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Comment by GolfPopper

12 hours ago

So, what's the high value perspective that leads to penguins always riding bicycles from left to right?

Reading direction maybe? Right-handedness being the norm? Culture? The effect is well-known

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31242803/

Most people if they are to draw a vehicle in motion will draw it moving right. Most (all?) side scroller are rightward. In fact I can't think of a platform side scrolling video game where the primary motion occurs to the left. Most cars advertisement have the car moving right. It makes sense that generative systems would draw motion to the right.

To display the chain. Just search for used bicycles on some online marketplace and you'll see the majority of them are shown with the chain facing towards the camera.

  • Well, the drive system, not the chain specifically but yes.

    It's actually much less complicated that even that. Consider that there are only two possible sides to show, and one of the sides has the drivetrain on it, whereas the other has basically nothing of importance. It's not much of a choice at all.