Elon Musk's Cybertruck ain't got no alibi: It's ugly

On Thursday night, weird billionaire and Twitter enthusiast Elon Musk revealed the Cybertruck: Tesla's first pickup truck. It was a long-awaited moment for electric vehicle fans, who had been waiting six years for this.

However, it looks like none of those years were spent honing the truck's aesthetics, because the Cybertruck is one powerfully ugly vehicle. That's what Twitter says, and that's the truth.

Seating six, the Cybertruck can supposedly tow 7,500 pounds, accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 6.5 seconds, and travel up to 500 miles on a single charge. This all sounds fairly impressive, and moving away from reliance on fossil fuels should always be encouraged.

But all of this is a moot point if people are embarrassed to be seen driving the thing. Which they will be if they have any affinity for design.

The Cybertruck looks like an '80s filmmaker's idea of a dystopian future. It looks like it was drawn in a Pictionary game using rulers. It looks like Wile E. Coyote ordered it from the Acme Corporation to drop on the Road Runner. It looks like a dollar-store knock-off Firefly from Joss Whedon's Firefly.

There are a few who believe Elon Musk is the messiah who will get our asses to paradise on Mars, and who unreservedly love his drivable cinderblock. Even so, reaction online has been dominated by those with functioning eyes.

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Send in the replicants.