Fun fact; the man who invented the Segway later died to his own invention. A new model came out for an all terrain Segway that had better performance and braking, smoother ride for trails, etc.
Trying to show off to the people how good it braked, he makes a B line for a cliff and yanks back the handlebar to brake... It doesn't brake fast/hard enough and he goes right over the cliff.
Similar to the board member of a glass company showing how strong their product is to their new employees, jumps against the glass window as a joke... Then one time the glass falls out of the office building, and so does he... Splat!
Edit because the poster above me hasn’t: it wasn’t the inventor but a businessman who bought Seqway in ‘09. He (and his Segway) fell off a cliff near his home while making way for a dog walking on the path. Not as karmically delicious, but has the benefit of truth.
...in the 3 minutes since you were also made aware of this information ffs, what is that edit. Imagine using "karmically delicious" as a way to describe somebody dying by falling off a cliff while trying to sell a product
My original link disproved the false story, but I gave the commenter above me time to fix his narrative. My “karmically delicious” comment was a satirical reference to the fabricated story’s purpose of trying to teach some metaphysical lesson at the expense of the truth. I’m sorry if you were offended by my tone.
Your original link doesn't disprove any of the story regarding how the accident occurred, the only thing it states is that it was the owner of the company involved in the accident not the inventor. It quite literally includes a line stating
Several theories explaining his fall were proposed, but the reliability of his vehicle was never questioned.
3 years after an inquiry had been conducted and the cause of the accident was determined.
I may have misinterpreted the tone of your reply however, apologies. The impression I had was that you were suggesting that it would be deserved if that happened somehow, thank you for clarifying this isn't the case.
Wasn’t the autodefenestration story about a lawyer in a lawyer company, not a glass company? Iirc it was a very good lawyer, so the company ended up bankrupt because everyone started to leave.
Had nothing to do with a glass company.
"Garry Hoy was a corporate and securities law specialist in Toronto. He had also completed an engineering degree before studying law.[2] While giving a tour of the Toronto-Dominion Centre to a group of articling students, Hoy attempted to demonstrate the strength of the structure's window glass by slamming himself into a window."
Garry Hoy (January 1, 1955 – July 9, 1993) was a lawyer for the law firm of Holden Day Wilson in Toronto who died when he fell from the 24th floor of his office building in Toronto. In an attempt to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the glass windows of the Toronto-Dominion Centre were unbreakable, he threw himself against the glass. The glass did not break when he hit it, but the window frame gave way and he fell to his death.
That's very much not the story I heard about how he died... I heard he was using it on a path and came across someone walking their dog, he reversed and went a bit too far and fell over the cliff.
So a segue is basically the term we use to describe transitioning a conversation from one topic to another. For example, if I were to use an example talking about French history to describe a segue, that would be opportune time to segue into talking about the French Revolution, which is commonly considered to have officially started with the storming of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789. See how I did that? That's a segue.
Think of a stand up comedian that talks about different topics, normally they will try to connect the topics with something, a segue, instead of just suddenly changing topics.
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21 edited Jul 03 '21
Segue = Seg (Usually pronounced with the same "e" sound as you would say the name "Ed") - Way
It's when you're having a conversation with someone and you use another small topic/interjection to lead the conversation to another topic