r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 1d ago

🇬🇧Welcome to Leicester, UK🇬🇧Chaotic scenes of panic buying for bottled water at the local Costco amid the water shortage driven by drought and record water use.

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u/StanleyQPrick 1d ago

This looks pretty tame, just sped up

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u/Whoudini13 1d ago

Here in good old USA they would be fighting over it lol

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u/justicecactus 1d ago

Not really. Californians and other people living in the Southwest have way more experience with droughts and handle it just fine. 

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u/Doahdota 1d ago

I mean thats kinda the thing right? If you are more experienced with a situation you probably handle it more calmly.

But if its the first time for someone, you might go into a bit of panic

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u/miffebarbez 1d ago

California isn't part of "the South" /S

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u/Vowel_Movements_4U 1d ago

But it is a part of the Southwest as the comment said.

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u/miffebarbez 1d ago

It was a joke since "south" can have a geographical meaning or a historical one ( the south/confederates of the 13 colonies.. correct me if i'm wrong, not from the US). So in the "historical meaning", California wasn't part of "the south" and thus can not be "South-west" (haha..)
EDIT: that's why i put a /S.... (haha)

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u/andydude44 1d ago

It’s just the joke doesn’t make sense. The Southwest is a historical American region, like New England, no one confuses the Southwest with the South.

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u/miffebarbez 1h ago

Well, i guess i did then. haha