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Joe Schiffer: Yeah, I mean, I was talking to someone before these recent layoffs who used to work at the CDC and was very involved in efforts to study the impact of certain diseases or epidemics specifically on the pregnant population, and this person told me a while ago, the whole team is gone. They didn’t have a lot of people anymore who could look after a particularly vulnerable population from a health perspective, which I thought was pretty sad and disturbing, but now, I mean, it’s getting worse. It’s getting much worse.
Jack Lahut: And Russell seems pretty happy about every additional version of Vought that comes down the pike, so.
Joe Schiffer: right ok We’ll talk more about these federal layoffs and how they’ve affected other companies in our next segment. But before we go to break, I’ve got a fun and very technical bro scoop for you, Cybertrucks.
Jack Lahut: yes Honestly, I should pay you to be on the show today, Joe, so tell me more about it.
Joe Schiffer: ok Well, I found this story very charming because basically our feature director Rehan said, “Let’s do a photo essay on Cybertruck owners.” And I was like, ‘I volunteer as a tribute. I really want to do this.” So I contacted a bunch of people, I was actually driving around, and when I saw Cybertrucks, I would leave little notes in their cars. Not one person ever responded to me, I was.
Jack Lahut: Stalker behavior.
Joe Schiffer: “Okay, okay.” But eventually I got in touch with this guy who just runs CyberTruck Malik, which is this 50,000 person Facebook group that’s really, really active. And he, while very skeptical of the media, was like a lot of Cybertruck owners, “I’m kidding. If you come to Palm Springs this weekend, we can have a Cybertrucks meetup and you can meet people, you can take photos and interview them.” I love reporting where your main thesis is completely disproved at the time of the report, and CyberTruck owners really see themselves as victims of this campaign. They’re being spat on, they’re being targeted, people are yelling that they’re Nazis. And with many of the people I talk to, they don’t see their purchase of this car as political at all. They’re like, “I love the car. It’s a great car, it’s fun and all these crazy liberal people yell at me all day. I have kids in my car and they’re calling me a Nazi.” The article came out today, with some really cool photos. I’m interested to hear what you thought.
