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full disclosure i own a 3d printer too so maybe i am just projecting thonk

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[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 25 points 1 month ago (4 children)

PSA for my fellow olds (over 30): Do not, at any point, put a wheel between your feet and the ground unless you've been doing it consistently since you were a kid. You WILL fall, and you WILL break bones. Your opportunity to take up rollerblading, skateboarding, etc. as a hobby has passed. Accept it and move on.

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

bait

But for real, balancing is a skill that needs to be practised and regular exercise to strengthen your stabilising muscles is important to stay mobile in actual old age.

[–] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ban cars! sicko-yes

Oh wait, trains have wheels. kitty-birthday-sad

Lol, I mean strapping a wheel to your feet. Cars and trains are a wheel between your ass and the ground. think-about-it

[–] Babs@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Every now and then I consider getting back into skateboarding but then I wisely remember this.

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rollerblading is pretty achievable, still, but I'm definitely not going in for wheels that are not physically attached to my body.

I broke my wrist rollerblading... If you're over 30, you've been warned.

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

On the face of it, this should be relatively benign: a video about designing and making an accessory for his onewheel. I started typing up a comment about that, but then erased it all when I realized what was so skin crawling about it:

This video is not about a hobbyist making stuff. This video is content. And every decision made was made with content in mind. Everything from his weird design choices, to his unnerving personal affect, to the cheeky call for mass production partnerships, is an artificial construct designed to keep as many people as possible engaged with it as a piece of content. It's a real person doing a real thing, but the artificiality of it makes it drop into the uncanny valley.

[–] farting_weedman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Because 3d printing on the hobbyist scale is a technology advertised to people who want to avoid the process of engineering.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why isn't that kickstand foldable? Wtf is that. That should fold out it's so ugly.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i laughed when the guy was "hit me up if you want to masss produce this", man there is like 3 people in the entire world that use that thing 😅

[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Looking it up, they don't come stock with a fender for the wheel on top and Redditors seem to want either no fender or magnetic ones they can remove easily for "sunny days"?? What is the appeal of a spinning hunk of rubber that can spray dirt on you and break your fucking ankle if you step on it while riding?

Cannot imagine the expensive skateboard made by techbros being safe at all. Only 3 riders left because the others died.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

probably because they are not production engineers, but just 3d printer hobbysts

[–] red_stapler@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

I am dying from the combo of flu and Covid vaccines and this video just gave me psychic damage. Thanks!

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

The onewheel is inferior amerikrakkker technology the EUC is superior Chinese technology.

The onewheel has a weak little motor because they built it to comply with state of California ebike motor capacity rules for some reason, which means that it's totally possible to just outlean what the motor can put out at which point it will drop you directly on your collarbone.

My EUC has a much stronger motor, an emergency power reserve and software to keep me off the ground no matter how hard I lean.

Also it has an easy handle that pops up from the top so I can wheel it along beside me, making this guy's doodad totally unnecessary.

[–] Babs@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

My designs are bad but I don't have a youtube channel.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago

Print first ask questions later!

[–] doesntmatter@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i was trying to figure out why i was so annoyed but i realise if i had to do even 4 different printed revisions and also if his last concept was the best I had in me and ALSO if it needed to be such an exotic material to be strong enough i would think i finally have lost the plot. also he doesnt even add a handle to the other end and keeps the shitlord recessed handhold ?? and also can't figure out or envision making it a permanent fixture and makes it semi-permanent when the concept was originally meant to be as easy as a snap fit? and designs the snap fit in like 6 different shitty ways before changing the design in the most half assed way possible? and ,,,, 500,000 views?? this is your hero?????

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] doesntmatter@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago
[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

EDIT: bad technophobic take I retract. pls disregard.

[–] Camdat@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For example in my podunk town we got something called a "makerspace". On the surface level it seems harmless enough but I can't help but not like it, perhaps of what it represents?

A place that allows people to share expensive resources for their collective good? An environment for people to learn without investing hundreds into equipment? How is that a bad thing lol

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Nothing really, but I’m trained to expect there to be a catch of some kind.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Grouping 3d printing and generative "AI" is a bizarre take.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

lol this comment gives me unabomber vibes.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Upvoting your edit lol

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Wtf was wrong with the snap on design? How often are you going to take it on and off to gouge out the hole? The decision to use magnets was fucking stupid.

[–] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't a backpack be good enough?

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I hate that guy's channel