @latenightnoir
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          520 days ago

          Oh, the steel on that thing is just fiine! Give it a decent polish, slap some more poorly thought out tech in it, and you can roll out another death trap within a couple of weeks!

  • @[email protected]
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    7820 days ago

    2020: The longest Decade.

    2021: 2020 Part II

    2022: Several Steps Backward

    2023: Return of the Financial Crisis

    2024: Fuck Around and Find Out

    2025: Just how bad can it get?

    • @CheeseNoodle
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      1019 days ago

      2023: Return of the Financial Crisis

      Did it ever really leave? as far as I can tell the funny numbers went back up but for most real people things have been pretty consistently downhill since 2008.

      • @[email protected]
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        1319 days ago

        If you really want to have a migraine, read Hunter Thompson’s “Hell’s Angels.”

        There’s a passage where he talks about the economics of being a biker/hippie/artist circa 1970.

        An Angel could work six months as a Union stevedore and earn enough to hit the road for two years. A part time waitress could make enough to support herself and her musician boy freind.

        Then a guy named Nixon got to work…

        • @[email protected]
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          419 days ago

          Same with Thatcher in the UK.

          Post war recovery worked to a degree and had made life better but people screamed about it being a nanny state because people had the ability to explore the meaning of their own life without fear of imminent death and think of all the profit that was being missed out on because we were busy helping people.

          And here we are doubling down again.

          • @[email protected]
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            619 days ago

            Reaganomics failed during his administration.

            They’ve been running on its incredible success for decades.

      • Echo Dot
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        319 days ago

        Oh they definitely need a cyber truck in GTA 6. It should be the most fragile car in the game.

  • @fox2263
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    7120 days ago

    Photo of the year

    • @[email protected]
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      1619 days ago

      Or was killed by the awful design decision of AUTOMATICALLY LOCKING THE DOORS in the case of an accident. WITHOUT AN EASY TO REACH RELEASE MECHANISM INSIDE.

      This type of design should be illegal. Several people have already died because of this idiocy.

    • Tiefling IRL
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      1520 days ago

      Was the person who died a bystander or a Musk fanboy? That’ll affect my level of sympathy for them

      • @RememberTheApollo_
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        2620 days ago

        Supposedly the person was inside the vehicle. The vehicle was a rental.

      • @Kbobabob
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        520 days ago

        It’s being investigated as an attack

        • @UnderpantsWeevil
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          519 days ago

          The Virgin Deliberate ISIS Terrorism versus the Chad Cybertrucks Just Do That.

    • @[email protected]
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      019 days ago

      Sad that someone died

      Nah, they were willingly driving that and parked there, nothing of value was lost to the world

  • @[email protected]
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    4019 days ago

    My first thought was “this is the timeline where biff got the almanac” Doesn’t even look that similar to the movie(yet?), must be a similar feeling i suppose

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      19 days ago

      Could be worse, it could be the future where President Lisa Simpson appoints her brother Bart as the minister of “keeping it real”. I heard they inherited quite the financial blackhole from President Tr- oh.

    • @[email protected]
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      Doesn’t even look that similar to the movie(yet?),

      Isn’t this kind of what it looked like outside of Biff’s building? I’d say it looks pretty similar.

  • @[email protected]
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    3619 days ago

    Were this a painting, I’d accuse the artist of being lazy and not knowing how to paint a car.

  • @[email protected]
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    3320 days ago

    This Cybertruck and the F150 from the attack in New Orleans were both rented from Turo. Also the explosion was insanely large. I’m thinking this is likely not a coincidence and the two may even be related.

      • @Agent641
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        1620 days ago

        Imagine if it was planned as a terrorist attack, but the cybertruck just did that on its own.

    • SanguinePar
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      2220 days ago

      Is there a source for them being rented from the same place? Seems like the kind of detail that probably wouldn’t be out there at the moment, even if true.

      • @[email protected]
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        The same app. Which means very little. It’s like trying to connect people because they both used Uber.

        • Echo Dot
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          619 days ago

          It’s like every time there’s a school shooting they try and make a thing of it that they played video games.

        • @Lennny
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          920 days ago

          They both came from car factories. Invade Volvo now!

        • SanguinePar
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          320 days ago

          Sorry, poor phrasing, I should have said same company. I didn’t mean necessary the same physical location.

      • @[email protected]
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        1620 days ago

        CNN mentions Turo - A ride rental service where you can put your personal vehicle up for daily rental.

        I haven’t seen it mentioned in relation to this incident though.

        https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/01/us/shamsud-din-jabbar-suspect-new-orleans-attack/index.html

        If they were used for both vehicles; it’s probably just because it was a convenient way to get a vehicle. They probably have less hurdles than a typical rental service. I haven’t actually used or really looked into that service though, so I may be wrong there.

      • Echo Dot
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        619 days ago

        I thought they were rented from the same company. Which is a bit like saying that a lot of bank robberies use the same ford truck. Yeah of course they do, because it’s big, reasonably fast, and commonly available.

        I really doubt it’s relevant.

      • @Raiderkev
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        119 days ago

        They both used Turo, and both were ex military, they are exploring to see if there are links, but nothing definitive yet.

  • Lord Wiggle
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    2920 days ago

    This is basically your life now for the coming 4 years America!

  • @[email protected]
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    1719 days ago

    Seen somewhere else: it’s really impressive that Tesla designed a “truck” so bad that when one explodes you can’t be sure whether it was a car bomb or just yet another design flaw.

  • @MehBlah
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    1419 days ago

    The new dumpster fire.

  • @Sanctus
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    1420 days ago

    Just a ol’ fashioned bad omen.