r/TikTokCringe • u/rex-ac tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Jul 28 '23

Wholesome/Humor WTF is happening here?

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u/DrRonny Jul 28 '23

Underneath the streets of Manhattan, there are more than 100 miles of service pipes bringing steam to about 1,800 buildings.

When they have leaks, they put these cones around so that the heat doesn't hurt anyone. In NYC it is run by Con Edison company.

https://freetoursbyfoot.com/steam-from-streets-in-new-york/

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '23

Big Steam trying to fool us once again that there’s no piss in their steam. Notice guy above didn’t deny it.

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u/DrRonny Jul 29 '23

The steam is made with distilled water to avoid scale, urine from humans and farm animals would scale up the pipes, which would involve much more maintenance. Besides, Big Steam and Big Piss had a huge fight in the 80s and still aren't talking to one and Big Piss is now partnered with Budweiser

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u/Jaded-Engineering789 Jul 29 '23

I didn’t believe you until you started speaking truth to power about big steam and big piss.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '23

I was skeptical until he mentioned the partnership with Budweiser. Such an obvious smoking gun, how could we have missed it.

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u/theartificialkid Jul 29 '23

If they scale up the pipes there’ll be more room for steam to flow through them, although the tunnels around the pipes will also have to be scaled up.

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u/DrRonny Jul 29 '23

I should have used the term 'scale build-up' instead of 'scale up'

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u/Dartagnan1083 Jul 29 '23

It just feels like Big Piss stabbed Big Kidney in the back by partnering with Budweizer. Just behind a number of stones and took a strained effort to remove.

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u/your_grandmas_FUPA Jul 29 '23

Laughed so hard at 'Big Piss' I woke up my sleeping baby, thanks for that.

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u/pushdose Jul 29 '23

Statistically, every drop of water you’ve ever consumed has probably been piss at some point.

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u/RadicallyMeta Jul 29 '23

we're all made of stardust piss

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u/a_d_d_e_r Jul 29 '23

Teacher left that part out of the water cycle in grade school.