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The implacable orphan crushing machine (slrpnk.net)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

An aircraft carrier costs almost nothing compared to the US budget. That's not a useful metric.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Less than it would cost for you to sell your body for sex? More than the cost of a single elephant? Less than 500 lbs of tulips during the crypto boom accounting for inflation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

And this wasn't the USA government. It was a city or Make-A-Wish. (I just have the tweet to work from.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Much less than an aircraft carrier how about that