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Bonus: modern doomsday prepper booth in the same flea market.
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this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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Yeah I'd rather not drink water out of a container that once held shit on principle.
It didn’t hold shit, it held a bag of shit.
No different than using a back to pick up dog shit, your hand is the drum, you’ve eaten burgers or hand food before yeah? Or do you not eat with your hand out of principle too?
There's a huge difference here. After picking up my dog's shit, I wash my hands. The length of time said shit is on my hand with a plastic barrier is momentary. My hands also shed skin periodically, essentially creating a new surface over time.
The metal container scenario places a lot of trust in the integrity of the plastic holding the shit, as well as the wire tie holding the bag shut. Metals also have absorption properties, so there is a non-zero chance that some of that fecal matter could be absorbed by the drum itself while stewing in there for who knows how long, and later be released into the water (it's the same idea as why they say turning shipping containers into habitable spaces, you have no clue what was stored in there and could be off-gassing nasty stuff). So yeah, I'd rather not mix shit and potable water.
Also, I can choose to use utensils if I want. No need to be a dick about it.
Can I just point out that you two are having an argument over the logistics of using a big metal barrel designed to hold drinking water to serve its secondary function and hold human feces instead?
I just find it funny where people draw arbitrary lines. Rusty container, put the bag in and LFG, maybe touched some poop, yuck I would never. Both are just as dangerous to consume, yet neither matter with the bag. Yet that’s what people would justify to use when rusty. Shits hilarious.
Wait until people figure out or remember where river water comes from….
When asked why he never drank any water, notorious alcoholic comedian W. C. Fields replied that fish fuck in it.
It’s always a matter of perspective, yet in the end it doesn’t make a difference, you’re making a choice over some arbitrary distinction. If this container were just mildly rusty, no one would balk at using it for water, yet rust would be just as dangerous to congest in the end.
Sorry the entire premises you’ve based the argument on is entirely flawed, there is no huge difference. It’s I don’t understand the principles at play, so I’m gonna make arbitrary distinctions to make myself feel better.