imagine thinking that funding studies to grow more food better is somehow wasteful or bad
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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Well you see, you’re not letting PORKY do it!
Why don’t you just TRUST our precious corporations? They have a divine ri…I mean, have you no respect for individual liberty?
$4m is nothing lol. Thats 80 researchers pay at 50k/year, for 1 year (or basically the pay of like 2 people for their career). An acre of land near here is at least 10k, so 400 acres. More realistically, its like 25k, so <200 acres. Its the price of a 'good' mansion + some land for ONE rich family. $4m is fairly reasonable for a "middle class" person in America to earn in a lifetime, or to have total in assests for a small business. It's nothing in the scale of a state (country or provence) level budget.
And that's not going into comparisons with mil-tech. Besides the cost of the planes that can't fly, there's like 200+ people on a carrier. If you're paying ALL of them minimum wage, you're nearly at $4m a year there. (84052*200=~3.3m)
Like, congrats, a dumbass like me could find as much waste off the top of my head for free, as you did over 4 months for unknown cost. These people should be locked up for the rest of the solar lifespan just for this butchery of reason. Again, not even accounting for the crimes against LGBT+ peoples, minorities, etc etc etc etc. The worst leftist (IE, me) could balance the budget, have every program they want, and be 10000x more 'efficient' then the best government these nerd could think of.
like 200+ people on a carrier
I completely agree with the comment in total, but just because I'm a nerd and want to tell people: the Nimitz class carrier has ~5000 crew if you include flight personnel. It totally doesn't matter, but I think it's wild how big those fuckers are
capitalism is when crop failure
Soybean farmers right now: 
I almost had it. I almost became first to post this to farm upvotes and you took that from me 
Studying PLANTS that grow FOOD people EAT? Fucking idiots
Why would the government fund research on a $60 billion a year crop?
legume systems research sounds like the title of an anime.
Legume System Crash: Ligma Gaiden
Or
How I was Reincarnated As a Crop Researcher After My Death Caused a Global Legume Systems Crash???
when we have food shortages in the near future chuds will blame DEI farmers
What it be something even more silly and its $4 million over 10 years or something.
Does China have something of the sorts?
we cannot allow a legume systems gap
They're a giant producer and importer of soybeans, they'd be stupid not to. Like the US lmao
Legume systems research sounds like one of the most worthwhile things you could possibly research.
Extremely nutritious crop that nourishes soil? Nah, definitely not worth researching for literal pennies on the US budget
can't help but notice the hexian shape on them beanis.
The bean fandom is dying!!! Like this post if you're a true legoomer
i just love saying leguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuume
Whomb among us?
Whombst among us hasn’t spent $4 million on beans
The night is full of terrors when I eat too many beans.
Four pests campaign: chud edition.
Chuds: "Researching into feeding people is bad, actually"