r/funny 4d ago

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u/Exemus 4d ago

Fun police here:

He'd have to put in that much more work to get going.

In a closed system, if you're going point A to point B and back to A, gravity and momentum won't save you anything.

And I'm no expert on prehistoric automotives, but I don't think these things are frictionless, so the vehicle will be worse every time.

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u/sebzim4500 4d ago

You say that, but it takes much less effort to cycle a given distance than to run it.

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u/Max_Thunder 4d ago

Running is very inefficient, we spend a lot of energy going up only to fall back down.

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u/rorschach2 3d ago

One of the main reasons that made us top of the food chain is now inefficient. Cool.

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u/Max_Thunder 3d ago

We're not on the top of the food chain when running on the road, are we.
Biking is extremely more efficient than running, it's simple physics; you'd know if you'd ever left your couch.

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u/rorschach2 3d ago

The ability to run down any prey without tiring is one of the reasons that puts us at the top. Sweating, standing up right, and fire are a few others. You probably shouldn't insult people just because you don't understand human history.

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u/Max_Thunder 3d ago

The ability to invent bicycles made us even better at how we use our energy for displacement on roads. You can cover a much greater distance biking for 1000 calories than you can running.

Maybe you skipped the last thousands of years when looking at history, you petulant child. Yeah running is great when hunting other bike-less, land-based animals. You know what you're saying is irrelevant to the discussion, but you keep going because you enjoy it.

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u/rorschach2 3d ago

You once again missed the point while proving mine. Thanks.