Fucking stupid , this brings me back to “Pen and teller’s bullshit episode on “fancy water” lol.
Was that the one where they used the garden hose behind the restaurant? I so loved that show.
Wait, it’s NOT the Onion!
This is just Nestle with extra steps.
No. Stop trying to monetize everything.
Basically it’s the same thing most monetize, namely the idiocy of some people.
Meet the grifters…
Ah yes, maybe they offer Agua de Culo.
Just fucking piss off.
The final fate of all water, no matter how much the bottle cost.
Just like those charlatans peddling water with baking soda-err… I mean alkaline water.
As someone who actually appreciate water, definitely NO. We have high quality tap water here, and although there are differences in taste, it’s not worth paying extra for at a restaurant.
But if they attribute magic healing qualities, claiming it’s from ancient magic/holy sites, I bet people would travel to get it, because that’s how stupid some people are.
No, no I would not.
Ideally, water shouldn’t taste like anything. If you’re deliberately seeking a taste, it’s now another drink.
LOL, so it should taste like distilled water? :)
Ex wife wouldn’t drink water, loathed it. Found out why when I visited her parents and drank the well water. She found water without all the minerals to be revolting.
mineral content can be measured by evaporating a sample and weighing what is left as milligrams per litre of total dissolved solids (TDS)
I’d recommend ion chromatography here if you want accurate results lol
£19 a bottle for water so dirty that it leaves behind measurable solids when it evaporates.
Dude, the whole thing is a scam. We don’t want to get bogged down with expensive fancy equipment.
It worked for Scientology
Their e-meters are relatively basic. They just slap $200 of components in a box and charge $5000 for them
This seems like a nice scam to get in on. I just need some magnificent facial hair to get started.
Have a comparable beard. Still don’t get taken seriously.
Given that we know what the mineral content of these different waters are, wouldn’t it be a trivial matter to replicate that by starting with a very pure water source, and simply adding the right minerals?
It’s not only trivial, people already do that for coffee.
Laughably so.
So do
If it is so easy to do, then do it if you want the money. These people are already being swindled which means that money is already going to go to bs flavor water as is, so why not get in on it? I don’t personaly have any moral dilemma with it since nobody is actually being hurt. It’s just a luxury version of an everyday substance. The kind of thing that folks with more than they need are going to be spending that excess on anyway, right?
And the phrasing was in reference to the iasip episode in which Dennis runs for mayor i think it was? Charlie writes him an awful speech which ends on “so do” as in “so do your part and vote for me”, but because he’s illiterate, he does not actually express the full thought.
The point is it’s a bullshit thing.
I don’t disagree. I just dont think bullshit is going away anytime soon, and feel strongly that fooling the wealthy into forking over some of that fortune is a net positive. Like, who exactly is hurt by selling bullshit fancy water to snoots? They said it was easy, so I said do it, because why shouldn’t any of us take advantage of people that build their fortunes on taking advantage of others?
Lots of things are bullshit and some of us have too much while others have too little. Everybody’s gotta eat, though. And there are countless scams out there that actually cause people harm. As far as I can tell, this just isn’t one of them, so I dont see a problem with the working class getting the wealthy to pay ridiculous amounts for cheap and unnecessary bullshit.
Im wrong about a lot of things, though. Maybe I’m just missing something here?
I think you read context that wasn’t there. All I mentioned was level level of ease, and I got a reference that I didn’t understand and then a odd tangent as way of an explanation.
Pfft. Once you actually start doing science the magic goes away. Do you just hate art? /s
Yes but us water experts are able to detect quantum fluctuations from the ground state of the particles in the water to optimize the ionization of the water and improve the interaction with your taste buds
Maybe it’s like diamonds. Even if it’s exactly the same it has no value unless it’s extracted from conflicted zones.
Depends if you’re counting Russia, looks like. DR Congo is the only other one on the list that’s sus that way, although Zimbabwe is especially problematic even at peace.
Fuck no
Penn and Teller did it…
In a restaurant, with a garden hose!
Some nice restaurants offer tap water for free or a small fee. I wish this would be more common.
Pretty much every restaurant in the US will give you free tap water (with ice in it, even). At some places they’ll even just bring it to the table before you ask.
But I wouldn’t recommend the US in general.
It’s one of the few things we got right, doesn’t redeem us but we did get that right
That and public libraries (though we’re trying to kill those now).
More like ice with some water in it.
That’s the way I like it. 😁
Here in Canada we get a free glass of water with ice in it around the same time you get your menu.
Here in the US, the typical flow is that you’ll be seated at the table with menus, and then the waiter will leave to get some waters. When they return and fill your glasses, they’ll ask if you want to order any drinks, and regardless of whether you order anything besides water, they’ll ensure that your glass of water is never empty.
However, I think California passed a law to require restaurants to only provide water when asked, but that might only be when there’s a drought and a need to conserve potable water supplies.
Used to be the case, but you made me think about it. Nowhere around here has automatically served water for years, you have to ask.
And in my experience I would recommend Canada. Although traffic in Toronto is terrible.
Most of our cities have terrible drivers.
