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mk  ·  1319 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 14, 2021

It’s absurdly hard to pee in the US.





wasoxygen  ·  1319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    why are there no public toilets in America?

mk  ·  1319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The government wants to provide for poor people and other people. It doesn’t want to make them pay — or old people — they don’t want to pay, but the government doesn’t want to raise taxes and provide their healthcare.

Even voters that don't like taxes don't typically bother the government about military spending. It's never much of a campaign issue although the costs are very high. I believe the problem has to do with a perception of what is valuable, and the political advantage in arguing about it at election time.

That said, I'd pay a subscription for access to clean toilets all around. You could make an AirBnB-like service where businesses with toilets could allow members to use them without having to buy a slice of pizza, etc...

Daffodil  ·  1319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Avoid Shell or BP, find a Sheetz.

c_hawkthorne  ·  1318 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fuck Sheetz all my homies love Wawa

Daffodil  ·  1235 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wawa food has nothing on Wisconsin bites. Sheetz is supreme and wawa is fake boujee but no better than an AC&T

c_hawkthorne  ·  1234 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lol "fake boujee" -- we're not kidding ourselves. There's literally a white trash TV show (excellent watch btw if you can) in which the costume designer went to local Wawa stores and took pics of people to use.

Good to see you back though! Sorry that the badging for chat feature didn't work. Hoping you stick around, you're good company, even if you are under the false impression anywhere is better than Wawa, because, and I cannot express this fact enough, Wawa is undeniably the best convenience store, except some weird place I've never been.

Also, I've never seen a fan-made Sheetz song...

Daffodil  ·  1234 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think I'm back. The situation with my MIL being crazy was escalating and I didnt feel like socializing much in that constant state of anxiety. FIL I kicked her out about 2 months ago tho, and life has been returning to new normalcy so I think I'm back c:

c_hawkthorne  ·  1233 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Great! Glad everything is coming along. A lot of people come and go in waves of activity, but we normally don't get newbies back if they leave.

_refugee_  ·  1319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Back on about Amazon drivers and pee bottles again? I agree. It's a hardship that's very easy to sympathize with.