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Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 5 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall, sparking social media controversy and investigation by local government officials.
Yuntai tourism park operators admit to using a pipe to enhance waterfall flow during dry season to maintain visitor satisfaction.
Social media users express mixed reactions, with some understanding the situation while others criticize the artificial enhancement of natural landscapes.

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[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 69 points 5 months ago (37 children)

inb4 tankies say that China is super based for doing this somehow

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 5 months ago (24 children)

The China love on the Lemmys is a bit odd.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 10 points 5 months ago

A lot of the communities I frequent have "no tankies allowed" listed clearly in the rules. It's not that all of lemmy likes them it's just that we haven't decided to purge them, yet, given the ideology of a decentralized network of federated content feeds.

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