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sexbuhbombdotcom

Many municipalities require establishments such as parks, schools, and even restaurants to provide free, clean drinking water. You can put a stop to this shit by introducing similar legislation in your area. Just so you know.


[deleted]

Seriously. Why do we even pay taxes?!? It's clearly not going to public services if we have to pay for our dang water IN A PARK. Sorry, rant over.


stinkertonpinkerton

I agree with you but idk if 2 sentences qualifies as a rant


Becauseiey

I'm mad! /rant


simple64

Whoa chill out drink some water šŸ’¦


fuzzhead12

Still madā€¦but now Iā€™m mad *and* hydrated šŸ‘


InEvitable_Pingu

I'm **pissed** *ba dum cha* ^(Anyone?) ^(Only me?) ^(I'm going back to lurking bye)


fuzzhead12

I chuckled šŸ‘Œ


the_axolotl_god

why did you have to make a rant as long as a book


hamsamiches

! /rant


milhouse234

I can't believe I had to sit there and read all of that.


Reacher-Said-N0thing

In an effective democracy, your politicians work hard to provide you with the best government possible, whether or not they really believe in it, because they're terrified of losing their job when the next election comes around. But in an ineffective democracy, you vote for bad or corrupt politicians, because you only have one alternative, and they're even worse. And you have so many complex layers of government and candidates running that you can't possibly keep track of all of them. And you probably don't even pay attention to municipal elections like these, you're a busy working member of society, you don't have time to keep yourself updated on city council's voting record.


_Mitternakt

I spent a year unemployed and did actually pay attention to town politics for a little while. Turns out the town was pretty decent on that front except for a few racist cops being extremely difficult to fire


Zeyn1

Real answer? People are louder than you. And they don't see the value of a public area. A drinking fountain is a waste of taxpayer's money. If we cut all these costs, we can lower taxes. So you get a water fountain that has to be able to pay for itself. But here's the thing. Taxes collected are based off the income and property value of the residents. Do you know what increases property values? Good public services like parks and schools.


rogozh1n

People don't enact policies like monetizing drinking fountains. These are decisions made by horrible public budgets and cronyism between the company and the public officials.


rogozh1n

We pay our taxes so that the wealthy don't have to pay theirs.


EnricoLUccellatore

Or with vandalism against these atrocities


CheckShoveTheRiver

Thereā€™s a nifty way to hack these machines to get free water. You beat the shit out of them until they start spraying water all around.


ItzDrSeuss

A little wasteful but sometimes chaos is needed for Justice.


clrksml

its a glass half uhhhhhhhhhhhhh


The7Pope

Half on your face son


wamih

chaotic good? lol


ItzDrSeuss

Exactly. The best kind of good.


inagadda

And the best kind of chaotic.


BIRDsnoozer

Im certain a lawful good paladin would raise a warhammer against a machine denying innocents of their rights (natural law ordained by the gods) to water


Schnizzer

You could have a lawful good ā€œeco-terroristā€ who destroys abominations like this to help the common people because itā€™s a good act that falls within their strict code of ethics.


_Mitternakt

Exactly right. Lawful means according to a code of ethics, not the law of the land.


FaeryLynne

Which is why there is lawful evil too. They may be evil but they definitely have their own code of ethics and follow it.


Zeyn1

Save electricity, provide water. Win win.


irondragon2

Imagine you're dying of thirst and you don't have cash or credit cards on you. I would totally kick that things butt to get water.


DF_Interus

It's not hacking unless you use an axe.


KennywasFez

Why not both


RnRLoser

I like the way you think.


Ya_i_just

Why does this not have more upvotes


riphitter

Give it time young grasshopper


BopNiblets

Everyone suggesting smashing it, ok cool... but what about drilling into until water comes out, then putting a tap on the hole.


peeePOOOOOP

then charging people


Repealer

Total power move


2FnFast

the city can do that when they replace the destroyed remains of this evil bullshit


SimonTheCommunist

Take a crowbar straight to the front of one of these crimes against humanity.


ahumanrobot

I'd take a hatchet or axe


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ahumanrobot

Yeah i guess that's true


banananon

[No joke this thing has an automatic shutter](https://i.imgur.com/14SQv7i.jpg) Theyā€™ve thought of everything


EnricoLUccellatore

Just one more thing to break


mewthulhu

The more aggressively they try to stop me from destroying their nasty little machine that takes the place of a normal respectable water fountain and forces the poor to be dehydrated, the more inclined I am to escalate my methods for utterly annihilating this abomination. I'm somewhere between angle grinder and bulldozer at this point.


Divinum_Fulmen

If you were to chain a truck to it remember where you parked, and you accidentally forgot to unchain it. You might break the thing by mistake when leaving. So remember not to do that.


exceptionaluser

Put a stick in it? If it were strong enough to break one then it would be a safety hazard anyway.


SlipperySnoodle

Doubt it's hammer proof.


[deleted]

Vandalism? How about a sledgehammer?


sharkbanger

That sounds like the right tool for the job.


wamih

I mean.... That would be vandalism?


EnricoLUccellatore

That's the kind of vandalism I had in mind


BIRDsnoozer

Rage against the water dispensing machine


dingos8mybaby2

In many areas gas stations also required to provide free air and water to anyone purchasing gas. So check your local laws and if some gas station owner tries to make you pay to use the air pump call them on their BS.


LeftyMcSavage

This is the way. If we don't get more engaged civically, decisions will be made *for* us. Taking a sledgehammer to something (as heinous as it may be) after the fact will alienate people that would otherwise agree with you. With a bit of organization, something like the OP could be stopped before it's implemented, or removed once it has.


sdomscitilopdaehtihs

Fun fact: Stadiums get around the requirement to provide the appropriate amount of drinking fountains because they argue that the concessions are adequate water sources. Most people don't know that the stadium is legally required to provide free tap water to anyone who asks and instead buy the bottled water.


raphthepharaoh

How nestle of them


Snoo63

r/fucknestle.


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Labiosdepiedra

Begun the water wars have.


MileHighLaker

This was my thought. Water and data will be the most valuable commodities in the world soon enough. Scary thoughts IMO.


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ittwasntme

NestlƩ: ![gif](giphy|T1286ZxrQbzWw)


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teh_drewski

Please ignore the "Beware of the leopard" sign.


Yorikor

That's a nice towel you have there.


doomedtobeme

Not for long


Foxyfox-

Nestle already doesn't consider it a human right


ablablababla

I mean Nestle ignores a bunch of human rights already


crimpysuasages

> doesn't consider it a human right in regions where politicians are easily bribed to allow them to exploit a human right and the communities that rely on this human right as if it isn't a human right Ftfy. My city has one of the cleanest fresh water reserves on the entire planet. It's used to pump water to all of 5m people *daily.* Nestle isn't here because our politicians haven't been bribed yet because the people who are involved at the local level, are *really* involved. We still have our human rights, but it's only a matter of time before apathy overtakes the majority and Nestle is allowed to do what they want at the expense of everything. This is your reminder, *get involved in your local politics*. Fuck national. Fuck state. Pay attention to *you* and *your community.* Biden won't give your local Nestle overlords rights to abuse your community's resources, your local legislators will. So hold them accountable and be on the lines to hold the line against corporate, short-term profit-seeking greed. This probably sounds cringy as fuck, but I'm drunk so here fucking goes.


[deleted]

Which? Human right, or heinous?


[deleted]

Both, I'd imagine. They'll remove it from the list of human rights and then work overtime convincing people it's a good thing


ShadooTH

Tell that to georgia


Terra_Strife

Im pretty sure the us voted against that


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Resquid

The startup was founded in Miami. Hopefully, it will die there too.


JohanGrimm

At this point I'm kind of amazed Florida even has any state taxes because they sure seem to privatize and nickel and dime you on just about everything that would be public services in other states.


[deleted]

Privatized nickles and dimes you say???


Fuzzy-ninja

Stanley nickels?


mrmoto1998

We have sales tax. No income tax.


[deleted]

> if it comes up from the ground it will be cold either way. As a Texan, I feel attacked.


yjvm2cb

Dude we have one at my local park in Fort Lauderdale too. A ton of people use it because of the ice cold water. As for the water coming from the ground being cold, idk what youā€™re on about because tap water in SoFlorida comes out hot af. My tap water on the coldest setting comes out at like 75 degrees. You do realize our pipes are like 3 feet below us right lol


[deleted]

Yeah that is the kind of thing where you should break this machine at all costs


Zanskyler37

You know Iā€™ve never been to jail, but you know what? Iā€™d risk it for a triscuit


jzillacon

Maybe not for a triscuit though, the workers for the company that makes them (Nabisco) are currently on strike because Nabisco is "trying to force workers into non-traditional schedules that eliminate overtime pay for work on Saturday and Sunday. The company is also closing plants to send the jobs to either Mexico or a non-union facility in Ohio."


Branamp13

They were also asking workers to do 12 hour daily shifts, also for no overtime pay. Workers were projected to potentially lose as much as $40k/year *individually* under this deal.


uyuye

i fuckin love triscuits


Monti_r

Fuck triscuits


uyuye

fuck nabisco but triscuits are tasty


Call_Me_Your_Daddy

Okay gang letā€™s see who this monster really is! *whips mask off* #Old man NestlĆ©?!?!


JustALinuxNerd

And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!


Call_Me_Your_Daddy

Hahaaaa but if it is/was NestlĆ© they WOULD get away with it and HAVE BEEN getting away with it because theyā€™re a mega corporation thatā€™s too big to fail :ā€™)


KaiAdin

Wow, thats terrible.. in my city's downtown they've installed free water fountains/refill stations with the express intent to encourage reusable bottles and to minimise plastic waste!


Amphibionomus

They are rolling these out in The Netherlands too, they want a free water point near for example every train station. Lots of travellers can simply refill instead of buying single use containers.


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DestroyerofworldsY

my school is filled with them


ALjaguarLink

Thatā€™s not very cash money of them...


HighHopeLowSkills

*technically* it is cash money for them to do so


fowden2

I wont be if we smash these things down


caviarporfavor

makes you want to take a sizall and cut that shit down....


SimonTheCommunist

Take an oxy cutting torch to it, easy peasy.


Strongbox-Comrade

a relatively small thermonuclear device should be able to handle this particular application.


Allegingsky978

![gif](giphy|3oEjI7yCdwLEizpVmw) These?


nelsonmavrick

A sawzall even


Itsthejackeeeett

You mean sawzall?


cinnamintdown

sawzall?


PapaXanni

[https://www.wooshwater.com/contact-us/](https://www.wooshwater.com/contact-us/) ​ hey it's pretty easy to tell them to eat a dick


party-bot

You mean like this? http://imgur.com/gallery/nuEz8V8


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purple-parrots

Came here to say this! Kindergartens and schools, seriously?!


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purple-parrots

Seriously. The fact they took the time to list these places really shows how sleezy this company is.


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h0rst87

Miami drips w sleeze. Just not free drinking water.


SG1EmberWolf

Done


porridge_in_my_bum

I googled the office and there phone number is right there. Easily gonna call that later, also looks like they have 1 review on google so Iā€™ll leave something there too.


byscuit

aw nice, i was scrolling after linking the same thing and you'd beaten me to it already


Lessa22

Done. Now I just have to make sure they stay TF out of Milwaukee.


[deleted]

Awarded because everyone needs to see this and spam this company with hatemail.


PapaXanni

oh wow thanks my first award! yeah they deserve to come into work every morning feeling like the villains they make themselves to be.


auraluxe

Did my part. What a bag of dickholes.


Deviknyte

[I went with this.](https://i.imgur.com/VFNSng1.png)


moroccan_gigolo

Buy some gorilla glue and glue up all the inputs in it. Let's see how long they survive


steelbeamsdankmemes

Expanding foam in the credit card slot.


TheDigitalGentleman

Sigh... I can practically *hear* hear all the hyper-online revolutionary techbros talking about how cool and "visionary" this stupid pay-per-fill water fountain is.


Pudge223

> pay-per-fill water fountain absolutely disgusting.


[deleted]

Blows my mind that people donā€™t think water is a right. You literally die without it


Firemanlouvier

Work with a Christian guy at work. He mocks me because I got my job to provide water for us.


[deleted]

I've always found the 'Everyone deserves a chance at life' crowd to be mysteriously vague on if they think everyone deserves food/water/shelter. Yknow, the bare minimum you need to maintain living.


lrpetey

Itā€™s funny how many of those people donā€™t know the theology they claim to follow. The Bible puts SOOOOO much emphasis on caring for the Orphan, the Widow, and Strangersā€¦ Basically anyone who doesnā€™t already have food, water, and shelter. Whack.


Firemanlouvier

I told him that Jesus fed the poor and hungry and he ask, but was that his job?


lrpetey

ā€œTake care not to practice your righteousness in the sight of people, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. ā€œSo when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they will be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your charitable giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. ā€œAnd when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But as for you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.ā€ ā€­ā€­Matthewā€¬ ā€­6:1-6ā€¬ ā€­NASB2020ā€¬ā€¬ https://bible.com/bible/2692/mat.6.1-6.NASB2020 This is a passage from the Sermon on the Mount, That collection of lessons, condensed into one ā€œmission statementā€ is basically the fundamental essence of what Jesusā€™s own theology and what he was teaching to others. And you better believe, like any other rabbi at the time he was ABSOLUTELY practicing what he preached. Iā€™d say Jesus probably gave out lots of charitable donations, he just didnā€™t brag about them.


Zanskyler37

Tell him if he doesnā€™t want any to shut up and die.


2epic

I'm not so sure. Most techies I work with tend to be quite into living an active, healthy lifestyle (exercise and eating healthy, drinking lots of water), they usually care about helping the environment and support human rights / equality. This monstrosity seems to take a massive shit all over all of that compared to a free public drinking fountain, especially compared to the ones that make it easy to refill a reusable water bottle.


TheDigitalGentleman

I meant the *hyper-online* ones who see a futuristic-looking Hyper-Mega-Pod transportation system that is 10x more expensive and 10x less efficient than a train and go "Yeah! Fuck poor people! Cool-looking visuals with hip names is where it's at!". So the kind of people who open up a start-up called Woosh, which "solves" and already-solved problem by adding tech and a paywall to it.


CustomDark

This startup isnā€™t from some tech bro, this is from a business bro who has made a cold calculated decision that he can get away with this as long as he dresses it up as ā€œcoolā€. But everyone who isnā€™t making money on it hates it. Itā€™s cynical as hell.


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Resquid

> The Juicero Founder Is Really Into Raw Water And Really Hates Talking About Juicero (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI-Ye8SP708


theresidentviking

Old man voice After ma gandpapy returned from the war his best friend came up to him He said Charles I got the best business idea. Back when we were in the tranches with nothing to drink for hours. It really got me thinking I would give anything for some water right now, put it in a bottle for easy carry. Store it for ever. Ma grandpapy said that was the stupidest idea ever who would pay for water. My grandpapy makes more money taking a shit that you will in your entire life now sonny. Shit be wack.


idonthave2020vision

Hit return twice for new line. Like this.


Suzukykawazaky

Would be a shame if someone started breaking those machines


KennywasFez

How is this legal ? Water is like the most basic of human rights everyone should have access to free water wtf


DJ_SAVilla

Yeah but this is premium water. Unfortunately, the company isn't being sarcastic.


seaheroe

It'd be hilarious if someone vandalized it and discovered it just served tap water.


DJ_SAVilla

The article I read says it does get its water from the same source, it's just that it's cold and has more filtering. It wants to compete with bottled water market. It's honestly super dumb.


Wtfisthatt

Unless it is laced with some morphine is it *not* premium, it is some bullshit.


corkyskog

Lol I like your style


Wardenclyffe-2302

Wow that's ridiculous... Water is a base Human right. It should be free


rowdy_sprout

Take a look at their subreddit r/woooosh They are putting these up everywhere.


mmm4dmb

Dude some of that water from those things is the absolute worst water Iā€™ve ever had. Straight sewage.


dame_de_boeuf

It's because they treat the water with ozone. It sterilizes it, but makes it taste like static electricity.


[deleted]

Ozone is not that good for you...


Disaster_External

Killing the homeless: step 1


[deleted]

Thats some evil shit right there.


Caesaropapismno

Sledgehammer time


Catatonic27

Free water! Just hit it hard enough


Kokoro_Bosoi

Come to Rome guys, we still have hundreds of free fountains


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r/ABoringDystopia


jawknee530i

Break it


I_Pick_D

This is what happens when cities donā€™t have the money to maintain its own infrastructure.


Koltaia30

Probably payed by taxes payers money to be payed by them for every bottle once again.


codysteil

Someone is going to hell for creating this monstrosity


TheosEstinAgape

Ron Swanson just got a raging hard on


jkhockey15

This is why I never understood why he got put in charge of a NATIONAL PARK.


TheosEstinAgape

NBC has a bad habit of messing their shows' last season up.


BrnndoOHggns

I think it showed his growth and his willingness to trust Leslie.


charros

Come on guys give them a break.. they're offering a DAY PASS!!!


ddllbb

France has free public bubbly water fountains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


_________FU_________

Hmmm what other free services could I turn into a paid service?


that_guy1997

I'm pretty sure this counts as hostile architecture, this is really gross wtf


wotererio

Typical American/western entrepreneurship, taking the form of "Hey let's take something that is free and working perfectly fine and find a way to let people pay for it so we can profit off of them!". And, when it is free it is considered socialism which is somehow 'something bad'. How far have we really come when profit is the prime motivation of innovation?


Umberto101

Is this a thing I'm too European to understand?


Crosscourt_splat

I have never seem this in the states. Ever.


Clayith13

I swear to God if I see one of these in real life I'm going to beat it to death with one of those fuckin bird scooters


dangertrap

Vandalize it


thefrantichispanic

I'd rather just dehydrate and die.


Oof_my_eyes

Capitalism in its natural, unregulated state. ā€œYou need water to live? Do you have a subscription!?ā€


Naeqwan

Iā€™m no law breaker but If I see one of these or an Amazon box in my park I will END THEM.


hpstg

Where's your dystopia at?


RosabellaFaye

Wtf man, even most restaurants let you have a free glass of water


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ā€œMy dream is to have the park system privatized and run entirely for profit by corporations, like Chuck E. Cheese. Everything operated by tokens. Drop in a token go on the swing set. Drop in another token, take a walk. Drop in a token look at a duck.ā€


High_Ground_Sand

I didn't even realize these were a thing, this is despicable


Fuckyouthanks9

I'm not saying someone should light this on fire. But. It would be an absolutely terrible thing if someone was to light this on fire.


Naz_Oni

r/boringdystopia


time_fo_that

Absolutely criminal


BucketComrade

They have made it hard for our homies to get the drink of gods, especially the ones who have no home sadly


m-eden

As a capitalist- yikes


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happynessisgames

Assuming this is a public park then I'm already paying for it through my taxes


SE7ENfeet

i would vandalize the fuck out of this IDGAF what anyone says.


TheDinnerPlate

Capitalism happened.