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[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 86 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

huupe

I HATE SILICON VALLEY STARTUPS

I HATE SILICON VALLEY STARTUPS

corporate-art ak47 matt-jokerfied

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The worst part is you just know their pitch included some bullshit about the symbolism of how the individual 'you's come together because of the huupe desolate

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Huuuupe brings together humans to be better humans by participating in a human activity that betters the human community. Humans! so-true

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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I fucking gagged when the image loaded and I saw that name. Silicon Valley needs to be renamed Lifeless Irradiated Crater

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

Silicon Valley needs to be ~~renamed~~ turned into Lifeless Irradiated Crater

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That shit will probably break in months. Bazinga trash doesn't tend to last long outdoors for long.

[–] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago

How could we have possibly known that it occasionally rains in places that aren't California? billionaire-tears

[–] Weedian@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The electronics will break but the basketball hoop will remain perfectly functional like ever other basketball hoop in existence but because the bazinga part broke the entire hoop will be removed and no one can play basketball

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

Mitch hedburgs joke about how broken escalators are just stairs except that it's broken modern technology is actually just a better version of itself.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

A bunch of cops setting up a "do not cross" perimeter and getting really jumpy about it because the owner of the bazinga hoop is afraid of looters. pigmask-off

[–] Tiocfaidhcaisarla@hexbear.net 37 points 2 weeks ago

Not to over play how shit this is but since kids use this too, I feel like sports are a great way to learn to keep track of things in your head, which must be good for your brain in addition to the physical activity. We've been doing this with hoops since we got em what does this even add? I think it just takes away another social and personal aspect of possible growth for something that will 1 for sure break and 2 still certainly suck at doing what is supposed to do anyway

[–] varmint@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Checked their website

$10,000 USD plus $30/month subscription "for those who want added content, the ability to advertise on the backboard and more."

If I'm playing basketball at a gym and they're playing home insurance ads on the backboard I'm losing it. cool-zone

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago

"Sorry dude I was 100% sure that rock was a basketball when I shot it"

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

$10,000 USD plus $30/month subscription

OR GET A FUCKING PIECE OF METAL IN A REASONABLY SIZED CIRCLE. BACKBOARD OPTIONAL, EVEN A NET IF YOU FEEL GENEROUS anprim-pat

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 20 points 2 weeks ago

This is why I was never into sports as a kid, there was no content anywhere.

I can't wait to go to a youth basketball game that has Bluey going on the backboards

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This thing seems easily breakable and expensive to replace.

Also that fucking name - huuuuuupe

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Eric Adam is gonna deputize them and make it a crime to break them.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So whatchu in for?

Ballin' too hard niko-dunk

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I didn't think "Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me" would turn out to be prophetic

[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

that shit cray liz-society

what she order? top-cop

Fish Filet

feast-1feast-2

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

We go play huupe with the Choom Gang.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

huupe has documented this unlawful behavior and reported it to the authorities

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

huupe has identified three black males ages 24-35, weapons free code green NYPD

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And it's like three 2nd graders playing hopscotch

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[–] autism_2@hexbear.net 33 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Really cool and legible screen I'm sure it will look even better from ground level

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure it'll look great after sitting in the weather and being smacked with dirty basketballs.

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago

Looking forward to kids getting harassed by cops for defacing city property because their basketball was insufficiently sanitized and is leaving prints on the huupe

[–] take_five_seconds@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

NYC never gets any crazy inclimate weather either so i'm sure that won't be a problem

[–] LeninsBeard@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago

See new technology

Look inside

It's just racial profiling

walter

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 28 points 2 weeks ago

Moooom can I have a smart basketball board to keep track of the game score and my stats?

To play the game better?

Yessssss.

Actually, SPY ON BLACK CHILDREN.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

hell yeah, the days of hanging off the rim are BACK, baby.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Was gonna say I thought smashing back boards peaked in coolness in the late 90s but apparently now it's also praxis.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Kyle Reese doing some sick backboard smashing before smashing Sarah Connor volcel-judge

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Obviously this is just an excuse to install cameras, but still, why the hell would you put the screen in the area that people are most determined to hurl the ball at?

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

boutta go FUUTURRRRRRE like Squidward.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

oof ahh oh noo gotta take a big puupe

[–] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

Bringing a whole new meaning to putting up bricks.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Soon, sports betting will come to street games, and wiselads will crack the encryption system of the hoop to figure out which team is better very-smart

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

R/ballstreetbets

[–] dismal@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

Nightmare shit

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

a-guy

Dear boomers,

You were right.

Sincerely, Gen Z

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