Blathering blatherskite!
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Everyone of age heard this in his voice which makes it even more awesome
Also it is everyone's only source of the word blatherskite! Which is a term for someone who cannot hold their tongue (hence the balthering part).
Bikers: "Cars are too safe. I'd like to do away with lateral stability, crumple zones and a roof."
This dude: "...Hold my beer."
that thing is still safer than a car. by so much they aren't even in the same league.
unless you get hit be a car. because the car is the danger.
And, jokes aside, that dude is dressed to handle the fallout much better than anyone who ever got behind the wheel of a car.
Am actually really interested in the safety stats. Would guess on those things you aren't doing more than 40, so probably not too bad for rider vs e.g. motorbikes where the temptation is to crazy speeds. And with it being smaller/lighter than a car it's clearly safer for pedestrians and other vehicles.
I briefly owned one of these. Mine topped out at 32 kph (20 mph) but most models went faster.
IMO the biggest risk is if you accelerate too hard the engine cuts out even if you're st high speed. And of course you're leaning forward when it happens because that's how you accelerate.
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Some of the more expensive ones are advertised to go 100+ kph
Yeah but how many users are actually that brave/stupid? 100kph feels FAST on a motorbike, I can't imagine how it feels on one of these 😬
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I very strongly disagree. If you're taking those things on roads you are very, very much in danger. To brake you need to physically shift your entire body instead of just moving a hand or foot, and they have motor brakes instead of friction braking.
https://electrek.co/2025/10/16/new-electric-unicycle-hits-an-insane-93-mph-top-speed/
Cars don't get speed wobbles. Cars have 3 extra wheels in case one wheel hits something slippery.
Sure, they can go that fast, but that's not the primary mode of operation. Most of the time, I see these going ~10 mph, and I'll often pass them on my bicycle (I go 15-20 unless there are peds).
Going at unsafe speeds typically only impacts the rider, because they are small enough that peds can easily get out of the way. Going at unsafe speeds in a car puts other people at risk because they're big and often around other people.
Maybe these are an issue in other parts of the world, but they don't seem to be one in mine.
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As a user of just about every type of PEV most electric unicycles are generally safer than scooters assuming you are geared up. You have a much bigger wheel to go over bumps and most modern models will have suspension and good regenerative breaking. Scooters have tiny little wheels and handle bars to cause major injuries.
Most people on euc\electric unicycles are well trained compared to any other PEV group I've seen, not that there's not a fair share of idiot squids.
I realize you're joking, but the vehicles considered to be the first motor car and first motorcycle were both created in the same year, FYI - neither is a response to the other.
Bikes are actually safer than cars when you count all threats. The sedentary years behind the wheel are killing you.
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Life is like a hurricane,
Here in duckburg
Racecars, lasers, aeroplanes
One of my favorite Ducktales stories is that when they remade the theme for the 2017 reboot, the producer told Felicia Barton to sing it like "you can't believe you're actually singing the theme to Ducktales!"
Here in, duck burg.
I've been calling these dweebs gizmo duck for years lol
Oh man, what was his dumbass catchphrase to summon the suit and become Gizmoduck? 🤔
Blathering blatherskite!
What happens when the battery dies and you become a projectile? A guy tools around on one of these in my neighborhood and it seems orders of magnitude less safe than even motorcycling.
i'd imagine it slows, not stops automatically.
the way they're riding, they need a furry tail/buttplug combo
🎶 Try'na catch me ridin' furry 🎶
First you get warning beeps long before it's truly out of battery then tilt back and slow down to stop. You can enable emergency low battery mode on some and go very slow for a little longer but even in that mode it will slow to stop before it totally runs out.
Claptrap?
Claptbtbtbtrap
Let me throw some numbers at you.
Krachbummente?
Looks like one of the robots from the animated movie Robots
Does every city have one of these guys? Although this one doesn't have the small rearview mirrors on his helmet.
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This is most likely from Ducktales, but it does have big Darkwing Duck energy.
Ah, after a quick search I can see that Darkwing Duck and Gizmoduck were allies at one point in their shared universe, that's cool.
Did you really have to show me this? Now I have a desire to buy (borrow?) one of these for a Halloween costume.
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