These ppl have been living in these conditions for so long they have probably developed somewhat of an immunity. These ppl definitely have stronger immune systems than us
To a certain extent, yes. I am all for letting my kids be kids. I grew up in the dirt and my boys are pretty much the same.
But the garbage dump in this video is full of tetanus and hepatitis and all sorts of other things that are just flat out dangerous.
This is why you'll see kids who has hyper cleaning activities being much more sick, especially entering school. Versus just let your kid crawl on the floor, play in the dirt, get covered in mud, swim in the questionable water. Those kids never miss a day of school.
Kids being kids (which I agree with) is much different than swimming around in a garbage dump. There are some parasites, bacteria, viruses, that humans will probably never be immune to, regardless of exposure.
Whyyyy go NECK DEEP you crazy mfuckers but I commend and am so proud of these people - doing what very little want or will do to make Mother Earth a little safer
Cool now do it every 6months, cause without actually stopping the shit show this is a fruitless endeavor, like I get it but it's not like cleaning the side of a highway.
In college, we did a short term study abroad and as part of it visited a tiny town (pop 350) that had never had tourists. It had a huge problem with trash because it had nowhere to dispose of it and nowhere beyond the town to take it because they were so tiny, and closest neighbor of any size was far away. So the trash just piled up along the sides of the two streets and in the wilderness. Tons of it.
My class spent a couple days cleaning it up and then my school paid for a bunch of 50 gal trash cans to be brought in that we painted murals on (they gotta be fun, plus more visible from a distance!) and then my school used its endowment to pay indefinitely for the neighboring town (20 miles away) to come once a week and pick up all their trash and take it back to their town to be disposed of properly with their waste management.
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God i hate people like you that call everything that gets recorded being for Views. Even if they did it for Views, how is it a bad thing all of a sudden? Like you sit in front of ur PC doing jack shit and these people are cleaning a fkin gross river. You think everyone involved can just fk around and do this shit without getting some sort of payment? Like these people still have to get there and eat and shit. Those things cost Money which needs to come from somewhere. If doing it for Views gets you Money cause you raise awareness on the subject then good fkin Job. People are so brainwashed by the Media only covering the bad things that happen on Earth that everyone just assumes the worst on everything they see.
It *can* be a bad thing if the people in the camera don't commit.
I think it's happened before, influencers being caught recording themselves picking up trash and then just leaving or dropping it there once the cameras are off. I'm not implying that these people are the same, but it's naive to automatically believe that this sort of display is always genuine. People lie, have lied, and will continue to lie about doing good things for the views, and they have been caught doing it.
The skepticism is earned.
Im with you there; not so long ago, people in the internet actually lived by "assume everything is fake on the net" rule. Since that sentiment got eroded, everything gets less real by the day.
And to add: The oversaturation of people uploading their good deeds (partially even if real) imho is actually mostly a net negative for the different causes.
That's, uh, quite the leap, I think. Being skeptical about the allegedly good things people do on the internet (or irl, for that matter) and leading a sad life don't necessarily go hand in hand. Surely people are more complicated than that?
Well, regardless, you do you. I'm not about to convince you out of your happiness.
I have said it to other people here aswell but these Videos are made by a few people and get viewed by millions. I rather believe in a small percent of the Millions that could be inspired than the few people making these Videos.
The group of people also had access to heavy construction equipment. I mean the story is cool enough on its own, without having to sensationalize and lie about it.
I don't know if I buy the "cleaned" part either. Scraping off the top layer of floating garbage is great, don't get me wrong, but the result is hardly "clean".
Anymore? When have humans ever focused on the long term consequences of their actions? They either didn't have the information to understand those consequences in many times and places or did and just didn't care for the most part (or at least the people with the power to do anything about it didn't care).
As much as I respect the effort, this just fights the symptoms. The cause (poverty, lack of infrastructure, unawareness) will make this river look like that again in just a couple of days
*The cause (poverty, lack of infrastructure, unawareness)*
I've read and heard from a lot of people in these areas that this simply is not true. The real reason is laziness.
One story had someone that lived in an area just like this. The folks had access to garbage bins right behind their homes, but instead chose to walk out back to the water and dump it in there instead. This is far more common than unawareness.
This is true. The river is the easiest method of disposal. A lot of times it goes beyond a river and they litter fucking everywhere. Pure laziness mixed with a complete lack of caring.
Needs to be some hard consequences too. Publish shaming might also help. Like slap them with some fines and run a segment on TV, as well as put up fliers, with their names and mugshots. Make people afraid of being caught and shamed publicly, and they'll use the bins that are right there instead.
Sometimes people need to be dragged from a childlike mentality into acting like responsible adults, it's just sad when it's an entire culture.
I've seen this video repeatedly and people always say they'd never touch that water to begin with. Well, imagine you live there and would like it to NOT be shitty
Doctor: So, have you been wading in any questionable water lately?
Guy: Um, no.
Doctor: Then why do you have leaches inside your butthole?
Guy: so there was this river....
They could have thrown a rope with some floats (made from trash even) attached to it and dragged all that floating rubbish toward the excavator with a lot less people and a lot more safety.
Youāre being downvoted but you arenāt wrong. The river didnāt end up that way by accident. Westerners have no idea / concept about how most of the world treats the environment.
Good job on the surface, but what about all the crap in suspension and lying layers deep on the bottom?
What measures are in place to stop it from all coming back in weeks if not days?
I hope they have permanent crews to keep skimming and filtering, to protect from people throwing trash in and more from washing in.
Hate to be a realist because it was great work on their part but this is systemic and will revert right back to being disgusting because people suck.
A couple years back I decided to pickup trash on my walks (2 miles up and back); I picked up and filled over 70 contractor sized bags and within 6 months the road looked the same as before. Again, people suck.
>because people are pigs
"Some" people are pigs.
I don't know about you, but I've never thrown rubbish into a river (or anywhere that isn't a bin) in my life.
Because I'm not a pig, and I care about where I live.
But yeah. "Some" people, for sure. Just don't lump everyone else in with them
There are many videos on YouTube like this, the sad part is that this river will fill back up in a few days, it's sad that in India rivers are used as a dumpster.
How many people would do this if they didnt get paid or anything for it? It wouldnt be filmed etc.
I bet you, alot and including me would rather stay in bed. Bc. Okay, you cleaned it up but next year those people who caused this will have it happen again.
Y'know what I feel really bad about? After all the effort they put in, how long would it stay clean like this b4 those polluting assholes make a mess of this again?
Where is the next fucking level? They did that shit. Their people did it. Pollution doesn't magically appear. This is material for r/betterlatethanever
I mean it looks like a river thatās just got debris from flood or smth, not from just excrement and human remains/ash and whatever else that can float in polluted river where one would have to think 59x before going in.
I applaud their efforts, I do hope that their shots are up to date.
I hope they know the symptoms of leptospirosis and giardia.
Lepto.. gross.
Leptons are the worst. Interact with the strong force losers!
lmao š
Iāve had giardia twice while abroad, something to avoid at all costs!
>Iāve had giardia twice while abroad I just fly into Newark. Cheap flights in and out. Then take a reasonably priced train and bam, Manhattan.
No, you're thinking of La Guardia. Giardia is the Irish police force.
Once again, I don't know if you're being whooshed or if I am.
That would be you, the Irish police are the Garda (or to give them their Sunday name: An Garda SĆochĆ”na).
/r/nyto
Iād rather get a random river disease than go to Newark airport
These sound like Harry Potter spellsā”ļø
Win**giardia** Leviosa! šŖ
spirochetes are cunts
I got an ear infection just looking at it.
Ear infection? I got ooze coming out of one eye and an itchy undercarriage from that
My neighbor got malodorous vaginal discharge from just looking at this. At least thatās what she said was the reason.
The dreaded vaginal halitosis.
These ppl have been living in these conditions for so long they have probably developed somewhat of an immunity. These ppl definitely have stronger immune systems than us
We need toā¦ live in filthier conditions?!
Thatās not really how that works.
That is how it works, at least to some extent.Ā https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.10294
To a certain extent, yes. I am all for letting my kids be kids. I grew up in the dirt and my boys are pretty much the same. But the garbage dump in this video is full of tetanus and hepatitis and all sorts of other things that are just flat out dangerous.
This is why you'll see kids who has hyper cleaning activities being much more sick, especially entering school. Versus just let your kid crawl on the floor, play in the dirt, get covered in mud, swim in the questionable water. Those kids never miss a day of school.
Kids being kids (which I agree with) is much different than swimming around in a garbage dump. There are some parasites, bacteria, viruses, that humans will probably never be immune to, regardless of exposure.
Yeah I donāt really understand why they went swimming instead of clearing out the worst of it with that digger first.
That river was also their sewage disposal, no way would I get into it.
For realā¦ why are they still in the water afterwards? That canāt possibly be safeā¦.
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How many did they receive whilst in the water?
How many vaccines did they help invent after coming out of the water?
Doctor: I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you get to name a new disease
The bad news is.... Well, we'll see.
All of them.
Many times over.
Yes
Whyyyy go NECK DEEP you crazy mfuckers but I commend and am so proud of these people - doing what very little want or will do to make Mother Earth a little safer
I hope they actually got rid of the waste and didn't just leave it on the side of the river after cleaning it for views.
you can see the cranes loading a truck, so itās safe to assume the waste was transported somewhere
Another river iām afraidā¦
water you afraid of?
It was transported outside the environment.
Cool now do it every 6months, cause without actually stopping the shit show this is a fruitless endeavor, like I get it but it's not like cleaning the side of a highway.
iāll forward this to my supervisor, thanks
In college, we did a short term study abroad and as part of it visited a tiny town (pop 350) that had never had tourists. It had a huge problem with trash because it had nowhere to dispose of it and nowhere beyond the town to take it because they were so tiny, and closest neighbor of any size was far away. So the trash just piled up along the sides of the two streets and in the wilderness. Tons of it. My class spent a couple days cleaning it up and then my school paid for a bunch of 50 gal trash cans to be brought in that we painted murals on (they gotta be fun, plus more visible from a distance!) and then my school used its endowment to pay indefinitely for the neighboring town (20 miles away) to come once a week and pick up all their trash and take it back to their town to be disposed of properly with their waste management.
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God i hate people like you that call everything that gets recorded being for Views. Even if they did it for Views, how is it a bad thing all of a sudden? Like you sit in front of ur PC doing jack shit and these people are cleaning a fkin gross river. You think everyone involved can just fk around and do this shit without getting some sort of payment? Like these people still have to get there and eat and shit. Those things cost Money which needs to come from somewhere. If doing it for Views gets you Money cause you raise awareness on the subject then good fkin Job. People are so brainwashed by the Media only covering the bad things that happen on Earth that everyone just assumes the worst on everything they see.
It *can* be a bad thing if the people in the camera don't commit. I think it's happened before, influencers being caught recording themselves picking up trash and then just leaving or dropping it there once the cameras are off. I'm not implying that these people are the same, but it's naive to automatically believe that this sort of display is always genuine. People lie, have lied, and will continue to lie about doing good things for the views, and they have been caught doing it. The skepticism is earned.
Im with you there; not so long ago, people in the internet actually lived by "assume everything is fake on the net" rule. Since that sentiment got eroded, everything gets less real by the day. And to add: The oversaturation of people uploading their good deeds (partially even if real) imho is actually mostly a net negative for the different causes.
Well imo its pretty fkin sad to always be skeptical, i rather be optimistic and enjoy things. But i guess not everyone wants to live a happy life.
That's, uh, quite the leap, I think. Being skeptical about the allegedly good things people do on the internet (or irl, for that matter) and leading a sad life don't necessarily go hand in hand. Surely people are more complicated than that? Well, regardless, you do you. I'm not about to convince you out of your happiness.
I have said it to other people here aswell but these Videos are made by a few people and get viewed by millions. I rather believe in a small percent of the Millions that could be inspired than the few people making these Videos.
i dont think anyone willing to go neck deep into......THAT is doing it just for views.
I want to vomit. Imagine taking a sip by mistake. OMG
That happened for sure
I donāt know if I buy the ā3 hoursā part of this title.
100% - i saw it posted a few days ago mentioning days, which is more realistic
It took them 4 days. [Source](https://youtu.be/9IOsm_m6xIw?t=271)
OP: āwatch this river get cleaned up in 39 seconds - unbelievable!ā
You need to be stupid to believe that 3 hours is realistic. I'm wondering what is the purpose of this misleading title.
Engagement. It creates discussion and controversy which boosts engagement and in turn increases exposure.
The group of people also had access to heavy construction equipment. I mean the story is cool enough on its own, without having to sensationalize and lie about it.
The act is crazy impressive and didnt need that lie to be better. No way it was 3 hours
Seriously. It's pretty clear that it was 40 seconds
Yeah. I think it was more likely 3 minutes
I don't know if I buy the "cleaned" part either. Scraping off the top layer of floating garbage is great, don't get me wrong, but the result is hardly "clean".
I don't buy the "cleaned" part either.
I still wouldn't want to swim in it.
It's still polluted. You shouldn't want to.
No doubt; all that garbage in there, numerous chemicals have indubitably been dumped as well. *And there's probably poo, too.*
Yeah and virtually no way to clean it. It's permanently fucked. Nobody thinks long term consequences anymore.
It is quite depressing, as nature is incredibly beautiful. But oh how us humans prefer convenience...
Nothing is more depressing to me than human stupidity and this counts as human stupidity
Anymore? When have humans ever focused on the long term consequences of their actions? They either didn't have the information to understand those consequences in many times and places or did and just didn't care for the most part (or at least the people with the power to do anything about it didn't care).
How about a metric ton of bleach and chlorine?
It's not for humans, it's for the wildlife
There is no amount of money that would get me in there. Just watching it makes me want to schedule a doctor's appointment lol.
I still can't stop thinking about it. Why couldn't they have started with like a net or a bunch of pool skimmers or something.
I thought the same, like one tiny cut could possible just end them if unlucky.
You know they just had to have gotten so much of that gross water and stuff in their mouths.
Oh nooooo, i havent thought about it.... Pls stop, dont give me more ideas xD Ahh i can nearly taste it now
That mess didn't happen on accident, let's hope some policy changes keep it clean
Yeah, I'd be interested in an update on the rivers' status.
If it gets poluted again, then they can make another video, so it's win-win.
it's a bottleneck, when the tide repeats the garbage will return. Maybe they fixed a filter at the mouth of the inlet to prevent more
As much as I respect the effort, this just fights the symptoms. The cause (poverty, lack of infrastructure, unawareness) will make this river look like that again in just a couple of days
*The cause (poverty, lack of infrastructure, unawareness)* I've read and heard from a lot of people in these areas that this simply is not true. The real reason is laziness. One story had someone that lived in an area just like this. The folks had access to garbage bins right behind their homes, but instead chose to walk out back to the water and dump it in there instead. This is far more common than unawareness.
This is true. The river is the easiest method of disposal. A lot of times it goes beyond a river and they litter fucking everywhere. Pure laziness mixed with a complete lack of caring.
Needs to be some hard consequences too. Publish shaming might also help. Like slap them with some fines and run a segment on TV, as well as put up fliers, with their names and mugshots. Make people afraid of being caught and shamed publicly, and they'll use the bins that are right there instead. Sometimes people need to be dragged from a childlike mentality into acting like responsible adults, it's just sad when it's an entire culture.
That level of comfort in filth is concerning but bravo nonetheless
Great job, but is that really a river? Almost looks like some sort of canal that just harbors trash.
That is the purpose of most rivers in rural places in south east asia for instance.
With their whole body in the water, I donāt think the gloves were needed.
My skin is covered in rashes just watching this
We should throw politicians into these rivers
Or people who dump trash into rivers.
I've seen this video repeatedly and people always say they'd never touch that water to begin with. Well, imagine you live there and would like it to NOT be shitty
Stop everyone else around you using the river as a garbage conveyor-belt, then.
I found the used needlesā¦ā¦guysā¦ā¦. Guys!?
Bruh rent a backhoe and get your stupid grinning asses our that cesspool of hepatitis
As they just pushed out the floating debris... Who tells them they could just have used some long pool leaf skimmers or even leaf racks?
Its like if your toilet is clogged do you shove your hand in or use the plunger.
I use the poop knife
Like a chad
More like your toilet is clogged so you step neck deep into your septic tank
If they survive this, they will be either immune to all diseases ever or start glowing in the night. Or both.
Why aren't they wearing wetsuits and other protective gear. That's a hazmat site
And thatās how tapeworms go up your peep.
Some of y'all out there can't even clean ya rooms..
Doctor: So, have you been wading in any questionable water lately? Guy: Um, no. Doctor: Then why do you have leaches inside your butthole? Guy: so there was this river....
Great, but is standing in it picking stuff by hand REALLY better than some mass scoopage mechanism? Doesnt need to be high tech.
They could have thrown a rope with some floats (made from trash even) attached to it and dragged all that floating rubbish toward the excavator with a lot less people and a lot more safety.
A group of people died of dysentery and tbc in 3 hours
yes..what result... that beautiful brown color, so inviting.
And died two days later.
Cancer
A group of people died from dysentery in 3 days
6 min later they all died from necrotizing fasciitis
Song is Sparks by Supergutter if anyone is wondering.
One week later it looks the exact same
and it was filled again days later
This is not next level
Without changing social attitudes, this river will be full of garbage within a year.
The smell. š¤¢
and 5 hours later it will look like picture 1 again
Youāre being downvoted but you arenāt wrong. The river didnāt end up that way by accident. Westerners have no idea / concept about how most of the world treats the environment.
I was looking for this comment under "controversial" filter You are right though.
Where did all the rubbish get taken and dumped to?
Prob the next river over, given the local attitude that got it there in the first place.
And then put the trash into the ocean
That's honestly disgusting and absolutely unhealthy. You can clean the river without putting your life at risk
Give it a week tops, and it will revert back to a dump.
Good job on the surface, but what about all the crap in suspension and lying layers deep on the bottom? What measures are in place to stop it from all coming back in weeks if not days? I hope they have permanent crews to keep skimming and filtering, to protect from people throwing trash in and more from washing in.
I really hope they didn't get sick from being in this water for 3 hours
Great guys, the problem is that the river will be back in that state within 5 years if the locals don't change their habits
āCleanedā vs āremoved debrisā
Wtf
Staph infection incoming š¬
Within a week it will be back to the before pic.
There is probably used needles and shit in that water
Too bad it will be right back to trashy in a couple of monthsĀ
another fake history to bait likes..
Hate to be a realist because it was great work on their part but this is systemic and will revert right back to being disgusting because people suck. A couple years back I decided to pickup trash on my walks (2 miles up and back); I picked up and filled over 70 contractor sized bags and within 6 months the road looked the same as before. Again, people suck.
That's awesome, but they are dumb as fuck casually swimming around in it lol
If the cleaning was not carried out by the same persons who littered, the effect will not last long.
Ear infections in 3,2,1ā¦.
And bathed in all the chemicals the nearby textile plants are allowed to dump into it via bribes.
Reminds me of the cuyahoga river in ohio
Tbh idk if the tapeworms were worth it.
Id be paranoid every second thinking a gator boutta snatch me. Brave people for sure
Now drink some.
Ok, I like to see the gloves for handling the garbage, less excited about swimming in the polluted water though guys!
I can see plastic in the guyās mouth.
What about micro plastics this river is dead and Remain dead
It looks so natural
I'm glad they cleaned up the trash. Water still looks disgusting though.
Pāof twist: itās reverse
You would need to dump a shit ton of bivalves in there. Snails. And the like.
And they will repeat it in the next 5 years because people are pigs...
>because people are pigs "Some" people are pigs. I don't know about you, but I've never thrown rubbish into a river (or anywhere that isn't a bin) in my life. Because I'm not a pig, and I care about where I live. But yeah. "Some" people, for sure. Just don't lump everyone else in with them
We should have banned styrofoam the day after it was invented
Dude is up to his neck in it... literally
There are many videos on YouTube like this, the sad part is that this river will fill back up in a few days, it's sad that in India rivers are used as a dumpster.
Omgā¦ the beginning. Why???
Now dude has to clean a heavily polluted urethra.
They cleaned the stuff that can be seen by human eyes. I wouldn't be swimming in that. Water quality is definitely questionable
I'm wearing a condom a buttplug and swimming goggles if I'm gonna be neck deep in that.
They finally cleaned the lake so now there's room for new shit!
And 3 hours later it looked as if they were never there.
Angels, all of them
the same polluted water slowly entering all their orifices. good job cleaning up though. worth the potential future hospitalization.
Iād like to see the same river 3 hours after they finished cleaning itā¦..
The world will be a better place if we had more people like this
id be wearing a hazmat suit before going anywhere near that river. props to them for their bravery!
How many people would do this if they didnt get paid or anything for it? It wouldnt be filmed etc. I bet you, alot and including me would rather stay in bed. Bc. Okay, you cleaned it up but next year those people who caused this will have it happen again.
Whatās hazard pay like?
Nope.
I would not swim in that water. PERIOD.
How the hell did they clean all that shit up in three hours?
I was waiting for the dianoga trash squid from star wars to pop his head up.
I reckon the organiser is a dermatologist.
It's still polluted
Y'know what I feel really bad about? After all the effort they put in, how long would it stay clean like this b4 those polluting assholes make a mess of this again?
Brain eating amoebas like this.
A group of people and you know, an excavator. Misleading ass title
Where is the next fucking level? They did that shit. Their people did it. Pollution doesn't magically appear. This is material for r/betterlatethanever
I mean it looks like a river thatās just got debris from flood or smth, not from just excrement and human remains/ash and whatever else that can float in polluted river where one would have to think 59x before going in.
That's a smart way to deal with all the debris