r/SipsTea • • 23h ago

SMH Museum of Useless Inventions

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u/Buccaneers1995 8h ago

"We were supposed to having flying cars by now! This future sucks!"

Flying car made by someone people dont like

"Who even asked for this?"

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u/Arcaydya 6h ago

The fact you think Elon had any meaningful contribution to this is fucking hilarious

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u/Signal_Series7577 6h ago

Elon is the reason why so many people are shitting on this

I guarantee that if Toyota created this car there would be nothing but praise for it, not as a vehicle but as a technological innovation

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u/Damion__205 5h ago

Practical effects have done this and other stuff. They just don't try to sell it as a fully functioning car at the same time.

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u/Signal_Series7577 5h ago

Im confused by what you mean

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u/Grave_Digger606 1h ago

I’m pretty sure they’ve never made a functional “rocket car” with compressed air thrusters for a movie or tv show. Assuming everything was legitimate, which it appears to be, it’s something that has never been done before. Nothing even close.

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u/Damion__205 52m ago

Assuming everything was legitimate... No I will not assume it's legitimate just because someone says it is. Everything was seen from a distance. . Magicians routinely use staged points of view to ensure the magic happens.

And the screen shots of the under carriage does not inspire confidence that it's a legitimate car.

Show me a video of them going up to the car right after it executes one of the events so we can see the interior and chassis. Until then it's a plastic body designed to survive this one show and not the full weight of the roadster.

To blindly give the guy, that said without an a ounce of sarcasm that the guy in a robot suit was an actual robot, your faith in honesty is questionable at best. He

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u/Damion__205 5h ago

Elon said I want a car that has maneuvering jets and can spin and float.

Engineers: we can't do that with a the weight of the can and fit all of the propulsion in it

Elon: make a fake car to do just this stunt. We faked a robot with a guy in a suit and they ate that shit up.