Was at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and I would purposely stand behind a big group of tourists and be in their shot.

I am aware of two approaches for a less wasteful approach here:

1. using a rain water cistern for service water
2. using almost clean secondary water for service water (like from the washing machine).

My father contemplated using (1) in our house when he had it built but was discouraged because instead of only having one water meter in the house he would have had to get a second water meter to measure the amount of water that goes into the sewage (normally its assumed to be the same as the fresh water).

Why is north up? Why isn't north down and south up? They are the only two references

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Southern Nevada checking in. Wtf we gonna do about the Colorado and lake Mead?

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The compass points to magnetic north, which I think likely influenced the decision to place north at the top.

Good ole Murphy's law.

Probably just UK-centric, giving all us Americans here a taste of our own medicine.

I've had a few lucid dreams but they don't last long unfortunately. What's weird is that the moment I'm conscious in a dream, all activity stops and I'm alone wherever I'm at. I can fly but only get so far off the ground.

I live in a desert so I won't be collecting rainwater. Of course the Colorado river can't provide anymore and lake Mead has dropped around a hundred feet so who knows wtf we're going to flush toilets let alone drink in the future.

There's no geographical reason but there is a reason.

It's the same reason many world maps are centrered on the prime meridian.

Oof. Some call the fire department after this burn

The garbage disposal in your sink eats better than a significant portion of the world’s population.

Funny your comment isn't new to me at all, it is also often recycled, just in the very same way as you do right now. I too have a life, it is just different than yours. But I do hope you have as pleasant a life as yourself.

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Is China the "west" now? They use a lot of toilets as well.

Toilet water is not fresh water. Please do not spread this misinformation.

And that's why I have 2!

I’m probably in the background of someone’s TikTok at animal kingdom, giving them a dirty look while they did some stupid dance in front of the tree of life.

Project zomboid has taught me the importance of putting rain barrels on my roof, plumbing them to the faucets in my house and then purifying the water as needed.

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You’re sure it has nothing to do with a compass needle pointing north?

Fun fact every 200 000 to 300 000 years north and south switch places another fact it’s been 702 000 years and our north/south is still in places it should change in less than 1000 years

Wait, I thought that reddit = America