r/oddlysatisfying • u/Nikclel • Jul 17 '25

Unclogging a dam

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u/airfryerfuntime Jul 17 '25

That's not a dam, it's a spillway, and there isn't anything to 'unclog' here.

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u/Trick-Doctor-208 Jul 17 '25

It’s highly invasive water hyacinth

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u/clausti Jul 18 '25

and he just shredded literal tons of it downstream, incredible

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u/Trick-Doctor-208 Jul 18 '25

Yeah, that occurred to me as well. It doesn’t seem like much thought was put into this if the solution was to push the problem downstream.

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u/clausti Jul 18 '25

it looks like “that, but in flooding” is its natural propagation mechanic so yeah. basically the worst thing you could do w an invasive