• _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    7 days ago

    This thing looks absolutely ridiculous, as if it was designed by someone who has never ridden (or perhaps even seen) a skateboard.

    Pretty much on brand for a Yanko Design shitpost though!

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      7 days ago

      I’m sure there’s a market for electric skateboards as art pieces rather than as transport or for fun. Do I think the market is huge? Def no lol

      I can’t get over the severe protrusions that means this thing will run aground on almost any surface protrusions. It’s like those motorized shoes we saw a while back, where they built it and later found the one use-case it was good for: warehouses, which have very smooth floors.

      • Hey, my skateboard, now hanging on my wall, totally enhances my middle-aged-man home office, and establishes my credentials as a still-hip young-at-heart, totally not emotionally-dead middle-management-drone!

        I’ve actually ridden it within the past year, but (a) I am absolutely certain I look ridiculous on it, and (b) I’m sincerely concerned that I’ll hurt myself: old people break more easily, and heal more slowly.

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          I have several old boards I am afraid to ride at this point including an offroad board I picked up off craigslist. I even have a broken StreetCarver someone gave me (Ill fix it eventually, definitely). Getting old and fat sucks.

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            7 days ago

            That thing looks wild!

            Getting old definitely sucks, my busted arm is still healing from a crash over a year ago.

            Still, it beats the alternative.