this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 23 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

a modest top speed of 15 km/h, similar to the speed of walking or a moderate biking pace

who tf is out here walking at 15km/h

[–] Septimaeus 5 points 6 hours ago

Pretty sure the writer meant “running” but since they were trying to convey slowness WRT top speed, their brain instinctively swapped in the more appropriate-sounding word for their intent.

It’s a common human language error, examples of which I find increasingly charming.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

yeah that's damn near my sprint when i was running marathons

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I like that they wrote that the walking speed was comparable to a moderate bike pace lmao, like even if you don't know the numbers that's just obviously wrong

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

my bicycle has a "walking speed" button on the motor's controls. it goes 2mph (a little above 3 kph) and sometimes that's too fast. they have no clue.