Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

Took a ride into the bowels of suburbia today on an errand. Passed a 13-ish kid riding a godd*mned hoverboard. You know, the things that are slower than walking, feature *amazing* advances like Bluetooth music pairing with your phone, and magically transform you into the biggest douche on your block? All for the low low price of $3-4 grand, or about $400 for knock offs like the SWAGTRON (I seriously can't make up sh*t this stupid).



And there's also the added bonus of the batteries which almost inevitably cause the things to explode.

I don't get out often but when I do, it's stuff like this that destroys any faith I had left in humanity.

People will buy anything.