Comment on The end of civilization costs $5

CallMeAl@piefed.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Americans buy water in plastic jugs??

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  • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not always. Sometimes we buy them in little plastic bottles in packs of 24-48!

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  • ExtraPartsLeft@piefed.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some towns still get water to their houses through leaded pipes. This is the most economical way for those people to get water. Others don’t trust their water even if it technically meets EPA standards. And some places just have water that tastes really bad.

    Most of America gets water from a tap and maybe filters it.

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    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Others don’t trust their water even if it technically meets EPA standards.

      Less “don’t trust the water”, more “don’t trust the EPA”. And under this administration, who can blame them.

      It’s a shame that our options are “Lead and PFAS” or “Microplastics and maybe PFAS”.

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  • AmyAye@nord.pub ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What, you Europers just drink it from the ground? Where the dirt is? Like savages?

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    • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Water? Like from the toilet?

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    • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Atleast its not like from the toilet.

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      • VonReposti@feddit.dk ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It still ain’t got dem electrolytes.

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    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      We use bottles… But yes, generally you can just drink your tap water.

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    • Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m from Austria. My tap water comes from the mountains. ⛰️ 💦

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  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Only artisanal wooden buckets for you then?

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  • Ariselas@piefed.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sometimes it’s safer that way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

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  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Mine comes from 347 feet below my yard.

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  • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Have you never heard of such a concept? Some people do it because they are going camping or in case the water goes out in a storm or rarely if the water from the tap is of dubious quality.

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    • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I grew up in a farmhouse that had contaminated well water. We got all of our drinking and cooking water from jugs. It fucking sucked because it was inconvenient as hell

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    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean, yeah of course, but preparing camping supplies and going for groceries seems not quite the same thing.

      As a European, being longer than maybe a weekend cut off from external help (or the general concept of a natural disaster as a possible occurence) is not really a thing. Worst that happens is some flooding near rivers and the coast on rare occasions.

      Dubious water quality is also not a problem people have to deal with on a frequent basis, at least in germany. You can give your landlord major shit if you don’t have access to proper, clean water. (If you own your place it is your problem of course)

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      • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        What I’m getting at is these large plastic jugs of water are not just purchased routinely by the majority of the population when grocery shopping.

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I happen to live where the tap water is excellent. It’s from ancient, underground aquifers. The only issue is a little bit high arsenic, which I filter out, but that’s not really necessary, I’ve been told.

    It’s not sustainable, eventually the water will run out, but for now, it’s pretty good.

    So, no, this American doesn’t buy water in plastic jugs.

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    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wait, there’s arsenic and the customer has to filter it out? What do the water company do then?

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      • seathru@quokk.au ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Mine expects me to filter literal shit out. More months than not we get boil orders for “high fecal coloform bacteria”. And the notices come weeks after the testing; so that always makes you feel good.

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      • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They probably have a well, this no water company. My water is crazy high in iron and manganese, our softener needs to be replaced and a new filter needs to be installed before we can drink from our well. Pain in the ass but at least all our grey water is cost of pumping electricity only.

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      • aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Did you miss the part where the mention it was a safe level?

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• exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I need to get a bunch of “fresh, never frozen” stickers to put on bagged ice.

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  • Sunshine@reddthat.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Vegan” stickers on a bag of ice would be silly

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    • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Certified gluten free!

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