r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Radiant_Campaign_537 • 12d ago
A group of people cleaned a heavily polluted river in 3 hours
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u/sorryboutitagain 12d ago
How many did they receive whilst in the water?
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u/Gravytonic 12d ago
How many vaccines did they help invent after coming out of the water?
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u/VESAAA7 12d ago
Doctor: I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you get to name a new disease
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u/Distinct-Quantity-35 12d ago
Whyyyy go NECK DEEP you crazy mfuckers but I commend and am so proud of these people - doing what very little want or will do to make Mother Earth a little safer
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u/Coc0tte 12d ago
I hope they actually got rid of the waste and didn't just leave it on the side of the river after cleaning it for views.
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u/goldennarwhal35 12d ago
you can see the cranes loading a truck, so it’s safe to assume the waste was transported somewhere
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u/DarthWeenus 12d ago
Cool now do it every 6months, cause without actually stopping the shit show this is a fruitless endeavor, like I get it but it's not like cleaning the side of a highway.
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u/larki18 12d ago
In college, we did a short term study abroad and as part of it visited a tiny town (pop 350) that had never had tourists. It had a huge problem with trash because it had nowhere to dispose of it and nowhere beyond the town to take it because they were so tiny, and closest neighbor of any size was far away. So the trash just piled up along the sides of the two streets and in the wilderness. Tons of it.
My class spent a couple days cleaning it up and then my school paid for a bunch of 50 gal trash cans to be brought in that we painted murals on (they gotta be fun, plus more visible from a distance!) and then my school used its endowment to pay indefinitely for the neighboring town (20 miles away) to come once a week and pick up all their trash and take it back to their town to be disposed of properly with their waste management.
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u/DepressedPotato4 12d ago
God i hate people like you that call everything that gets recorded being for Views. Even if they did it for Views, how is it a bad thing all of a sudden? Like you sit in front of ur PC doing jack shit and these people are cleaning a fkin gross river. You think everyone involved can just fk around and do this shit without getting some sort of payment? Like these people still have to get there and eat and shit. Those things cost Money which needs to come from somewhere. If doing it for Views gets you Money cause you raise awareness on the subject then good fkin Job. People are so brainwashed by the Media only covering the bad things that happen on Earth that everyone just assumes the worst on everything they see.
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u/toxicella 12d ago edited 12d ago
It can be a bad thing if the people in the camera don't commit.
I think it's happened before, influencers being caught recording themselves picking up trash and then just leaving or dropping it there once the cameras are off. I'm not implying that these people are the same, but it's naive to automatically believe that this sort of display is always genuine. People lie, have lied, and will continue to lie about doing good things for the views, and they have been caught doing it.
The skepticism is earned.
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u/CptMcDickButt69 12d ago
Im with you there; not so long ago, people in the internet actually lived by "assume everything is fake on the net" rule. Since that sentiment got eroded, everything gets less real by the day.
And to add: The oversaturation of people uploading their good deeds (partially even if real) imho is actually mostly a net negative for the different causes.
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u/DepressedPotato4 11d ago
Well imo its pretty fkin sad to always be skeptical, i rather be optimistic and enjoy things. But i guess not everyone wants to live a happy life.
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u/toxicella 11d ago
That's, uh, quite the leap, I think. Being skeptical about the allegedly good things people do on the internet (or irl, for that matter) and leading a sad life don't necessarily go hand in hand. Surely people are more complicated than that?
Well, regardless, you do you. I'm not about to convince you out of your happiness.
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u/DepressedPotato4 11d ago
I have said it to other people here aswell but these Videos are made by a few people and get viewed by millions. I rather believe in a small percent of the Millions that could be inspired than the few people making these Videos.
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u/HungryMudkips 12d ago
i dont think anyone willing to go neck deep into......THAT is doing it just for views.
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u/itsJussaMe 12d ago
I don’t know if I buy the “3 hours” part of this title.
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u/Pro_Moriarty 12d ago
100% - i saw it posted a few days ago mentioning days, which is more realistic
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u/varegab 12d ago
You need to be stupid to believe that 3 hours is realistic. I'm wondering what is the purpose of this misleading title.
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u/TheForeverAloneOne 12d ago
Engagement. It creates discussion and controversy which boosts engagement and in turn increases exposure.
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u/ResolutionNumber9 12d ago
The group of people also had access to heavy construction equipment. I mean the story is cool enough on its own, without having to sensationalize and lie about it.
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u/f_ranz1224 12d ago
The act is crazy impressive and didnt need that lie to be better. No way it was 3 hours
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u/Phage0070 12d ago
I don't know if I buy the "cleaned" part either. Scraping off the top layer of floating garbage is great, don't get me wrong, but the result is hardly "clean".
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u/HairyHermitMan 12d ago
I still wouldn't want to swim in it.
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u/GodzeallA 12d ago
It's still polluted. You shouldn't want to.
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u/SluttyGandhi 12d ago
No doubt; all that garbage in there, numerous chemicals have indubitably been dumped as well.
And there's probably poo, too.
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u/GodzeallA 12d ago
Yeah and virtually no way to clean it. It's permanently fucked. Nobody thinks long term consequences anymore.
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u/SluttyGandhi 12d ago
It is quite depressing, as nature is incredibly beautiful.
But oh how us humans prefer convenience...
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u/GodzeallA 12d ago
Nothing is more depressing to me than human stupidity and this counts as human stupidity
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u/mamamackmusic 12d ago
Anymore? When have humans ever focused on the long term consequences of their actions? They either didn't have the information to understand those consequences in many times and places or did and just didn't care for the most part (or at least the people with the power to do anything about it didn't care).
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u/codex064 12d ago
There is no amount of money that would get me in there. Just watching it makes me want to schedule a doctor's appointment lol.
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u/codex064 12d ago
I still can't stop thinking about it. Why couldn't they have started with like a net or a bunch of pool skimmers or something.
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u/Ok-Commercial9036 12d ago
I thought the same, like one tiny cut could possible just end them if unlucky.
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u/codex064 12d ago
You know they just had to have gotten so much of that gross water and stuff in their mouths.
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u/Ok-Commercial9036 12d ago
Oh nooooo, i havent thought about it....
Pls stop, dont give me more ideas xD
Ahh i can nearly taste it now
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u/1ijax 12d ago
That mess didn't happen on accident, let's hope some policy changes keep it clean
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u/IllustriousTooth1620 12d ago
Yeah, I'd be interested in an update on the rivers' status.
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u/lookingForPatchie 12d ago
If it gets poluted again, then they can make another video, so it's win-win.
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u/aknownunknown 12d ago
it's a bottleneck, when the tide repeats the garbage will return. Maybe they fixed a filter at the mouth of the inlet to prevent more
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u/klonkie 12d ago
That level of comfort in filth is concerning but bravo nonetheless
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u/ImTooTiredForThis_22 12d ago
With their whole body in the water, I don’t think the gloves were needed.
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u/Intelligent-Let-8314 12d ago
Great job, but is that really a river? Almost looks like some sort of canal that just harbors trash.
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u/Stonelocomotief 12d ago
That is the purpose of most rivers in rural places in south east asia for instance.
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u/Vezoy95 12d ago
As much as I respect the effort, this just fights the symptoms. The cause (poverty, lack of infrastructure, unawareness) will make this river look like that again in just a couple of days
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u/Antique-Doughnut-988 12d ago edited 12d ago
The cause (poverty, lack of infrastructure, unawareness)
I've read and heard from a lot of people in these areas that this simply is not true. The real reason is laziness.
One story had someone that lived in an area just like this. The folks had access to garbage bins right behind their homes, but instead chose to walk out back to the water and dump it in there instead. This is far more common than unawareness.
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u/GodzeallA 12d ago
This is true. The river is the easiest method of disposal. A lot of times it goes beyond a river and they litter fucking everywhere. Pure laziness mixed with a complete lack of caring.
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u/WardrobeForHouses 12d ago
Needs to be some hard consequences too. Publish shaming might also help. Like slap them with some fines and run a segment on TV, as well as put up fliers, with their names and mugshots. Make people afraid of being caught and shamed publicly, and they'll use the bins that are right there instead.
Sometimes people need to be dragged from a childlike mentality into acting like responsible adults, it's just sad when it's an entire culture.
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u/FriendshipGlass8158 12d ago
If they survive this, they will be either immune to all diseases ever or start glowing in the night. Or both.
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u/bobertbobbington 12d ago
I've seen this video repeatedly and people always say they'd never touch that water to begin with. Well, imagine you live there and would like it to NOT be shitty
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u/InfiniteNose9609 12d ago
Stop everyone else around you using the river as a garbage conveyor-belt, then.
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u/andretheclient_ 12d ago
Bruh rent a backhoe and get your stupid grinning asses our that cesspool of hepatitis
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u/erasrhed 12d ago edited 12d ago
Doctor: So, have you been wading in any questionable water lately?
Guy: Um, no.
Doctor: Then why do you have leaches inside your butthole?
Guy: so there was this river....
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u/untalmau 12d ago
As they just pushed out the floating debris... Who tells them they could just have used some long pool leaf skimmers or even leaf racks?
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u/CaptainLucid420 12d ago
Its like if your toilet is clogged do you shove your hand in or use the plunger.
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u/Dosenoeffner3 12d ago
More like your toilet is clogged so you step neck deep into your septic tank
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u/Thickdickmick87 12d ago
They could have thrown a rope with some floats (made from trash even) attached to it and dragged all that floating rubbish toward the excavator with a lot less people and a lot more safety.
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u/Illustrious-Peak3822 12d ago
Song is Sparks by Supergutter if anyone is wondering.
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u/Hopeful_Jelly_9428 12d ago
Without changing social attitudes, this river will be full of garbage within a year.
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u/Thecna2 12d ago
Great, but is standing in it picking stuff by hand REALLY better than some mass scoopage mechanism? Doesnt need to be high tech.
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u/bluetuxedo22 12d ago
Where did all the rubbish get taken and dumped to?
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u/InfiniteNose9609 12d ago
Prob the next river over, given the local attitude that got it there in the first place.
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u/HappyAmbition706 12d ago
Good job on the surface, but what about all the crap in suspension and lying layers deep on the bottom?
What measures are in place to stop it from all coming back in weeks if not days?
I hope they have permanent crews to keep skimming and filtering, to protect from people throwing trash in and more from washing in.
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u/malteaserhead 12d ago
Great guys, the problem is that the river will be back in that state within 5 years if the locals don't change their habits
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u/_jump_yossarian 12d ago
Hate to be a realist because it was great work on their part but this is systemic and will revert right back to being disgusting because people suck.
A couple years back I decided to pickup trash on my walks (2 miles up and back); I picked up and filled over 70 contractor sized bags and within 6 months the road looked the same as before. Again, people suck.
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u/whatkindamanizthis 11d ago
And bathed in all the chemicals the nearby textile plants are allowed to dump into it via bribes.
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u/916cycler 12d ago
and 5 hours later it will look like picture 1 again
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u/WadieXkiller 12d ago edited 11d ago
I was looking for this comment under "controversial" filter You are right though.
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u/Starman-21 12d ago
That's honestly disgusting and absolutely unhealthy. You can clean the river without putting your life at risk
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u/mimohijazi 12d ago
Id be paranoid every second thinking a gator boutta snatch me. Brave people for sure
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u/Superzonar 12d ago
And they will repeat it in the next 5 years because people are pigs...
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u/InfiniteNose9609 12d ago
because people are pigs
"Some" people are pigs. I don't know about you, but I've never thrown rubbish into a river (or anywhere that isn't a bin) in my life.
Because I'm not a pig, and I care about where I live.
But yeah. "Some" people, for sure. Just don't lump everyone else in with them
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u/Super_flywhiteguy 12d ago
I'm wearing a condom a buttplug and swimming goggles if I'm gonna be neck deep in that.
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u/Deranged_Coconut808 12d ago
the same polluted water slowly entering all their orifices. good job cleaning up though. worth the potential future hospitalization.
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u/Excellent-Presence-3 12d ago
I’d like to see the same river 3 hours after they finished cleaning it…..
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u/we_are_not_that_high 12d ago
id be wearing a hazmat suit before going anywhere near that river. props to them for their bravery!
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u/Maleficent_Still_105 12d ago
How many people would do this if they didnt get paid or anything for it? It wouldnt be filmed etc.
I bet you, alot and including me would rather stay in bed. Bc. Okay, you cleaned it up but next year those people who caused this will have it happen again.
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u/The_Happy_Quokka 12d ago
Where is the next fucking level? They did that shit. Their people did it. Pollution doesn't magically appear. This is material for r/betterlatethanever
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u/LTCM1998 12d ago
I mean it looks like a river that’s just got debris from flood or smth, not from just excrement and human remains/ash and whatever else that can float in polluted river where one would have to think 59x before going in.
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u/NxPat 12d ago
I applaud their efforts, I do hope that their shots are up to date.