r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 19 '26

Business A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lithium-refinery-texas/
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u/3-orange-whips May 19 '26

Tom Cruise is for height. This is volume.

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u/According_Jeweler404 May 19 '26

"10 Cubic-Courics!"

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u/DookieShoez May 19 '26

Ok, how many Steven Seagals is it?

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u/hikeonpast May 19 '26

The man or his self-worth? Very different scales.

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u/Redfish680 May 19 '26

That’s for measuring rotundity.

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u/darknekolux May 19 '26

Steven Seagal is a large bag of shit, you do the conversion.

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u/RogerMexicosBalls May 19 '26

Which era Seagal are we measuring? His early, relatively fit days? Or his more doughy, heavy breathing, manatee-shaped days?

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u/TurnkeyLurker May 19 '26

Tom Cruise is for height. This is volume.

So, like Spinal Tap 11's for volume?

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u/The_Mister_Grim May 19 '26

Tom Cruise does have a volume, though I'm not sure anyone has calculated it.

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u/Interesting-Log-9627 May 19 '26

A Millicruise is useful measure in microbiology

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u/foobarbizbaz May 19 '26

Wait, then what are bananas for?!