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2982: Water Filtration (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 months ago by WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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You'd think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it's actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.

https://explainxkcd.com/2982

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[–] flicker@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It is a joke image.

But also yes. Pure water tastes awful. I'm one of those "super" tasters and I used to work for a water filtration company. Lemme say... what people think they want and what they actually want are often two different things.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

now you made me want to try it lol, where can I get 'dead' water? is distilled water the same thing?

[–] j4yt33@feddit.org 13 points 2 months ago

Not quite, but very close

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Distilled is good enough for demonstration purposes.

[–] addie@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I'm with you there - worked for twenty years in water treatment myself. Water before it's been chlorinated / chloraminated for supply? Makes the best cups of tea and coffee ever - you need to boil it, of course. RO water? Vile.

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is why we have remineralization filters I love my highly insane filtered water. Goes through 10 stages before finally hitting reverse osmosis just to extend the reverse osmosis filter life. But it has a alkaline remineralization as the last step so it tastes amazing