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Cake day: September 19th, 2025

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  • Without giving too many details, worked at a place as a professional for a long time. Terminated because someone didn’t like me. Am still looking for a better job, fell back to a previous skillet at minimum wage in order to do something with myself, and it’s so much better.

    I know this isn’t quite the situation you’re referring to, but the right work environment with the right management goes a long way to having fulfillment at work.

    That said, none of that costs any money. We’re talking about policy, procedure, and culture change. I’ve been able to manage mentally as a wage slave by becoming more socialist This does not always align with what the company thinks it wants, but for minimum wage, I don’t care. I am doing what’s right by me, and that’s a good feeling.



  • I can speak to motorcycle tires.

    Moto tires are rounded, not flat like car tires. They’re designed to provide an optimal contact patch no matter the lean angle. Often, Moto tires won’t be perfectly rounded, but come to a bit of a point in the middle. This makes for a smaller contact patch going straight, for better fuel economy, and a bigger one while turning for more traction. Finally, moto tires are often made of multiple kinds of rubber: harder in the center for lower rolling resistance, and longer tread life; softer on the sides for more traction while turning.

    I’d bet that small bicycle tires share some of these characteristics, being rounded for sure, possibly others.