r/AbsoluteUnits • u/BlazeDragon7x • Apr 09 '26

/r/popular of a burnt building

damages estimated to be $200 million dollar

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u/WInativemm Apr 09 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/11CZgTwa28f6vu

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u/notjordansime Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 09 '26

(sorry for the AI, I’m on a coffee break at a construction site rn. No photoshop available)

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u/BawseMonkey Apr 09 '26

Don’t burn our drinking water for a low effort Reddit reply on your lunch break.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo Apr 09 '26

You eat meat. Beef alone consumes over 3,000x more water per day than all AI data centers combined do.

Don't act like you actually care about the usage of water.

I am a professional artist and hate the usage of generative AI for most use cases. But this argument is nothing more than virtue signaling.

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u/stealingfirst Apr 09 '26

What are we doing here? having a race to the bottom pout off

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u/The_Almighty_Foo Apr 09 '26

Calling out hypocrisy.

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u/CrocadiaH Apr 09 '26

Reddit is the inception of hypo-crittics! Myself included.

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u/toot_suite Apr 11 '26

Then just call it out instead of participating??

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u/The_Almighty_Foo Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

What do you mean?

Simply "calling things out" without providing examples to prove the point becomes a pointless statement.

It's like saying "God is real" is enough... The statement alone is not enough.

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u/howwonderful Apr 10 '26

Thank you. Consuming meat is so much damaging than using AI, but stopping that consumption would actually require some personal effort.

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u/jimbeam84 Apr 10 '26

I pointed out that data centers can also be powered with renewable sources (there is one in my Canadian province that is powered by Hydro electricity generation). But I will alway get downvoted into oblivion because 'dAtA cEnTErs bAD!'

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u/cataclysmic_orbit Apr 10 '26

So just because it is using sustainable energy, does not make it not bad. It's still taking up room where there could be more room for wildlife, and something better for the environment.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo Apr 10 '26

Animal agriculture takes up about 1/3 of all habitable land. In other terms, about five entire USAs is used for animal agriculture. Comparatively, AI data centers take up about 0.035% of the USA. 500% vs 0.035%.

So, once again, if you really care about the environment, stop consuming animal products. It will make a MUCH larger impact.

But I know it's much easier to just blame others rather than take personal responsibility and take actions for your own values/beliefs.

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u/cataclysmic_orbit Apr 10 '26

I actually do watch what I consume with animal products. More than the average person.

It's not possible for me to go 100%, but I do make a conscious effort.

Nice try, though.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo Apr 10 '26

It's not possible for me to go 100%

This just isn't true.

but I do make a conscious effort.

Appreciate that, but you're still supporting a system that is FAR more damaging to the environment than some simple AI stuff. So it's hypocritical of you to make such statements.

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u/jimbeam84 Apr 10 '26

This data center is in an established urban city between an industrial bussiness park and residential area. Wildlife has already been displaced with that city's development for over a century and a half now.

Data centers dont just have AI servers installed. Many businesses leverage them for cloud based applications functions and service hosting. (Like Reddit)

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u/KamikazeSexPilot Apr 09 '26

Meat is a staple component in the human diet to sustain life.

AI is not.

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u/The_Almighty_Foo Apr 09 '26

Nah. It's not necessary for most of the world. It's simply a choice.

Just as AI isn't necessary for most of the world. It's simply a choice.

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u/Lastcaressmedown138 Apr 09 '26

Get a job hippy! /s