--- title: "Tragedy! Cybertruck Defaced With Large Crude Drawing" description: "An unknown bandit filmed themselves defacing a Tesla Cybertruck with an, er, anatomical drawing in a now-viral video." date: "2025-02-05" modified: "2025-02-05" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/cybertruck-vandalism-defaced-video" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "graffiti" - "tesla" --- # Tragedy! Cybertruck Defaced With Large Crude Drawing ![]() An unknown bandit filmed themselves defacing a Tesla Cybertruck with an, er, anatomical drawing — all while someone was seemingly inside of the vehicle. Posted [on X]() and [Reddit](), the first-person video shows a vandal spraypainting a cartoonish phallus on the side of the silver geometric vehicle — while, as sharp-eyed observers quickly noticed, someone was still behind the wheel. https://www.twitter.com/creepydotorg/status/1886017934327152732 "Be careful," a user on the [r/unusual\_whales cryptocurrency subreddit]() warned potential copycats. "Pretty sure all \[Teslas\] have cameras looking out from the vehicle." "In this case the driver was in the truck," [another commented](). "Which is even funnier." Elsewhere on Reddit, folks debated the morality of vandalism as it pertains to Tesla's infamous owner, Elon Musk. "There’s an interesting debate to be had over whether vandalizing a Tesla is ethical or not," waffled a [user on r/EnoughMuskSpam](), a subreddit geared towards dunking on Musk. "All of us could easily come up a list of pros and cons." "One thing we can probably agree on is that if people see more videos like this, they will be shy about buying a Tesla, hurting Tesla's stock and Elon's pocketbook," the user continued. "I’m not going to tell you \[what\] to do except to let your conscience be your guide and act accordingly." In a nod to the South African-born billionaire's [Sieg Heil last month]() — and certain Musk boosters' [equivocation that]() it was a "Roman Salute" — another [r/EnoughMuskSpam user joked]() that the vandalism "is not a dick" but is instead a "Roman picture." And speaking of that salute: around the same time this Cyberdick video was going viral, a Tesla showroom in the Netherlands' Hague — yes, [that one]() — was [vandalized with anti-Nazi imagery]() and slogans. As photos taken after the incident show, angry bilingual vandals spraypainted "f\*ck off fascist" and "Nee tegen nazi's," which is Dutch for "no to Nazis." The person or persons also drew two swastikas, making the meaning behind the whole gambit a bit confusing. https://www.twitter.com/Bakhmutinua_eng/status/1886391689260261867 Taken in tandem, these two disparate defacements serve not only as a reminder of how differently Americans and Europeans treat graffiti, but also stand as stark visual references to the times we're living in. Be it a dick on a Cybertruck or swastikas at a Tesla showroom, the messages are roughly the same: the [world is getting extremely sick]() of Musk and the horse he rode into the White House on. **More on Tesla and tyranny:** [*Huge Image of Musk’s Nazi Salute Projected Onto German Gigafactory*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()