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[–] renzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 3 days ago (10 children)

just looked it up. the place he went to was literally 2 miles from the white house, in the middle of a fucking 6 million metropolis. honestly, regardless of what the national park said, who chooses a place like that for a swim and expects it not to be polluted?

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

idunno people swim here in city center rivers pretty often in nicer parts of europe.

[–] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

I mean water quality was a huge problem for the Paris olynpics.

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