The New Year and a New Home: The POD.
Author: Colby Rutherford
For the first of the year, lets talk about pods. Yep. PODS.
The new housing trend that is sure to bring about revolutionizing the world. And by revolutionizing the world I mean "the world is going to end in fire," "the earth is going to be destroyed," and "people are going to become extinct because they have a taste for pizza." Yes, there are a ton of reasons you should not want to live in a pod. You will be a terrible human being if you are a bad pod owner; you will not be able to talk to your neighbors, because they will have had to move in; your neighbors may have to deal with the same terrible humans that you will have, and will have to deal with the consequences of the horrible humans that you will have; your neighbors might get the plague or the flu. There are just so many reasons that I cannot even begin to list them. So yeah, let's just get into the main point here. The main point is I have no idea where this is going. Maybe they will be on the moon. Maybe they will be a giant space-ship with a bunch of different rooms. Maybe they will be a space-pod in an enormous space-ship. Maybe they will just be space-faring pods. Maybe they will be spaceships that are really really really really really really really really expensive. Maybe they will be giant space-towers with a giant space-pod inside that looks like a planet and flies around the planet on its planet-sized planet-sized planet-sized planet-sized planet-sized.
Or maybe they won't? Who knows? But the sure thing is that pods will be stacked tall and you will not get a girlfriend to boink you in them. But that's okay, because we're all bugmen now. This is what happened when I got a girlfriend in the first place... And the worst is that I'm not even a virgin anymore - I just got a girlfriend. I mean, I'm getting married. What the hell! "We're all bugs now," says the bugman. And he's right. We're all bugs now. But we can't be married in them! What the hell is a wedding anyway? I just got a girlfriend - that's it.
The pods will be equipped with a toilet and a sink. the bed folds up to a small couch to give you a semblance of normal human habitation. when living in your pod towers you will have an option of living in your pod alone and being able to access both the pod room and kitchen. if you want to make your own food you will be able to access your kitchen and make your own meals. you will also be able to access an outside terrace with a view. you will be able to watch the ocean waves coming in as you make your food to sleep. you will have a little bit of air conditioning. your pod tower will have the same functionality as a normal home that comes with a refrigerator, stove, etc. the pod will also have a microwave and coffee maker that you can access from your pod room. you will also have a water dispenser in your pod room and access to washing machines and dryers that are built into your pods. you will not get air conditioning when living in your pod. you will have access to a few windows that you can enter and you will be able to access the outside terrace for a view of the ocean.
Pods will be reasonably priced, starting at $2000 for the economy model. The company hopes that it's got the right design to attract a wider audience, and says that it's been testing a "new, more premium" design for months now. That's a big difference from its previous models, which were mostly aimed at the high-end. And as you can see above, it looks like it might be the first to truly offer a premium package for those people who need a bit more oomph in their rides. There's also some interesting technology at play here. It's been revealed that the company's offering a new form of power management for the system. Previously, the system was based on a single internal battery that was used in all the pods. Now, the unit is based on a second battery that is located in the pods' pods. This battery can be used to run the ride (and power the system for the ride itself) if the pods need it, but is completely disposable.