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    StormtrooprDave: Where are all the people? more »
    lazyeight: To Most: Third world much? Folks do what they gotta do to survive. If they can eke a living out of this, then good on them. You may note that no Zabba... more »
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: I don't even need the Professor's Smell-O-Scope to tell me what unholy odors are emanating from that place... more »
    Ryanrule: Civilization brought to people who would rather fuck and eat in their own feces. Keep praying to your god, THAT will fix it. more »
    commentotron: The Zabbaleen (Egyptian Arabic: زبالين "garbage people"[1]) are an Egyptian community of mainly Coptic Christians who were allowed to collect an... more »
    Ozzieball: [www.slate.com] An interesting article related to this. A lot of people involved in the garbage disposal in Egypt are Christians, and they use them t... more »
    tuckertuck: You might wanna close your windows before the sun hits Diaper Hill! more »
    EugeniaBSG: Wow...a glimpse into our future under the "sustainable, green economy" that the current administration is pushing! "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and ... more »
    gbmbg: "Put on your Sunday clothes, there's lots of world out there, get out the brillantine and dime cigars..." more »
    jerome_stanley: Where is the battle angel Alita? I dont see Tiphares floating above this place! more »
    Segador: "But Zabbaleen is actually a thriving community..." Looks pretty....thriving. Yes. That's the word. more »
    Piero Capurro: That's why we need pharaohs, and all those kinds of shitty kinds of government. more »
    larry_832: Holy shit! It's the opening scene from Wall-E. more »
    crosis101: No. Ultra Magnus lives! on the Planet of Junk! THEY'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE! AND THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: There is only one thing to do in a situation like this: garbage angels. more »
    Hamslicer: This is crazy. A whole economy based on the waste of another. Geez. more »
    cadrina: here on Brasil we have a lot of people that lives of colecting trash, altough in here they are after only metal and sometimes paper, usually. Anyway, ... more »
    AaronProtesilaus: First up, the city is called Manshiyat naser, not Zabbaleen. The Zabbaleen are the people living there. Jeez you can see the trash on Google Earth t... more »
    cylon_conspiracy: Interesting to see how people make the best of a bad situation. This is obviously not anything anyone here would ever want to experience first-hand i... more »
    ♠ Final ♠: The Trash-heap has spoken! more »
  • #garbagecity

    Egypt's Trash City Only Looks Like the Garbage Apocalypse

    Somewhere buried under all those bags of trash is the Egyptian city of Zabbaleen, where garbage reigns supreme. It looks like an object lesson, warning us of some impending garbage apocalypse, but there's something entirely different at work. More »
  • #spaceporn

    Astronaut Urine Creates a Surprisingly Attractive Light Show

    That's no comet. This photo, taken Wednesday night, actually shows a trail of urine and waste water streaming out of the shuttle Discovery. The waste froze upon release, then quickly sublimated into a sparkling, glowing vapor. [SpaceWeather via Yahoo!] More »
  • #megaenvironmentalism

    Giant Machines That Eat Garbage (and the People Who Feed Them)

    Garbage disposal factories are the unsung heroes of the giant machine world. With everybody excited about Pixar's upcoming garbage robot flick Wall-E, it's time to meet some real-life garbage machines. Some are glistening high tech towers, like this waste disposal/power plant in Vienna. Others are surprisingly low-tech. Check out our gallery of fantastic and grossomatic waste disposal factories — and the workers who tend them — from around the world. More »
  • #triviagasm

    How To Shit In Space

    When you're strapped into a tin can and rocketing through the galaxy at thousands of miles an hour, your opportunities for bathroom breaks are pretty few and far between. At some point, you're going to have to step away from the controls and relieve yourself. However, in a zero gravity environment where an errant fart can send you spinning in the opposite direction, what are you supposed to do? Here's our list of the best ways science fiction has handled this delicate question. More »