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  the hover technology's not quite there yet but it's the next best thing the future's so bright, I gotta wear an insulin pump
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Segway Guy from Happy Wheels rides again.
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Jan 3, 2020 17:11
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I met the creator of the Segway, Dean Kamen, once. He's a real douchebag.
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Jan 3, 2020 17:29
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Lol remember when the Segway boss reversed one off a cliff and died?
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Jan 3, 2020 17:43
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sudonim posted:I met the creator of the Segway, Dean Kamen, once. He's a real douchebag. He has done great work. I was on a robotics team in high school and I coach one now.
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Jan 3, 2020 17:45
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honestly can you think of a better metaphor for the future. like it was supposed to revolutionize everything and instead they just corrall the worst humans ever into the worst parts of every city. it;s exactly what we deserve.
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Jan 3, 2020 17:49
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:honestly can you think of a better metaphor for the future. like it was supposed to revolutionize everything and instead they just corrall the worst humans ever into the worst parts of every city. it;s exactly what we deserve. One thing I thought was off point for wall e was that the fat people lived for hundreds of years
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Originally the Segway technology was developed for a wheelchair that would elevate and balance amongst other things so people with disabilities had better mobility and access to things up high. Then I think DK has his ego get to him and marketed Segway as some revolutionary people mover, then after that flamed out he sold it to the guy who careened off a cliff. Dean has a kinda eh personality but has started up some good stuff like FIRST and other noble medical devices.
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when i was a kid one of my friend's dads worked on it. it was all hush-hush back then so all i knew was that it involved a gyroscope somehow. much later after it didn't really take off they had one in their garage you could go around in circles on
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Jan 3, 2020 18:00
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Segway still exists?
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Jan 3, 2020 18:07
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want something to bridge the gap between my ambulatory years and the rascal scooter that will be my tomb
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Jan 3, 2020 18:12
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OP where do I pre order, my fat gently caress of a body wants to ride in comfort
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Jan 3, 2020 18:16
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2-3 days into 2020 and this is where you are as a person
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Jan 3, 2020 18:20
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Segway still exists? i think they still make a few for when they do one of those bits on tv where theyre all like "lol remember this?"
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Jan 3, 2020 18:23
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the temptation to angrily write dystopian medical novels rises.
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Jan 3, 2020 18:23
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I remember back in the day when a large number of hopeful nerds speculated that the revolutionary "The Thing" would bring hover technology or some kind of anti-gravity to the masses. That this lone inventor had finally figured it out. They were pretty disappointed.
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Jan 3, 2020 18:26
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Yo the it's the future, at least put the passenger in a plexiglass bubble like in a Jetsons car. Rocks and drinks will be thrown.
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Jan 3, 2020 18:28
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Mooey Cow posted:I remember back in the day when a large number of hopeful nerds speculated that the revolutionary "The Thing" would bring hover technology or some kind of anti-gravity to the masses. That this lone inventor had finally figured it out. Yeah, it was super hyped up. Didn't Steve Jobs say they'd design cities around it? Lol, nice scooter.
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Jan 3, 2020 18:29
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Mall cops, meter maids, those jerks at the airport that tell you to move your car. All users of the Segway.
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Jan 3, 2020 18:31
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Segway still exists? Yeah, they were bought out by the company in China that made knock-offs of their products.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Segway still exists? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Rs8zdEHJw
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Mooey Cow posted:I remember back in the day when a large number of hopeful nerds speculated that the revolutionary "The Thing" would bring hover technology or some kind of anti-gravity to the masses. That this lone inventor had finally figured it out.
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Jan 3, 2020 19:07
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I remember going to a Gamestop in the mall like ten years ago and seeing some middle-aged guy in a suit looking at games while on his Segway. I had a friend who got one of those Segway Minis after trying one out, saying it would revolutionize how he traveled since he taught at a school close to where he lived. I think he used it for maybe three months. I had another friend who got a job doing Segway tours for some company. Apparently they tried to stiff him out of overtime pay. I envy the guy who fell off a cliff and died.
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Sten Freak posted:I thought they were called it "It". But yeah it was so big it needed no name during the hype phase. Yeah that's right! "IT" was what they were calling it. Truly one of mankind's greatest achievements, as far as wet farts go.
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I see people riding these one wheel scooter things around town  They do not look safe or even really that fun to ride, and I have to imagine they are a pain in the rear end to lock up or carry inside. Just get a loving bicycle you dork. Having said that I do want to buy one of those kits that turns a skateboard into a self-propelling skateboard and build a kicker ramp to launch into my pool
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