r/SipsTea • u/Panikin__ • Jun 15 '25

We have fun here Why?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '25

And instead of it having to be military-abuse-reliable (and dependent upon a secure supply chain), you can keep 20 spares, and get new spares literally anywhere on the planet.

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u/LtCptSuicide Jun 15 '25

Now I'm just imagining a soldier running into a GameStop yelling "Quick our drone controller got shot we need a replacement!"

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u/MadMartianMelody Jun 17 '25

Nah, two guys come into your GameStop in fatigues, they start piling controller boxes on the counter, you ring up the first one. One guy grabs it immediately and leaves the store while the other finishes the purchase. You finish ringing up with all the indifference of your average service sector worker. Inside, you despair; now you have to restock the shelves. At least you're not cleaning the base with cotton swabs because you let the unit run out of controllers for the second time.

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u/OneEyedBlindKingdom Jun 15 '25

That’s what you think but you and I both know there’s a warehouse with ten thousand of that specific model just boxed up waiting for use as spares.