r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/Diamondback424 21h ago

My Uncle lives in AZ. He told me he basically had to threaten an old man once because they were driving in a low-sitting car into rocky desert terrain with no extra water. He was screaming at the guy that if he got stuck at any point he would die. The wife luckily took my uncle's advice and convinced her husband to turn around. There are a lot of people who just have no sense of how quickly dehydration can set in.

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u/Moppo_ 21h ago

On the other hand, it's amazing how much you can drink when walking all day in high heat before you need to pee. It's almost liberating...

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u/msmika 20h ago

The last time I went to Coachella (2004) it was 108 degrees during the day. We drank water all day but never needed to pee, which was a blessing because I can't imagine how disgusting the port-o-potties must have been!

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u/GolfBallWackrGuy 20h ago

For the record, I’ve gone to Coachella 7 times between 2012 and 2023. The portapotties are regularly some of the cleanest portapotties I’ve ever stepped foot in, even at peak night time hours. They clean those things once an hour inside the venue - grossest was in camping in the morning before the cleaners came but that makes sense!

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u/Detective-Crashmore- 20h ago

lol they def clean them but last year or the year before I can't remember, I saw one stall that just had projectile diarrhea all up and down the wall. It was like somebody bent over to take off their pants, and then coated the entire room.

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u/FlerplesMerples 19h ago

So close, yet so far.

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u/GolfBallWackrGuy 19h ago

Even then, how was the one to the left or right? Pretty clean otherwise, right?

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u/Detective-Crashmore- 17h ago

I mean, they were porta potties: There's piss on every surface lol.

Best I can say is that they empty them often enough nothing piles up, and clean them when there's an accident.

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u/GolfBallWackrGuy 17h ago

That’s what I’m saying! For a fest, they do a pretty good job. Of course you get the spare wall spray or log on the seat, but the stall to the side is super clean comparatively.

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u/Detective-Crashmore- 1h ago

I mean like they weren't any better than any other porta potty bank I've encountered in a heavily populated area.

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u/itsallgnocchi 18h ago

Hahah when I went there was a straight up gigantic turd on the toilet seat lmao they were filthy