--- title: "Man Puzzled by Why His Cybertruck Makes Him a Public Laughingstock" description: "A Tesla Cybertruck owner was puzzled after encountering a \"female\" who was \"laughing hysterically\" at his truck." date: "2024-10-29" modified: "2024-10-29" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-puzzled-why-cybertruck-laughingstock" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Man Puzzled by Why His Cybertruck Makes Him a Public Laughingstock ![A Tesla Cybertruck owner was puzzled after encountering a "female" who was "laughing hysterically" at his truck.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Cyberstock A Tesla Cybertruck owner was puzzled after encountering a "female" who was "laughing hysterically" at his truck. In a [post on the Cybertruck Owners Forum](), the owner assumed that "she could have been having a weird reaction to a stroke or something but I’m pretty sure I saw what I saw." In a separate incident, he recounted, a "guy in a Nissan Tundra" called him a "douchebag," asking him "who the fuck" would "drive something like that?" "I could be a little paranoid, but I think I saw what I saw, more or less," the owner wrote. Needless to say, the owner appears to be living under a massive, 6,600-pound, stainless steel-clad rock. The Cybertruck has been widely mocked ever since it went on sale late last year over its [divisive design](), [extremely high price](), [tendency to fall apart](), and [perhaps above all]() as a stand-in for the increasingly [embarrassing disintegration]() of [Tesla CEO Elon Musk](). The truck has earned itself many colorful nicknames, including "Incel Camino," "WankPanzer," and — our personal favorite — "Deplorean," an ode to the [only other stainless steel production vehicle ever made](). In many ways, the vehicle serves as a $100,000 MAGA hat that's become synonymous with lunatic conspiracy theories and Musk's increasingly racist antics. ## Tesla Tears Other Cbertruck owners also noted that they were becoming the target of "IRL bullies." "The 'laughter' is obviously fake or highly exaggerated in hopes you see them and feel bad," another seemingly deluded forum user hypothesized, somehow suggesting the Cybertruck *wasn't* hilarious to look at. The truck has become a lightning rod of online discourse, with its official Reddit forum going private after users [received a flood of relentless mockery](). Meanwhile, other forums like the cheekily-named "[CyberStuck]()" subreddit, have attracted well over 100,000 users. The truck, the end product of one of Musk's personal obsessions, has become the [ultimate symbol of poor life choices]() and a willingness to ignore and perhaps forgive the mercurial CEO's [blatantly racist]() and often [deeply misinformed]() beliefs. In short, it really doesn't take much to realize why Cybertruck owners are being mocked while driving down the road. And while one Cybertruck Owners Forum user suggested that all of this would "subside" following the imminent election, we'd wager that the mockery directed at their questionable investment is far from over. **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Tesla's Bizarre New Cybertruck Trickery Is So Shady We Can't Believe It's Real]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()