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Re:The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood by IncreasePosts on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:42AM (#40223942)
In morocco, we have restaurants with sinks near the front, exactly like a sink you might find in a bathroom in a house, and next to that sink is a copper cup attached by a chain to the wall. And people are free to come in and drink from that. I always wondered why the humble fountain wasn't more popular
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Re:The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood by BobaFloutist on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:05PM (#40225198)
Maybe the water waste in fountains feels worse in drought-prone regions? Even if the amount is comparably tiny, watching a precious resource just vanish down the drain might be hard to stomach?

I'm basing this on nothing, by the way, but it feels like a fun hypothesis.

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Re:The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood by bombcar on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:49PM (#40225821)
I've seen drinking fountains in the desert; it may be more that they just don't have a ready supply of them in Morocco, but sinks abound.

Often the fountain will just drain into the dirt nearby, which means it is often the only green area when it's a desert fountain.

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