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[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Should be mentioned that the plaintiff in this case was San Francisco.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

John Roberts and the Court that Destroyed America.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

can't wait to go back to having to turn all drinking water into light beer because it's the only way to purify it

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 21 hours ago

Itll be brondo

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So fluoride is too much, but poop is okay? Got it.

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Republicans LOVE drinking poop. Pass it on.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago

they eat too.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Poop is natural, fluoride is a chemical!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

you need your essential NOROviruses, e-coli [(O157:H7), salmonella typhi, listeria, and camplybacter probiotics. maybe bringing back the good old MS. cholera.

[–] djsp@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago

I dislike this as much as everyone else, but… Would you give us a "/s" or some other indication of sarcasm? Some people assert what you wrote –or similar things– unironically.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)
You have died of dysentery

Make Oregon Trail Great Again…?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

make organ failure good again?

You know what, why not? What could go wrong? The organ in question was probably a lazy, drug-addled immigrant organ.

(/s because someone wont get the joke)

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Never stopped being great!

[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

There's a card game of it, I play it with my kids and they don't know why I love it so much.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago

It's all about protecting companies. Well done USAians. Well done.

[–] mapmyhike@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

To celebrate this ruling I went to my local reservoir where my town gets their drinking water and I went for a swim where I both urinated and defecated in the water. THANKS SCOTUS, you saved me from getting out of the water.

[–] aggelalex@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Time was when an American about to go abroad would be warned by his friends or the guidebooks not to drink the water. But times have changed, and now a foreigner coming to this country might be offered the following advice:

If you visit American city,

You will find it very prett

Just two things of which you must beware

Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!

Pollution, pollution!

They got smog and sewage and mud.

Turn on your tap

And get hot and cold running crud!

  • Tom Lehrer
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 100 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Why do Republicans feel compelled to be on the unethical or wrong side of literally everything!?

[–] SilverShark@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

They just have to be contrarian. All they do is to be contrarian. Always reminds me of this moment from Obama: https://youtu.be/akjXqfvLu28

No matter how good of an idea or how simple it is, it's just more important for them to be contrarian.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 31 points 1 day ago

Drinking sewage to own the libs.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Because money and hurt narcissistic feelings. But mostly money.

[–] 50_centavos@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Because the Republican party represents the rich class. Whatever helps the bottom line. I'm absolutely shocked how many middle to lower class people vote for Republicans. They're literally voting against their own interests. The Democrats need to modify their agenda to be a full fledged worker class party or we're doomed.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

effective use propaganda, especially with collusion of MSM and social media helps, with decades of it. of course being sourced from RU helps too, which is the main backers of disinformation in the us.

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But they have been told soooooo many times by the best news station (fox) and the most trustable youtubers that it's the Democrats that are working for the rich and against them so they MUST support the orange supreme leader. /s

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

boomers loves fox, younger cons love newsmax/oan and people like shapiro,,,,etc.

[–] A_norny_mousse@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

That's a good question. I think they just follow the money, meaning they do what the biggest spenders tell them to do. This isn't even any sort of political movement anymore, it's pure corruption.

I had a hard time staying sane trying to see them as actual American politicians. When you let yourself see them as fifth columnists hell-bent on ending America, reality starts to feel way more coherent.

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So American voters get to not only eat shit, but now also drink it? How oddly appropriate...

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 21 hours ago

Non voters too.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well, that's disappointing. When trying to convince some less-culty conservatives that some kinds of regulations can be a good thing, I used this very thing as an example, thinking nobody in the right fucking mind would support dumping biological and industrial waste into water supplies.

In hindsight, I really set the bar too low.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 8 points 1 day ago

No, let's see the silver lining on this one. My water was already giving me headaches and nausea (which stopped when I transitioned to bottled water, which is something I really didn't want to do), so let's lean into this.

The water in the US is safe to drink is a fucking lie, if we hit this hard people will get sick, then they'll be ready to learn

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a citizen I feel this choice is not in my favor.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As a resident of the city that won the lawsuit, and thus doesn't have to pay for a $10 billion sewer renovation, I feel this is not in my favor

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 1 day ago

Raw sewage, baby. You're now a shitizen. Learn to enjoy it.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because poop has great probiotics that will help our kids grow strong..... Tumors and Bacteria.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Tumors aren't the issue

The problem is the smell...

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sweet! What water supply do they use? Asking for a friend.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't think Trump consumes water, pretty sure his body runs on Diet Coke.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

hes 70% coke by liquid weight, aspartame and phosphates.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

Also he doesn't run anywhere at any yime

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

US supreme court

[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

THANK GOD. I was trying to get more poop in my life.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

It will do wonders for our immune systems.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can we be done with “winning”? I don’t think I like this “winning”.

I’m tired, boss.