this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
749 points (98.1% liked)

A Boring Dystopia

10336 readers
1426 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--If a picture is just a screenshot of an article, link the article

--If a video's content isn't clear from title, write a short summary so people know what it's about.

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Breathing in rooms with outside air: FREE
Breathing in rooms with heat/AC: $1.99/mo

Get the Breeathe app!

breeathe.com

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago

Write that down! Write that down!

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

I really thought this was real.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

I think we just found our new Breeathe Free CEO!

[–] PhoreTwunny@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the kind of thing I find enraging to the point of vandalism.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

vandalism against large corporations is beautiful and moral

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] maxalmonte14@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

We need a community called "Capitalism Gone Wild".

[–] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 22 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

For an extra $0.99 a month, they will underpay an immigrant to let you drink the water from their cupped hands instead.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago

What would you consider adequate pay for someone to rent out their hands as cups?

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

"REE" is right. I have a 10 pound sledge that can fix this RIGHT up. Just doin' my part for humanity.

[–] Therobohour@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They add lead to the free side.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago

Flint Michigan loves this simple trick.

[–] Unlocalhost@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 21 hours ago

Nestle approved

load more comments (2 replies)

No filtered room temp option is the real crime.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To be fair: if this design was the price for free water everywhere I would pay for it. I want a world where I can get free drinking water everywhere so I don't have to carry it.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (25 children)

Meanwhile my shitty little European town has recently installed a fountain for drinking, filling up your bottle and also with a dog drink station, completely free.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Where I live in Canada has started turning fire hydrants into free drinking fountains during the summer for the last couple of years.

load more comments (24 replies)
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I was in Rome there were just public water fountains everywhere. Good quality water, accessible to everyone.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago

Not in Germany there aren't

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Reefill" sounds like something out of a wojak meme.

"I'm reefilling my water bottle with mineral water from 1000m deep!" - the reefiller wojak

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] kipo@lemm.ee 115 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This photo is about 8 years old now. I’m pretty certain Reefill did not succeed as a product or a company. It barely got crowdfunded and then fizzled out a year later.

[–] valkyre09@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe they should have focussed their efforts on carbonated water to combat the fizzle

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 165 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

I bet that internally the mechanism must be like this

1000056940

load more comments (17 replies)
[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Tap water all the time

[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 90 points 1 day ago (10 children)

You would think all the data they steal from you when you install the app would be payment enough

load more comments (10 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›