We need to stop AI, we're using more water and making it unclean and unsafe faster than we are able to replenish it- a water bankruptcy.
I have been through 2 Richmond Water crises where our city did not have flowing water at all during the first one, and unclean water in the second one. Here is how miserable it was to be without steady flowing water for about a week:
no flushing the toilets OR showering, the whole city smelled horrendous
no washing dishes, at all, not even with dirty water. You go to turn on the sink and literally nothing comes out.
constantly thirsty because you are trying to ration what you have. What we did manage to collect just before the shut off was had to be boiled before every use due to being unclean.
no laundry, clothes start to get musky and itchy.
instant potatoes, mac and cheese, ramen, all that requires water. So much food but we couldn't eat any of it. Pasta, soups, grits, oatmeal, tea, COFFEE, none of it.
The heating in our building runs on water so we lost heating in the middle of January. We were so cold, had to stay in one room and not leave unless absolutely necessary.
no one went to work, the whole city's economy shut down for a week straight.
we had to figure out how much water to allocate to our pets, who have no real understanding of rationing.
the nauseating smell of the bathroom WILL seep into your dreams every night
the only food we could eat was basically out of cans, we ate like shit and felt like shit. Oh you like eating healthy and staying hydrated to manage acne and weight? not anymore. (Not having enough water makes you uncomfortably constipated btw)
no one wants to have intimate times with their partners during all this, so sex drive nose dove into the lowest of lows
having to boil water before consumption is crazy work, imagine you drink a glass of water just to find out it wasn't boiled long enough and then you throw up or shit yourself. You really want ecoli in your water?
you can't brush your teeth effectively, imagine the cavities. our only lasted a week but if it had gone on longer then oral hygiene was going to be a real problem.
No water/no clean water means= no more energy drinks, no more warm showers (find a cold lake or some shit), no more pasta, no more produce, no more laundry, no more indoor plumbing, no more clean dishes, no more dishwasher, no more heating/cooling, no more lemonade, no more broths, no more plump smooth skin. Basically everything we love will go away and life as we know it will be no more. It will never be the same. Not having water means rashes from poor hygiene, acne and sunken skin from dehydration, stomach aches, poor bowl movements, depleted energy, shitty food, economic halt. You think you are going to fulfill your dream of going to college/becoming a tattoo artist/being a musician/being a doctor/whatever have you is going to still be happening if you have to spend all your time looking for water? fuck no
If we have no water, we have to limit our physical activity. Oh you like working out? You like figure skating? Not anymore, they're not going to keep that rink frozen. You will not have the energy to do the fun things you enjoy because your body will be depleted AND all your time will go to looking for clean water.
Seriously it is not worth it. Stop using chatgpt, stop using character ai, stop engaging with ai slop, turn off your ai overviews, call your legislatures.
We have to do something about this. This is NOT the future I want.
