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Pogo stick rental startup swears it’s not a joke
- paxys 7y agoThe fact that we even have to ask this means that the industry has already jumped the shark. Nothing can beat child-adoption Tinder though.
- tapland 7y ago> child-adoption Tinter 'Adoptly' if anyone was wondering.
- jonathankoren 7y agoLuckily, it was satire. https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14455622/adoptly-app-tinder-child-adoption-art-project-reveal https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14455622/adoptly-app-tind...
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoThat's what I always say about my business ideas when I start getting the death threats though.
- jonathankoren 7y agoGullible people also thought Bonsai Kittens was real too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- madarcho 7y agoAn “ongoing satirical art project”[0] in case anyone was wondering. [0] https://live.engadget.com/2017/01/31/sketchy-adoption-app-adoptly-is-a-hoax-after-all/ https://live.engadget.com/2017/01/31/sketchy-adoption-app-ad...
- aitchnyu 7y agoPuppy Swap to get a cute puppy and trading it for another when it grows up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b83TI2hmixY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b83TI2hmixY
- tapland 7y agoActually, it's launching in my city and the area around my apartment would be wonderful for a pogo-stick. The scooters are very much frowned upon here but I'd rent a pogo stick for a bit! They are going to end up in the ocean en-masse though.
- dm3 7y agoI stumbled upon another example of seemingly non-sensical potato-printing-and-mailing businesses in a Twitter post[0] yesterday. Mailaspud is actually going strong since at least 2014 so it's definitely not a joke. At this point I will believe anything. [0]: https://twitter.com/Paul_Courtney/status/1136274715092377605 https://twitter.com/Paul_Courtney/status/1136274715092377605
- kall1sto 7y agoStill makes more sense than renting pogosticks.
- itronitron 7y agoorigami boulder is also still going strong... http://www.origamiboulder.com http://www.origamiboulder.com
- kall1sto 7y agoThis is their biggest rival https://www.gopogogo.com/ https://www.gopogogo.com/
- nikkwong 7y agoJust......no. Do these people know how exhausting it is to even pogostick across a single block? I can hardly do it, and I'm in very good shape. There might be some niche in leaving them in parks and public places as entertainment pieces for bored passerby/tourists; but, as a transportation mechanism, just, no, I don't see it.
- xorcist 7y agoElectric assist pogosticks, then? You heard it here first!
- taneq 7y agoI've often thought that self-balancing tech could make powered unicycles practical (moreso than the few attempts we've seen so far). I don't see why pogo sticks shouldn't join them! :D
- dTal 7y agoI would say there's more than a "few attempts" at powered unicycles - it's an entire industry, complete with expensive brands, cheap Chinese offerings, enthusiast forums, and listicles with titles like "top 10 electric unicycles to buy in 2019". The design has pretty much converged now. I was considering getting one for my daily commute, but a part of me fears that no matter how skilled I got with it, riding over rough ground would still be a risky business. One pothole and your face is in the dirt. What would you change about current EUCs to make them more practical?
- taneq 7y agoAll of the ones I'm aware of balance front/back only, and still require quite a lot of skill to ride. I want to build one which can steer the wheel (using the mass of the rider as reaction mass) as well as spin it forwards/backwards, and so it can fully balance itself and rider.
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- malka 7y agoToo hard to opt out to tracking from this site. Wont read.
- krilly 7y agoIt is a joke? They say it right there in the article, it's just a stunt they're doing to get the brand out there
- Semiapies 7y ago"He also emphasizes that Cangoroo plans to expand to different kinds of vehicles in the future—but will not say what kind yet—raising the possibility that the pogo sticks are a seat-of-the-pants attempt at drawing attention to the company’s future endeavors." Ayup.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoI think it would work better as marketing if they hadn't just admitted that it was. Could still mention the scooters, just claim that they are a minor side business to your pogostick empire.
- _pmf_ 7y agoEvery time the topic of pogo sticks comes up, I have to fight the urge to buy a Vurtego V4[0]. [0] https://www.vurtegopogo.com/v4-pogo-stick/ https://www.vurtegopogo.com/v4-pogo-stick/
- itronitron 7y agohow long until people start playing pogo polo?
- _pmf_ 7y agoSounds a lot less dangerous than horse pogo to me, to be honest.
- elliekelly 7y ago10ft+ jump potential?? that's really incredible
- Illniyar 7y agoYo?
- RickJWagner 7y agoSounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen....
- mgkimsal 7y agohaving just fallen off one right before my second bounce... I can say this sounds more dangerous than I would have first thought. I landed on my tailbone - head helmets don't seem nearly useful enough. I'm grateful nothing was broken but 2 weeks later I still have occasional stabs of pain from that.
- ghaff 7y agoI tried one once years ago. I admittedly don't have the world's best balance but it was much harder than I would have expected. I'm sure there are some people for whom it's relatively effortless with a bit of practice but they wouldn't seem to be the target market for rentals. Hard to believe this isn't at least somewhat tongue in cheek/PR.
- mhb 7y agoCan Repelling Magnets Replace the Spring in a Pogo Stick?: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18694006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18694006
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- k__ 7y agoDoesn't it destroy your knees?
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoJust have your legs replaced with pogo implants.
- ajay-d 7y ago"It’s important to note that the marketing came from ODD Company, an agency known for elaborate campaigns, such as grass slippers, that involve creating fictional products or staging stunts for an existing brand."