Well it’s not a lot. But it’s weird that it happened twice
this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2026
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Well considering I don't like people, I would have no problem working for an arms manufacturer. Because out of all the problems they have at least they're fair in who they kill. Which is everybody. I am including myself in that equation too.
Pretty sure the ones they kill are the poor.
Look.
The creative urge is also the destructive urge. Right?
And one cant really be held responsible for what other people choose to do with the things one makes. Alfred nobel was trying to make mining safer instead he ended up ushering in a new and terrible era in war. Fritz haber invented the haber process to feed germany, not build bombs! The people who built the early internet are all horrified by what it has become.
Thats just an unfair standard of judgement. Do you think we should never build new things? Content ourselves with fire, perhaps bags knives and wheeled carts if we want to edge things? Even anprims think lean-tos are worth building.
So this last month ive spent designing the restraint system and tactile feedback mechanism for our new r1488 rape missile comissioned by the idf is just cool engineering work. If i didnt do it somebody else would. Somebody else might get it wrong. You know our department lead didnt even consider sensitivity differences in circumcised vs uncircumcised penises for the pilot feedback mechanism? Nobody else considered that an AFAB person might wear the feedback suit. You need a woke kinky queer in here to prevent sub-optimal pleasure for the end user–to prevent hurting more people.
Plus, as an engineer, im special and deserve special treats a six figure salary affords. How dare you suggest i live like a normal person. How DARE you!
Have you considered renaming the rape missile
They know what they're doing is wrong, and they're fragile as hell about it
I never defend the companies I've worked for ... that's what their PR departments are for. I don't see why people feel the need for it. I've had friends join MS, Google and such and the way they defend them astound me. I'm just like, why ...?
You must be defending them at least internally if you've been able to justify working there. I live in a van and roam the country committing Robin Hood style crimes 😇
Yeah but only enough to draw a salary. I don't see the need to defend overpricing, privacy violations, or every be product or bug or law breaking like my friends.
I worked for investment banks and when they get caught for doing bad things, I usually say "good, we shouldn't be doing that".
Sounds like you're living the real dream though 💪