Elon Musk’s “cybertruck” presentation has gone so badly that it has echoes of Homer Simpson’s attempt to design a car for his brother during the golden days of The Simpsons.
The event descended into chaos when a stunt intended to test the “bulletproof” strength of the vehicle resulted in smashed windows, the very opposite of what was supposed to happen.
Musk introduced the demonstration with the words:
We created an exoskeleton. It is literally bulletproof to a 9mm handgun.
Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, asked Musk if he could throw a metal ball at the window and the result was a horrifying smash. Musk’s response?
Oh my f**king god!
Before wryly adding:
Maybe that was a little hard.
The live stream caught the attention of the people on Twitter and schadenfreude reigned supreme.
always so weird to me how Musk mumbles and halts his way through these things like he sleeps two hours a night and… https://t.co/hAmTCCNPcT— conputer dipshit (@conputer dipshit) 1574397102
Elon Musk repsects memes so much he invented a car that a unruly teen can hit with a “what are those?” https://t.co/2WmAJJhb2K— PFT Commenter (@PFT Commenter) 1574397083
LMFAOOO the Tesla event Nothing will break the glass *throws metal ball* “Oh my fucking God” -Elon https://t.co/YTEl2LDPi8— dinglederper 🌻 (@dinglederper 🌻) 1574396815
Hey everyone my name is Elon Musk and I'm here today to announce the Shitty Car That Sucks. It costs forty thousand… https://t.co/GHH9OfSUs6— John Hamburger Jr (@John Hamburger Jr) 1574398453
There was the Simpsons comparison nobody could resist.
live look at elon musk #cybertruck https://t.co/fhk6sEbfGW— Noam Blum (@Noam Blum) 1574398032
Actual image of Elon designing #Cybertruck https://t.co/q41DmTmsLe— alby13 (@alby13) 1574397684
There was even space for another cartoon reference.
Elon Musk mid presentation after the glass test failed. #Cybertruck https://t.co/wvLUI4pYKO— Matthew Fling (@Matthew Fling) 1574398422
Money can't buy you everything it appears.