r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Sounds about right.

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u/Seffyr 1d ago

I realise a lot of Americans fail to understand how difficult it is to set up manufacturing plants of various kinds for what was once imported goods; but microprocessors of all God damned things are the singular thing you should make an exception for importing.

That is not an industry that you can slap together with a few lathes and mills and dudes with “can do” attitudes. Those are billion dollar state of the art factories working on products on the microscopic level.

American made electronics are going to be powered by vacuum tubes at this rate and cost 5000x as much.

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u/pchlster 1d ago

American made electronics are going to be powered by vacuum tubes at this rate and cost 5000x as much.

On the plus side, the Fallout TV show will find it much easier to find props.

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u/Wanderlustfull 21h ago

At this rate the Fallout TV show is going to be a documentary.