Comment by etothet
2 days ago
I watched the ~16 minute presentation on YouTube and it was as if Elon and the two other guys presenting were doing a skit at a talent show. They seemed extremely unprepared. Maybe they were intentionally trying to come across as off the cuff, but it felt unnatural and cringey. Together they have the charisma of a paper clip. These guys are so full of themselves that it’s difficult to appreciate whatever accomplishment this may or may not be. And, of course, no way it will be street legal with air thrusters. What a complete joke.
When presenting the world with a flying car, one doesn't need much extra charisma, the demo does it all. I think most people would be pretty excited (or full of themselves) knowing what they were about to show.
Except that most of what they showed won’t be in the production consumer version, or any version that is street legal. Not to mention that, if I recall correctly, not one of the demos of the car “flying” had an actual human inside because 1) that’s probably not safe, feasible, or realistic and 2) the models shown at the demo probably were designed specifically for the demo and aren’t anything like the production version will be if it ever actually ships. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Tesla presentations (and Musk presentations generally) have always been weirdly awkward.
As an engineer who dislikes polished presentations of unimpressive things, it encourages me that it’s still possible to do a bad presentation about an amazing thing and (most) people don’t grumble too much.
really weirdly awkward
> it felt unnatural and cringey.
No way?! Elon Musk? Unnatural and cringey?!