New Post Office Trucks Spark Debate on Social Media
The U.S. Postal Service announced plans to update its vehicle fleet for the first time in 30 years [...]
Highly polarized responses to this so far, let's get some real data. This design is:
— Sam Mintz (@samjmintz) February 23, 2021
Although the U.S. Postal Service only released unfinished designs, the pictures still caused a debate on Twitter. When Politico's Sam Mintz launched a poll on the design, almost 60% of the 217,000 respondents called it an "ugly duckling." Just 40% consider it "sleek and cool." Others suggested it looked very similar to a car Homer Simpson designed in an episode of The Simpsons.
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Giving the USPS truck even more Pixar vibes pic.twitter.com/ESvmmesmmt
— kristian bob (@kristianbob) February 24, 2021
One person suggested the truck looked like the house on four wheels that appeared in a Top Gear episode. Another person got "Pixar vibes" after seeing the design. It does look very similar to the cars in Cars.
prevnextWhere have I seen this before? pic.twitter.com/tBnFE9UhHh
— Pete こう, RPN (@Peter9_0) February 24, 2021
Everyone seems upset about the new USPS mail truck but no one is pointing out that it spells "MAIL" (if you write MAIL on it) pic.twitter.com/hR9bcocEYd
— Jason Rugg (@JaseRuggy) February 24, 2021
One voice actor joked that the truck spells out "mail (if you write MAIL on it)." Another person suggested it looked like characters from Duckman.
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Literally had the same thought pic.twitter.com/R5IjTmXxG1
— Jake Jackman (@Jjackman9) February 25, 2021
"The new USPS vehicle design looks like my attempt to draw a truck in first grade," one person wrote. "Why did my mind go right to Dr. Finkelstein when I saw the new USPS trucks?" another person wrote. This was a reference to the character in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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I see a square car, I ask “why isn’t it being driven by hamsters?!”
— Mariel (@MarielRosic) February 23, 2021
"Bro those new USPS delivery trucks look like the flying car from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Who the f— thought this was a good idea?" one blunt Twitter user wondered. "The new USPS truck look like a beluga whale," another person wrote.
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Richard Scarry's out here designing USPS trucks. https://t.co/oHl2e7lXud pic.twitter.com/RhJFLIId90
— Josh Cohen (@jcohenwrites) February 23, 2021
Many, many Twitter users compared the designs to cars from children's author Richard Scarry's books, specifically the apple car driven by a worm character. "Richard Scarry's out here designing USPS trucks," one person wrote.
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