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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's an insult to gigantic global sewers.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed. Sewers serve an important sanitary purpose. I propose to characterize Twixxer as an out of control tire fire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Why not a controlled tire fire:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

...like the Seine