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Showerthoughts

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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.

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What we have called “motorcycles” should actually be called “enginecycles”. Also, the engine on enginecycles is a four-cycle engine.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Really? Because I don't remember pedaling my Honda 750.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Try pumping the gear shift lever and rear brake. It'll probably do something. Not sure what.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I don't remember pedaling my eBike, either. With a big enough motor, they're all but completely vestigal.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

It's true that there are different classes of ebikes. Class 3 ebikes with enough power can be basically motorcycles disguised as bikes. Mine is a class 1 and very much a bicycle. If the distinction can be made that some ebikes do not require pedaling and are therefore motorcycles, by extension it is equally valid to say that ALL ebikes must have pedals so all ebikes are bikes. The truth is really somewhere in-between. Not sure how important that is to a shower thought though.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

eBikes require pedaling. I don't know what you had, but it wasn't an eBike.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

not exactly, a bunch of those Chinese DUI scooters have pedals, but they don't do anything.

[–] Dremor@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Depends on the juridictions. Some countries make pedaling mandatory (mine does), other don't.

[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 3 points 12 hours ago

eBikes requiring pedaling is mostly just a software limitation - not a hardware one. I can't quite see how it stops being an eBike after you disable this limitation.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Can we use the same logic for motorscooters?