Disaster Couple contaminate drought-stricken town’s water supply by dyeing waterfall blue for gender reveal - Wtf

The environment ministry in Brazil is investigating a couple that dyed a waterfall blue for their gender reveal party, likely contaminating the water supply of a nearby town.

The couple faced backlash on the internet after they posted a video on Instagram of the moment a waterfall turned electric-blue to indicate that they were having a male baby, as guests cheered. They later deleted the video which also showed swans made of white balloons. A giant question mark symbol made of pink and blue balloons was also kept by the bank.

But copies of the video were shared thousands of times on several platforms. The unidentified couple is now being investigated by the Brazilian environment ministry which says they polluted the Queima Pé river, which is a popular tourist destination in the state of Mato Grosso and a primary water source for the nearby central-west town of Tangará da Serra.

The Queima-Pé waterfall, 6km from Tangará da Serra, is located at a height of 18 metres, and is used for waterfall baths, rappel and other tourist activities, reported Brazilian news website Midiajur.

It said periods of drought have caused a frequent supply crisis in the municipality.

Thousands of people commented on the video, slamming the couple for allegedly putting polluting substances in the water. One user said: “What happened to cutting into a cake. Why does nature keep getting damaged because these people think they’re special?”

Another critic wrote: “Because who needs drinking water when you have ‘likes’?”

In a statement released by the secretary of state for the Environment of Mato Grosso (SEMA), the department said it will investigate the couple to determine what products were used to dye the waterfall and if there is any environmental damage.

Gender reveal parties have often in the past been criticised for extreme stunts. In May last year, an explosive device set off at a gender-reveal party ignited a wildfire and resulted in the expectant parents being charged a $500 fine.

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[Kheapathic]

Seeing how Brazil claimed water purity isn't an exact science when they hosted the Olympics, these idiots did nothing wrong.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

It's just a prank. Huehuehue.

 

[Megaton Punch]

Gender reveal parties have often in the past been criticised for extreme stunts. In May last year, an explosive device set off at a gender-reveal party ignited a wildfire and resulted in the expectant parents being charged a $500 fine.

Hold on. You're telling me I can incinerate an acre of land and it'll only cost me $500 as long as I claim it was an accident?

Well, $500 plus the cost of a plane ticket to California, I mean.

 

[Meat Target]

Hold on. You're telling me I can incinerate an acre of land and it'll only cost me $500 as long as I claim it was an accident?

Well, $500 plus the cost of a plane ticket to California, I mean.

I remember a guy in Arizona did something similar several years ago, and he was like a state trooper or Border Patrol agent.

 

[Burd Turglar]

Gender reveal parties are narcissistic as fuck, the same people are those who dream of being mommy bloggers.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

I doubt the Chinese and Middle Easterners would tolerate that kind of stunt.

 

[DelusionTree]

How many disasters have gender reveal parties caused already?
I can think of a number of forest fires but poisoning an entire water supply to virtue signal really takes the top spot.

 

[A-Stump]

Brazilians are chud niggers and should be fenced in

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

I doubt the Chinese and Middle Easterners would tolerate that kind of stunt.

A Middle Eastern gender reveal party would be worse. Whole cities would go under lockdown because a lion pride was let loose.

 

[Blobby's Murder Knife]

Gender reveals are the most narcissistic shit on the part of expectant parents. Used to be it was just mentioned in passing or kept secretly until the kid was born. But some assholes figured out a way to make it into a grift gift grab.

 

[spinal gas chamber]

Gender is fluid, indeed.

 

[Matt Damon]

grift gift grab

Try saying that ten times fast.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Gender is fluid, indeed.

And once fluid dry up, it became dust like any dust in the wind then Kansas once sing: "....dust in the wind...all we are is dust in the wind..."

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Gotta be honest... up until a few years ago I didn't know gender-reveal parties were actually a thing.

Like wasn't that just info that the parents only knew and then announced to other people afterwards or something?

 

[The Last Stand]

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Trannies should do some good for once and annihilate gender reveal parties.

 

[Foxxo]

What did they use? Food coloring? Antifreeze?

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

I didn't expect this to happen in Brazil.

 

[mold]

I am gonna have another baby and for my gender reveal I'm gonna dye the moon