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Khaosfury t1_jdtdfkt wrote

Reply to comment by waymonster in My 25 year old Rivendell Atlantis with home made bags. A perfect bicycle. by Dirtdancefire

I think it's for the people who remind everyone else to drink water, since (at least in my personal experience) a lot of people don't think much about keeping their water intake up and are thus dehydrated despite being surrounded by clean water. I don't personally visit it much but that's my understanding at least.

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HunterThompsonsentme t1_jdu1d1q wrote

Back in my day that sub was called r/ WaterNiggas but as it gained popularity, they changed it to something less...in your face. The original meme was kind of an ironic play on how water tastes vs how it's necessary for life. That's the whole joke. "damn this water actually kinda fire???" well of course it is, it's what sustains life on this earth.

There was also a specifically black sensibility to the original joke, playing off a cultural stereotype that black people don't drink water, in fact they drink anything BUT water--soda, grape juice, energy drinks etc. Mostly just a stereotype, but I remember when those memes started circulating a lot of them came from "black people twitter"

It has since devolved into a subreddit for hydration and potable water appreciation ....and that's fine too. But the real ones remember the water niggas

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N-Waverace t1_jdtkdgd wrote

It seems like we are increasingly being notsurrounded by clean water

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