🟢 Not your regular #Venice gondola ride!

🛶 The waters in #Venice's main canal turned fluorescent green on Sunday.

🚨 The Venice prefect has called an emergency meeting to understand what happened and study possible countermeasures

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  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    This is not funny, canals only do this when they're in extreme distress.

  • eatmyass
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    1 year ago

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          • Guildenstern [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            I think there are vodka cocktails with wine, or at least punches. My issue with all sugary alcohols is acids cleanse the booze flavor with 99% efficacy, while sugar struggles to achieve any cleaning, although it can mask well when dumped in. I'd rather just east a pickle or an orange than turn it into syrup

    • medium_adult_son [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I feel like fortified wine is either banned in Italy, called something else that doesn't include the word wine, or has even more alcohol than Mad Dog 20/20 and tastes delicious.

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Ladies and Gentlemen, by 2035 20% of cities will be underwater and our tourism will, ironically, dry up. We need to think of a new gimmick!"

    "There tend to be a ton of people when Chicago's river is terrifying toxic green. Should we try that?"

  • disgruntled_worker [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Those slimy Italians are appropriating Chicago culture. I've had it up to here with those hand waving pasta munchers.

  • wopazoo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    update: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230529-venice-discovers-famed-canal-turns-bright-green-due-to-non-toxic-fluorescein

    Venice discovers non-toxic fluorescein was behind turning canal bright green

    The spectacular transformation of a stretch of Venice's Grand Canal to fluorescent green was due to fluorescein, a non-toxic substance used for testing wastewater networks, local authorities said on Monday.