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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • e-Bikes are crazy nowadays. Their original concept of “you get a little motor in your pedals to help you climb hills” has been killed by an arms race of “hey, our motors are the strongest! Our bikes are the fastest!”

    My parents recently bought new ebikes with the “best” specs and they’re awful. You basically can’t touch the pedals without being catapulted forward, even at the lowest setting. And they drive them set to the highest speed all the time because more speed === better ???

    I get that when you’re driving to work or something you want to be fast, but they’re only using those bikes for leisure… so like who cares whether the bike goes 25 km/h or 15 km/h? God forbid your morbidly obese ass gets some actual exercise

    Which is why the eBike I bought recently is a 2010 Raleigh Pedelec. The supporting motor is super gentle (people in 2010 would have been freaked out by today’s ebikes) and it doesn’t really go over 20-25 km/h. It belonged to a 80 year old woman originally. That’s exactly the kinda vibe I’m going for haha





  • Yeah, Parkside is Lidl’s in-store “Building goods” brand, it’s very recognizable by their green-red color scheme. I can imagine people at least ironically like it enough to get branded stuff.

    “Fan edition” just means that it has the Parkside Logo across the side. Which for a folding rule is pretty mild. I’m way more concerned about the guy who’s next to the rule in the current store magazine, he’s sporting the full Parkside Shirt/Shorts combo:



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    Context! This is in reference to the sandwich making mechanic on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. The sandwiches you make there give certain buffs based on the ingredients, so sometimes it is viable to just stack 25 Tofu on the bread and call it a day lol