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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well, that's disappointing. When trying to convince some less-culty conservatives that some kinds of regulations can be a good thing, I used this very thing as an example, thinking nobody in the right fucking mind would support dumping biological and industrial waste into water supplies.

In hindsight, I really set the bar too low.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 8 points 1 day ago

No, let's see the silver lining on this one. My water was already giving me headaches and nausea (which stopped when I transitioned to bottled water, which is something I really didn't want to do), so let's lean into this.

The water in the US is safe to drink is a fucking lie, if we hit this hard people will get sick, then they'll be ready to learn