Lots of manufacturers stop calling that frame shape woman's bikes, but rather find terms like step through or low step and so on to be better suited. This frame design is a lot more accessible for people who aren't as mobile anymore (think old people, people with hip problems, heavy people) and are also much easier to handle with tall cargo on the back, typical example would be a child seat.

For the average person, this frame design is probably preferable as there are no benefits to the typical male frame shape.

My parents think it looks odd when a guy sits on one of these, but then my parents are in their sixties :>

This whole thread is a perfect example of "feeding the troll" :D

Capitalism has you thinking that these are our only options

I think snow and ice would be better at reflecting but we seem to get rid of those ice caps.. But when the ice melts, it cools down the ocean so of course, problem solved!

I know someone responsible for these labels and descriptions for a fairly large company, can absolutely confirm this will happen a lot. The product has to go out to the stores and there is just no time to get these translation anymore. I also know of products that shipped to large stores with false information on the label, knowingly because changing it would take too much time and money.

I'm always reminded of the YouTube channel technology connections and his famous line "but sometimes...!" It really is a non issue almost all of the time but people always act like they will spend 60 minutes at a fast charger every day.

The German word "Mist" translates to "Shit" btw

These must be solid brakes

What other solutions would you propose to the problem of meat production contributing 18.5%?

Seriously it has sort of changed the world. I know I'm just handing all my location data to Google but the way it works and the features it offers are amazing and I cannot imagine a world anymore in which I might get lost if I just take a wrong turn somewhere. That combined with the free messaging has made "finding" anything location related a non issue. I can send people a location to meet, I can look up an address someone gave me, I can send my spouse my live location while I'm on my way home to let her know how far I'm out, I can find a hardware store in a town I've never been to because I need to tape to fix my bag or whatever, people write helpful comments about where to park or whatever. Maps will suggest different routes for pedestrians, cyclists, drivers or find you a public transportation route if you wish, including (usually) the exact time your train or bus or whatever leaves. It's fantastic

Very interesting take, I can agree with a lot of it. I live in Germany and for a few years now, you can buy a version of the Citroen Ami (there is an Opel Version here which is the exact same 'car' but with more marketing in Germany, called the 'Rocks E'). The car has about 75km or range (prob lably 60 realistically), two seats, is fully enclosed, has a heater - decent little thing if you do mostly short trips. It's built to be easily repairable, many parts are used multiple times in the vehicle and basically it's all just plastic trim around a steel frame. I've seriously considered it since I live in a rural area but most of my trips are 5-10km, I work from home. It's not regulated like a car, it does not need car insurance and isn't taxed, and is therefore significantly cheaper to run. You can charge basically with any wall outlet, it doesn't fast charge anyway. In Germany, you can legally drive this car at 16 years of age with a license. The downside? Aside from being a less comfortable overall experience, you can't go faster than 45 km/h. That is just a tad too slow for my taste, since rural streets here allow for either 100 or 70, I'd like to be less of a hindrance all the time. I think in a city, this would be fine, you can't go faster than 50 most of the time anyway.

The price for one of these to purchase is around 8.000 euros, that's not huge but you can get very decent used cars for less money, that's probably why these won't catch on here. But I do like the concept , just maybe let me go 60 in it

The movie has an interesting story about how so much was cut or couldn't even be filmed and the editing ended up all over the place, the movie ist barely coherent at times. But the feeling I got just thinking about that place was captivating nonetheless, great movie. Captures the vastness and loneliness of space well imo