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Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019) by kgin on Saturday May 30, 2020 @08:29AM (#23360688)
No, I agree. While I would love to see a water meter, I don’t need the shower head making commentary like “great job!”
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Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019) by usrusr on Saturday May 30, 2020 @09:37AM (#23361096)
It might come over less childish if the system (the system's designers) didn't shy away from negativity.
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Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019) by leetcrew on Saturday May 30, 2020 @10:38AM (#23361486)
being scolded by my shower is not exactly the future dystopia I imagined.
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Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019) by lozf on Saturday May 30, 2020 @10:56AM (#23361618)
It would probably be more like:

<Cheery Computer Voice> "Water-flow will be resumed after these messages... "<Ads Play...>

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Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019) by onion2k on Saturday May 30, 2020 @11:13AM (#23361721)
Playing an ad in the shower after 5 minutes would definitely make me take shorter showers and use less water. You could be on to something there.
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Re:Mist Showers: Sustainable Decadence? (2019) by throwaway_pdp09 on Saturday May 30, 2020 @01:32PM (#23362911)
I can imagine that as a scene in Demolition Man
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