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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Second map is wrong. You can drink the tap water in any country at least once

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Well, any country that has tap water.

[–] IndustryStandard 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes America. The land with safe leaded tap water.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's more fuel efficient 😤

[–] Skkorm 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why is America highlighted?

[–] Vash63 42 points 1 year ago

Good question for both maps

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yet another instance of "America is actually 50 countries in a trench coat". Some places here have really, really good quality tap water that tastes ok even without a drinking water filter on the faucet, and other places... well, everyone knows Flint, MI...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

As opposed to other countries, where it's the same through the whole country

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

South Africa has some really good tap water, can confirm I am drinking it.

[–] invisiblepony 20 points 1 year ago
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 28 points 1 year ago

Hey, I'm not unfriendly. I like Russian escorts and vodka.

I just wish their leaders would be a little more friendly to the rest of the world.

[–] gennygameshark 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just want to say a a resident of the US Midwest, don't drink the tap water here - it won't actually kill you but you'll wish you were dead 😝

[–] fedroxx 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Southern US here and it could very well kill you.

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[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 1 year ago

I can't say it's still like this, but when I was in Kansas City about 20 years ago, the hotel waiter poured me a glass of water and it tasted amazing and he said it was just tap water.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All of South Africas tap water is safe to drink. And Russia considers the SA government their ally.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The map of the US should be a bit more finely-grained to show the MAGA states as Russophiles.

[–] hark 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like all the Russophiles in Flint, Michigan.

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[–] raynethackery 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except for Flint, Michigan and Jacksonville, Mississippi.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Looks like Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia and get a pass on being unfriendly countries, presumably because they aren't in NATO (despite B&H being an aspiring member).

However Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Austria, also not in NATO, are still unfriendlies.

Poor Hungary is still counted as unfriendly as they actively run interference on Moscow's behalf.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Ironically, the second map is pretty wrong. You're more likely to be able to drink the tap water in the Balkans for example than in some Western countries.

[–] Gabu 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine thinking US tapwater (where some places are known to have a dizzying amount of contaminants) is more drinkable than Brazilian tapwater, which is actually clean.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depending where in Brazil you are talking about. In Rio de Janeiro for example even public authorities recommend you to not drink tap water.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Is the tap water in Spain alright? When I was in Tenerife recently, I bought bottled water even though I never ever buy it at home. They also had quite a lot of (non carbonated, non flavored) bottled water in the stores compared to my country.

I come from a country with very good tap water so is it possible that the water is technically fine but not great or something you would like to drink?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why do you assume mainland tap water and tap water on a tiny island far out in the ocean have the same quality? In spain mainland tap water is generally considered drinkable.

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[–] Yamayo 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, Tenerife is Spain, but it's 1700km away, so it's not the best example.

Still, it depends on where in Spain we talk about, you can see in This map . It's not that the water is bad, it's that in many places it has minerals like calcium that gives them undesired taste, but its perfectly safe. I live in one of those black places and most people buy bottled water. I use a Britta.

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[–] GrammatonCleric 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I live in America and I wouldn't drink the tap water

[–] partial_accumen 32 points 1 year ago (19 children)

You're part of the minority then. 12% in the USA never drinks tap water. 71% of us drink it at least sometimes. source

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The US has many places where drinking the water is not safe, not that people are just choosing not to. I'm sure the people of Flint would be psyched to be able to actually drink tap water again.

The places with forever chemical contamination are also growing.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You might consider updating your thoughts. The water in Flint has been fixed for several years.

The water mains damaged by corrosion were replaced, and the vast majority of household service lines have been replaced.

It'll take time before people trust the water system fully again, but it's been independently tested and shown to be fine, with continued monitoring as part of the lawsuit settlement.

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[–] partial_accumen 11 points 1 year ago

The US has many places where drinking the water is not safe, not that people are just choosing not to. I’m sure the people of Flint would be psyched to be able to actually drink tap water again.

Sure, but a town with a population of 80k people doesn't define a nation. The vast majority of Americans have safe tap water available to drink.

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[–] spittingimage 13 points 1 year ago

I don't think we're un-friendly, I think Russia's just in a bad place right now and need to take a hard look at themselves and maybe consider whether their recent behaviour matches their values.

And no, they can't crash on our sofa.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought Chile had drinkable table water. Last time someone posted a UN map, iirc Chile was the sole county in South America highlighted.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

What's the idea behind this meme? That Russia is against tap-water or that Russia is a third-world shithole?

Because if the later, it reeks of western-white-colonialist supremacy. Blue countries have better infrastructure because they are colonial powers.

Oh and I absolutely drank water in Bulgaria. This is factually false.

Meanwhile, placing the US in the "drinkable country" where this happens is laughable:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis

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[–] Nudding 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You better wipe America off that list lol. Flint Michigan have water yet?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Yes, they do.

The water mains in question were replaced, and 95% of lead service lines have been replaced.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always drank tap water during my stay in Medellín, Colombia and was perfectly fine.

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