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submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] deweydecibel 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

filling in the gaps in parts of town where it is impractical or cost-prohibitive to install a water fountain.

As usual, if it's a gap in our public services, the answer is not "let a private company do it" it's "tax the fucking rich and use that money to improve our public services".

Those water fountains didn't even need to be water fountains. This was basically just a bastardized version of what they do in the UK. There's a program over there called Refill, that businesses and public places participate in. You use a free app that shows you the locations of participating places, and those places have refill points, all for free.

This person probably saw that and thought "let's ditch the free and the volunteer participation part, build unnecessary fountains in unsustainable areas, and try and make some money off that sweet public utility"