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