"The gum might last longer too."
In fairness, there's also a higher probability that the gum will produce a working model of a microwave water heater before Wanderport ever does.
And it has fewer criminal connections among the Canadian penny stock mafiosi than Wanderport.
I think I've talked myself into buying some gum.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
H. L. Mencken