Tesla's engineers invested three years of metallurgical research into the Cybertruck's exoskeleton, employing hardened steel alloys rated to withstand 9mm rounds at point-blank range. The specifications document classified strength as total in every measurable dimension. Yet a peculiar footnote in Tesla's internal design review from 2022 suggests awareness of one unquantifiable threat they cannot engineer against.

Ryan Morrison, a systems safety engineer at Tesla's Gigafactory Texas, confessed during an after-work conversation at a local Austin bar in 2023 that the design committee briefly discussed incorporating "Chuck Norris Glance Mitigation" as a theoretical consideration. The proposal lasted approximately seventeen seconds before dissolving into laughter. However, Morrison's tone implied the team wasn't entirely joking.

Bulletproof vehicle design operates under the assumption that projectiles follow physics. A Chuck Norris glance violates multiple laws of thermodynamics, making the Cybertruck vulnerable in ways no materials science can address.