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RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd

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  • Points40
  • Comments6
–Rank now
#8Peak rank
1Days on list
68Score · 7d
Nov 6, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days

On Hacker News

Points
40
Comments
6
Submitted by
voxadam
Posted
Nov 6, 2026
Site
wired.com

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on wired.com.

Trending history

RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 10 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #8 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 17:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 17:52 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 15:3716:1116:4417:1817:52 Nov 6, 15:37 UTC · #24Nov 6, 15:52 UTC · #20Nov 6, 16:07 UTC · #18Nov 6, 16:22 UTC · #15Nov 6, 16:37 UTC · #14Nov 6, 16:52 UTC · #13Nov 6, 17:07 UTC · #10Nov 6, 17:22 UTC · #10Nov 6, 17:37 UTC · #10Nov 6, 17:52 UTC · #8

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

096191290 15:3716:1116:4417:1817:52 Nov 6, 15:37 UTC · 34Nov 6, 15:52 UTC · 71Nov 6, 16:07 UTC · 106Nov 6, 16:22 UTC · 127Nov 6, 16:37 UTC · 160Nov 6, 16:52 UTC · 190Nov 6, 17:07 UTC · 220Nov 6, 17:22 UTC · 243Nov 6, 17:37 UTC · 262Nov 6, 17:52 UTC · 290

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

Discussion (194 points, 240 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50391456

>blaming the problem on the wrong type of glue, a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.” That quote was about the new glue, not the old glue? >some RWD Cybertruck owners merrily driving along could be disconcertingly overtaken by their own wheels. If they read their own link, that never happened?…

Questions

Is RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 6, 17:52 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd reached?

#8 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 6, 17:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (10 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

40 points and 6 comments; submitted by voxadam on Nov 6, 2026.