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throw93839394··on Doomscrolling ourselves to death
> hiding my smartphone from myself. I have shoved my smartphone behind wardrobes and under beds. I have shut it up in cupboards.

> One particularly desperate ... strategy I developed was to kick my phone haphazardly across the room so it would lodge under some unknown piece of furniture

So over privileged people buy $1500 iphones, only to kick them across room, to hide? I do not think reading yet another master piece would help such person!

throw93839394··on You Don't Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules
Yes, my goverment set maximal price on water bottles in street shops, to prevent price gauging.

Making tap water drinkable, while 99% gets used for utilities, is seen as wasteful.

throw93839394··on You Don't Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules
I am not US citizen, I am (was) just a visitor (and consumer). I do not care about your local problems!

Jackson gov was happy to poison people to save face and money. Some other people are happy to poison people with chlorine, to save on plastics.

As a consumer, I have a right to choose whatever I feel is safe for me!

throw93839394··on You Don't Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules
There is another way to look at it.

As water consumer, I have a right not to trust officials about tap water quality, and buy my own drinking water in plastic bottles!

I use Jackson example, everytime someone pushes "tap water is safe" bs!