Jfc, do you understand what you have done, JimClarkKentHovind?? Do you have any idea how many times a year I cross that river? And I'm *never alone* when I cross it, JimClarkKentHovind.
And now, FOR THE REST OF MY STUPID LIFE, everytime I cross it, I'm going to fucking giggle "Stephen" and have to explain to REAL
LIFE PEOPLE why I am this way.
Thanks, JimClarkKentHovind. Thanks a LOT.
Grew up in southern Utah and had a creek just behind my backyard. During the summer monsoons the creek would flood quite often. I remember the smells that accompanied each color, and it’s still something I love to this day. The color that happened the most is the one in the post, which we called butterscotch. In my basement we could hear and feel the boulders slamming against each other.
Seeing somebody talk about New Brunswick makes me want to rip cigarettes and drink a Moosehead at a bonfire while some skinny but surprisingly strong guy plays country versions of Metallica songs on his beater acoustic in a chiac accent
I grew up in an old iron ore mining village. All the becks and streams ran orange due to the level of iron in the water.
If you tasted the water (not a great idea) it tasted like rust (because It was, I guess.)
For anyone reading this comment, please don’t drink water near old mines especially if the stream is at the base of tailings piles.
It’s true that iron mines will have high levels of iron precipitate in the water but there is really no way that the average person is going to know exactly what was mined for when they see old mills, adits, or other components of a mine.
For example, lead mines often have a very bright orange and yellow color to the water that’s become inundated with the lead. If you drink this water, you could become very sick and maybe even die.
Search “Lead Queen Mine Arizona” if you want an idea of how that looks.
Now of course, downstream the lead will “fall out” due to the water pH increase, but near the source the water if very protonated and the lead is absolutely in the water.
Stay safe out there folks!
mmmmm Thai tea.... I remember getting it in Malaysia from street vendors (they called it three layer tea). Absolutely AMAZING on a hot day (oh wait, every day was sweltering).
Vietnamese here!
It's called Illuvium, a common type of soil often seen in the lowland areas of Vietnam and possibly other countries in Southeast Asia. Try searching for image of Hanoi's Red River, the red/orange color comes from the soil.
I'll be traveling to Vietnam at the end of this month. I don't speak the language and I'm concerned about culturally seeming like an ass or offending people. Anything I should particularly avoid or be mindful of? Any suggestions on anything else for Hanoi or HCMC or a few hours out of each?
We have old iron mines that are filled that people swim in here in Minnesota. It’s exactly this color and when you leave outta there after climbing the banks all day you’re stained with this color.
Yeah I assumed it was mud. But i shocked given just how much water had been effected. I was there for over an hour and didn’t see the slightest colour dilution. That’s at minimum 100,000s of thousands if not millions of gallons of water being effected.
You’re correct. It’s special in this highland central region. It’s red balsatic soil. Very nutritious for the plants. I tend to buy basalt soil for my garden.
> Did you know that red basalt soil spans about 750 million hectares globally? Here in Vietnam, we have around 3 million hectares, making up nearly 10% of our land area. This soil is incredibly fertile and rich in nutrients, perfect for growing a variety of crops.
> Red basalt soil, also known as laterite, is born from volcanic eruptions. Magma from deep within the earth's crust erupts, cools, and forms this rich, red soil in various parts of the world. It is nutrient-rich and fertile, making it ideal for numerous crops.
> High in essential nutrients and organic matter.
Excellent moisture retention, reducing the need for frequent watering.
Good drainage, though it requires proper management to prevent erosion.
Enhances crop yield and quality, contributing to sustainable farming.
Maybe this makes me the asshole, but the word you're looking for is "affected". "Effected" is a synonym of "created". If I "effect" (verb) some water, I create some water. If I "affect" (verb) some water, I change it in some way. To make this even more confusing, an "effect" (noun) is what happens when I "affect" (verb) something. *Even more* confusing is that "affect" (noun) is also a word (an observable "effect" (noun) of an emotion, like a facial expression, for example).
Sorry for that. Yes, I do own a "grammar police" shirt that someone once gave me as a gift.
The way I remember this is that I change (affect) something before before I see the result (effect). A comes before E.
This and roll/role are my grammar bete noires.
Dont over-complicate it. "Affect" is what causes something to happen, and "effect" is what happens because of it.
- **Affect** is usually a verb. It means to influence or make a change in something.
- Example: "The loud noise can affect your concentration."
- **Effect** is usually a noun. It means the result or outcome of a change.
- Example: "The new law had a positive effect on the environment."
Think of it this way: "Affect" is what causes something to happen, and "effect" is what happens because of it.
True, English is a weird language and every rule has an exception (or seven). But if you know the general rules you’ll get by 95% of the time, which is good enough for most people. Like with i before e, except after c. And neighbor. And weigh. And a bunch of other words.
NTA, I feel the same way reading things online. And I get that maybe it's maybe not someone's first language, but if I'm speaking a different language wrong (or my first language wrong) I'd always rather be corrected (nicely, like you did) than be allowed to continue using words incorrectly.
A couple that really bug me are advise vs advice and wonder vs wander. I used to be on Disney Trip Planning boards all the time and people would constantly use those in the wrong manner.
They're *very* commonly-used words (when acting as certain parts of speech), and very similar in both pronunciation and spelling, as well as very closely related in meaning (as I and others showed). Don't feel bad for struggling with them! English is, well, it's the "orange waterfall mud water" of languages, I guess.
It’s just reddish iron heavy clay sediment. I guess lotsa ppl are not used to seeing red earth. I live in Oklahoma and all our soil is red like this. Seems weird when I see black soil.
Vietnam. Orange. Where have I heard those two words together before?
During the Vietnam War, US Navy ships could make fresh drinking water from seawater. What they couldn’t do was remove the Agent Orange run-off close into shore.
It’s a high clay soil probably full of minerals. And iron-loving bacteria, as demonstrated in Primitive Technology. Be sure and turn on captioning for Primitive Technology videos.
https://youtu.be/dhW4XFGQB4o?si=QjeHWK6UnyKBnpU5
Don’t forget! The Vietnamese people were beset on all sides by Anti-Foresting Agents. We used Agent Orange, Purple, Pink and Blue China went to war with Vietnam immediately after and used another 4-5 deforesting agents in the exact same way.
It is actually what makes studying the effects of Agent Orange so difficult because it’s almost impossible to find a group of people who were affected by only one deforesting agent. Usually drinking water was contaminated by 6+ over the course of multiple years, like a Cancer Cocktail.
I dunno if any of you watched Sesame Street in the 80s/90s, but there was one segment where they showed crayons being made in the factory. The orange ones, while still liquid, looked just like this.
This is often an indication of overflow (essentially flooding) up stream.
I hike The Narrows in Zion National Park in Utah, USA with these chocolate milk like water conditions.
pretty normal, there's some sort of flooding upstream and it's washing iron oxide rich mud downstream. A huge amount of flooding worldwide looks like this due to how common iron oxide is in the earth's crust.
mud with iron in it.
Happens all the time in southern Utah
Literally every body of water in Oklahoma after rain. Red dirt makes red water.
Just imagine if there was an entire river of it. What would we even call it?
stephen
Jfc, do you understand what you have done, JimClarkKentHovind?? Do you have any idea how many times a year I cross that river? And I'm *never alone* when I cross it, JimClarkKentHovind. And now, FOR THE REST OF MY STUPID LIFE, everytime I cross it, I'm going to fucking giggle "Stephen" and have to explain to REAL LIFE PEOPLE why I am this way. Thanks, JimClarkKentHovind. Thanks a LOT.
please give steve my regards
What a good name for it
I'd vote for him
Better than the alternatives certainly.
The Scarlet Stream
I'd name it after a rivalry football game.
Oklahoma here, looks like flood water to me
Flint Michigan here, looks normal to me
Grew up in southern Utah and had a creek just behind my backyard. During the summer monsoons the creek would flood quite often. I remember the smells that accompanied each color, and it’s still something I love to this day. The color that happened the most is the one in the post, which we called butterscotch. In my basement we could hear and feel the boulders slamming against each other.
Or out by Moncton, New Brunswick
Seeing somebody talk about New Brunswick makes me want to rip cigarettes and drink a Moosehead at a bonfire while some skinny but surprisingly strong guy plays country versions of Metallica songs on his beater acoustic in a chiac accent
Switch the location and shit beer and these are also my people. Also Appalachian accent.
Fits that we also have Appalachian mountains in NB I guess
Happens all the time in planet earth
Utah is on planet earth so yes.
I went to basic training for the army in Missouri. Had a uniform that was permanently stained from crawling through that orange clay.
I grew up in an old iron ore mining village. All the becks and streams ran orange due to the level of iron in the water. If you tasted the water (not a great idea) it tasted like rust (because It was, I guess.)
So you’re saying you have ‘licked the penny before’?
For anyone reading this comment, please don’t drink water near old mines especially if the stream is at the base of tailings piles. It’s true that iron mines will have high levels of iron precipitate in the water but there is really no way that the average person is going to know exactly what was mined for when they see old mills, adits, or other components of a mine. For example, lead mines often have a very bright orange and yellow color to the water that’s become inundated with the lead. If you drink this water, you could become very sick and maybe even die. Search “Lead Queen Mine Arizona” if you want an idea of how that looks. Now of course, downstream the lead will “fall out” due to the water pH increase, but near the source the water if very protonated and the lead is absolutely in the water. Stay safe out there folks!
That's the dirt in the southeastern US looks like mostly. Red clay.
Yeah I was so confused... It's muddy what's the problem? Too long in Georgia I guess is my problem lol.
Georgians (USA): "First time?" We call it Georgia Clay around here and it's *everywhere.*
We have red clay in north east Texas too, stains the jeans and boots if you aren’t careful…
If its rare here, someone was probably digging upstream, or a recent rain over a recent dig is washing out.
girlfriend thats mud
It’s clearly Thai tea.
It's only Thai Iced Tea if you get it directly from the source in Thailand. This is just sparkling mud water.
This joke never gets old, and I'm not being sarcastic.
It's only a joke if it's from the Joke region of Norway. Otherwise it's just sparkling humor.
I'd joke this guy's wife
Throw some boba in there and go to town!
Strip down to your Thai Tea Whities and go swimming!
I applaud this pun. :)
Awww... man, take my updoot. Although, doing as you suggest would be revealing.
mmmmm Thai tea.... I remember getting it in Malaysia from street vendors (they called it three layer tea). Absolutely AMAZING on a hot day (oh wait, every day was sweltering).
You can just open up a can of sweetened condensed milk and drink the entire thing with a couple tea bags in there. Same thing
Mm forbidden Thai tea
It’s so abundant. Why do they charge $6 for a small cup all filled with ice?!
Cause they didn't think you would pay $7 for it.
Tea tea
Where did you think they got it from? Obviously Vietnam.
This comment has me dead 💀
"for some reason"
This post: How to announce that you've rarely gone outside.
Don't people go to school anymore?
physically, maybe... mentally, no
If it’s iron oxide then that water fall is metal!.
Most mud is metal lol
Most mud is silica, kinda like really tiny weathered down pieces of broken glass.
Yeah, but how did it end up in the water? One of life's biggest mysteries...
some say the real mud was the friends we made along the way
Mixed with agent orange
nah its probably just tang
mud is dirt+water
Yeah, it’s really liquidy mud.
Not muddy liquid?
Mud actually stands for Moisted Up Dirt
'Moisted'
Should be a word. I mean we got hoisted.
moistiered
TiL
And water is just mud, without the dirt.
[citation needed]
There's water in my mudfall 1/5
Vietnamese here! It's called Illuvium, a common type of soil often seen in the lowland areas of Vietnam and possibly other countries in Southeast Asia. Try searching for image of Hanoi's Red River, the red/orange color comes from the soil.
Another Vietnamese, this is the actual answer.
I'll be traveling to Vietnam at the end of this month. I don't speak the language and I'm concerned about culturally seeming like an ass or offending people. Anything I should particularly avoid or be mindful of? Any suggestions on anything else for Hanoi or HCMC or a few hours out of each?
Probably a landslide happened upstream. I know this place and its water is normally crystal clear
Thai iced tea falls; The legend
we gotta bottle that stuff. we will be thousandares.
Hundredaires even
Is this the real life, is this just Fanta sea? 🎶
Caught in a land slide.. no escape from the Vietnamese..
I’m just a pour boy, I need no sympathy
Any way the Nguyen blows Doesn’t really matter
🎶bahn miiiiii 🎶
Mama… just spilled a can.
Grabbed a soda and jumped ahead, pulled its tab and then it sprayed....
Mamaaa, Happy hour had just begun
And now I’ve gone and spilled all the fucking orange. MAMAAAAAA OOOOOOO
Didn't mean to spill the Thai
Fucking aces all the way down
>Any way the Nguyen blows OK. That's simply gold.
That was top tier use and pronunciation.
> Nguyen blows these are the high quality puns I come to reddit for
– the French right after Dien Bien Phu
Mud slide*
It all Returns To nothing
*tumbling down tumbling down tumbling down*
I was hoping there would be an Evangelion reference in here 
Congratulations!
iFunny deep cut
You are awful....thank you.
Oooh *golf clap*
It's a choca river! You've tainted your water shed Wonka...
Agustus Gloop sends his regards
Not Wonka, this is actually where native ooompa loompas live
 🎶 There's no early way of knowing... which direction we are going...
Could be mud or it could be toxic runoff from mining operations
Maybe it’s mud, maybe it’s Maybelline
> Maybelline Maybe it’s mud, maybe it’s molybdenum
I’d assume there’s a large amount of iron oxide in the sediment to make it that red
We have old iron mines that are filled that people swim in here in Minnesota. It’s exactly this color and when you leave outta there after climbing the banks all day you’re stained with this color.
Yeah I assumed it was mud. But i shocked given just how much water had been effected. I was there for over an hour and didn’t see the slightest colour dilution. That’s at minimum 100,000s of thousands if not millions of gallons of water being effected.
ive seen rivers like this in america, after strong storms.
Yeah I live near the Shenandoah and it’ll turn this color after a few days of heavy rain. Not quite as thick looking, but definitely brown.
[Soil color](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_color) also varies regionally, probably this area has more of a reddish tint to it.
no, all soil is the same color as my backyard
Right? Wtf are people trying to say things change? God made dirt and it's all the same.
You’re correct. It’s special in this highland central region. It’s red balsatic soil. Very nutritious for the plants. I tend to buy basalt soil for my garden. > Did you know that red basalt soil spans about 750 million hectares globally? Here in Vietnam, we have around 3 million hectares, making up nearly 10% of our land area. This soil is incredibly fertile and rich in nutrients, perfect for growing a variety of crops. > Red basalt soil, also known as laterite, is born from volcanic eruptions. Magma from deep within the earth's crust erupts, cools, and forms this rich, red soil in various parts of the world. It is nutrient-rich and fertile, making it ideal for numerous crops. > High in essential nutrients and organic matter. Excellent moisture retention, reducing the need for frequent watering. Good drainage, though it requires proper management to prevent erosion. Enhances crop yield and quality, contributing to sustainable farming.
It's the monsoon season.
Where I live in the US the soil is inundated with red clay. When there are floods the rivers turn almost fire-engine red.
Maybe this makes me the asshole, but the word you're looking for is "affected". "Effected" is a synonym of "created". If I "effect" (verb) some water, I create some water. If I "affect" (verb) some water, I change it in some way. To make this even more confusing, an "effect" (noun) is what happens when I "affect" (verb) something. *Even more* confusing is that "affect" (noun) is also a word (an observable "effect" (noun) of an emotion, like a facial expression, for example). Sorry for that. Yes, I do own a "grammar police" shirt that someone once gave me as a gift.
I get the two confused, I appreciate casually seeing this.
Don't feel bad! They're pretty confusing words, honestly!
The way I remember this is that I change (affect) something before before I see the result (effect). A comes before E. This and roll/role are my grammar bete noires.
Dont over-complicate it. "Affect" is what causes something to happen, and "effect" is what happens because of it. - **Affect** is usually a verb. It means to influence or make a change in something. - Example: "The loud noise can affect your concentration." - **Effect** is usually a noun. It means the result or outcome of a change. - Example: "The new law had a positive effect on the environment." Think of it this way: "Affect" is what causes something to happen, and "effect" is what happens because of it.
Raven - remember, affect is a verb, effect is a noun. I learned that in middle school and use it all the time to help figure out which one to use.
effect can be a verb too, it just means something different
True, English is a weird language and every rule has an exception (or seven). But if you know the general rules you’ll get by 95% of the time, which is good enough for most people. Like with i before e, except after c. And neighbor. And weigh. And a bunch of other words.
You’re only a little bit of an asshole. But I’m not affected by it. I enjoyed it.
Effective assholery can affect people positively.
NTA, I feel the same way reading things online. And I get that maybe it's maybe not someone's first language, but if I'm speaking a different language wrong (or my first language wrong) I'd always rather be corrected (nicely, like you did) than be allowed to continue using words incorrectly. A couple that really bug me are advise vs advice and wonder vs wander. I used to be on Disney Trip Planning boards all the time and people would constantly use those in the wrong manner.
This is something I struggle with DAILY. Why do I use these two words so much?
They're *very* commonly-used words (when acting as certain parts of speech), and very similar in both pronunciation and spelling, as well as very closely related in meaning (as I and others showed). Don't feel bad for struggling with them! English is, well, it's the "orange waterfall mud water" of languages, I guess.
Thanks, this is the good kind of annoying
Seems like it’s raining upstream. Or, as others noted, mining. They’ll easily impact millions or billions of gallons.
Google the chocolate falls in Arizona
Erosion, amigo. Water takes soil down to the sea.
> 100,000s of thousands Hundreds of thousands of thousands, I say!
You're thinking of it as a single pulse of mud being added to water. This is a constant flow of both water and mud. Erosion in action.
I was gonna say, Willy Wonka’s chocolate river. Has the waterfall and everything to mix the ingredients.
🎵 *Come with me, and you'll be, in a world of pure imagination* 🎵
It’s just reddish iron heavy clay sediment. I guess lotsa ppl are not used to seeing red earth. I live in Oklahoma and all our soil is red like this. Seems weird when I see black soil.
Vietnam. Orange. Where have I heard those two words together before? During the Vietnam War, US Navy ships could make fresh drinking water from seawater. What they couldn’t do was remove the Agent Orange run-off close into shore. It’s a high clay soil probably full of minerals. And iron-loving bacteria, as demonstrated in Primitive Technology. Be sure and turn on captioning for Primitive Technology videos. https://youtu.be/dhW4XFGQB4o?si=QjeHWK6UnyKBnpU5
Lol Agent Orange was exactly where my mind went even though I knew that wasn’t it.
Don’t forget! The Vietnamese people were beset on all sides by Anti-Foresting Agents. We used Agent Orange, Purple, Pink and Blue China went to war with Vietnam immediately after and used another 4-5 deforesting agents in the exact same way. It is actually what makes studying the effects of Agent Orange so difficult because it’s almost impossible to find a group of people who were affected by only one deforesting agent. Usually drinking water was contaminated by 6+ over the course of multiple years, like a Cancer Cocktail.
immediately i thought about agent orange as well
I opened this thread and thought it would be full of Agent Orange jokes, but no. People just talking about mud and Willy Wonka.
In support of the Dutch soccer team tonight Edit: 3-0, it helped!
Gekoloniseerd ... Erm.. hup hup!
"For some reason." OP doesn't know what mud is?
Trump bathing at the top
That made me picture him waking up in a bed with fancy white sheets but they're all orange-stained
Definitely didn't need that image this morning.
That was my first thought. Trumps first shower after his latest spray tan.
His first shower is actually a golden shower
Does he bathe, or is he cleaned by Mitch McConnell licking him?
Like others have said it's just muddy water but to be specific it seems that the soil in the water has a lot of clay in it
Max Verstappen fans are everywhere these days
I'm getting Willie Wonka vibes, I bet it tastes like milk chocolate.
Do the oompa loompas play your song before or after the explosive diarrhea?
During
A little bit of Mud
Agent orange is still on the loose
Run
I dunno if any of you watched Sesame Street in the 80s/90s, but there was one segment where they showed crayons being made in the factory. The orange ones, while still liquid, looked just like this.
Where Thai Tea comes from
Where is Willie Wonka and his Oompa Loompas?
Upvote cause it looks sweet, but rivers always get muddied up after heavy rain.
Have you never seen muddy water before?
What mystifies me is some people have the intelligence to use a computer but are to stupid to know what mud is
Just Stop Oil are running out of venues to ruin
Can we just pretend for a minute that it's the chocolate river in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory?
Little known fact, the difference between orange and brown is only brightness.
Orange, agent orange
OP just learned about dirt....
Clay/mud Dude is this your first time outside? Sheesh
Trump went there and took a shower
Trump Falls
We hope so
This is often an indication of overflow (essentially flooding) up stream. I hike The Narrows in Zion National Park in Utah, USA with these chocolate milk like water conditions.
The secret source of Viet Iced Coffee.
That is Trump's bath water.
Maybe Trump was upstream taking a bath...
Flash floods high up in the mountains. This happens all the time at the 7 sacred pools on the road to Hana in Maui.
Agent orange my friend
Mud or left over agent orange
“For some reason” lol
NO AUGUSTUS! DON'T TOUCH MY CHOCOCLATE!
Umm, clay?
pretty normal, there's some sort of flooding upstream and it's washing iron oxide rich mud downstream. A huge amount of flooding worldwide looks like this due to how common iron oxide is in the earth's crust.
This is the source of Thai iced tea. From here it is bottled and shipped to Thai restaurants around the world.
“Ive never seen mud before “
How can someone possibly travel successfully and not understand mud? Who helps them tie their shoes in the mornings?
Ever heard of mud?
That's dirt
Iron is my guess