Does this bug anyone else?

"NoahthePorscheGuy" (porsche) 05/01/2017 at 00:53 • Filed to: None

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Holy shit, FIGHTER JET MATERIAL??!?!? Its freaking polycarbonate, the same crap used to make Nalgenes and CD’s. This isn’t cutting edge material science people.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > NoahthePorscheGuy 05/01/2017 at 00:57

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Napalm and silly putty, as Carlin once mused.

AestheticsInMotion > NoahthePorscheGuy 05/01/2017 at 01:02

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Almost as bad as “built to military standards”

Frank Grimes > NoahthePorscheGuy 05/01/2017 at 01:27

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Its like people who obsess over carbon fiber like it isnt just a stronger version of fiberglass.

Tristan > AestheticsInMotion 05/01/2017 at 01:29

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Military grade... Translation: We removed all of the features and commissioned the lowest bidder to build it. But because the lowest bidder severely underbid the project, they’re about the go bankrupt so we’ll pay them quadruple the price they quoted just to keep them in business so we don’t go zero balance on the part/product they were manufacturing. Source: 10+ years of experience with everything “military grade”.

AestheticsInMotion > Tristan 05/01/2017 at 01:34

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That is too perfect. I can see why companies use “military grade” as a product endorsement over the translation haha

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > NoahthePorscheGuy 05/01/2017 at 01:43

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My car is built of space age lightweight composites (AKA fiberglass)

Tristan > AestheticsInMotion 05/01/2017 at 02:01

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Most everything the military uses is at minimum 10 years behind what civilians can buy at Wal-Mart. When you buy a new pair of pants do you have to spend an hour trimming all the stray strings off of them in order to make them presentable? Didn’t think so.

NoahthePorscheGuy > Tristan 05/01/2017 at 03:56

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only exception is milspec fasteners. Its all about those AN-Bolts

NoahthePorscheGuy > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 05/01/2017 at 03:57

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and spacecraft steel

NoahthePorscheGuy > Frank Grimes 05/01/2017 at 03:59

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i mean carbon fiber is less common material than poly-carbonate.

Tristan > NoahthePorscheGuy 05/01/2017 at 04:09

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I can definitely agree with that!