Me: when will the future get here!

"Cash Rewards" (cashrewards)
10/14/2020 at 15:00 • Filed to: None

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Me, upon seeing the future arrive: eh, this is kinda dumb

DISCUSSION (36)

Just Jeepin' > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:08

Like the Segway, I think it’ll find a useful niche. Also like the Segway I don’t think it’ll be consumer.

Cash Rewards > Just Jeepin'
10/14/2020 at 15:15

Ooh, what if I get one of these AND a segway!but yeah, you're probably right

Beefchips > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:15

if they had an off road one for hiking id be interested.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:20

I’m doing leasing consulting at a senior community right now, and I think this would be super useful for older folks.

Expensive as hell for what it is , but useful.

Just Jeepin' > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
10/14/2020 at 15:26

At a senior community they could be shared resources. Interesting.

ttyymmnn > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:28

I’d rather have a dog.

Kinja'd!!!

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Just Jeepin'
10/14/2020 at 15:31

Sorry, yes, that is what I was trying to imply.

Th e biggest thing would be preventing theft, which is the #1 concern for community use items at that kind of price.

Cash Rewards > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
10/14/2020 at 15:31

And that would be an environment relatively free of stairs, too. Interesting ides

Chariotoflove > Just Jeepin'
10/14/2020 at 15:34

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that was used in a way that justified their existence.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:37

I have no use for one of those and the world is not wheelchair accessible enough for that to be terribly useful in many places.

I’m just imagining the hijinks when it gets confused and follows the wrong person.

Just Jeepin' > Chariotoflove
10/14/2020 at 15:38

Mall security made a lot of sense, and guided tours weren’t necessarily a terrible idea, although using them on sidewalks was.

hillrat > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:39

Soooo, for the price of a 1/2 decent used car you can have the disembodied tow storage from a motorcycle follow you around while you walk in the rain?

Hard pass.

sony1492 > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:41

Count me in when this is 10x cheaper.

hillrat > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
10/14/2020 at 15:41

OK, in that context these *might* make sense but if you have the resources to buy one of these you probably have other, better options.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:45

Yep, there’s nowhere in or around the building that isn’t handicap accessible.

That said, I’d be surprised if any modern building would/will be allowed to have unaccessible areas anymore.

Tripper > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:48

an annoying plastic butt sniffer for $3250. Pass.

Cash Rewards > ttyymmnn
10/14/2020 at 15:50

Oof, right in the feels. That's my old dogs cousin, by the look. Good dog.

Cash Rewards > sony1492
10/14/2020 at 15:55

Would they sell ten times as much if they were $300? I bet they would

HammerheadFistpunch > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:56

let me save you $3220

Kinja'd!!!

If you don’t want to bike or drive there are solutions

HammerheadFistpunch > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 15:59

if my accounting class taught me anything (debatable) this would ensure a faster ride to bankruptcy.

Cash Rewards > HammerheadFistpunch
10/14/2020 at 16:06

And that’s exactly how I feel. If I saw this in a movie or read it in a book, I'd say "cool! We should totally have those! And I bet it wouldn't be that difficult". But then you see it in real life and I'm all " uh, I already have a backpack, and I bought a miata for that price".

HammerheadFistpunch > Cash Rewards
10/14/2020 at 16:18

If I was going to drop 3 grand on something for this...living in a city without a car, etc...I would seriously look at these

Kinja'd!!!

I’m sure you would feel the same way. Walking is for sucks.

Cash Rewards > HammerheadFistpunch
10/14/2020 at 16:26

400 pound capacity! Wow. And they got a photo of a full sized adult on the back and it doesn’t look completely ridiculous. And it folds. That’s quite the piece of engineering.

I wonder if I bought one, if I could fold it and put it inside that dumb robot, so I wouldn’t even have to carry it.....

Cash Rewards > Tripper
10/14/2020 at 16:32

If you could adjust the settings to fuck with someone and have it bump into their leg every time before stopping, you'd drive someone to murder

Chariotoflove > Just Jeepin'
10/14/2020 at 16:35

I guess I always thought that people who did things like mall security could walk faster on their own and should be easily fit enough to do so if I could. However, perhaps that is insensitive of me, since I didn’t have to walk up and down for an entire 8-hour shift.