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It's actually insane to me that the nation convulsed over the inability to get water to flint Michigan and people are still over here doing "no one actually des

It's actually insane to me that the nation convulsed over the inability to get water to flint Michigan and people are still over here doing "no one actually deserves water, you use too much of it anyway"

nvme0n1p1 2mo ago
And let's not forget: > Agriculture accounts for about 80 percent of consumptive use in the United States https://www.nifa.usda.gov/topics/water https://www.nifa.usda.gov/topics/water Maybe if we're worried about running out of water, we should prioritize getting the water we do have to actual people. Could the problem be that we're trying to grow avocados in a literal desert? Nah, it's the dang citizens taking too many showers again.
- applicative 2mo ago
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  - nvme0n1p1 2mo ago
    I'm not sure what Peru has to do with anything. TFA is about the USA, and usda.gov is an American site. But I bet if the average ancient Peruvian had to choose between their avocados dying or their next-door neighbors dying, they'd choose to save their neighbors. Unfortunately in modern times, I'm not so sure anymore.
    - applicative 2mo ago
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      - nvme0n1p1 2mo ago
        Chill. I've never used tiktok. Don't assume everyone you talk to saw the same meme you did. Did you know more than one country grows avocados?
      - tomhow 2mo ago
        > Your idea is 'i heard about desert avocadoes on tiktok and its insane and whoever does it needs machine-gunned.'. Please don't post this kind of denunciatory rhetoric on HN. It sounds like you have interesting historical knowledge about the history of avocado cultivation in Peru, and we love for this kind of material to be shared here, but the guidelines ask us to converse curiously, not fulminate or berate fellow community members. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- tomhow 2mo ago
  Please don't post snarky flamebait like this on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. We'd hope that HN users can countenance that water for people and water for growing food (for people) are both important. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
pibaker 2mo ago
Apple to oranges. The problem with Flint was lead in municipal pipes, and it has been fixed since forever ago. The majority of US water usage is agricultural and that is only really an issue west of the Mississippi. They are completely separate concerns supported by completely separate infrastructures.

nvme0n1p1 2mo ago

And let's not forget: > Agriculture accounts for about 80 percent of consumptive use in the United States https://www.nifa.usda.gov/topics/water https://www.nifa.usda.gov/topics/water Maybe if we're worried about running out of water, we should prioritize getting the water we do have to actual people. Could the problem be that we're trying to grow avocados in a literal desert? Nah, it's the dang citizens taking too many showers again.

applicative 2mo ago
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- nvme0n1p1 2mo ago
  I'm not sure what Peru has to do with anything. TFA is about the USA, and usda.gov is an American site. But I bet if the average ancient Peruvian had to choose between their avocados dying or their next-door neighbors dying, they'd choose to save their neighbors. Unfortunately in modern times, I'm not so sure anymore.
  - applicative 2mo ago
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    - nvme0n1p1 2mo ago
      Chill. I've never used tiktok. Don't assume everyone you talk to saw the same meme you did. Did you know more than one country grows avocados?
    - tomhow 2mo ago
      > Your idea is 'i heard about desert avocadoes on tiktok and its insane and whoever does it needs machine-gunned.'. Please don't post this kind of denunciatory rhetoric on HN. It sounds like you have interesting historical knowledge about the history of avocado cultivation in Peru, and we love for this kind of material to be shared here, but the guidelines ask us to converse curiously, not fulminate or berate fellow community members. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tomhow 2mo ago
Please don't post snarky flamebait like this on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. We'd hope that HN users can countenance that water for people and water for growing food (for people) are both important. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

pibaker 2mo ago

Apple to oranges. The problem with Flint was lead in municipal pipes, and it has been fixed since forever ago. The majority of US water usage is agricultural and that is only really an issue west of the Mississippi. They are completely separate concerns supported by completely separate infrastructures.