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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 50 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

GOLD Cybertruck…

“Look at me! Pay attention to me!”

“…oh no, not like that.”

[–] Chozo@fedia.io -5 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

While the Cybertruck is a screaming gold color, it's for a reason. It's a billboard for the medical spa the Syrian immigrant said he worked hard to build from the ground up three years ago.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

"Look, it's an ugly gold Cybertruck! Clearly I must go to this medical spa that I don't know the name of or that it exists at all!"

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Oh, so it's even more offensive because it's a goddamn advertisement?

Edit: and a fucking tax dodge, to boot!

It's just digging this entitled fuckwad's hole even deeper.

[–] legion02@lemmy.world 31 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There's no billboard on the car in the article. There's likely a small sticker somewhere. This is a common practice by business owners so they can file their personal vehicle as a business expense and dodge some of their tax liability. Frankly it's a pretty shitty practice.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The billboard is on the back, complete with QR code. LOL.

It's common to buy whatever the new eye catching vehicle is and wrap it for a business, we saw it when the new VW Bug was introduced, and again with the PT Cruiser, but for a cybertruck, he should have looked at WHY it was eyecatching... like a fish hook.

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I like that you got a couple downvotes, I guess for calling a large text URL that spans the entire tailgate width and a giant fuckin QR code and the logo for the foundation a billboard? Like it's not as flashy as a lot of advert wraps but it's plainly visible from a decent distance, and it's on a gold cybertruck so I guess it is flashy. I wonder what the opposition to you calling it a billboard is

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

That is a terrible way to advertise. Who is going to use that QR code, other drivers? Put it on the side of the car.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Somehow this, and I didn't know how this is possible, makes me feel even less sympathy for him than I did before seeing it.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 hours ago

Ah, so he deserves it, then