When I was a kid, Dave Berry had a column where he made fun of the US Strategic Helium Reserve. This taught me an important lesson. When people make fun of what seems like government waste, 75% of the time it turns out to be really important. Not always, but you should look into it more.
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Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoThe alternative is to use extremely limited quantities of gas crucial for MRIs, chip making, metallurgy, and a few other high tech applications. But hey, pretty balloons.
frezik@midwest.social 2 months ago
Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, there’s areas where it’s surprisingly hard for laypeople to tell apart “mostly useless” and “saves lives on a daily basis”.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
^(The^ ^store^ ^was^ ^just^ ^out^ ^of^ ^helium.)^
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Only a matter of time before they can’t get any because we wasted such a limited resource on vanity instead of the pursuit of science.
el_abuelo@programming.dev 2 months ago
Perspective my dude. An insignificant small amount is spent on vanity.
I’ve used more helium on a single dive than I’ve ever used in balloons in my entire life.
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At least you spent yours on something scientific in nature.