But I can totally get behind the thought pattern of making things that shatter gently into big, dull shards. There's so much thought that goes into these little things.
Although why does a sub need an ashtray. It's not like there should be cigarettes on it.
“The black budget can be complicated to calculate, but in the United States it has been estimated to be over US$50 billion a year – a greater figure than current United States expenditure for education.”
Imagine cutting the black budget in half and more than doubling the education budget with that money. Suddenly free community college for all is doable. And you still have 25B for your hidden activities!
I can't look at that square handle and not think "that was by design", also.. it seems obvious that it was designed to break at that point if it fell..
The conclusion at the bottom, of drinking lukewarm coffee, is not well thought through. Do we really want pilots or crewmembers, on very long flights (I've personally been on a 14 hour USAF flight), to be drinking cold coffee? It's very important to keep them comfortable and focused, and having been a Marine on the ground for a decade, I can say that there's nothing more important than a hot cup of coffee to stay in the zone.
The reason these things are crazy expensive is that the spec for the cups is written by the same government that writes the form you use to do your taxes.
The government is not smart enough to have a housing dollar pot that locks in place and then use cheap cups.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 40.6 ms ] threadStill, for $1200 a pop, one would think they'd be more durable.
But I can totally get behind the thought pattern of making things that shatter gently into big, dull shards. There's so much thought that goes into these little things.
Although why does a sub need an ashtray. It's not like there should be cigarettes on it.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/04/09/navy.smoking.subs/index...
Apparently there were "smoking rooms" on (at least some) subs.
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/14/4/221.1
Imagine cutting the black budget in half and more than doubling the education budget with that money. Suddenly free community college for all is doable. And you still have 25B for your hidden activities!
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/styles/inline_...
The government is not smart enough to have a housing dollar pot that locks in place and then use cheap cups.
Dumb.