For as long as I live I’ll never understand how people could see that unveiling where the doofuses on stage hurl a big metal ball at the “bulletproof” glass and watch it crack during the live demo, and still think “Yeah I’ll pre-order one of those”.

Bulletproof glass is actually illegal by US safety standards. In fact, the side windows have to be easy to break by EMTs for emergency extraction.

Musk's engineers knew this, but were too afraid to tell him before the demo.

Yep. A lot of car models or body styles carry stereotypes to varying degrees of accuracy. But, whoever would buy one of those monstrosities fits a certain stereotype 100% of the time: someone that buys a CT is both a complete moron and devoid of any sense of morality. Stupid and evil.

Like, who would even want a car that is impossible to escape from during an emergency?

Manchildren, fascist sympathizers, and deeply unserious or delusional people

This is like 60% of the American populace. You would think the Cyberfuck would be more successful.

I'd upvote but you're at 88 and I find that apropos

And this is why I flip them off every single time they pass by. Every single time. No exceptions.

Fuck Nazi's, man.

You are overestimating how many people care about Elon since you are here on Lemmy where everyone cares deeply about it, seemingly.