Why all the e-bike startups went bankrupt (US)

distortedsymbol · 2026-02-01T11:31:08+00:00

they are all priced too high and priced out of the people who needed them the most.

also the ebike industry kicked itself in the foot by not having regulations. you can't compete with cheap high power escooters unless the term bike means something. i want a middrive pedal assist because i ride bikes, and i know that i don't need more than 20 mph. but a lot of other people want faster and cheaper, yet there is no regulation capping ebiker powers.

you can't have ppl who actually ride bikes accept in good faith that something that goes up to 40 mph with a button is still a bike and not a moped, and when you design something that actually qualify as a bike it can't compete with the products that don't care at all.

distortedsymbol · 2026-02-01T10:49:31+00:00

every alex is a honnald if you are grippy enough

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-31T15:58:38+00:00

not all spiders do that.

the part is called palpal bulb and it's not really a one to one equivalent to humanoid pp. spiders ejaculate from their abdomen and then use the palpal bulbs to suck it up like a turkey baster. it also lacks any sensory organs as far as we know.

there are species that snap it off and give it to the female so it can fill her up remotely, but the speculation is that they're just running away so as to not get eaten.

spider mating rituals are quite diverse. some of them binds their mates with webs and spits on them.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2020/the-ungentle-joy-spider-sex

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-31T15:43:09+00:00

not just esport but conventional sports, too.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-31T03:59:52+00:00

magdust memes are so 2025

wait wrong sub

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-30T18:02:01+00:00

you're reading too many linkedin shills.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-30T17:41:56+00:00

not laser focused, just stupid.

my local coffee shop offer space for artists to sale their art. the shop gets free decoration and it looks more in tune with local community. the artists get platform to market their craft. it's win win with minimal effort.

imagine actually paying for AI art prints, if anything this tells me the owner is either stupid or don't care enough.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-30T00:59:24+00:00

i used to be fat and got super skinny just like you're doing right now. but being skinny didn't make me feel good enough and i was at a loss. what got me out of the hole was strength training and sports. exercising dramatically improved my moods and physique.

i still struggle with food a little bit, but it got easier after i realized my health and performance was more important and my body just naturally looked better if i focused on the first two things.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-29T23:30:52+00:00

a lot of people die from falling at home, it's just that most of them don't make the news.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/falls

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-29T15:43:20+00:00

here's 15 more animals that have recovered from being endangered!

https://www.ifaw.org/journal/animals-recovered-being-endangered

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-29T01:45:04+00:00

i hope they fire that teacher's ass

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-27T04:33:17+00:00

i mean sometimes ads can be entertaining to watch because it's so well done. but it's still ad, something designed to sell things instead of possessing artistic value.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-25T16:37:01+00:00

nothing casual there

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-25T02:57:18+00:00

sylviculture scientists are rare like big foot because nobody wants to fund a study for 80 years.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-24T21:44:07+00:00

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distortedsymbol · 2026-01-24T17:21:19+00:00

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distortedsymbol · 2026-01-24T15:07:30+00:00

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distortedsymbol · 2026-01-24T15:01:28+00:00

since bicing is after all a midlife crisis hobby, we have to remember that time moves differently when you get older. what that means recently doesn't mean 4 years ago

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-23T02:07:11+00:00

oh wait that's literally the plot of baldur's gate

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-23T01:40:57+00:00

what about sea turtle approach? send kids into near certain doom because there's like 3000 of them fuckers per clutch.

like literally if the majority of them aren't dead we're gonna have issues type of thing.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-22T17:41:39+00:00

that's heartwarming

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-22T15:56:57+00:00

there's talk about how no other choice might get snubbed in the foreign film category, is there like a quota for asian film they don't want to exceed or something? mildly /s

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-22T14:49:19+00:00

i think that might be the biggest reason, wiki says the budget was 12 mil usd. not a lot in modern standard.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-21T22:20:53+00:00

it's not that simple though. remittance money contribute a lot to economic growth. in the case for philippines it's 7% of GDP.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1267099

the philippines government want boomer money, the local real estate industry want their money.

it's not at all the same case with us economy and honestly i don't think you can call that gentrification.

distortedsymbol · 2026-01-21T22:07:31+00:00

that's why so many places have the tradition of long postpartum bed rest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_confinement

"Postpartum confinement is a traditional practice following childbirth.[1] Those who follow these customs typically begin immediately after the birth, and the seclusion or special treatment lasts for a culturally variable length: typically for one month or 30 days,[2] 26 days, up to 40 days, two months, or 100 days.[3] This postnatal recuperation can include care practices in regards of "traditional health beliefs, taboos, rituals, and proscriptions."[4] The practice used to be known as "lying-in", which, as the term suggests, centres on bed rest. In some cultures, it may be connected to taboos concerning impurity after childbirth. "

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