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re: What industry “secret” do you know that most people don’t?

Posted on 3/9/24 at 6:59 pm to
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
4854 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 6:59 pm to
I work in the movies, sooooooooooo…

I got nothing.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82760 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:03 pm to
The vast vast majority of criminal defendants are guilty and the criminal defense bar is chock full of liberal loons who believe all minorities are angels and would give child molesters probation if they could.
This post was edited on 3/9/24 at 7:05 pm
Posted by ColdTurkey
Where the Buffalo roam...
Member since Nov 2019
7698 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:09 pm to
Several. Our dam systems are in great need of repair and many are close to failing. Some that I can't share relative to defense.
Posted by ColdTurkey
Where the Buffalo roam...
Member since Nov 2019
7698 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:11 pm to
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Somebody a long time ago told me Taco Bell meat is "Grade E - but edible"

That's true.
Posted by ColdTurkey
Where the Buffalo roam...
Member since Nov 2019
7698 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:14 pm to
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Gas stations barely make any profit off gas except rural ones with little traffic.

The gas station about 5 miles from my house has been at 3.99 for about two years now. Doesn't matter how low other stores go, that price has stayed, and people STILL fill up there. I'll never understand it.
Posted by beebefootballfan
Member since Mar 2011
20289 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:16 pm to
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Catfish processors were coordinating to fix prices in the 90s. Several plants got fined millions for it on fixing prices for large contracts to Chicago companies.


You sure they aren’t doing it again? Catfish price hikes are starting to be as bad as crawfish.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
9476 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:21 pm to
asbestos is every where in detectable amounts. Most common compound in the earth

gasoline contains benzene a carcinogen

BBQ contains enough nitrides to cause stomach cancer

The ozone South Pole issue was created by DuPont as its freon patents were expiring.

there is two genders male and female

the new digital cars are less reliable than the analogue

Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
99837 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:26 pm to
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They are so smart and slick that they frick over anyone who dares to invest in the area, ensuring that those dollars go elsewhere in the future?


I agree but that’s how it was then. Not really the case today.
Posted by CrappyPants
Member since Apr 2021
1017 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:29 pm to
"Constituent Services" departments of government do nothing with your calls, letters, etc. They only look for loons to protect politicians and the workers.
Posted by WhiteRussianDude
Member since Feb 2023
409 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:29 pm to
Diamonds are VERY common. The DeBeers family created a false scarcity by creating a monopoly in Diamond mining and then marketing the hell out of them as engagement rings. There is very little value in a Diamond.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
99837 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:36 pm to
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You sure they aren’t doing it again? Catfish price hikes are starting to be as bad as crawfish.


They aren’t. Price is going down right now. Inputs have gotten so expensive that you have to get a high price to profit . Production costs are near 10k per acre right now
Posted by Boston911
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2013
2325 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:46 pm to
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Costco makes zero dollars on anything they sell.. ZERO.


Costco does about 180 billion in revenue and about 9-10 billion of that is membership fees
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
4208 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 7:50 pm to
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US military is the most bloated, inept, unprofessional, inefficient and incompetent organization there is.



My friend buys surplus heavy equipment from the military. The amount of shite maintenance and general hackery that they do to that expensive equipment is dumbfounding. A $500k dozer can have 250hrs on it and be near junked from the jacklegs that maintain them. They have a policy of draining all fluids if its going to be sitting for a while but frequently they forget to re-fill the fluids when starting back using them.
Posted by Tr33fiddy
Hog Jaw, Arkansas (it exists)
Member since Aug 2023
1940 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:08 pm to
Boeing builds airplanes with a disturbing amount of jb weld. They don't call it jb weld....but that's what it is. I built thrust reversers and inlet cowls. I went through so much jb weld you wouldn't believe it. Got a inch wide gap in a fresh cut bond panel..smash down the honeycomb with a flat head and fill it with jb weld...sand it flush and send it off to the skies
Posted by CHGAR
Haile, LA
Member since Aug 2022
1209 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:23 pm to
Stock market is not efficient, especially in the short-term. It can be traded for massive profits if you know how.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6045 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:32 pm to
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My friend buys surplus heavy equipment from the military. The amount of shite maintenance and general hackery that they do to that expensive equipment is dumbfounding. A $500k dozer can have 250hrs on it and be near junked from the jacklegs that maintain them. They have a policy of draining all fluids if its going to be sitting for a while but frequently they forget to re-fill the fluids when starting back using them.



Seen this happen. Draining the fluids is just dumb, unless going to very long term WRM type storage. Before leaving for a 6 mo deployment, I feel my vehicle up with non ethanol and park it, when I get back, it has never failed to immediately crank.
Posted by ColdTurkey
Where the Buffalo roam...
Member since Nov 2019
7698 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:32 pm to
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Diamonds are VERY common. The DeBeers family created a false scarcity by creating a monopoly in Diamond mining and then marketing the hell out of them as engagement rings. There is very little value in a Diamond.

True, but I wouldn't say this is so much of a secret anymore and a good bit of people know it.
Posted by lepdagod
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
5343 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:35 pm to
250k cookie cutter homes built more soundly( if that's the word) than most million+ dollar homes
Posted by zeebo
Hammond
Member since Jan 2008
5394 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:41 pm to
Criminal defense attorneys hate representing innocent clients. It is so much more pressure.
Posted by GG_OZ_WM
Member since Dec 2005
385 posts
Posted on 3/9/24 at 8:44 pm to
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Costco makes zero dollars on anything they sell.. ZERO


Nope. They run on average 13-14% gross margin.
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