Bing/Dalle. Prompt is obvious!

    • @Retrograde
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      95 months ago

      Found the parent

      Nah for real though helmets are MVP

      • @[email protected]
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        85 months ago

        I used to never wear a helmet when commuting to school etc. but since I started mountain biking getting one seemed like a no-brainer and now it’s like putting on my seatbelt. Riding without a helmet feels wildly irresponsible and I even put it on when doing a test-drive around the block after having done some maintenance.

    • @ShortFuse
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      35 months ago

      Should be something more analogous to its mechanics, like “analog”. Wait a minute…

  • Lemminary
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    225 months ago

    I’d ride them both. Err–the bikes, yes, both bikes.

  • morgan423
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    175 months ago

    It punches me in the soul when someone uses the phrase “acoustic bike.” I get that people are using it like it is used in guitars, but it makes no sense when applied to bikes.

    The literal definition of acoustic from the dictionary is “of or relating to sound, the sense of hearing, or the science of sound.” Non-electric bikes barely make any sound! Calling them “acoustic”… it is a terrible label.

    • Ech
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      55 months ago

      A better adjective would be “Analogue”.

      • @[email protected]
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        35 months ago

        That’s not really great either, though. I mean, there isn’t really a digital/analog separation either.

        “Human-powered” versus “electric-assist”, maybe?

        • @techMayhem
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          35 months ago

          Honestly why not just “manual”? Sure on an electric you also do some manual labor, but you are being assisted quite a bit. The other one is 100% manual labor.

    • @3volver
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      45 months ago

      Simple, manual bike vs. electric bike. As in: manual labor, manual workers, a manual transmission, manual computation, manual indexing, manual bike.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      I know and that was the point! I was half hoping the ai would add strings or wood features to the “acoustic” bike or an amp or something to the electric one.

    • @pigup
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      Dictionary experts are always shouting that the dictionary does not define language, it just describes it. If we’re honest it seems that the masses are adding a new definition to acoustic meaning unpowered or human-powered (and they have every right to do so as they’ve always done)…

    • @[email protected]
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      25 months ago

      I think it would just be bike or bicycle. If it’s powered then it becomes an electric bicycle. If it really becomes necessary to specify then you could say traditional bicycle or regular bicycle. Maybe peddle bicycle vs self propelled?

  • @Beetschnapps
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    Do you want a “tron-esque nightmare” with no drivetrain or an “acoustic bike” with no frame?

    Choose your VIBE bro!

    • zeekaran
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      15 months ago

      Shitty AI images. AI doesn’t know how to do pedals.

  • @samus12345
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    135 months ago

    What the heck is going on with the pedals of the electric bike?

  • @over_clox
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    105 months ago

    I’ll take the one with the seat. Not exactly too keen on riding with the seatpost up my ass 😂

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    A quirk of english language I find funny is that digit=finger. Therefore, digital prostate examination isn’t something as high-tech as you might expect…

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      Whenever someone asks me why I don’t use graphical user interface, I tell them that “graphical” comes from the Greek word for “to write”, so my command line is actually a GUI

      • @irreticent
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        25 months ago

        I heard Marjorie Taylor Greene is actually Dog the Bounty Hunter in drag. I mean, has anyone seen the both of them in the same place at the same time?

  • @saltesc
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    35 months ago

    I don’t really enjoy e-bikes. They’re definitely easy transport, not something done for fun. Though I’m yet to try one on trail which could be great.

    • LEX
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      I’m going to go ahead and say they’re actually motorized vehicles. They used to be called “mopeds” when they were powered by gas, but now they’re just regular bikes that happen to have motors and so get to use the bike lane too, I guess (yes I am cranky).

      EDIT: Either way, those fools should be wearing helmets. Always always always wear a helmet.

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        It’s a spectrum. A pedal-assist electric bicycle and a Surron are both considered “e-bikes” yet they’re wildly different with the other effectively being a motorbike. In europe the vast majority of e-bikes are pedal assist with a 250W motor and maximum speed of 25kph (15mph)

        EDIT: Pedal assist (pedelec) means the motor only runs when you’re pedaling and usually the harder you pedal the more it assists but it cuts off at 25kph and if you want to go faster it’s muscle power only from there on.

      • @[email protected]
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        65 months ago

        I think pedelecs are distinct enough from mopeds to earn the name of e-bike, but throttled variants are a different matter where the line is far less clear.

        • LEX
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          I’m not sure what that jargon means, but I’ll take your word for it and cut the e-bikers some slack.

          I will say some of the older models with less powerful electric engines felt different. The newer models I see look like they go very fast, even uphill. I would not want to get hit by one.

      • Dhs92
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        35 months ago

        I wear a motorcycle helmet on mine

        • LEX
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          Good! Keep doing that.

          EDIT: Down voting helmet safety? You all are strange, but okay.

          • @saltesc
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            15 months ago

            You’ve come in here and pedantically broke down terminology, then started telling people to make sure they put their helmets on. Then you don’t understand the downvotes.

            Are you my dad?

            • LEX
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              I might be, sure.

              Not sure why you have a bug up yer bum about it I’m just fucking around, but okay.

              EDIT: Also I’m totally serious about the helmet thing. Wear a damn helmet if you can afford it. Don’t care if it sounds naggy, it’s so important!