{"id":46435587,"user":"PTOB","time":1767115361,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

1958 Chevy Corvette. \nLooks way more futuristic.","comments":[{"id":46435979,"user":"misiti3780","time":1767117320,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

maybe at the time, not anymore. that car is ugly.","comments":[{"id":46436124,"user":"PTOB","time":1767118095,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

Why is it ugly?","comments":[{"id":46440521,"user":"misiti3780","time":1767146576,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

i find all older cars to be ugly. but it's obviously subjective. (the same way you find CT to be ugly!)","comments":[{"id":46445481,"user":"PTOB","time":1767197952,"time_ago":"a month ago","type":"comment","content":"

Interesting. I don't find the TC to be ugly; I find it to be dissonant. It hurts my brain like missed harmonics in a musical performance do. Here are my reasons:

First thing I noticed on reveal day: it looks like a star ship from the the 1985 game, Elite.[0] It's a 3D model of a space ship for a computer that could barely keep up.[1] This design was a great starting point for a child's imagination, but even as a kid it was always assumed that this was the best we can do for now. The future would be far less disappointing. Verdict: this design isn't futuristic; it's nostalgic.

Looking down, I saw that its beautiful, shining, crystalline, space-going shuttlecraft aesthetic sits on matte, round, rubber wheels tied to the ground. It wants to fly, but it can't, and that is sad.

A few months later, I saw the unfortunate resemblance to industrial garbage receptacles usually kept out of site behind decorative enclosures. I realized that while designing one of those enclosures. Then the memes came.

I actually prefer a version I saw that was mounted on tracks for arctic environments.[2] It says, "I am a raw shard of ice carved from a massive glacier," and it pulls it off quite well.

[0] https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:EliteShipIdentificationCh...\n[1] https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/File:Elite_Animation.gif\n[2] https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/gallery/world-s...","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":3,"url":"item?id=46445481"}],"comments_count":1,"level":2,"url":"item?id=46440521"}],"comments_count":2,"level":1,"url":"item?id=46436124"}],"comments_count":3,"level":0,"url":"item?id=46435979"}],"comments_count":4,"url":"item?id=46435587"}

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