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Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers(www.popsci.com)

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radix@lemmy.world
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You didn’t think they actually spent ten thousand dollars for a hammer and thirty thousand for a toilet seat, did you?

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ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works
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Came here to post this lol

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fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works
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What’s the reference?

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ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works
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What kindernacht said.

Judd Hirsch plays Jeff Goldblum’s character’s dad, who has low tolerance for bullshit lol

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kindernacht@lemmy.world
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Independence Day (1996)

They just walked in to the underground lab beneath Area 51. The president was curious how it was paid for.

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Noxy@yiffit.net
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I’m so fucking glad I’m not the only one who IMMEDIATELY thought of that guy saying that line

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ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works
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There’s a bunch of us it seems 😂

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Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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I knew someone would post this fast and I was not dissapointed.

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magnetosphere@fedia.io
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I know “everybody does it” isn’t a valid excuse, but… everybody does it.

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skizzles@lemmy.world
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This is exactly what happens when the system is based on lowest bid contracts.

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ronflex@lemmy.world
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I would say kinda based if it wasn’t my tax dollars going toward that crap. Starts to put the massively over-inflated military budget into perspective.

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reddig33@lemmy.world
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This isn’t oniony. It happens all the time. The ongoing theory is that it’s done to cover top secret expenditures.

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LavenderDay3544@lemmy.world
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It’s much more likely to be corporate kickbacks for political donations.

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