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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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You also need a big enough battery to get through slow hours.

So you can get the Zero-emissions Off-the-grid gym!

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[โ€“] moody@lemmings.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the added load to the user

Isn't that the purpose of a gym?

[โ€“] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Generators have a significant amount of load to make them viable and work best at constant speeds.

Huge amounts of load at the start and then momentum usally makes it more efficient. This is great for endurance training, but you would have to mess with a fair bit of engineering for weight machines to work well.

At that point you might as well just make them preform labour like splitting wood.