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Why do people buy bottled water? I've never understood. |
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My boyfriend and I buy it because he works on construction sites where there is no running water. I drink from the tap. Some people buy it because their tapwater is not drinkable (for example in my city we had a problem with manganese for a while a year or two ago), or they have rusty old pipes (though the smart thing to do in this situation would be to order subscription water service). |
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I think i'm going to call you "oppinion guy" from now on. |
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what ol' mimi said. Some do it 'coz they are misled though, of course. i heard Evian is quite a big lie for example, but on the other hand a lot of natural water sources differ in their composition. for example the PH value is something that varies an awful lot, mont roucous (hehe) is a good one on the PH scale. i sometimes buy Vichy celestins for it's salty taste though it has quite a lot of fluoride, wich is another redrum thread all together. there's a natural source near where i live, kind of a secret, tiny, it's great. back in london i didn't trust my tap much, like it was linked directly to the local swimming baths. |
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I live in Mexico |
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In Canada we can drink our tap water but many of us filter it, pour it into fancy bottles and drink it with pretend mouths. |
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I buy Evian for drinking but a Portuguese brand called Luso for my hair. |
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i cant speak for anyone else but in the uk the attitude to bottled water is crazy. we live in one of the most developed countries in the world and we think our water supply isnt fit to drink. damn, there are people drinking raw sewage in parts of the world and people get funny about turning on the tap. IIRC tap water costs about 0.07p/litre. FACTS ABOUT BOTTLED WATER IT DOESNT TASTE NICER IT ISNT BETTER FOR YOU IT DOESNT EXFOLIATE/REVITALISE/REPLENISH/CLEANSE/PURIFY/HYDRATE ANY MORE THAN TAP WATER. IT IS A STUPID LABEL THAT YOU'RE PISSING YOUR MONEY AWAY ON DRINKING BOTTLED WATER DOESNT MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON IF YOU STILL THINK IT TASTES NICER ITS PROBABLY BECAUSE ITS COLDER. PUT A GLASS OF TAP WATER IN THE FRIDGE FOR AN HOUR. REFRESHING ISNT IT? IT PROBABLY CAME OUT OF A TAP ITSELF ANYWAY. |
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all water comes out of some kind of tap. those bottled waters can sit on the shelf for up to 2 years before getting to shops. i know theyre sealed but still, its a bit nasty. i never buy bottled water unless im out at a club, im fucked and theyve turned the cold water off (a regular occurance round here). |
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i'm just reading that link now, and i could not agree more. |
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same |
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also bottles water is all like "oh its taken millions of years to pass through layers of metapmorphic rocks and filter through minerals" and then on the bottle it says 'USE BY END OF MAY' |
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rule of thumb if its not harming you, its not harming someone else, and it is perhaps even beneficial it cant be a bad thing |
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I buy it every now and then because it is convenient to be able to take a bottle with me when I go out so I can keep hydrated when I'm not near a tap. Once I've finished the bottle though I don't throw it away, as I've seen that YOU do. :D I fill it up again with tap water and stick it in the fridge so that I can re-use it or recycle it. When I go out and buy food I quite often buy bottled water instead of a bottle of coke or something because I prefer the taste, it's healthier and I'd be buying a bottle anyway. |
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Thing is, though, depending on what type of bottled water you buy, where it's from, and where you live, it could indeed be harming someone. First of all, it has to be transported, so if you're in Australia buying bottled water from Norway, that means it's been on a huge polluting ship (or plane) to get there. I sometimes buy bottled water, but then mostly with bubbles added. If I buy plain bottled water, I always buy Norwegian, and it's only in cases where I'm, like, going to climb a mountain or something, and need something to drink. |
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Bottled water does often contain more minerals, etc, and it hasn't been bleached with chlorine or added fluoride like tap water. Plus, if you've ever tasted water straight from the glacier.. it tastes WAAAY better than tap water. |
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I used to buy bottled mineral water because our tap water infrastructure here isn't as healthy. While the Israeli filtration structures are pretty good, they add chlorine and other nasty stuff into the tap water in order to "clean" it. Therefore, I prefer to drink cleaner water. A year and half ago we just purchased a filter unit with UV light in it and there is no more use in bottled water for me, except when I'm away from home and there is no clean water to drink anywhere close. |
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for sure, i couldnt rationalise buying bottled water from norway. that scenario brings up a different issue altogether. there are all kinds of commodoties imported by countries that have their sufficient means to produce them. |
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Duh! I buy bottled water because The Illuminati and its various co-conspirators put mind-altering chemicals in the tap water, which allows them to control our every action. Come on guys, everyone knows this. Fight the power! Drink bottled water, fresh from the French alps! |
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bottled water is extremely gay |
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sucker! *sniggers* |
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bottled water is a must here in stettin because the taped water is very bad. but i use britta water filters for that - gets much cheaper with the time and the water from it is very good. |
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I'll take you glacierwalking if you come to Norway before the rest of our glaciers melt due to global warming. You can have a sip for yourself. |
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why don't you go and throw ur money into ur nearest river. bottled water=waste of money |
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We get those big jugs from my uncle's well. I would never dream of drinking our tap water. |
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if it wasnt for all those plastic bottles the glaciers might last a bit longer :p |
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We get those big jugs from my uncle's well. So there's estrogen in the well water? |
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Bottled still water: Ridiculous Bottled sparkling water: Refreshing |
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at least with fizzy water there is some value added. |
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Refreshing fizzy value |
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