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[–] 267 points 7 months ago (59 children)

The records seem to indicate it was used as part of the island's reverse osmosis water treatment system. There I saved you a click.

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  • [–] 117 points 7 months ago (36 children)

    I kind of consider that to be plausible. 330 gallons sounds like a lot but it's only 6 barrels and there's way more effective ways to get rid of bodies (which I think is the implication). Also, justice isn't being achieved, not because of lack of evidence here, but because disgusting crimes are being covered up, and disgusting people being protected. I'm ok focusing on "why aren't any men in jail for this right now?"

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    We wouldnt have to speculate if the DOJ would do their job in a way that allows the population to trust them. We dont get that though, so we have to be the justice ourselves to a degree by demanding total transparency and that also means questioning to ensure information comes out if its there. Thats my take.

    People are being left to fill in the gaps and that causes mass confusion and makes people question real evidence. Its not okay

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don't disagree at all. The process we're forced to go through because we seem to be the only ones that care is maddening

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Its so depressing, honestly and its purposeful. They want confusion. The American government is pretty damn good at Gaslighting and confusing the public, honestly... It wouldnt be the first time... and I have never been one of those tinfoil hat types. You can even go back and think about the Tuskegee experiment, MKUltra ect... among others... Its messed up how much they view us as manipulatable pawns... and this isnt to say other Governments dont engage in similar crap, too but ours is pretty dang experienced in the art of deception now.

    P.S. MK Ultra feels cheesy to bring up at all due to the stigma but it happened and its messed up but its an example of purposeful manipulation.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    The volume is a tote, aka an IBC container

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_bulk_container

    Super common and readily available for both legitimate and/or illegal purposes.

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    It’s also, like not even that much for this kind of janitorial purpose. To add to that, while it sounds insidious, sulphuric acid isn’t the nefarious thing it sounds like.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    My RO doesn't have any chemical consumables.. Any idea why?

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Might depend on the source water. The article mentions it's used for water softening so if you're starting with water that has low mineral content maybe it's an unnecessary step.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I heard someone say on a podcast that 330 gallons would last about 15 years. I haven't fact checked that and AI wouldn't touch it, lol.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    I think that would very much depend on the size of the system. If you're processing a gallon of water a day that's probably true, but if you're doing like 60 gallons a day probably not so much. It sounds like he had a reverse osmosis plant in the island that likely supplied all the water in the island so probably even for things like showers and maybe even swimming pools (I assume he had a swimming pool, it sounds right for a rich douchebag like him).

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    [–] 43 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Good goddess that thumbnail is horrifying.

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    [–] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Sulphuric acid is not the clean and easy method to dissolve a body as you might think and Hollywood might suggest.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I second this. Sulfuric acid was my entire job for eleven years. It would definitely do the job, but it's not as simple as dropping a body into a drum with it. You'd need a lot more of it, heat, pumps for a circulation system, filtration for the parts that it won't eat through right away (hair and fingernails, possibly teeth). There are much more efficient ways to get rid of a body. Especially on an island.

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

    The revelation about the sulphuric acid sparked wild speculation on social media as to what Epstein needed it for, including to 'destroy evidence or even human remains' - despite there being no evidence of criminal use.

    I think you may be confusing "wild speculation" with reason.

    What would be the other conclusion you draw when you hear a sex trafficking pedophile who murdered and tortured his victims, ordered multiple drums of sulphuric acid to be delivered to his private island the same day a federal investigation was announced?

    But further emails in the documents, dating back to 2013, suggest Epstein used sulphuric acid on the private island to purify water.

    RO stands for Reverse Osmosis - a water purification system - while sulphuric acid is widely used in water treatment, specifically to soften, adjust pH, and enhance the efficiency of other chemicals during purification processes.

    Oh well as long as that's what he'd always been dissolving bodies in using to purify water, nothing to see here. Just like there was nothing to see in the entire decade between first being arrested for sex trafficking a minor in 2008 and charged with "soliciting prostitution of a minor," continuing to do insane business transactions with powerful elites and banks who still won't release records of those transactions, and ending up dead in his jail cell with a federal record date of death listed the day before he actually died at the exact time security footage resets itself, and both guards take a meal break so there are no witnesses. Oh and 2 minutes are missing because glitches happen.

    There's no need for wild speculation because there's always some perfectly logical explanation for why none of this is what it looks like.

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    Downvote this whenever you see it, it's either bait or just dumb reporting.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Sulphuric acid does not dissolve humans.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Yes it does, it's a matter of volume, exposure, and time. Dahmer used hydrochloric acid which is more effective.

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    [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    They raped and killed. Now we are all out of rape and time to _____ the guilty

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    If only the current American administration could be bathed in it.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    When I click the URL I see nothing but a video of the guards allegedly discovering Epstein at 6:30am

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    What was the point of the video?

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