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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Military grade is defined as the lowest quality required to be used by the military, often resulting in the cheapest product that is still suitable for military use.
Not quite. It's anything that meets the minimum for the military. This, for most normal items, means getting the job done and lasting long enough, with an emphasis on low cost and bulk production. The result is "military grade" usually being the absolute worst that still works.
As someone that outdoors a lot, this shit is great for many items. If I base camp, all my water containers are military, and I have 120mm ammo boxes for food and stuff because animals, water, and air can't get in. Heavy and inconvenient as hell, but cheap af and works well—that's military crap for you.
...absolutely zero people that have been in the US military agree with your assessment. Doesn't matter the branch or MOS.
That's not an assumption lol. Literally what 810 is.
Shit to get the job done. If it didn't work for you, it did for 9 others, so it worked and the job was done.
I always saw it as "a ton of money is thrown at R-D on this one specific thing to make it do that ken specific thing really well"
Almost, it's "a ton of money is charged for this minimally useful thing made by the lowest bidder"
No military equipment except the m16s work quite like its supposed to.
That's why they use it as a buzzword. I encourage you to do your own research now that it's been brought up that it may differ from what they sold you on.