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UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought
(www.404media.co)
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
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I don't know about you, but the title gave me the impression that the government is throwing their hands in the air and are like "there's nothing we can do, maybe you can delete some emails and save data centers some water." But the press release is about all the work they have done, all the efforts they have put into alleviating the drought situation. "What you can do at home" is the last section, and deleting emails is literally the last line of the article (a little tongue in the cheek even). And yet that's what 404 highlights?!
Tell me they are not trying to generate outrage.