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I can’t believe this site doesn’t mention the South Park monowheel! [1]

Until seeing this, I didn’t realize they were parodying anything or that this design was a real thing. And with so many variants!

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entity_(South_Park)



The episode was parodying the hype around a product code named "ginger": https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/08/dean-kamen-viral-my...

Personally, I'm offended they omitted the Cobra Buzz Boar. That's all I see when I look at these monowheel photos/designs.


Gallery opened in Mar 2001, and that episode aired only in November that year ^^ - maybe the southpark episode was even inspired by this site ;)

Also love "I did a quick Alta Vista"




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