Question of the Week: “What steps do you take to conserve water?” 26%

7/23/2026, 8:30:00 AM

Keywords: Comment

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Indoctrination, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 37.1% saturation with 95 hits. Analysis detected 237 faulty-reasoning hits from 256 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 37.8% and a BS Rank of 26% (15,838 of 21,230 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 74.60% of the article peer group.

BENNETT HARTGRAVE 
There are lots of small adjustments and optimizations one can make in their life. 
What ways can you limit product use to be water conscious? 
Sometimes we have a few steps in our routine. 
You can kind of make certain adjustments from one product, or combining a few different things into one, to reduce the number of steps and reduce the amount of water used. 
ALEX BAUM 
I drink from a reusable water bottle; I have an Owala. 
What else do you do to limit water use? 
I never leave the water on while I’m brushing my teeth, and I try to take shorter showers. 
TRICIA KIEHN 
Really basic things like turning off the water while I’m brushing my teeth and taking shorter showers. 
I think the greatest way is probably to keep an eye on watering your lawn. 
Have you adopted these habits? 
I’ve definitely tried. 
We actually don’t water our backyard at all right now. 
The only thing we water is the plants in our front yard and our tiny front lawn. 
TAYLOR MCMILLAN 
I’m a big fan of the great big, hot pink Stanley cup that I’ve got, so I just usually refill that two or three times a day. 
What inspired you to start using it? 
I started using it about two years ago. 
I found it for very cheap, and that was the main motivator, I guess. 
7/17/26, DOWNTOWN SPOKANE 
INTERVIEWS BY MIA STILLMAN AND LUCIA VALLE 
Confirmation Bias
0%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
12.1%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
5.9%
Framing Effect
0%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
5.5%
Optimism Bias
5.5%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
0%
Self-Serving Bias
1.2%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
5.9%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
0%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
37.1%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
0%
Quote-first Misdirection
0%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
9%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
10.5%

256 words analyzed.

Analysis

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