• scytale@piefed.zip
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    5 hours ago

    Unfortunately in this case meets requirements just means it ticks a box. The meme is talking about people thinking military grade is top of the line. Like how the cheapest tire you can buy is legal and meets regulations, but it doesn’t mean it’s good.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      The same way building contractors advertise their work with “everything built to code”. Yeah, building code is the bare minimum requirement for something to be legally put on the market. Building to code isn’t a brag. It’s saying “we do everything as cheaply as possible. If we cut any more corners, the house would literally be illegal to sell.”

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        4 minutes ago

        And even then entirely too many new home builders here in the US cut corners and try to wiggle out of code requirements.