they’re literally this
Balls
Submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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TriflingToad@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Spezi@feddit.org 8 months ago
Let’s not forget the Samsung Galaxy Automatic Sentry Gun that autonomously shoots people based on thermal imaging.
tacosplease@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And it fired the whole bullet casing and all.
“That’s 65% more bullet per bullet.”
Eiri@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Did they seriously use the same brand they use for phones?!
sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
31337@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
There’s also Delecta Ltd, which is an Australian sex toy maker and a mining company.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Me: I need some tires.
Michelin: No problem, anything else?
Me: I don’t suppose you know where I can get a list of the best restaurants in the world?
Michelin: You’re not gonna believe this.
darkpanda@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The whole point of the Michelin guides were originally to entice people to drive more to visit hotels and restaurants and such, thus leading to more tire wear which would lead to more tire sales, and eventually more money for Michelin.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I like that the Guinness Book of World Records was created because the manager of Guinness Breweries wanted to stop arguments in pubs (and keep people drinking).
portuga@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They have been playing us all along
rustydomino@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s almost as good as Aperture Science selling shower curtains and multidimensional portal devices.
DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Well, I don’t think they ever actually sold any of the portal guns…
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
Is that because nobody would buy them or because Aperture fell to ruin before they could put it on the market? 🤔
barsoap@lemm.ee 8 months ago
BIC sells ball point pens, lighters, razor blades, and surfboards.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Had no idea about the surf boards, goofy AF.
Brickhead92@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They do what they must because they can.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They wanted to sell the multidimensional portal device as a shower curtain.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 months ago
konalt@lemmy.world 8 months ago
i guess we doin telescopes now
fartnuggetsupreme@startrek.website 8 months ago
My coworker at Siemens was completing the trifecta: Ball, Cummins, Siemens. The perfect career trajectory
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 months ago
You work with glass long enough, you start making the craziest shit out of it.
portuga@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Me: pour me a guiness, please
Bartender: here you go mate
Me: by any chance do you know where I can get a record of the world’s longest mustache
Bartender: well you won’t believe this…
isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Me: Get me some Michelin tires, please
Mechanic: Here you go mate
Me: by any chance do you know where I can get a detailed guide of the finest restaurants in the country?
Mechanic: well you won’t belive this…
tetris11@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Me: Another Guinness please
Bartender: Here you go
Me: urgh what is this?
Bartender: A Stout. Why, is it bad quality?
Me: It seems so. Don’t you have a way of testing this beforehand?
Bartender: Now that you mention it…
Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Even the space telescope looks shocked.
Kanda@reddthat.com 8 months ago
I need a pepper mill from the company that invented it Peugeot: I got you, buddy I also need a shitty car that breaks down all the time Peugeot: You’re not gonna believe this
TheVelvetGentleman@hexbear.net 8 months ago
I don’t care what you say; any car good enough for Columbo is good enough for me.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
The US government casually approaching heatshield fabrication company ltd. asking them to make nuclear warheads for the price of a gazillion dollars.
Government contract work is a funny thing.
aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Is there a Lemmy for polishing mason jars into lenses yet?
YoorWeb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes, last post was 4 months ago, 12 posts in total.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 months ago
hissingmeerkat@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
You’re not going to believe this but Ball made all of the mirror … except the mirror itself.
atomicorange@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ball outsourced the optics, not really their specialty. Also made of toxic beryllium so preferable not to machine in-house!
Subverb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Me: Man, that’s a pretty nice line of printers you have.
Brother: Thanks!
Me: Hey, you don’t happen to know where I can get a nice sewing machine do you?
Brother: You’re not going to believe this…
OpenStars@discuss.online 8 months ago
You ain’t seen my balls (YourFavoriteMartian)
bartification@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Now there’s a throwback holy shit
Subverb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Me: Man, that’s a pretty tasty beer.
Coors: Thanks!
Me: Hey, do you happen to know where I can get precision ceramics for aerospace applications do you?
Coors: You’re not going to believe this…
LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Panels said :O
DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The games introduce the portal gun as a prototype, and aperture falls apart without any indication it was ever anything but
uis@lemm.ee 8 months ago
bamfic@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And riots too
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wait until OP learns about the chaebol system or Nintendo
CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 8 months ago
What does Nintendo make that isn’t related to games?
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Honestly, I’m pretty sure I was just
drunkwrong when I said Nintendo. I know they started with playing cards and I think I just assumed they dabbled with other stuff but no, I was wrong. I’ll edit my comment
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The weird thing is, they don’t actually sell the jars anymore. “Ball jars” are not made by the ball jar corporation after their antitrust lawsuits for being a fucking jar monopoly. So they sold the “ball jar” rights and now only do aluminum cans for food packaging and high end satellites and satellite launch systems.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I find this interpretation funny
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Aluminum cylinders only.
Not aluminum? Not interested. Not a cylinder? Not a chance.
Squared off glass cylinder? Legally prohibited.
Pantrygheist@programming.dev 8 months ago
Most advanced cans in the airspace industry
metostopholes@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They don’t even do aerospace anymore. Ball Aerospace & Technologies was bought by BAE Systems earlier this year.
Wogi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well then what would you say you do here
TheBat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
BAE caught them slipping, huh?
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
affiliate@lemmy.world 8 months ago
oh thats good to know. i’ve got a few satellites lying around that i’ve been meaning to launch
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They really had that industry….by the Balls.
A7thStone@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Maybe at a lemon party.
Teal@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I wasn’t aware of the jar monopoly situation. Maybe my old Balls will become collectible someday.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Came here to say this.
TriflingToad@lemmy.world 8 months ago
why is the government beefing with mason jar companies and not multi-billionaires
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
So, at the time (1930) ball jar actually would have qualified as big business in the sense that you mean.
Home canning was very popular and they consistently bought out smaller companies.
Since they were privately owned, it’s tricky to find specifics about value, but they were “found a university”, “own a company town or two”, “chairman of the federal reserve” levels of rich.
So actually a pretty good use of government.