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It's not really meant to be advice. It's the author's own experience, ironically written as if it were advice. For example: "You did bleach ten gallons of wel

by fwipsy 9mo ago

It's not really meant to be advice. It's the author's own experience, ironically written as if it were advice. For example: "You did bleach ten gallons of well water for long-term storage already earlier in the year, right? Good." This is sarcasm, because the author did not do that.

hysan 9mo ago
Ah I see. That didn’t translate well for me. Maybe because the title primed me into thinking that this was meant to be helpful.
- xxs 9mo ago
  It's obviously a self-depreciation/joke style. There is some truth in it [that doesn't translate well over to some other part of the works]. It requires rather poor infrastructure to be present. There has been snow for over 2 months here, with relatively low lows (-29C) but no issue like lack of electricity or water.
- fwipsy 9mo ago
  That's fine, humor is subjective. I had a similar experience watching the "manchild" music video recently. I knew it wasn't serious, but I was still annoyed until I thought it through and understood the satire.
dboreham 9mo ago
Perhaps it's an AI generated article. A real human would have realized quite quickly that you can put snow into the tank of a toilet when the power is out.
- Tor3 9mo ago
  This is about _tankless_ toilets. They only work with electricity-powered flush pumps. That's why the author wrote about having to physically dump water into the toilet to flush it. For our new home we're making we have two toilets (always practical). One of them is tankless, but we made sure the second one is a traditional cistern toilet with no electrical requirements. Just in case.
  - bradfa 9mo ago
    Most well pumps are electric powered. The holding tank will give you a very small amount of water that’s in it if it’s up high but after that without electricity it won’t refill. In the USA most residential toilets are tank type and don’t directly use electricity.

by fwipsy 9mo ago

hysan 9mo ago

Ah I see. That didn’t translate well for me. Maybe because the title primed me into thinking that this was meant to be helpful.

xxs 9mo ago
It's obviously a self-depreciation/joke style. There is some truth in it [that doesn't translate well over to some other part of the works]. It requires rather poor infrastructure to be present. There has been snow for over 2 months here, with relatively low lows (-29C) but no issue like lack of electricity or water.
fwipsy 9mo ago
That's fine, humor is subjective. I had a similar experience watching the "manchild" music video recently. I knew it wasn't serious, but I was still annoyed until I thought it through and understood the satire.

dboreham 9mo ago

Perhaps it's an AI generated article. A real human would have realized quite quickly that you can put snow into the tank of a toilet when the power is out.

Tor3 9mo ago
This is about _tankless_ toilets. They only work with electricity-powered flush pumps. That's why the author wrote about having to physically dump water into the toilet to flush it. For our new home we're making we have two toilets (always practical). One of them is tankless, but we made sure the second one is a traditional cistern toilet with no electrical requirements. Just in case.
- bradfa 9mo ago
  Most well pumps are electric powered. The holding tank will give you a very small amount of water that’s in it if it’s up high but after that without electricity it won’t refill. In the USA most residential toilets are tank type and don’t directly use electricity.