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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Do you have a source on that toilet seat thing? The story I've always heard was that they were very specific aircraft lavatory parts.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    I don't actually believe there were any literal golden toilets, but rather that the term was a hyperbolic description of pork barrel spending. It's basically a meme from last century.

    This article casually mentions it https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/30/everyone-knows-about-the-pentagons-gold-toilet/

    but sadly it's paywalled... here's another though

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-30-vw-18804-story.html
    --look at that date! that article is almost as old as ME!

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