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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] neeshie 10 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Is this experiment not govt funded?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Has that ever stopped them before?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yup. To be fair, they never specified who was actually responsible for the cost of research. US pharma companies do that all the time - the majority of pharmaceutical research is heavily subsidized so, their just double-dipping.

[–] naticus 2 points 7 months ago

In that case, got to pay those lobbyists.

[–] nutsack -3 points 7 months ago

government what