[startupdiscuss]

Three points:

(1) I don't think this is the reason it did not work. There are lots of things that make you look like a dork -- PCs, airpods etc -- but they took off like rocketships (speaking as someone who adopted these dork items whole heartedly).

(2) I agree it is a mystery why Segways didn't work, but I think it remains an unsolved mystery.

(3) We have more information now that we have lime and other similar items available. (*)

(*) This is actually a point in PG's favor because the lime's are skateboard inspired. But they're not undorky.

[zamalek]

> other similar items available

We have a 1:1 skateboard Segway: the Onewheel. It healthily solves the dorky problem, and then some. Still, this doesn't seem to be a perfect solution because, in the face of one of the most consumer-hostile manufacturers around, people are turning to dorkier alternatives (such as EUCs).

Although few things look as dorky as a Segway, especially when tourists are driving them around single-file.

[eadmund]

> There are lots of things that make you look like a dork -- PCs, airpods etc

It still blows my mind that actual adults wear AirPods in public. Sometimes actual professional adults who want to be taken seriously (e.g. in business meetings). There is just no way for someone to wear AirPods and look fashionable.

[inb4_cancelled]

Where do you live? AirPods are completely transparent to me, i.e. I don't even consciously notice if a person is wearing them (just like I don't really notice earrings or watches).