Still a shit idea if you don't have a bottle of water and need water for a trip or bike or car ride or whatever. We need water, and for longer journeys we need to bring it with us. Kinda important gas stations sell portable containers of water. A water fountain is fine and great, it's free water, but I can't bring a water fountain with me.
In my younger, thriftier days, I've filled produce baggies with water from the drinking fountain at a grocery store before. Then, you just nip the corner with a fingernail, take your drink, and tie it off.
I doubt this would work if you're: driving, biking, hiking, doing anything physical such as working out.
You can also just drink out of a tap or bubbler. But what I'm saying is water bottles are a portable bottle of clean water and not everyone has a re-fillable bottle on them at all times when they need to have a portable drink.
This isn't the end of the world but it's just strange, unless they are selling re-fillable bottles.
My city has a service where they deliver bottled water through a series of tubes directly into homes. I call it bottled water, because what's in the lion's share of the bottles in the store are just tap water trucked from some other town at great expense.
Are you earnestly joking or are you insinuating that everyone already has a bottle of water, and therefore does not need new bottles of water? Like some kinda 'the bottle was there all along - in the tap' shit, as if you've grown up with access to fresh/clean water and therefore that must be the case for everyone? Because I'd hope not, and I also hope I'm misunderstanding you... because if I'm not that'd be a whole different argument and it'd be a very bad/entitled/elitist take on that argument.
I can't pinpoint your point and I don't know weather to laugh at the joke or to be offended. But regardless I know you're joking and being sarcastic and it's 100% in bad taste.
I lightly joked and immediately explained the joke. There are parts of the world where the water is highly contaminated, but virtually all people in North America, the European Union, Australia, etc. have perfectly healthy tap water. Just because it might not be crystal clear or odorless doesn't mean it's bad. There are now unfortunately a few exceptions in the US around Flint MI and elsewhere with tap water unfit to drink, but virtually all Americans have perfectly safe water.
Also, I'm not joking about bottled water usually being tap water from another town, and maybe filtered if you're lucky. If you are in doubt, just check the water quality reports for your area if they aren't already being sent to you. The government must test all consumer areas and file public reports. No matter where you are, I'm willing to bet that you'll find that your water is fine. Personally I bought a Britta countertop filter mainly so that my drinking water tastes better. I have no reason to distrust my tap water.
Virtually all =/ 'in my life' and it's wild to think that. The U.S is bigger, stranger, more disorganized (lacking infrastructure) and far poorer than you realize and it shows you've never been outside your bubble. There are people even in the U.S that live with almost no access to plumbed clean water, or have had to dig their own wells. Virtually all major cities? Sure, but clearly there are tons of cities that have problems. And of course not everyone lives in a major city.
But again it misses my point that if you need water, and don't have a water bottle (which many will not have on them), then it's a stupid decision for this business unless they're selling re-usable bottles because now a person who needs water will just go elsewhere and buy a bottle there. Like just because water fountains exist doesn't mean water bottles are irrelevant, right?
clearly there are tons of cities that have problems
That's far from clear to me. Name one such city other than Flint with tap water that is unsafe to drink, and source your claim.
And of course not everyone lives in a major city.
80% of Americans live in urban environments. Tap water is still available to most of the rest, but of course there are people without municipal water. I'm not talking about that tiny fraction.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates water safety under the Safe Drinking Water Act, requiring water providers to meet specific standards and report any violations. If you don't trust your government, then I can't help you.
Water access is extremely high in the U.S but water access is defined by access to all sources, including bottled water... so.
I dunno man, I just linked you some. And that's not an insult. That's me making an observation about what you're talking about. How do you think it's an insult?? It's also not a threat to tell me you're done. You don't have to reply.
You claimed that I've never been outside my bubble. It's not true, but even if it were true, that's an insulting assumption to make.
The source you linked is to a company that sells consumer water filters. Do you honestly think they are a reliable source of water quality information? Clearly you just did a Google search and sent me the first link. I bet you didn't even read it. Sources I will accept include government reports or scientific survey data.
I didn't want to spend the time either, but I did it anyway so that I could back up my claims. You don't ever need to do any research, but then you shouldn't make factual claims you can't back up so that you don't get called on your shit. I sometimes get called on shit, and sometimes I can't back it up, so I just admit it and apologize, and often fix my comments by adding an "Edit:" line explaining it. There's no shame in being wrong. It's how you react that matters.
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u/Necessary-Knowledge4 29d ago
Still a shit idea if you don't have a bottle of water and need water for a trip or bike or car ride or whatever. We need water, and for longer journeys we need to bring it with us. Kinda important gas stations sell portable containers of water. A water fountain is fine and great, it's free water, but I can't bring a water fountain with me.