2025-12-25 00:27:21

A recent government audit report flagged some truly mind-bending spending decisions: $15 million allocated for primate behavioral research involving gaming experiments, and another $1.1 million spent studying teenage animal subjects under the influence of alcohol. These eye-watering expenditures spark an important conversation about how public funds get deployed—especially when comparing wasteful government spending to the efficiency arguments often championed in decentralized finance and blockchain ecosystems. When centralized institutions burn millions on questionable research projects, it only reinforces why many believe we need alternative systems for resource allocation and fiscal accountability.

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CrashHotline

· 2025-12-27 00:23

What the heck, 15 million to study monkeys playing games? What the hell is this?

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MEVSandwichVictim

· 2025-12-26 16:57

Fifteen million research monkeys playing games? Laugh out loud. At least if this money is directly thrown on the chain for governance, you can still see where the spending goes.

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DarkPoolWatcher

· 2025-12-25 00:55

15 million research on gorillas playing games, 1.1 million for animals drinking alcohol, this government is really incredible

People's hard-earned money is just being burned like this, no wonder everyone is moving on-chain

The way centralized institutions burn money, it's truly powerless to watch...

This money would be better invested in DeFi protocol audits, at least it's transparent

Suddenly realizing that government spending is even more outrageous than the crypto world, haha

Spending this money might be more rational if left to on-chain DAO voting

Another case of "public authority's FOMO," so taxpayers' hard-earned money is worth this much?

Really want to see how they justify this expense...

Centralized decision-making is like this, who will regulate and supervise them?

This is why on-chain governance is necessary, brother

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SandwichTrader

· 2025-12-25 00:54

Wow, 15 million to study monkeys playing games? How bored does this government have to be...

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SignatureCollector

· 2025-12-25 00:52

The government's money-spending tactics are really incredible. 15 million to study monkeys playing games? Is it funny or what... That's exactly why Web3 people keep insisting on decentralization. Centralized institutions just love to burn money like this.

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TokenomicsDetective

· 2025-12-25 00:49

Wow, 15 million research monkeys playing games? That's so unbelievable.

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MEVSupportGroup

· 2025-12-25 00:33

The government's move... truly incredible, 15 million to study monkeys playing games? Drunk animal experiments? NGL, this is exactly why I support on-chain transparency. Centralized institutions burn money with no one to oversee, every transaction on the chain is recorded permanently.

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