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src_mtrl t1_jee2t3r wrote

honestly i wouldn't even consider this a privilege, it is much healthier to just squat down and shit. we are basically smearing shit inside of our rectum by folding our shit tube lol. whereas if we squat its a straight path to glory. to add onto that we then use toilet paper to smear shit even further into our ass rather than just wash it out with water. speaking of shit, i gotta go take one now.

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AxialGem t1_jee1uvh wrote

Even if it would, of course that still doesn't mean it has to evolve. I'm sure there are plenty of plants that would be helped out greatly by the ability to quickly retract into the ground when being eaten. But the fact that you can think of a possible possible helpful feature, doesn't mean that evolution has to arrive there

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Jacobgame2 t1_jee0258 wrote

It might seem wasteful but it's generally more resource efficient to use fresh water. Pumping dirty water to every house would require a second set of piping to EVERY house in the UK which is already resource intensive. Then if that pipe leaked it could contaminate the clean water which will cause all that clean water to have to be thrown away. Additionally people could get sick and die from the contaminated clean water which is also resource intensive to treat.

Less of a resource issue and more of a quality of life issue. Dirty water smells if left stagnant.

So really our use of clean water for everything instead of having many different grades of water for different applications is a streamlining of the process so everything is simpler, safer and we can utilise the economy of scale.

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