Arjun Ram writes "MSNBC.com is reporting that renting a segway would cost as much as $20 for each 30-minute increment, for up to 90 minutes. Users can also pay $5 for a test drive, or 'pre-glide' as Lambeth calls it. Neat!"
You people are chumps. The segway may have some interesting technology, but it's more of a marketing experiment than a technological breakthrough. They've pulled out every trick in the book, from lobbying local governments to planting media articles like this one (remember those astroturfed fan sites they made?), to the exaggerated sales on Amazon.com.
If you ever thought about buying a segway, or fantasized about how cool it might be to have one - you're just a sucker! That's right, you've been had.
The saddest people are the ones who think they're cool because they call it an "ht". Those are the real victims of marketing. Do you think Pepsi is cool? Does the Coca-Cola logo make you think of "good times"? Have you been asking your friends if they're "gellin" like they do in the commercial?
This isn't a flame or a troll. This is the sad truth. There are people out there that are so stupid that they actually believe a $5000 tricycle is "cool".
Wow, what stinging resentment from the same crowd that was drooling over these things 18 months ago. Why is that? Is it because they didn't magically go on sale at every corner market and WalMart in the country for $20?
The arc of this meme was 1) Wow, this is the niftiest thing ever gimme gimme gimme. 2) Well gee I just got laid off from my dot-com and $3K is, well, just unfair. 3) What self-respecting American would trade in a gas-guzzling SUV for a goofy thing like this? and finally, 4) I am so socially insecure that I'm going to pile on and pan something that I still secretly think is awesome and would love to have but can't afford.
Well, I thought these things were awesome when they came out, and still do. If I could afford one, I'd buy it. I live in New York, and having these things replace cars would be a godsend. There's nothing more maddening than being in Midtown in rush hour or the Village on the weekends with guidos from Jersey trying to run you down in their I-Roc Z's.
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Sorry foolio the only statement a segway makes is that you are a big dork with too much money.
"our family contributes in excess of $30k a year to various charitable organizations"
What do you want a medal for being rich? Some families actually have to LIVE on $30k. Am i supposed to be impressed?
So like so many "innovations" the segway is simply a positional good used by the rich to flaunt their wealth.
Well if you wanna show off your money buy a bmw, driving a segway says rich brat AND dork.
You people are chumps. The segway may have some interesting technology, but it's more of a marketing experiment than a technological breakthrough. They've pulled out every trick in the book, from lobbying local governments to planting media articles like this one (remember those astroturfed fan sites they made?), to the exaggerated sales on Amazon.com .
If you ever thought about buying a segway, or fantasized about how cool it might be to have one - you're just a sucker! That's right, you've been had.
The saddest people are the ones who think they're cool because they call it an "ht". Those are the real victims of marketing. Do you think Pepsi is cool? Does the Coca-Cola logo make you think of "good times"? Have you been asking your friends if they're "gellin" like they do in the commercial?
This isn't a flame or a troll. This is the sad truth. There are people out there that are so stupid that they actually believe a $5000 tricycle is "cool".
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Wow, what stinging resentment from the same crowd that was drooling over these things 18 months ago. Why is that? Is it because they didn't magically go on sale at every corner market and WalMart in the country for $20?
The arc of this meme was 1) Wow, this is the niftiest thing ever gimme gimme gimme. 2) Well gee I just got laid off from my dot-com and $3K is, well, just unfair. 3) What self-respecting American would trade in a gas-guzzling SUV for a goofy thing like this? and finally, 4) I am so socially insecure that I'm going to pile on and pan something that I still secretly think is awesome and would love to have but can't afford.
Well, I thought these things were awesome when they came out, and still do. If I could afford one, I'd buy it. I live in New York, and having these things replace cars would be a godsend. There's nothing more maddening than being in Midtown in rush hour or the Village on the weekends with guidos from Jersey trying to run you down in their I-Roc Z's.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.