text: All this new-fangled bullshit is crap.
  My FIL won't shut up about the electric bicycle he rode in Hawaii. He's intent on spending $5k on one, so he doesn't have to pedal quite as hard. I told him I found one with a 300 mile range that recharges in 3 minutes- made by Kawasaki.
  Likewise hipsters on their $2k Onewheel skateboards. Good god.
  I see 3d printers, and I think of the Hotwheels Factory DIY toy injection molder.
  I asked the young guy at the shop next door to mine what useful things he makes with his 3+ machines. He showed me a Gundam statue the size of a coffee cup, and told me about some shoelace retaining clip.
  I know, Navy-laser-aircraft-carrier. Irrelevant to the low resolution, low strength civilian garbage available. I think we're at the 1970 Heathkit stage of the technology, where it's not very useful yet, it's just a fun hobby. 50 years from now, it may well be the way everything is made...
  Now, I can see that I'm probably full of shit, but I can't really see where. Can someone show me why a guy with several welders, zero fidget spinners, and no RC cars would want one?