--- title: "Elon Musk Skewered for Wretched Tesla Cowboy Belt Buckle" description: "The latest cringe Tesla accessory is here, and boy is it a doozy." date: "2022-01-11" modified: "2022-01-11" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-tesla-cowboy-belt" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Skewered for Wretched Tesla Cowboy Belt Buckle ![The latest cringe Tesla accessory is here, and boy is it a doozy.]() *\Image: Tesla\* ## Giddy-Up The latest cringe Tesla accessory is here, and boy is it a doozy. Launched just in time for Christmas and priced "[inexpensively]()" at $150, the first run of the Tesla Giga Texas belt — yes, that's really the product's name — sold out within a day and is already being resold, at a loss for $100 and under, on sites like [StockX](). https://twitter.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1470796639623421963 ## No Flex Zone Emblazoned with the words "Don't mess with" — an homage to Tesla's new home in the Lone Star state and its slogan "don't mess with Texas" in which fans are apparently supposed to replace "Texas" with "[Tesla]()" — the buckle is, per the company's website, "manufactured from die cast zinc, engraved and then brushed with an antique silver finish." Arriving in the kind of sleek steel grey box that you'd expect to find an iPhone inside, the buckle, as our friends over at *Input* [so aptly explained](), is ironic given that these kinds of accessories are generally awarded to rodeo stars for achievements of physical strength like bull riding or calf-roping — successes that fly in the face of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's [recent]() [track]() [record](). After publishing its hilarious takedown of the buckle, which is sure to [piss off real cowboys the world over](), *Input* received some reader mail that's, well**,** indicative of how Tesla fanboys emote online: https://twitter.com/inputmag/status/1480920229903482892 The belt buckle has been restocked, so if you feel like donating to Musk's personal wealth fund directly, you can buy one at full retail — or get one at a discount from savvy resellers, if you're mostly looking for an aesthetic that screams wannabe cowboy who doesn't know how to drive stick. **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk’s Tesla ‘Giga Texas Belt Buckle’ is a disgrace to cowboys everywhere]() \[*Input*\] **More on Tesla "fans":** *[Man Hates His Tesla So Much He Blows it Up With 60 Pounds of Dynamite]()* ## 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]()