bill gates backs shithole revolution

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Poop in hand, Bill Gates backs China's toilet revolution
AFP News

Microsoft founder Bill Gates talks next to a container with human feces, a stunt to draw attention to the lack of toilets in developing countries around the world

As one of the world's richest men and most active philanthropists, Bill Gates usually has his hands full. Just not with poop.

So it came as a surprise when the founder of Microsoft brandished a jar of human waste at a forum on the future of the toilet in Beijing on Tuesday.

The stunt was an effort to draw attention to a problem affecting developing countries around the world: not enough toilets.

"In places without sanitation you have got way more than that," Gates said, pointing to the feces inside the clear canister resting on a table.

"And that's what kids when they are out playing, they are being exposed to all the time, and that's why we connect this not just with quality of life, but with disease and death and with malnutrition," he told attendees.

The billionaire said more than half of the world's population suffers without clean, comfortable sanitation facilities.

"When you think of things that are basic right up there with health and enough to eat, you think that having a reasonable toilet certainly belongs on that list," Gates said.

Gates has previously used shock tactics to draw attention to his disease-battling efforts.

In 2009, he loosed mosquitoes at a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference in California to make a point about the deadly sting of malaria -- waiting a minute or so before assuring the audience the liberated insects were disease-free.

Gates was in Beijing on Tuesday for the "Reinvented Toilet Expo", a forum hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation showcasing various cutting edge toilet technology in lieu of sewers, making them easier and cheaper to install the devices.

The world's number two economy is in the midst of a drive to improve its notoriously malodorous bathrooms, a campaign President Xi Jinping has dubbed the "toilet revolution."

"China has made great progress in improving health and sanitation for millions of people," Gates said.

"China has an opportunity to launch a new category of innovated non-sewered sanitation solutions that will benefit millions of people worldwide."

According to UNICEF, 892 million people worldwide have no choice but to defecate in the open.

India's government says its public health drive has slashed the number of people in the country forced to defecate in the open from 550 million in 2014 to less than 150 million today.

 

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agree with bill. something needs to give or some shit needs to go. just solved one of the most enigmatic problems faced by plumbers in my toilet this morning, and this is after 6.9 months of water leaking in my tank and no one at home depot, lowe's and the plumbers' guild/union plus school knowing what to do about it. it was a slow leak where the flap sat at the flush hole in the tank. due to water dripping into the hole with flap shut, the valve went nuts every now and then and cried out with a shrieking noise trying to refill the tank. went to lowe's and home depot to shop for a new flap, but they had smaller lips. augmented the flap with a rubber washer but the washer got sucked into the hole. tried many things suggested by professional plumbers and home depot plumbing specialists but they didn't work. they recommended a total change of the toilet, but this contraption was new, barely 9.6 months old. i changed to this (new) one because the last one gave me the same problems with both a leaky flap and leaky valve. this problem had been on my mind for too long and i was losing sleep over it. moreover, the shrieking (valve) noise came up in the middle of the night waking me up. it was like an animal crying out and begging for mercy. the worst was that it was intermittent - sometimes quiet sometimes noisy. i was looking at home depot this morning for a brand new tank with brand new valve and flap assembly hoping to find the right tank. but the store assistant told me they stopped selling tanks (only tanks) long time ago. they sell the whole shitbang - tank and seat in a single box. this angmoh-designed tank and shit, oops seat, has been with us for centuries yet no one in the west truly think of a better idea to handle shit and revolutionize the way we shit. anyway, i found a 3" flap that has an extra large lip. viola! not sure if that would solve my problem, i bought it and replaced the old (9.6 months) aquasource flap. the aquasource flapper and valve are very poor designs.

here are all the shitty details: old flap (blue) in tank, new flap (red) in tank, cost (receipt), root cause of the issue, more images of old flap. no need to change the tank nor the entire toilet nor the valve assembly like professional plumbers and home depot plumbing specialists suggested.

old flap with a "shorter" lip, barely covering the flush hole

new flap with a larger lip, covering flush hole almost completely

receipt from home depot - $12.37 + tax = $13.48

packaging

old flap

root cause - not only was the lip too small and short, it was warped from months of pressure being pushed down by the weight of water and the suction pre-flush. for the first few months it would have worked like a charm as the lip of flap was covering the flush hole nicely, but over time the rubber got too soft and wobbly as it was sucked daily like a 699-lb afro auntie ayesha waking you up by blowing the bejesus out of your dick with her mofo lips.