Eh, I can sorta see where he’s coming from? The body of the car would probably cushion the blow more than the glass, unless if it was like one of those old nylon humvees the US military used to use
Lemme ask you an MIT question about when my Cybertruck and its huge battery falls into the water and there’s a shark, or there’s a flood and a tidal surge brings in a shark…
I’m so done with this assclown. How about donate clothing, make meals for ff’s and unhoused people, and oh… I don’t know, stop the spread of disinformation?
The director at SpaceX is apparently good at giving Musky just the right projects to distract his child brain so he doesn't try to interfere with the real work. Doesn't work for preventing layoffs or trying to increase workplace safety, but at least the rockets actually go up (not down).
Tommy guns became obsolete basically at the end of WW2. I think they got some use during the Korean war, but by that point they were being replaced by other guns like grease guns. And then by the 60s MUCH better submachine guns like the MP5 were developed.
He references the Tommy Gun because it's one of the guns he used in a video to show how "bullet resistant" the Cybertruck was. They only used it because anything larger than a .45 round would punch right through that door.
he references the tommy gun because hes a dork ass loser that embodies the concept of stolen valor in academic fields and he knows that whatever bullshit he spews he has an army of even worse dork ass losers ready with the mouth wide open to eat spoonfuls.
Who's the first person who added "non-zero" before the word "risk" to seem smart? If you're already saying something has a chance of occurring then it's not impossible.
I think we should test his theory. Someone give me a tommy gun, and shove Elon in a cyber truck. I'm having a rough day, and this sounds like the perfect pick-me-up.
did they have tommy guns during testing? wtf are they doing over there? just the visual of handing some poor awkward intern a fucking tommy gun during testing. or maybe they don't actually do testing (more likely)
Ok, so are we taking Jacketed or non-jacketed rounds? My 1911 fires the same round as a Thompson….45 ACP, but I use fully jacketed rounds…this is gonna kill someone and then he is on the hook
You can still buy Thompson SBR guns, though they are more collectors pieces costing US$1500 for the most basic models. Though if you'd buy a cyber truck, you'd probably shoot it with a replica of a 1920s sub machine gun
what they're saying is that you'd have to go way out of your way to get one of the firearms musk is specifying as a threat, as opposed to far more common rifles like the AR-15 which will fire through the Cybertruck's "bulletproof" metal like tissue paper.
Telling people to duck if someone is shooting at them is pure comedy gold and following it with ‘no, guys, I’m serious’ is the glitter to make this really sparkle
Tommy guns, Thompson sub machine guns, as one encounters so regularly these days as if this was the prohibition era still, those guns, very handy tip Elon you fucking dustmop.
Dude doesn't know that you can just buy greentip. Even standard ball from a 16in barrel will sail through that sheet metal like it was a empty soda can on fence post
I call BS on the Tommy gun; 45 ACP can be overstated for how powerful it is (and it’s not fantastic at penetration), but from a 10.5-12in barrel it still has some punch.
Musk wants Americans to believe that there are people willing to have full on gunfights during a wildfire and for far too many people, this will work b/c they can't imagine such a wealthy man being so stupid.
“Fear not fellow cybertruck enthusiasts, the vehicle is completely bulletproof. So even if you do happen to come across a Tommy gun wielding Patrick Stewart during your travels, he won’t be able to harm you.”
Tires are not puncture proof. Probably could deflate them with nails or anything sharp.
Bricks are great for breaking glass.
If something flammable or explosive enters the vehicle with flat tires, through say a broken window, the vehicle WILL lock the driver and passengers inside.
It's very relevant information, because the Tommy gun is the weapon of choice for villains in some time travel scenarios you may encounter in your Cybertruck.
“‘Reach for the sky, wise guy! ‘Outta da rollin’ toaster and keep yer mitts up where Blind Johnny here can see ‘em! We’ll be takin’ that cockamamie radio aerial,too!”
They ain’t gonna loot them, but they will beat they ass for being a goofy idiot rushing into a disaster zone in a vehicle that would 100% make them a liability.
They live in a fantasy world where hoards of 'the blacks' are looming around every corner ready to loot and rob people armed with fully automatic machine guns. They live in a fantasy movie where they're the main character of an action movie written by Ben Shapiro.
I worry that in time, as language and context shift, the wretched stupidity of his choice of words will be missed. How do we preserve the cringe for future generations to understand?
The armed looters thing in particular hearkens back to Katrina, where the media picked up that claim and ran with it and while there was a surge in gun violence in the aftermath, it was overwhelmingly cops and white residents using the rumors of looting as an excuse to hunt black people for sport
The side panels are sort of 'bulletproof' against the very weakest guns or museum firearms, but the windows, where your head and upper torso are exposed, are not.
So basically... it's not bulletproof.
That's the best thing, he doesn't. The Cybertruck is a massive failure, and only some right-wing Muskrat fanboys buy it, the others want it to have a petrol/diesel engine that could "coal roll"
There’s also a non-zero chance of an asteroid falling out of the sky and smashing me. But I’m not going to spend time worrying about it. Nor am I running out to buy a silly looking truck wannabe to protect myself.
subsonic projectiles lmaoooooo
i'm sure people will go out and buy the special slow bullets that cause jams all the time and load them into their dick tracy tommyguns just for him.
dude is really overselling the protective properties of 0.7 to 1 mm thick stainless steel sheet metal.
Probably not especially necessary, since the majority of handguns in the state are 9mm, and shoot supersonic rounds... Also, large, immobile speed bumps are enough to stop a lot of Cybertrucks.
I don’t know. But I bet he /feels/ alive when he gets to call somebody a pedo-guy because that person knows more about the situation than him while he is imposing himself into that situation unasked.
He is the embodiment of what mediocrity can do when infused with a little luck and a small loan from dad. The bad decisions you can make when you know someone is there to bail you out lead to bigger and bigger fuck ups.
And now as richest-man-in-the-world all the yes men surrounding him who will never tell you are an obnoxious asshole, when you are obviously being a gigantic obnoxious douche all of the time.
I want to kick his ass too for that and I’m not even a hobby diver. He is such an obnoxious asshole in general, and specifically for the cave shit. For me that was the moment I knew for sure he was a charlatan.
You totally safe from imaginary looters wielding "tommy guns," which they looted from historical museums. Musk: "I don"t have to make sense! I'm rich!"
* I've seen people pull the bullet proof panels off because of poor glue
* Why not make the glass bullet proof, no one's shooting the side
* You can spray water and it explodes
* Tires are not bullet proof
* Car's only safety is lack of value, who the fuck is stealing a cybertruck
La tommy pafilo estas tre malnova kaj malmoderna. Uzi nova moderna pafilo kaj aspekti se la cybertruck estas kuglorezista... La Cybertruck estas peco de feko. Plena de falsa reklamado en la Cybertuck kaj ĝi disfalas tre rapide Kaj elon musk estas peco de feko.
Thank god, I worry constantly about being attacked by 1930s gangsters. My nightmares are filled with bank robbers stopping mid heist to puff on a stogie and quip some one liners.
I love how also he specifies subsonic ammo, which is less common than regular ammo and also more expensive
So odds are a random armed looter could indeed turn a cybertruck into swiss cheese
I was given a driving tip by a New Mexico resident some years ago - don't make eye contact with anyone in the adjacent vehicle when stationary. He was serious. Presumably, the safety software in Teslas detects when someone is pointing a gun at you so you don't have to make eye contact.
I assume he used the Tommy gun as an example so people would mock him for that and not for admitting that it provides no protection against commonly used firearms.
There’s a forest green cyber truck that, infuriatingly, uses free on-street parking in my immediate East Village neighborhood. Last time I walked by it, someone had clearly thrown garbage all over the hood lol. Warmed my heart on a particularly frigid day 🥹
He’s an idiot that fled South Africa when he was called up for compulsory Military Service. Just as good he fled, doesn’t know anything about fire arms.
I can only assume that Musk is so incredibly out of touch that, when he hears the right shouting about "gang violence", he literally imagines Al Capone but Black. (I only assume the second part because Musk is racist trash).
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That's like being able to float, but only from the waist down.
masterful wisdom sir
You gotta be connected to be in the waste management biz.
What a fucking moron.
Also, who is fucking looting with the crappy rounds that jam all the time?
Genius, that fella. Absolute genius.
WHA????
My brain kinda broke on #tommygun
Its 2025, right?
not sure ...
yeah...thanks for sharing.
And you don't even need people shooting at you for that to happen.
Dude doesn't know that you can just buy greentip. Even standard ball from a 16in barrel will sail through that sheet metal like it was a empty soda can on fence post
He is literally a white supremacist who worries about poor minority voters swinging control at the ballot box.
He absolutely wants a race war. To maintain the insane power of his unearned wealth.
Tires are not puncture proof. Probably could deflate them with nails or anything sharp.
Bricks are great for breaking glass.
If something flammable or explosive enters the vehicle with flat tires, through say a broken window, the vehicle WILL lock the driver and passengers inside.
This somehow seems like a good idea?
So basically... it's not bulletproof.
i'm sure people will go out and buy the special slow bullets that cause jams all the time and load them into their dick tracy tommyguns just for him.
dude is really overselling the protective properties of 0.7 to 1 mm thick stainless steel sheet metal.
And he has helpfully defined the target zone.
America, your shit's fucked up.
* Why not make the glass bullet proof, no one's shooting the side
* You can spray water and it explodes
* Tires are not bullet proof
* Car's only safety is lack of value, who the fuck is stealing a cybertruck
Me: WHAT ABOUT SUBSONIC PROJECTILES???!!!
So odds are a random armed looter could indeed turn a cybertruck into swiss cheese
But seriously, who the fuck has a Tommy gun besides Crazy Fat Tony and Frank “The Enforcer” Gambino?
*unverified