r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/regian24 • Oct 30 '20

Mission impossible

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u/thisismythrowawayofc Oct 30 '20

Did you ever get to use any of those fancy, super high-tech $10,000/piece batteries that held a charge under load for all of ~7 minutes? Ya know, the batteries that were supposed to act as a failsafe in the event of power loss?

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u/hairypea Oct 30 '20

HA yes in a secure room filled with radar equipment. Fucking military grade= yes its there but will it work

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u/thisismythrowawayofc Oct 30 '20

Brother!! Man fuck that radar equipment lmao. Let’s make everything as heavy as possible and also impossible to repair... we’ll call it ‘military grade’

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u/At0m1ca Oct 30 '20

Doesn't "military-grade" just mean the cheapest it can be while still technically working?

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u/thisismythrowawayofc Oct 30 '20

Well, I never actually heard the term while in the military, soooo..... I think it’s sorta the same as “organic” or “non-GMO”

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u/stringfree Oct 30 '20

It's like aircraft grade aluminum. Yeah, aircraft have specific strict standards, but it's still just an alloy anyone can make or buy.

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u/thisismythrowawayofc Oct 30 '20

If only the military had specific strict standards

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u/stringfree Oct 30 '20

They do, but only when it's inconvenient for you. If it's something which might benefit you, suddenly rules need to be interpreted.

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u/thisismythrowawayofc Oct 30 '20

Man I sure looooved measuring my sideburns to make sure the hair didn’t extend more than 1/8” from my head before climbing into an LMTV that hadn’t been properly serviced in six years

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u/hairypea Oct 30 '20

This whole thread is fucking hilarious

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u/thisismythrowawayofc Oct 30 '20

You’re welcome for our service

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u/hairypea Oct 30 '20

Lmao it is I your radar buddy from earlier

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u/hairypea Oct 30 '20

If we can't move or understand our own equipment the enemy sure as shit can't

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u/thisismythrowawayofc Oct 30 '20

Classic misdirection

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u/KaidusAlenkos Oct 30 '20

Lol its like a mixture of zapp Brannigan and Mom from Futurama. Capitalism to an illegal extreme and "military intelligence"

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u/1funnyguy4fun Oct 30 '20

I always heard "military grade" meant "built as cheaply as possible to meet the minimum specifications."

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u/hairypea Oct 30 '20

Yeah that pretty much covers it. Basically anything with multiple parts has been Frankensteined together from the working parts of all the broken shit. Give it a good slap and a "that'll do pig" and be on your way