A hiker posted a video showing the water flow of the fall was coming from a pipe built into the rock face.

A controversy over a waterfall has cascaded into a social media storm in China, even prompting an explanation from the water body itself.

A hiker posted a video that showed the flow of water from Yuntai Mountain Waterfall - billed as China’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall - was coming from a pipe built high into the rock face.

The clip has been liked more than 70,000 times since it was first posted on Monday. Operators of the Yuntai tourism park said that they made the “small enhancement” during the dry season so visitors would feel that their trip had been worthwhile.

“The one about how I went through all the hardship to the source of Yuntai Waterfall only to see a pipe,” the caption of the video posted by user “Farisvov” reads.

  • Bertuccio@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    There is a vast resource of nearly all of humanity’s collective knowledge that you can tap to learn why a govt doing something doesn’t mean it’s not capitalism.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        The government does not hold a monopoly on violence. You can just start punching people and they can just start punching you back.

        • BaroqueInMind@lemmy.oneEnglish
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          6 months ago

          It’s illegal to punch someone unprovoked, unless you are a cop; there is no legal repercussions for law enforcement to hit you in your sexy face. So no, the monopoly still remains with the government.

          • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 months ago

            It’s illegal to punch someone unprovoked, unless you are a cop

            It’s illegal when a cop does it, too. Although enforcement is scattershot at best. Spousal abuse statistics confirm as much.

            there is no legal repercussions for law enforcement to hit you in your sexy face

            Sizeable civil legal settlements suggest otherwise.

      • Bertuccio@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        “What does error code XYZ mean on my 40 year old limited run old-tech device from a company that stopped existing 39 years ago and never made a manual”

        Vs

        “Is Earth round”