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Why is he a simp, I don't understand.
"Simp" has been in use as Mega-City One slang since the 80s. It is a subculture of people who have checked out of society and act like simpletons. See, for example, Megazine #15 and, more recently Prog 2207. This was really leaned into with Jack Point: The Simping Detective.
So, he's basically calling Musk a clown.
In a finer, better timeline, there was a Judge Dredd movie directed by Terry Gilliam
Now that would have been one Hell of a film! And Gilliam would have had simps in it.
Dan Akyroyd as Dredd.
John Cleese as Dredd (he's future Dirty Harry, so someone tall and rangy works) but Dan Aykroyd could definitely get in as the Chief Judge or perhaps a simp.
Check Aykroyd in 'Dragnet.' He'd have had to pack on some weight, but he'd have been great. He's a motorcyclist in real life, so he'd have that skill.
Completely missed this extra layer, today I am the simp.
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Honestly it's a first
It's a bit of a deep dive, especially as there's no page that I can direct you to (online, I bet it's in one of the books I have).
Ive read most of the pre 1980s 2000ADs at one point or another (my dad had his childhood ones on a big box) but it has been nearly a two decades since I read any so my memory has someone faded.
That's a very comprehensive answer, thank you. Although I have to concede that the car does suit the aesthetic of that comic.
the car does suit the aesthetic of that comic.
It... really does not. The cybertruck looks like the sad compromise of a too low polygon budget for a 80s game. The JD aesthetic is robust (*) and thick, sure, but not minimalistic.
(*) to which I mean the extent in that the Cybertruck looks robust.
Which is just a classic musky thing to do. Say some BS that barely passes the "as long as you don't know anything about what I'm talking about, then it might sound right!"-test, and simps abound to make the bullshit asymmetry even more asymmetric.
PS: I'm sorry. I have blocking filters for "Elon" and "Trump". Too many fucking morons with megaphones these days.
The cybertruck looks like the sad compromise of a too low polygon budget for a 80s game. The JD aesthetic is robust (*) and thick, sure, but not minimalistic.
And, like a lot of Carlos Ezquerra's designs, the early Mega-City One aesthetic was very rounded and organic ("bubbly" even).
I have those filters, plus a filter for "Cybertruck". So fed up of hearing about it.
Nah, it looks like someone wanted to design a car but realized curves are complicated and hard to draw and model.
Judge Dredd aesthetic is brutal but aggressively practical, with function deciding form. The cybertruck was made in reverse, with a design that the Tesla engineers were forced to cram a vehicle into.
It suits to the extent that Judge would blow it up for the crime of looking ugly.
He's simping for dredd - an explicit satire of authoritarianism and police brutality
As noted higher up it's actually a different slang in the comics, but Dredd is a literal fascist so either way it's not a good look to want to attach your brand to him.
Yes I saw, I am suitably shamed :)
Dredd is 1. Cooler than you. 2. Rides a motorcycle.
So both you and Elon are wrong.