• Chozo@fedia.io
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    15 hours ago

    How are fats, oils, and grease getting into the sewer system, though? Are there enough of those materials left in our poop to conglomerate like that? Or are those from industrial users on the sewer system?

    • Not a replicant@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Lots of restaurants and cafes pouring their waste cooking oil down the sink instead of paying a collection service.

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        11 hours ago

        Man, I’m an idiot. I dunno why I forgot for a moment that other drains exist lol. That makes sense, thanks!

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          6 hours ago

          Maybe you have a drain phobia? Mr. Rogers had a song one day on his show called “you can never go down the drain” which was supposed to stop kids who were scared of that happening… but until he sang that song, the concept of me going down a drain was not something I had considered, so I was terrified of it for years and had to jump out of the bath the minute my mom pulled the plug.

          On the other hand, you’re probably not as weird as I am, so you probably just forgot.