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Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by 57FkMytWjyFu »

sophacles wrote: post #9
57FkMytWjyFu wrote: post #7

That's strange, I've lived here for 5+ years now, and I've never heard anyone my native spouse say anything of the sort, nor anyone else. More outrage for the outrage throne!

You missed this announcement then: “Please make sure in the shower that your mouth is not open,” Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health... Specifically for Jackson, where they have been having serious water problems for a month. (This is not in the linked article, but in several others on the topic)

No, I did not miss that. If it's not in the linked article, the implication is that we all just know to shower with our mouth closed. 2.9 million people, vs 149k.

It's hyperbole, without the details.

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by chrismeller »

57FkMytWjyFu wrote: post #7

That's strange, I've lived here for 5+ years now, and I've never heard anyone my native spouse say anything of the sort, nor anyone else. More outrage for the outrage throne!

Having lived in Europe, this feels exactly like the kind of reporting they love. “Did you hear what happened in the US?” Or “did you see what happened in the US?” It’s a big damned place and I only personally care about certain parts of it, so no, I probably didn’t.

I used to expect better out of the BBC…

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

#13

Post by sophacles »

57FkMytWjyFu wrote: post #11
sophacles wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You missed this announcement then: “Please make sure in the shower that your mouth is not open,” Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health... Specifically for Jackson, where they have been having serious water problems for a month. (This is not in the linked article, but in several others on the topic)

No, I did not miss that. If it's not in the linked article, the implication is that we all just know to shower with our mouth closed. 2.9 million people, vs 149k. It's hyperbole, without the details.

By "miss" I wasn't implying you can't read or something, just that this national news item wasn't something you've seen yet. A common way to express that is "you missed it" or "i missed that".

Let me rephrase my first sentence:

You many not have seen this yet then...

[snip some unnecessarily stuff in light of edit below].

edit: I just realized and maybe you also hadn't seen yet, the linked article is a summary of a video story. Additionally, the summary has been updated to include more information specifying Jackson and the title has been updated since I first looked, I suspect there is much more info now than when you first looked..

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by 57FkMytWjyFu »

sophacles wrote: post #13
57FkMytWjyFu wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I did not miss that. If it's not in the linked article, the implication is that we all just know to shower with our mouth closed. 2.9 million people, vs 149k. It's hyperbole, without the details.

By "miss" I wasn't implying you can't read or something, just that this national news item wasn't something you've seen yet. A common way to express that is "you missed it" or "i missed that". Let me rephrase my first sentence: You many not have seen this yet then... [snip some unnecessarily stuff in light of edit below]. edit: I just realized and maybe you also hadn't seen yet, the linked article is a summary of a v…

I didn't miss it. I read about it on the 30th of Aug, on this article https://www.wsj.com/articles/jackson-miss-is-out-of-running-...?

It wasn't the only one I've read, either.

Are you not understanding that I live in Mississippi, and I resent the implication that an entire state just has filthy water, because of one city with an awfully young man at the helm?

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by MomoXenosaga »

57FkMytWjyFu wrote: post #11
sophacles wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You missed this announcement then: “Please make sure in the shower that your mouth is not open,” Jim Craig, senior deputy and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health... Specifically for Jackson, where they have been having serious water problems for a month. (This is not in the linked article, but in several others on the topic)

No, I did not miss that. If it's not in the linked article, the implication is that we all just know to shower with our mouth closed. 2.9 million people, vs 149k. It's hyperbole, without the details.

If even a small village in my country didn't have access to clean drinking water for more than a week I'd demand some unfortunate public official to commit seppuku. It's having standards.

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by sophacles »

57FkMytWjyFu wrote: post #14
sophacles wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By "miss" I wasn't implying you can't read or something, just that this national news item wasn't something you've seen yet. A common way to express that is "you missed it" or "i missed that". Let me rephrase my first sentence: You many not have seen this yet then... [snip some unnecessarily stuff in light of edit below]. edit: I just realized and maybe you also hadn't seen yet, the linked article is a summary of a v…

I didn't miss it. I read about it on the 30th of Aug, on this article https://www.wsj.com/articles/jackson-miss-is-out-of-running-... ? It wasn't the only one I've read, either. Are you not understanding that I live in Mississippi, and I resent the implication that an entire state just has filthy water, because of one city with an awfully young man at the helm?

I clearly was not. Why did you have to ask?

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by 57FkMytWjyFu »

MomoXenosaga wrote: post #15
57FkMytWjyFu wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I did not miss that. If it's not in the linked article, the implication is that we all just know to shower with our mouth closed. 2.9 million people, vs 149k. It's hyperbole, without the details.

If even a small village in my country didn't have access to clean drinking water for more than a week I'd demand some unfortunate public official to commit seppuku. It's having standards.

"America's not the greatest country in the world anymore. But we could be..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2HKbygLjJs

Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by [deleted] »

LionTamer wrote: post #4
bojangleslover wrote: post #2

And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK

The US does, Mississippi doesn’t. Mississippi has a GDP per capital of about $42,411 [0] while UK has $47,334 [1]. Those are both in current USD. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...

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Re: Mississippi water is so dirty residents shower with their mouths shut

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Post by deepdriver »

LionTamer wrote: post #4
bojangleslover wrote: post #2

And yet it's GDP per Capita is higher than that of the UK

The US does, Mississippi doesn’t. Mississippi has a GDP per capital of about $42,411 [0] while UK has $47,334 [1]. Those are both in current USD. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?location...

Those numbers are still remarkably similar.
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