Affirmative!

Smoke you!

Exactly the point. Military grade means nothing in regard to its actual quality. It's just another inane marketing tactic.

It's more like "meets" requirements

And usually it's specifically functional requirements. Unless it was spelled out, it was considered and or was designed out / shitty to save cash

Unfortunately in this case meets requirements just means it ticks a box. The meme is talking about people thinking military grade is top of the line. Like how the cheapest tire you can buy is legal and meets regulations, but it doesn’t mean it’s good.

I guess cheapest to manufacture, but not necessatily cheapest to buy

It depends on how well you specified the requirements. Like not leaving out things you might consider obvious. Eg if you're specifying a sight that includes a range scale, make sure you include that the ranges should be calibrated such that calibrating it at one range will make it accurate at the others instead of just adding random lines and numbers that look like it shows correct range dropoff, and that the ranges correspond to the ammunition that will be fired instead of just copy/pasting from a .22 range sight.

Think of it like making a wish from a genie (folklore genie, not disney).

I review bids for government frequently. The requirement is to accept the lowest bid that meets all the requirements. The thing is, if the requirements aren't written well, it can be a very, very bad deal.

For instance we bid out for a janitorial contract where the bid did not include refilling cleaner bottles from the dispenser in the janitorial closet, so we had to accept a bid where that wasn't included, and they charged us $60 every time they topped off the bottles.

Absolutely not, take AR triggers for example. The shit they ship with palmetto state builds is "military grade" (read mil-spec) and functional, but is garbage compared to something like a geissele SSAE, or a trigger tech.

He just liked messing with the people in line who took the bait.

"...wait, what do you mean?"

"Well, think about it. When they decide who's going to build it, they're not going to pay more than necessary. They'll pay as little as possible. I was looking at those bolts up there..."

There have been a number of wooden ones with very poor engineering

Now I'd be curious to see what kind of roller coaster Joe Shmoe from down the street would come up with. https://youtube.com/shorts/hNOBJ6Woal4

Big ones sure but what about the road-style ones you find at the small village funfairs?

I think he is trying to imply that anyone upvoting is feeding data into a profile. Which yeah, I assume all my comments and updoots are. That's why I updoot everything that isn't spam.

That since voting is public, profiles which tend to upvote posts about the military greater than average would be doxxing themselves a bit, even if not commenting.

Man I want to get military surplus too just to date curiosity but I am afraid of getting yeeted into the Larpers' group.

These are the types I use. I've get them at swap meets used. They use 2in fnpt thread and have a vent that covered by the cap. I have a home made spout made from pvc bushing, a steel hose barb and about 18inchs of pvc hose. These are "new" style, but very thick plastic and very simple. No overengineered vents and valves to break.