Well, apparently, Facebook thinks I like risk-taking and trying new things.
Unfortunately, I'm not really into either of these things. I wish I were, actually, but the extent of my risk taking usually involves whether or not I should delve into "Parks and Recreation." You see, it's a risk because I'm not sure if I want to make that commitment to watch what could be yet another good show. I take television watching very seriously.
God help me when I run out of the sample K-Cups from my Keurig coffee thingy. Will I try new ones, or stay with the same ol' ones I tried in the samples?
I digress, though. What set me off on this was that that I was often shown advertisements about an "LA Bucket List," which I equate to a list of things I would do only if presented with a terminal illness. That's how it worked in the movie, right? I never saw it.
Again, sidetracked, sorry. This was the photo advertising the LA Bucket List:
That, my friends, is an Uno, apparently an eco-friendly cross between a motorcycle and a Segway invented by an 18 year-old (yeah, I wish I thought of cool stuff when I was 18 too, but I was busy doing nothing).
The perplexing part is that one cannot find a way to ride this in Los Angeles. As far as I can tell, this is still a prototype, and a quick Googling shows that you cannot rent one of these things and take a Uno tour around the beaches of Los Angeles, or even ride around in parking lots as the photo illustrates.
Now, what worries me about this is the risk-takers and extreme motorsport enthusiasts who see that advertisement and think, "wow, that seems fantastic!" For me, it isn't a problem, but what if someone in LA does deem that something they must do before they die only to discover it's an impossibility?
Has Facebook done this to purposefully drive risk-takers mad in the search of an electric motorcycle-thingy that looks like it has photoshopped? A passive aggressive jab at those who spend their time doing real-life things as opposed to habitually sitting in front of their computer?
Anyways, I hope to raise awareness about this false advertising in the following months, and get as many one-wheeled motorcycle looks-photoshopped-but-isn't on the streets of Los Angeles as possible. It works double because they're eco-friendly, so I will look good in the green community too. Hooray for causes.
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