5 years for something used daily for hours and taken in and out of a pocket is pretty damn good.

I can't even get a phone to last 5 years.

The majority of kitchen tools that seem like life hacks fall into this category.

Very rarely is there a tool that does the job better than a knife or your hands.

Except for a garlic press. Garlic presses are the shit and I never want to chop garlic again.

Those will never be BIFL because there's no practical way to sharpen the blades.

They'll cut good for a little while, then they'll just mush the food through wire mesh essentially.

Get a good knife and learn how to use it properly. You'll cut just as fast as one of those and it's more versatile.

I did not see that thank you for pointing it out

Helicopters, drones, and bullets cannot reach the balloon. A fighter jet might be able to if it's a specialized one with tech we don't know about. For reference, the F16 can only hit 50k feet and the SR71 can hit 85k feet. Weather balloons can be as high as 120k feet.

The reason the US hasn't done anything is probably a combination of damage on the ground, the fact that satellites exist and could probably do way more Intel gathering than a balloon drifting in the wind, and that by destroying the balloon we've shown the world how we deal with that situation.

The element of surprise is huge and if your enemy doesn't know how you'll answer and react to certain situations, it makes them nervous. By destroying the balloon, we show China and the world our capabilities and response. It's better to keep them guessing and ignore it.

That makes sense then but it's screaming for a wet wipe or something

Clean that thing up Jesus Christ