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San Francisco's sustainable, self-cleaning toilet of the future breaks down after 3 days
American Thinker ^ | 12/01/2022 | Eric Utter

Posted on 12/01/2022 7:12:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind

San Francisco city officials recently unveiled a new, self-cleaning toilet designed to reflect San Francisco values. The city's Department of Public Works stated via press release that the "next-generation restrooms are environmentally sustainable, brighter and easier to keep clean."

Unfortunately, like many of the city's residents, the magical toilet quit working within a few days of its debut. The so-called "Amenipod," touted by the San Francisco Chronicle as the "future of public toilets," had been installed on the outskirts of Embarcadero Plaza and was opened to the public on November 23. It broke down three days later.

I was under the impression that San Francisco itself was "the future of public toilets," based on the staggering amount of human excrement on several of the city's streets and walkways.

Sustainable defecation seems a perfect metaphor for what's happening in — and to — America today...courtesy of the Democrat-Socialist Party. Although, on second thought, it isn't sustainable in the long run.

If our leaders continue to buy into wokeism and anti-capitalism, we may someday soon "achieve" Soviet-style incompetence and malfunction.

These "next-generation restrooms" may or may not prove to be unusable when exposed to the real world. The bigger problem by far is that America may be figuratively in the crapper before long.

In related news, supervisors in San Francisco recently voted to give city police the go-ahead to use potentially lethal remote-controlled robots in emergency situations. This authorization followed an emotionally charged debate among the politically liberal board members over support for law enforcement.

While the San Francisco Police Department says it has no plans to arm the robots with guns, the department could deploy robots equipped with explosive charges "to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed or dangerous suspects" when lives are at stake, according to Allison Maxie, SFPD spokesperson.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: greenenergy; sanfrancisco; selfcleaning; toilet
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To: SeekAndFind
San Francisco city officials recently unveiled a new, self-cleaning toilet designed to reflect San Francisco values.

The toilet DOES reflect San Francisco values: it cost too much, doesn't work, and allows creepy bimbos and pretentious 'elites' to 'feel good' about themselves. Fisco - hellhole with attitude.

21 posted on 12/01/2022 7:47:38 AM PST by GOPJ (Has Biden had dinner with an anti-evangelical? Will Schumer condemn him if he has?)
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22 posted on 12/01/2022 7:50:17 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SeekAndFind
The doors look complicated and difficult to repair.
23 posted on 12/01/2022 7:51:53 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: SeekAndFind

There’s a lot to go wrong with a device designed to covertly scan your eyes and sample your dna /s not


24 posted on 12/01/2022 7:59:56 AM PST by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a POS. Your gooberment at work. Everything it touches turns to sh..


25 posted on 12/01/2022 8:00:15 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
The whole design looks like it came from some architecture school senior project. Why bother with complex curved surfaces that drive up the cost?

The goal of the project wasn't to provide better access to public restrooms, it was intended to showcase some designer's idea for a building shape. In that it succeeded.

26 posted on 12/01/2022 8:03:16 AM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: DUMBGRUNT
inside is even more confusing...


27 posted on 12/01/2022 8:04:46 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SeekAndFind

A Next-Generation Public Toilet - Public Works TV Episode 71

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV8WbSqfxLU


28 posted on 12/01/2022 8:08:37 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: SeekAndFind

Needles wouldn’t flush?


29 posted on 12/01/2022 8:08:40 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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Like with all Frisco projects advertised to benefit street bums, >90% of $$ went to friends of political trash.


30 posted on 12/01/2022 8:10:43 AM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: SeekAndFind
San Francisco's sustainable, self-cleaning toilet of the future breaks down after 3 days...

A perfect metaphor for the city itself.

31 posted on 12/01/2022 8:11:10 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Vladimir Voinovich in his novel “Moscow 2042” satirized that true communism would be achieved when primary matter (food) equaled secondary matter (feces). San Francisco may be the first to achieve this level of communism.


32 posted on 12/01/2022 8:12:38 AM PST by The Great RJ
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—”The whole design looks like it came from some architecture school senior project. Why bother with complex curved surfaces that drive up the cost?”

Outside of England and the architectural community, not many would refer to this structure as a “WC”, as noted on the exterior.


33 posted on 12/01/2022 8:13:47 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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Three seashells, broke in three days. Coincidence?? /s
34 posted on 12/01/2022 8:14:38 AM PST by ken in texas
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To: SeekAndFind

How to meet the goal of Made in China.


35 posted on 12/01/2022 8:19:18 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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“I guess “the future” was only three days.”

to be fair, they didn’t specify how long “future” would be ...


36 posted on 12/01/2022 8:41:17 AM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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As a cab driver I appreciate the public terlets on occasion. During the lockdown they were PRICELESS.

But the problem in Sf is not lack of public toilets. The problem is junkies and crazies who have no particular interest in using one. They are out of it and they don’t care and they go wherever.


37 posted on 12/01/2022 8:51:25 AM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: SeekAndFind
This is going to get expensive!

38 posted on 12/01/2022 8:57:52 AM PST by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Do I see figures for a man and a woman on the door? One man and one woman?

Binaryism! Eeeeevil binaryism! Burn it to the ground and overthrow the San Fransicko government for allowing it.

39 posted on 12/01/2022 9:18:08 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Soon the January 6 protesters will be held (without trial or bail) longer than Jefferson Davis was.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Sustainable defecation seems a perfect metaphor for what's happening

Sustainable public defecation seems a perfect metaphor for what's happening

40 posted on 12/01/2022 9:27:29 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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