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Went down the rabbit hole from your link:

> > It is a parody/exaggeration of the Edsel, a similarly disastrous automobile designed by Ford Motor Company.

Points to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel:

It has a "Design controversies" section that's very relevant to today:

> Complaints also surfaced about the taillights on 1958-model Edsel station wagons. The lenses were boomerang-shaped and placed in a reverse fashion. At a distance, they appeared as arrows pointed in the opposite direction of the turn being made. When the left turn signal flashed, its arrow shape pointed right, and vice versa

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel#/media/File%3A1958_Eds...

Why is it relevant? Related thread from 3 days ago about blinkers with the exact same design flaws , but in 2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28661282



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