I continue to live in an alternate universe

[brin_bellway]

[cw: apocalypse, (arguably) poverty]


Cody Reim: With my wife Shae and four kids, we went from using around 300 gallons of water a day to close to 120 gallons a day.

Me: ...I don't actually speak gallons per day: my water bill is in cubic metres per two months. Usually 22, give or take a cubic metre or two. Hey, WolframAlpha?

WolframAlpha:


Me: ???

Me: Wait-- that-- so that would mean--

WolframAlpha:


Me: --*seventy*-- *how*-- what are you even *doing*--

--you're in a *desert*--

Cody Reim: This is normal since an average household uses 300 gallons a day. We were already conserving water because hauled water can be expensive.

Me: ?????????????

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Cody Reim: *describes seven dire-emergency water-saving measures they took to squeeze their per-person water consumption down to approximately my baseline level, six of which are measures I do not take*

Me:


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Eleven hundred words in, he finally mentions that they have livestock (who keeps *sheep* in a *desert*?). But he also says that the livestock collectively use about 12 - 18 gallons per day, so overall I remain very confused.

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(edit: part 2)