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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

That they need to buy cases and cases of water in plastic bottles which they throw in the landfill instead of just drinking their perfectly good tap water.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Plenty of people saying their tap water is not good. Just buy/install an RO for your tap ya dummy. They aren't that expensive or difficult to install. Or some kind of brita-type filter. I'm lucky enough to have an in-fridge filter. Cold, clean water on tap. It's the best.

Bottled water companies don't produce water. They produce plastic bottles.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They probably don't even produce the bottles. They probably just put the water in the bottles.

[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Good point. And it's often just municipal water too. So uh... Tap water.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ummm, my tap water isn't "perfectly good."

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Ummm, my comment was addressing the millions of people whose water IS perfectly good but they buy bottled water anyway.

[–] alleycat@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago

In most of Europe, it is.

[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depending on your municipality, sure.

[–] Hodrobond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Don't know why you got downvoted. I drank tap water in India and threw up 3 times before leaving the office. I've seen the data center water and it looked worse.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I live in the US, I’m not drinking the tap water lol. That being said you don’t have to buy cases of individual plastic water bottles either.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And yet millions do. Maybe there's something actually wrong with your water, but the vast majority of municipal water in the US is perfectly fine.

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the tap is chemically fine, but still tastes awful, I get buying bottled water instead

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago

Why would you buy bottled water? Buy a filter