• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    This one was so crazy to learn about as a kid, because I genuinely couldn’t believe people needed to be taught this.

    • Flatearth_Habeebi@lemmy.zip
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      4 hours ago

      I lived most of my life near a huge river (it spans 3 countries) and when I wasted water, my mother beat the shit out of me.

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      10 hours ago

      You’d be surprised how ignorant some people are about things that should be common sense.

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      14 hours ago

      Are you on Arrakis?! You’re recycling your pee, aren’t you? Tie your stillsuit boots in slip-fashion like Muad’dib.

      This whole thread is blowing my mind. The Colorado River is drying up, using 26% of it’s water for alfalfa, largely for export, and here we are,

      “Doesn’t everyone know to conserve that extra 1/2 gallon when brushing their teeth!?”

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        I never think about it in terms of conserving water. It’s just plain stupid to keep the water running when you don’t need it.

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        10 hours ago

        You don’t need water while brushing your teeth, do you? By your logic, why not keep the tap running all the time? I seriously don’t understand what you’re trying to say.

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        14 hours ago

        It’s not about conservation. It’s just, why have the water running when you brush your teeth? I wet the toothbrush, brush my teeth, then rise the toothbrush. What do you need water for while you’re brushing?

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        14 hours ago

        This whole thread is blowing my mind.

        Probably not hard to blow given you’re apparently too fucking stupid to turn your wrist twice a day in a way a toddler can figure out and too fragile to not lash out about it when people are surprised.

        This isn’t even a conservation thing; the sensible default is to turn off the water.

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        14 hours ago

        97% of its water for agriculture in general. In deserts. Home water usage, all homes, including watering a lawn, use less than a percent.