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I'm working on deleting duplicated posts that occurred from importing my journal from LJ, and came across one from about 4+ years ago which talked about... well, now I might call it the opposite of "first world problem"... "first world gratitude", maybe?
The thrust of the post was about what taking a shower here ultimately involves: take 20-40 gallons or so of perfectly good drinking water, contaminate it with things that make it undrinkable (soap, etc.), and then cast it off as waste.
I mean, wow.
Mindful that the so-called "third world" is certainly not homogenous, but in any case I get the idea that supplies of clean water are still a major problem in many areas of the world. So, um. In tumblr analogy to "my creys", perhaps "my gratitudes"?
The thrust of the post was about what taking a shower here ultimately involves: take 20-40 gallons or so of perfectly good drinking water, contaminate it with things that make it undrinkable (soap, etc.), and then cast it off as waste.
I mean, wow.
Mindful that the so-called "third world" is certainly not homogenous, but in any case I get the idea that supplies of clean water are still a major problem in many areas of the world. So, um. In tumblr analogy to "my creys", perhaps "my gratitudes"?