Segway buggies? Sounds like a great way to exacerbate the issue of runaway baby carriages. When they tip beyond the point of no return, they’ll just yeet themselves off into the road.
This actually really happened in Michigan, and the woman was convicted, partly owing to the bird. It’s super creepy to hear the bird say “don’t fucking shoot!”
Maybe as the world has leaned in even harder on the absurd, that the Far Side absurdity doesn’t land anymore. Or it could be that we’re all older and realize how absurd the rest of reality is. Sorta like how The Onion has to hit pretty hard now to manage satire in the last 8-10 years.
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