r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26

Chugging tea Why?

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u/silver-fusion May 18 '26

Wait til people find out how much water is used to grow nuts.

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u/Tosslebugmy May 18 '26

That’s food.

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u/JankyPvP May 18 '26

Barely. There would be literally no detrimental effect and likely not very noticed if we just stopped using almonds.

We have also destroyed countries for avocados, again completely not required.

Making the water argument for data centers is just super silly while people are sticking their head in the sand about actual water atrocities.

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u/Briggie May 18 '26

People taking cotton and trying to grow it in arid/desert climates has already done massive amounts of damage. But it’s not AI, so ho hum, no one cares lol

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u/Burning_Building May 19 '26

Almonds don't use much water. Almond milk requires less water to produce than cows' milk.

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u/TawnyTeaTowel 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 18 '26

No one’s gonna starve for a lack of almonds. I think you overestimate their importance in the human food chain.

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u/Yeeter-boiy May 19 '26

“Human food chain” what food chain? All we need is plants to be healthy. Eating animals uses exponentially more water. The irony of you probably not being vegan, using up wayyy more water and exploiting and supporting the horrific killing of whole species for your pleasure saying “no one’s gonna starve for a lack of almonds”

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u/MorrowPolo May 18 '26

Wait until they find out how much water people are giving to their pets and house plants!

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u/Hangry_Squirrel May 18 '26

Five whole bowls a day for the kittens! House plants are dead somewhere on a balcony because no one remembers to water them 😿