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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • This one is pretty easy. The system is crushing people. Healthcare CEOs have directly chosen to kill people and their loved ones.

    Class war has been raging for at least the last 50 years and the working class hasn’t even realized a punch has been thrown.

    We have more empty homes than homeless people in the US.

    We spend far more on healthcare per person than any other country yet our life expectancy is significantly worse

    Every aspect of your existence is monetized by some billionaire or another. Life is hollow and empty and that’s only about to get a lot worse.

    Peaceful protest by itself has rarely led to change. Peaceful protest is ALWAYS the better approach though.


  • Fuel costs certainly offset that FAST

    I think most people wouldn’t wear out a cassette nearly as quickly as you imagine (besides, overhauling a drive train (new chain, new cassette, new chainrings) can be done with decent parts for $50-70)

    I have 3,000 miles on my chainring and about 2,000 miles on my chain and cog these components are still good and probably have another 2,000 miles available easily

    Tires do wear out and I spend about $200 a year on those (I could spend 80 if I got cheaper tires)… but I spend between $600-800 every two years for tires on my EV

    I’ve been pretty into riding my bike around my city and working on bikes for the last few years. Most bicycle repairs start at $20 and top out at $100 where as most repair jobs on cars start at $300-500



  • I like the idea of plant based meat.

    The issues it has are

    1. Cost

    2. Processing

    3. Market

    The first problem is solved with more companies making more meat and competition so we can ignore that as it’s inevitable to come down.

    Processing though is hard to ignore. 1 pound of ground beef is MORE HEALTHY for you than 1 pound of impossible burger. Just looking at fats and sodiums.

    The final problem is market! Who is this for? Do you really think that something marketed as “just like meat in every way” has an appeal to a vegetarian or vegan that has been with their diet for 2+ years?? So meat eaters, are expected to make the LESS healthy and more expensive choice