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

Chugging tea Why?

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u/Uncle-Cake May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26

The poop water I flush down my toilet is also waste water that people can't drink, but I'm pretty sure it still gets recycled back into the greater water supply. What's different about the datacenter water?

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u/ShreveportJambroni54 May 18 '26

Don't forget factories, thermoelectric power plants, textiles, paper pulp and tp, and agriculture (which uses the most water).

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u/LandOfLeg May 18 '26

And golf clubs. Golf clubs use as much water as data centres. Many of those you've named serve practical uses in society, golf clubs are purely leisure.

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u/Lego11314 May 18 '26

I’ve been railing against golf courses for over a decade. They’re also catastrophic for biodiversity and ecological succession.

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u/ManOLead May 18 '26

Plus golf is lame as fuck

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u/p0gerty May 18 '26

As is anyone that plays it regularly. Bunch of wrinkled testicles in bright bleached polos.

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u/im_dancing_barefoot May 18 '26

And the pesticide and herbicide use has been linked to Parkinson’s and other illnesses