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[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

1 horsepower is supposed to be the rate a shitty old timey horse can work over the course of a whole day. Also it was created as a way to market steam engines to replace horses as a source of mechanical power so there was an incentive to lowball the horse.

[-] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

You take that old timey horse's name out of your goddamn mouth

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

literally everything was shittier in olden times

[-] akincisor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Including the road thanks to the horses.

[-] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

What a nuanced take

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

as opposed to those new fangled fancy future horses.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago
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