Cangoroo: Pogo sticks are the new scooters

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Post by zachperret » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:04 PM UTC

Cangoroo: Pogo sticks are the new scooters
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Post by nyx_ » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:17 PM UTC

Same premise as the scooter, i.e. a company litters the sidewalks with dangerous toys and says "make sure you wear a helmet, have fun!", except pogo sticks are perhaps even more injury-prone.

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Post by youeseh » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:30 PM UTC

I'm just one point of view but I haven't seen a single pogo commuter in the 12 years I've lived in the Bay Area.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:33 PM UTC

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Post by yhoneycomb » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:34 PM UTC

The only people who look cool on pogo sticks are the ones doing flips. Everyone else just looks like a complete dork.

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Post by albertgoeswoof » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:35 PM UTC

Great idea but I struggle to see how this business is financially viable on its own. I hope they are investing heavily in self-pogoing sticks. The r&d will be tough but they have first mover advantage until Uber and Waymo catch up.

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Post by freehunter » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:35 PM UTC

This is a joke right? One of those "make fun of silly startup" kind of things?

I mean... I think it is. But Poe's Law is real and startups are absolutely insane so... please someone tell me this is a joke.

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Post by Hamuko » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:39 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #7

This is a joke right? One of those "make fun of silly startup" kind of things? I mean... I think it is. But Poe's Law is real and startups are absolutely insane so... please someone tell me this is a joke.

It has to be, right? I mean, moving about with a pogo stick is fucking dumb. Why would anyone do it?

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Post by pkaye » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:44 PM UTC

youeseh wrote: post #3

I'm just one point of view but I haven't seen a single pogo commuter in the 12 years I've lived in the Bay Area.

Looks like a company out of Sweden. Maybe pogo commuting is a big thing there.

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Post by harel » Fri, May 17, 2019, 10:45 PM UTC

This is obviously a joke, but even so, the site looks dead serious (except for the video which made me laugh with the gratuitous use of slow-motion). Usually those 'fake' startups have a we-are-only-being-sarcastic disclaimer somewhere, but couldn't find one here. At least, for their sake, I hope it's a joke.