Second map is wrong. You can drink the tap water in any country at least once
Why is America highlighted?
Good question for both maps
Yet another instance of "America is actually 50 countries in a trench coat". Some places here have really, really good quality tap water that tastes ok even without a drinking water filter on the faucet, and other places... well, everyone knows Flint, MI...
The map of the US should be a bit more finely-grained to show the MAGA states as Russophiles.
Yeah, like all the Russophiles in Flint, Michigan.
South Africa has some really good tap water, can confirm I am drinking it.
We should enjoy it while we can, it seems that even that is coming to an end.
What's the idea behind this meme? That Russia is against tap-water or that Russia is a third-world shithole?
Because if the later, it reeks of western-white-colonialist supremacy. Blue countries have better infrastructure because they are colonial powers.
Oh and I absolutely drank water in Bulgaria. This is factually false.
Meanwhile, placing the US in the "drinkable country" where this happens is laughable:
No one would shit on Russia if they didn't constantly bomb the shit out of their neighbours and commit genocide as a part of their official strategy.
Love how you're getting downvoted for calling out a fascist meme, and people say this platform is "leftist". 🙄
I just want to say a a resident of the US Midwest, don't drink the tap water here - it won't actually kill you but you'll wish you were dead 😝
Hey, I'm not unfriendly. I like Russian escorts and vodka.
I just wish their leaders would be a little more friendly to the rest of the world.
I live in America and I wouldn't drink the tap water
You're part of the minority then. 12% in the USA never drinks tap water. 71% of us drink it at least sometimes. source
The US has many places where drinking the water is not safe, not that people are just choosing not to. I'm sure the people of Flint would be psyched to be able to actually drink tap water again.
The places with forever chemical contamination are also growing.
You might consider updating your thoughts. The water in Flint has been fixed for several years.
The water mains damaged by corrosion were replaced, and the vast majority of household service lines have been replaced.
It'll take time before people trust the water system fully again, but it's been independently tested and shown to be fine, with continued monitoring as part of the lawsuit settlement.
The US has many places where drinking the water is not safe, not that people are just choosing not to. I’m sure the people of Flint would be psyched to be able to actually drink tap water again.
Sure, but a town with a population of 80k people doesn't define a nation. The vast majority of Americans have safe tap water available to drink.
You better wipe America off that list lol. Flint Michigan have water yet?
Yes, they do.
The water mains in question were replaced, and 95% of lead service lines have been replaced.
All of South Africas tap water is safe to drink. And Russia considers the SA government their ally.
Imagine thinking US tapwater (where some places are known to have a dizzying amount of contaminants) is more drinkable than Brazilian tapwater, which is actually clean.
Depending where in Brazil you are talking about. In Rio de Janeiro for example even public authorities recommend you to not drink tap water.
Looks like Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia and get a pass on being unfriendly countries, presumably because they aren't in NATO (despite B&H being an aspiring member).
However Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Austria, also not in NATO, are still unfriendlies.
Poor Hungary is still counted as unfriendly as they actively run interference on Moscow's behalf.
Ironically, the second map is pretty wrong. You're more likely to be able to drink the tap water in the Balkans for example than in some Western countries.
I don't think we're un-friendly, I think Russia's just in a bad place right now and need to take a hard look at themselves and maybe consider whether their recent behaviour matches their values.
And no, they can't crash on our sofa.
Is the tap water in Spain alright? When I was in Tenerife recently, I bought bottled water even though I never ever buy it at home. They also had quite a lot of (non carbonated, non flavored) bottled water in the stores compared to my country.
I come from a country with very good tap water so is it possible that the water is technically fine but not great or something you would like to drink?
Why do you assume mainland tap water and tap water on a tiny island far out in the ocean have the same quality? In spain mainland tap water is generally considered drinkable.
Well, Tenerife is Spain, but it's 1700km away, so it's not the best example.
Still, it depends on where in Spain we talk about, you can see in This map . It's not that the water is bad, it's that in many places it has minerals like calcium that gives them undesired taste, but its perfectly safe. I live in one of those black places and most people buy bottled water. I use a Britta.
To be fair, I get the sense that in some cases, the west (and our outsourcing of pollution and trash) might contribute to the inability to drink tap water. Not that it makes it right to hate in the West, but I'm not about to blame ALL those countries for crappy tap water.
I thought Chile had drinkable table water. Last time someone posted a UN map, iirc Chile was the sole county in South America highlighted.
You can't or at least should not drink most of the tap water from the US.
US tap watered is monitored closely and the results for basically every locality are available online. In the few places where you can't drink it, they make a really big deal about letting you know.
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I trust the tap water in Malaysia better than I do the tap water in the US.
(Speaking from personal experience.)
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