"We're here today because we're finally addressing an issue that should have been addressed a long time ago in this country — the danger that lead pipes pose to our drinking water," Mr. Biden said. "For too long, local communities have known how important it was to deal with this problem. It hadn't been given the national priority that it demanded though. I'm here today to tell you that I'm finally insisting that it gets prioritized and I'm insisting it get done."

~ Joseph Biden, next write-in candidate that'll win the next election.

I'm not quite sure what to say to this one. Out of nowhere you're dropping a ten year deadline for upending the entire decaying sewer infrastructure of the U.S in like, the last stretch of your career? The fuck?

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      i personally hope theyre all replaced with flimsy plastic lined styrofoam

      • huf [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        yeah, and then instead of lead from decaying lead pipes, we can have micrplastics from decaying plastic pipes :D it's future proof!

        • propter_hog [any, any]
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          3 months ago

          You know how you can just run many smaller lines to equate the flow rate of one larger line, right? So imagine instead of one sewer line converted to giant plex, it's like three dozen or so just regular sized plex lines running the sewage system, only they're brown instead of blue or red or white. That should do it. No need for a large pipe.

          • huf [he/him]
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            3 months ago

            yeah, that wont be a problem when someone flushes one of those "flushable" wipes...

            • propter_hog [any, any]
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              3 months ago

              Dude, they're clearly marked flushable, I don't see what the problem is

              • huf [he/him]
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                3 months ago

                I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of plumbers cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.