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[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I worked for lumber liquidators, and their point of sale software seemed to be surplus navy because if you dug deep enough you could order nuclear sub parts.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...how would they turn lumber into a liquid, though? πŸ˜›

[–] Stan@lemmywinks.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Talk about a long term investment! Doesn't seem like it could possibly be a very profitable one, though πŸ€”

[–] Stan@lemmywinks.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know. People love oil.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PRETTY sure that time alone doesn't turn wood into oil on a short enough time frame to possibly profit from it..

[–] Stan@lemmywinks.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought we weren’t doing /s here.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My apologies, sometimes my sarcasm detection hardware runs into a caffeine deficiency error and crashes 🀷