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Comment by toraway1234 | Hacker News Reader

Please don't start flamewars on HN. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for.

Edit: since your account is using HN primarily for ideological battle, I've banned it. We ban accounts that do that regardless of what they're battling for, because it's so destructive of the intended purpose of this site. Past explanations if anyone wants more:

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Neither will you read the article, which is certainly not about water reclamation. (Other than the water saved by peeing into freshwater less.) Surely if it seems natural not to shit where we eat, it's reasonable to think about strategies not to piss where we drink - you seem eager enough to keep the two separate.

Dressed with visual splendor: your food will be synthetic; your home will be abstracted; your leaders bathetic, and your soul distracted. Material austerity is coming.

Is this a known quote from someone? Or where you feeling poetic today?

Just feeling poetic and lacking in optimism. On an intergenerational level, I half believe it’s true.

This is me to be honest. There are so many things we can do, but it seems we are focusing on thing that may only have superficial benefits.

This is by design. Paper straws are meant to distract your limited focus from things that actually matter.

Alternately, there are a lot of things we can improve, and doing something small that's easily accomplished gets something done now, increases visibility, and add momentum to do bigger things. I know some states are banning (or limiting) plastic bags now.

Does that solve the big problems of container ships burning bunker fuel, oil wells leaking methane, and the huge amounts of plastic caused by drink companies? No, but it definitely makes them look worse, and adds pressure to help make bigger change.

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