Hopefully we don't have to always be dependent on so many other people and services to have basic dignity and sanitation.
People who live off-grid, van/rv/etc., homestead, etc. lifestyles are pioneering a future where we don't need services that aren't likely that great for the environment - such as public sewage, our reliance on fossil fuels to power and heat our homes and electronics, or unsustainable agriculture that isn't in balance with the environment or even nutritionally-dense.
I am grateful to the people who enable our standard of living to survive with some semblance of dignity, and especially those focused on solutions, so we can get to the point of self-sufficiency, sustainability, and balance in our environment as a species and planet.
I'm so slow, my first reaction was:
What kind of disgusting new behavior are the weirdos getting up to now? Shitting indoors. The very thought of it!
Plumbers, electricians, homebuilders, sanitation workers, and electrical workers. Who'd I miss?
Thank you all for a fine poopie.
I mean, it's almost the entire service and retail economy. Shout out to the driver of the truck that did the delivery to the supermarket of the turkey you'll poop out the next day. We owe everything to everyone.
Merry Christmas and may your next poop be a blessed one.
Farmers.
It’s not just the actual shitting, but the lifestyle. I wouldn’t have been able to shit in luxury in Ancient Rome, not because it wasn’t possible, but because I couldn’t have accessed that tech.
We’re used to judging history in absolutes, but that isn’t how life works.
e: it’s a great list, but if you’d add all the people leading to those positions too, all along the supply chain, there are a ridiculous number of people getting paid basically nothing in every breath you take. The least we can do is recognise that and help each other.
As a woman who can't pee while standing, or at least in a way that prevents pee from getting everywhere, I very much appreciate my winter, indoor plumbing for the everyman and all the people who make it happen. And when it's the holidays, and I'm drinking, I appreciate it even more. Cold outhouse seats suuuuuuck.
Cheers to remembering how much worse it could be and how the little things we take for granted do matter.
My response isn’t showing because I’m a dipshit: I said:
I’m with you.
I don’t think I meant to delete my comment; I’ve been drinking too.
😊
The fact that you’re responding to no one makes this top tier
tl;dr: We live in a society
Personally I live in Texas so the only people enabling me are the Oil companies ensuring I never see a blizzard, from Global Warming.
Jokes on you, climate change means unpredictable weather, so you'll actually get worse blizzards.
Oh don’t worry, you will
Blizzard?
Climate change is erasing those. Now it's just do shit outside in modest cold
Now we can swim any day in November
Well, just be sure to wear a full body suit to protect from the industrial waste.
