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Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City by samatman on Thursday March 20, 2025 @05:47PM (#43429352)
The existence of various grades of a commodity says nothing about whether that commodity at those grades is fungible. Mostly it implies the opposite, in fact.
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Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City by AStonesThrow on Friday March 21, 2025 @12:03AM (#43431693)
But you can't then say unqualified that "water is fungible". Sewer water is not fungible with potable water. Greywater is not fungible with distilled or RO water. I'm not convinced that sewer water is fungible at all, considering its unknown content!
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Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City by samatman on Friday March 21, 2025 @09:15AM (#43435283)
People do this all the time actually. "Cotton is fungible", "oil is fungible".

The grading is assumed.

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Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City by AStonesThrow on Sunday March 23, 2025 @05:30PM (#43456060)
I will remember this next time Amazon tries to ship me Artesian Spring Deuterium or Tritium to me, and extra shipping/handling charges apply

There are two tremendous storage reservoirs full of dihydrogen monoxide here, but only the cats and toddlers drink it. Birds have wised up.

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