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  • jaybb3rw0cky
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    1 year ago

    There are still people in my neighbourhood who have the “grey water in use” signs for their garden. But I don’t know if it’ll get that bad - we have the desalination plant now… just means things will likely more expensive (watch Bunnings run a cartel on buckets now hahah)

    • Bottom_racer
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      1 year ago

      heh and “tank water in use”.

      Your lawn is looking a little too green

      • Taleya
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        I already use zero mains so can’t wait to explain at great depth the ridiculous rainwater capture and greywater filtering system I built…

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          God, that was a time wasn’t it - the constant articles about whether it was “Australian to dob a neighbour in”, the side-long glances people would get for clearly using rainwater while everyone else was taking 2-minute showers. Updates on how low the reserves are. Geez… I do not miss that.

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            1 year ago

            I only arrived in Australia at the tail end of the millennium drought, would you say the communal behaviour was similar to Covid?

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              This is a great question! I reckon a little? But I would put it down to a couple of things - one is that I feel Covid’s sudden onset and danger was far better received from a “people need to sort their shit out” perspective. But also I feel like socially-speaking people are more altruistic compared with back then.

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                That’s interesting you said that last line, given how many lament that society is even more prone to groupthink and less charitable compared to even 2 decades ago. It’ll be interesting to see how society reacts over the next few summers

            • Bottom_racer
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              Washing a car with a hose

              Jail.

              Doing anything with a hose…

              Also jail.

                • Bottom_racer
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                  aktually… no one was using them soo…

                  It did ease the pain but you can’t feed plants dopamine.