Ah yes America. The land with safe leaded tap water.
It’s more fuel efficient 😤
Second map is wrong. You can drink the tap water in any country at least once
Well, any country that has tap water.
Why is America highlighted?
Yet another instance of “America is actually 50 countries in a trench coat”. Some places here have really, really good quality tap water that tastes ok even without a drinking water filter on the faucet, and other places… well, everyone knows Flint, MI…
As opposed to other countries, where it’s the same through the whole country
Good question for both maps
And Italy?
South Africa has some really good tap water, can confirm I am drinking it.
We should enjoy it while we can, it seems that even that is coming to an end.
I just want to say a a resident of the US Midwest, don’t drink the tap water here - it won’t actually kill you but you’ll wish you were dead 😝
Southern US here and it could very well kill you.
Brain eating Amoeba?
I can’t say it’s still like this, but when I was in Kansas City about 20 years ago, the hotel waiter poured me a glass of water and it tasted amazing and he said it was just tap water.
I’m from from between the south and midwest- and my city water utility always bragged about how its supposedly some of the best tapwater in the world.
Except for Flint, Michigan and Jacksonville, Mississippi.
And in my experience every single hotel where the water is basically diluted chlorine bleach.
Hotels are eldritch abominations summoned into the materium to test the limits of the human psyche.
Ironically, the second map is pretty wrong. You’re more likely to be able to drink the tap water in the Balkans for example than in some Western countries.
Imagine thinking US tapwater (where some places are known to have a dizzying amount of contaminants) is more drinkable than Brazilian tapwater, which is actually clean.
Depending where in Brazil you are talking about. In Rio de Janeiro for example even public authorities recommend you to not drink tap water.
Well, Rio is kind if a hellhole. They suffer from excessive unregulated housing, with too many people living in favelas and accessing utilities from illegal taps – uncontrollable circumstances –, plus their political class is actual scum.
Shut up and let me guzzle my PFAS and lead juice!!
All of South Africas tap water is safe to drink. And Russia considers the SA government their ally.
You know that people can google ‘south Africa tap water’, right?
First result from southafrica.net: ‘tap water is safe to drink in urban areas’. So even the official sources are claiming only urban areas to be safe. If you scroll down to the 2nd result it says ‘47 % of municipal tap water is now classified as non-revenue water’ and ‘46 % of the drinking water systems are safe to drink’
Pretty sure it’s like that in a lot of places… But, even when living 200km from civilization, in a tiny town in the desert, the water from the tap was safe to drink. In the 34 years I lived there I never once got sick from drinking water from the tap.
I don’t think we’re un-friendly, I think Russia’s just in a bad place right now and need to take a hard look at themselves and maybe consider whether their recent behaviour matches their values.
And no, they can’t crash on our sofa.
Is the tap water in Spain alright? When I was in Tenerife recently, I bought bottled water even though I never ever buy it at home. They also had quite a lot of (non carbonated, non flavored) bottled water in the stores compared to my country.
I come from a country with very good tap water so is it possible that the water is technically fine but not great or something you would like to drink?
Why do you assume mainland tap water and tap water on a tiny island far out in the ocean have the same quality? In spain mainland tap water is generally considered drinkable.
I dunno. I just suspected that the government would ensure that the water is of high quality regards of where you are.
I’m sorry, re-reading my comment it comes across very harsh. I didn’t mean that. The government certainly regulates the requirements for water to be considered drinkable. However it is probably not feasible to make all tap water on an island drinkable. Most of the water running through the tap is not consumed (like shower, laundry, flushing, etc.) so it might be smarter to make the water clean enough for those jobs and then advise to consume only bottled water.
I drank tap water all over mainland Spain without issue and my stomach is weak for this sort of thing.
Because the tap water is subject to the same legal framework, that’s why you assume it has the same quality standards.
Well, Tenerife is Spain, but it’s 1700km away, so it’s not the best example.
Still, it depends on where in Spain we talk about, you can see in This map . It’s not that the water is bad, it’s that in many places it has minerals like calcium that gives them undesired taste, but its perfectly safe. I live in one of those black places and most people buy bottled water. I use a Britta.
Indeed, La Palma (just a bit to the west of Tenerife) has amazing tap water. Northern Spain as well.
What’s the idea behind this meme? That Russia is against tap-water or that Russia is a third-world shithole?
Because if the later, it reeks of western-white-colonialist supremacy. Blue countries have better infrastructure because they are colonial powers.
Oh and I absolutely drank water in Bulgaria. This is factually false.
Meanwhile, placing the US in the “drinkable country” where this happens is laughable:
No one would shit on Russia if they didn’t constantly bomb the shit out of their neighbours and commit genocide as a part of their official strategy.
Yeah because the first world notoriously doesn’t do that /s
Well not neighbors. We go all the way to the other side of the planet to do it.
/s?
Cuba would like to have a word.
“US does it so it’s cool for Russia too”
This logic astounds me. It’s possible to be against both, and still recognize that Russia acting in a way that is constantly and actively pursuing war.
Russian leadership (fascists) is acting in a way that is constantly and actively pursuing war*
If Russia is not a democracy, then people cannot be held responsible for the action of their government. No more then in Dresden or Hiroshima. Especially when Westerners (us, who supposedly, them, pick our leaders) are not held responsible for the atrocities committed by their government. Where are the sanctions for the Iraqi war?
Honestly, it looks like they are preparing the average joe’s mind for carpet bombing. Jingoism on all side.
If Russia is not a democracy, then people cannot be held responsible for the action of their government
Russia is just as much a democracy as the US. In the US, the electoral college picks the leaders, not the voting body. The electoral college has no legal obligation to follow the popular vote.
And besides that, Russia really wants to be able to say it’s a democracy. Ask the government there, they will tell you they’re a democracy. Just like the US.
Trying to insinuate that the American people are responsible for the actions of their government but the Russian people are not is pretty close to Russia apologist. Either the average Russian is responsible for changing their country or the average American is not. You don’t get both.
Where are the Iraq War sanctions?
Again, it’s possible to say that what the US did was wrong and still understand that what Russia is doing is also wrong. Bringing the “whatabout” argument at this point is deliberate deflection if you understand that you’re arguing with someone who agrees with you.
Either the average Russian is responsible for changing their country or the average American is not. You don’t get both.
Yes, exactly, none of them are.
Again, it’s possible to say that what the US did was wrong and still understand that what Russia is doing is also wrong.
What the Russian government is doing is wrong, absolutely. It’s not a reason to fall into jingoism and stupid stereotypes.
Bringing the “whatabout” argument at this point is deliberate deflection if you understand that you’re arguing with someone who agrees with you.
But the map is literally placing France and the US in “the good guys”. Whataboutism is when you bring out things out of the blue that aren’t being disgusted already.
Ok, and?
The US pulled out of its wars. They may not be the good guy on the world stage in a cumulative sense, but their leaders pulled out of their wars and aren’t picking any fights. Despite what you might think, wars aren’t popular in the US either.
Russia is actively being the bad guy right now.
Whataboutism is when you bring out things out of the blue that aren’t being disgusted already.
Nobody said anything about Iraq. You sort of brought that up out of nowhere, as if to say what about when it was different?
In any case, if all of this is about a meme labeling some countries good and some countries bad, a meme that isn’t even trying to be accurate on either front, maybe you should ask yourself why you care so much that you’re starting fires about how the west is just as bad?
You don’t think the average person on lemmy hears that from the lurking tankies every single day? You’re pretty much preaching to the choir here.
I shit plenty on the US for that too.
But Russia is directly affecting the sphere of influence my country has, so shitting on them is a lot more prudent.
Canada should have an asterisc for all the reserves without clean water too. Of course not many tourists going to those.
You can see here https://sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1620925418298/1620925434679
Note if you sort by status then less than the first 3 pages have an advisory
Love how you’re getting downvoted for calling out a fascist meme, and people say this platform is “leftist”. 🙄
Liberals always have been pro-war. It’s good for business.
It’s joking that they are against tap water
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This is meme is just western colonialist supremacy bulshit
Looks like Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia and get a pass on being unfriendly countries, presumably because they aren’t in NATO (despite B&H being an aspiring member).
However Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Austria, also not in NATO, are still unfriendlies.
Poor Hungary is still counted as unfriendly as they actively run interference on Moscow’s behalf.
