https://fxtwitter.com/ABC7NY/status/1829209946317054420

    • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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      3 months ago

      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

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        • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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          3 months ago

          Huupmans.

          Please pay no attention to how close that is to the German word "hauptmann" and the people famously associated with that word.

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    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      3 months ago

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

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    • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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      3 months ago

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

    • Weedian [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      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 [he/him]
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        3 months 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.

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  • Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 months 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 [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    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 [he/him]
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      3 months ago

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

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    • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]
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      3 months 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

  • autism_2 [any, it/its]
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    3 months ago

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

    • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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      3 months 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

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    3 months 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.

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      3 months ago

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

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  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    3 months ago

    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?

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        Bull fucking shit.

        Those things don't have cameras in them in the same way Alexa doesn't listen to you when you aren't talking to it.

  • plinky [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    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

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