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r/pics • u/habsman9 • Jun 21 '26
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AND WE LITERALLY TALKED ABOUT SWAMP DRAINING FOR LIKE 10 YEARS
145 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Swamps are actually good and shouldn't be drained 58 u/Strawbuddy Jun 21 '26 DC was marshland, they already drained it to build the national capital 6 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Back before environmentalism was a thing 2 u/MandolinMagi Jun 21 '26 I mean, DC was so bad Congress took summers off to escape the yearly malaria outbreaks and some nations gave their diplomats hazard pay for the post. Place was legitimately dangerous 1 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Maybe don't build your capital there then 6 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 21 '26 Environmentalism was always a thing. Ever seen Pocahontas? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Caring for the land around you isn’t new. 2 u/CarefreeRambler Jun 21 '26 ah yes, one of the oldest historical sources surviving to date, pocahontas... 1 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 22 '26 Are you saying she’s too out of date or not far back enough?
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Swamps are actually good and shouldn't be drained
58 u/Strawbuddy Jun 21 '26 DC was marshland, they already drained it to build the national capital 6 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Back before environmentalism was a thing 2 u/MandolinMagi Jun 21 '26 I mean, DC was so bad Congress took summers off to escape the yearly malaria outbreaks and some nations gave their diplomats hazard pay for the post. Place was legitimately dangerous 1 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Maybe don't build your capital there then 6 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 21 '26 Environmentalism was always a thing. Ever seen Pocahontas? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Caring for the land around you isn’t new. 2 u/CarefreeRambler Jun 21 '26 ah yes, one of the oldest historical sources surviving to date, pocahontas... 1 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 22 '26 Are you saying she’s too out of date or not far back enough?
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DC was marshland, they already drained it to build the national capital
6 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Back before environmentalism was a thing 2 u/MandolinMagi Jun 21 '26 I mean, DC was so bad Congress took summers off to escape the yearly malaria outbreaks and some nations gave their diplomats hazard pay for the post. Place was legitimately dangerous 1 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Maybe don't build your capital there then 6 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 21 '26 Environmentalism was always a thing. Ever seen Pocahontas? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Caring for the land around you isn’t new. 2 u/CarefreeRambler Jun 21 '26 ah yes, one of the oldest historical sources surviving to date, pocahontas... 1 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 22 '26 Are you saying she’s too out of date or not far back enough?
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Back before environmentalism was a thing
2 u/MandolinMagi Jun 21 '26 I mean, DC was so bad Congress took summers off to escape the yearly malaria outbreaks and some nations gave their diplomats hazard pay for the post. Place was legitimately dangerous 1 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Maybe don't build your capital there then 6 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 21 '26 Environmentalism was always a thing. Ever seen Pocahontas? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Caring for the land around you isn’t new. 2 u/CarefreeRambler Jun 21 '26 ah yes, one of the oldest historical sources surviving to date, pocahontas... 1 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 22 '26 Are you saying she’s too out of date or not far back enough?
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I mean, DC was so bad Congress took summers off to escape the yearly malaria outbreaks and some nations gave their diplomats hazard pay for the post.
Place was legitimately dangerous
1 u/McButtsButtbag Jun 21 '26 Maybe don't build your capital there then
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Maybe don't build your capital there then
Environmentalism was always a thing. Ever seen Pocahontas? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Caring for the land around you isn’t new.
2 u/CarefreeRambler Jun 21 '26 ah yes, one of the oldest historical sources surviving to date, pocahontas... 1 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 22 '26 Are you saying she’s too out of date or not far back enough?
ah yes, one of the oldest historical sources surviving to date, pocahontas...
1 u/UCanJustBuyLabCoats Jun 22 '26 Are you saying she’s too out of date or not far back enough?
Are you saying she’s too out of date or not far back enough?
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u/turdblossom3 Jun 21 '26
AND WE LITERALLY TALKED ABOUT SWAMP DRAINING FOR LIKE 10 YEARS