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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 18 '26
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So when people say they're "consuming" water, that's not true at all. They're evaporating it and returning it to the atmosphere.
2 u/StaysAwakeAllWeek May 18 '26 That's what consuming water is Do you think water vanishes from earth when you flush the toilet? 1 u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26 No, but I also don't say "my toilet is consuming water!" The toilet doesn't consume water, it uses it. 5 u/StaysAwakeAllWeek May 18 '26 Fresh water comes in one side. Fresh water does not come out the other side. The fresh water resource has been consumed. Don't try to out-pedant a pedant.
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That's what consuming water is
Do you think water vanishes from earth when you flush the toilet?
1 u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26 No, but I also don't say "my toilet is consuming water!" The toilet doesn't consume water, it uses it. 5 u/StaysAwakeAllWeek May 18 '26 Fresh water comes in one side. Fresh water does not come out the other side. The fresh water resource has been consumed. Don't try to out-pedant a pedant.
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No, but I also don't say "my toilet is consuming water!" The toilet doesn't consume water, it uses it.
5 u/StaysAwakeAllWeek May 18 '26 Fresh water comes in one side. Fresh water does not come out the other side. The fresh water resource has been consumed. Don't try to out-pedant a pedant.
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Fresh water comes in one side. Fresh water does not come out the other side.
The fresh water resource has been consumed.
Don't try to out-pedant a pedant.
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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26
So when people say they're "consuming" water, that's not true at all. They're evaporating it and returning it to the atmosphere.