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Dec 27, 2015 16:53
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Tater Love 
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zakharov posted:Why is everyone so mad about hoverboards Because I was promised proper hoverboards in 2015 not some lovely thing with 2 wheels that don't even hover.
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Dec 27, 2015 16:58
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The only thing that makes me truly annoyed about them is that they're called Hoverboards, a name that conjures a very specific thing that's not this. They're just the next transportation gimmick. They're not really any different from Segways, and once the smug novelty wears off they'll be about at that level of saturation in society too.
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Dec 27, 2015 17:06
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LogisticEarth posted:The irony in this post is that, years ago, the Razor-style mini-scooters were also crazy-popular holiday gifts, and also caused shitloads of injuries and falls when people got out and used them for the first time: Razors have poo poo ground clearance and a bunch of the injuries came when people bottomed out their scooter on something like a sidewalk ramp.
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Dec 27, 2015 17:19
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Ripstiks are cooler than hoverboards, though the latter might be easier to use when carrying something on both arms.
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Dec 27, 2015 17:22
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^^^ lmfao
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Dec 27, 2015 17:42
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ripstiks are the dumbest thing ever.
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Dec 27, 2015 17:46
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I thought these forums were for old, mildly luddite bastards. Does no one remember the segway being "It", the miracle of technology that would change the way cities were designed, lives were lived, and bring us all into the New Jerusalem? Turns out they have some limited uses, especially for people who can stand but not walk very far, or for police inside large structures like airports who want to look silly and menacing simultaneously. And the hoverboard isn't even that useful.
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Dec 27, 2015 17:51
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The segway would have changed the way cities were designed because it doesn't work in cities as they currently exist.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:19
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i flunked out posted:ripstiks are the dumbest thing ever. Hey, if you can't appreciate carving out sick moves in a suburban cul-de-sac, I just don't know what to say.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:20
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AlphaKretin posted:But I mean, again, these stupid things aren't the first, fastest, or easiest to use product of its kind. Even if people are so lazy that "replacement for walking" is a product on par with loving mobile phones, that niche has already been filled by plenty of products that don't result in a page of crash pictures in this thread. Please tell me that me reading posts here as advocating these things is a gross misreading. Or else that the posts saying so are trolling and I'm just a fool. lol u mad about toys
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Dec 27, 2015 18:37
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Choco1980 posted:The only thing that makes me truly annoyed about them is that they're called Hoverboards, a name that conjures a very specific thing that's not this. They're just the next transportation gimmick. They're not really any different from Segways, and once the smug novelty wears off they'll be about at that level of saturation in society too. lol this is the most goonsay thing. thanks for showing us what lies beyond the cutting edge lmao Cakefool posted:The segway would have changed the way cities were designed because it doesn't work in cities as they currently exist. EKDS5k posted:Because they look fun but are too expensive to just buy on a whim. The only people who have them are people who can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on basically a toy. bring back old gbs has a new favorite as of 18:47 on Dec 27, 2015 |
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Dec 27, 2015 18:43
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zakharov posted:Why is everyone so mad about hoverboards Because they look fun but are too expensive to just buy on a whim. The only people who have them are people who can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on basically a toy. Sour grapes, basically.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:46
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A millenial hoverround will get you to a walkable place in about half to 1/3 of the time.
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Dec 27, 2015 18:50
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Next year's fad: pennyfarthing bicycles 
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Dec 27, 2015 18:54
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Data Graham posted:Next year's fad: pennyfarthing bicycles  
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Dec 27, 2015 19:00
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Yo man, we heard you like bikes, so we put a bike on your bike so you can bike while you bike!
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Dec 27, 2015 19:10
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zakharov posted:Why is everyone so mad about hoverboards Far as I can tell it's weird goons getting bent out of shape over an item that has no productive use being bought and enjoyed.
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Dec 27, 2015 19:41
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Dec 27, 2015 19:51
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I just think it's funny that people are getting hurt from their christmas gifts and that it's not me.
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Dec 27, 2015 19:55
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gleebster posted:I thought these forums were for old, mildly luddite bastards. Does no one remember the segway being "It", the miracle of technology that would change the way cities were designed, lives were lived, and bring us all into the New Jerusalem? Turns out they have some limited uses, especially for people who can stand but not walk very far, or for police inside large structures like airports who want to look silly and menacing simultaneously. And the hoverboard isn't even that useful. The inventor of the Segway actually claimed it would revolutionize transportation and that cities would be changed to accommodate them. No one is making such claims about the hoverboard.
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Dec 27, 2015 19:55
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Data Graham posted:Next year's fad: pennyfarthing bicycles Powered pennyfarthing bicycles.
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Dec 27, 2015 20:01
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`Nemesis posted:The inventor of the Segway actually claimed it would revolutionize transportation and that cities would be changed to accommodate them. No one is making such claims about the hoverboard. And then a Chinese company started making knockoff Segways and selling so many of them that the Segway company sued them. The Chinese company responded by buying the Segway company. Hoverboard makers aren't making that mistake over again
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Dec 27, 2015 20:03
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LogisticEarth posted:The irony in this post is that, years ago, the Razor-style mini-scooters were also crazy-popular holiday gifts, and also caused shitloads of injuries and falls when people got out and used them for the first time: Yeah I beat the ever living poo poo out of my shins with that goddamn scooter back in the day. This time I'll pull off the sick jump and 360 foot-board swing, I'm sure! *crack*
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Dec 27, 2015 20:12
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Dec 27, 2015 20:20
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The only way that doesn't end poorly is if Spiderman is right there and paying attention.
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Dec 27, 2015 20:22
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Arrath posted:The only way that doesn't end poorly is if Spiderman is right there and paying attention. Oh, that is destined to end superbly.
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Dec 27, 2015 20:35
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organburner posted:Because I was promised proper hoverboards in 2015 not some lovely thing with 2 wheels that don't even hover. But imagine the injuries and injury videos that we would (will) get if (when) proper hoverboards came (come) out!
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Dec 27, 2015 21:10
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Segway schadenfreude peaked when the CEO died after driving his off a cliff. Until a CEO hoverboards himself through a plate glass window 20 stories up, there's no contest.
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Dec 27, 2015 21:27
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captainOrbital posted:But imagine the injuries and injury videos that we would (will) get if (when) proper hoverboards came (come) out! Future sidewalks will require little moats, so people don't float into traffic on their completely frictionless deathboards. Preferably while spinning.
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Dec 27, 2015 21:35
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MorgaineDax posted:Segway schadenfreude peaked when the CEO died after driving his off a cliff. Until a CEO hoverboards himself through a plate glass window 20 stories up, there's no contest. Hahaha wtf I never heard this: quote:At 11:40 a.m. on 26 September 2010, West Yorkshire Police received reports of a man falling 80 feet (24 m)[6] or 42 feet (13 m)[10] into the River Wharfe, at the village of Thorp Arch near Boston Spa, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above.[6] The fall from a narrow footpath was witnessed by a man walking his dog nearby.[10] A Segway vehicle was recovered and Heselden was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.[6] Investigators said, "At this time we do not believe the death to be suspicious" and were investigating as to "whether there was a fault with his particular machine or it was driver error".[6]
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Dec 27, 2015 21:39
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HEY NONG MAN posted:Hahaha wtf I never heard this:
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Dec 27, 2015 21:48
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Incidentally, here's Tony Hawk riding what we all thought it would be when we heard "Hoverboards" were the hot new toy this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSheVhmcYLA
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Dec 27, 2015 21:48
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Choco1980 posted:Incidentally, here's Tony Hawk riding what we all thought it would be when we heard "Hoverboards" were the hot new toy this year: This is really the entire problem, the hoverboards are oriented horizontally and not vertically. They're a segway without the handle, not a skateboard without wheels like in Back to the Future. If the company making them hadn't gotten that part wrong then I think more people would be into them. Come on, there's no way this isn't a photoshop.
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Dec 27, 2015 22:03
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Wanamingo posted:This is really the entire problem, the hoverboards are oriented horizontally and not vertically. They're a segway without the handle, not a skateboard without wheels like in Back to the Future. If the company making them hadn't gotten that part wrong then I think more people would be into them. You know a product is garbage when a motorizing a skateboard is the practical, safer alternative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqlrru1V69E
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Dec 27, 2015 22:28
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Wanamingo posted:This is really the entire problem, the hoverboards are oriented horizontally and not vertically. They're a segway without the handle, not a skateboard without wheels like in Back to the Future. If the company making them hadn't gotten that part wrong then I think more people would be into them. http://rideonewheel.com/ quote:Come on, there's no way this isn't a photoshop. Not too far out of the realm of possibility. EDIT: Taller unicycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqzW-oZuptY How do you embed timestamps into youtube videos on SA now? Schadenfreude that I don't know how to SA anymore  sudonim has a new favorite as of 22:53 on Dec 27, 2015 |
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Dec 27, 2015 22:47
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MisterOblivious posted:You know a product is garbage when a motorizing a skateboard is the practical, safer alternative. You're telling me more people can ride an product that's been around 30+ years than one that came out this year?!?!?!?
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Dec 27, 2015 22:48
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FCKGW posted:You're telling me more people can ride an product that's been around 30+ years than one that came out this year?!?!?!? That doesn't sound like what they're saying at all ??
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Dec 27, 2015 22:57
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This is still going. 
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Dec 27, 2015 23:17
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Wanamingo posted:Come on, there's no way this isn't a photoshop. They're called Giraffe Unicycles, and there are ones bigger than that. I saw a seven-metre unicycle once. The rider was holding onto the rafters in a gym. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5vvodIYivg
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Dec 27, 2015 23:21
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