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Bottled water is a CON so why pay for it?
Posted by iconic • 3/16/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Bottled water is a CON so why pay for it? It is found there is very little difference between bottled and tap water.
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Because we are a society of sheep.
We will do anything 'the man' tell us. Be it drink bottled tap water, believing magazine cover models are realistic, believe that fake breasts are sexy, believe youth is the only beauty, believe older people are of no value, believe that we should work our lives away to buy a new car, believe that we are sub-standard if we don't believe, believe people are lesser for various reasons/traits, believe...
I'll stop there with the short answer. -
depends where you live.
I could find you a number of places where you wouldn't dare to drink the local water. -
Well, to me bottled water taste better. So for taste alone I'd prefer it. I like distilled water, it has a clean and crisp taste to me. I had to drink tap water recently and I could barely get it down... it was so "thick" and had a metallic taste to it. Also, my tap water is very cloudy... that's enough to make me pass on it. -
I like the taste of tap water. The metallic element agrees with me, and when I travel to places where the tap water is unsafe I either buy bottled water or pop a sterilizing tablet into it if I don't have the ability to boil. -
Next thing you know, they'll be selling compressed air: "Too much ozone in your city's atmosphere? Strap on this light, efficient air tank for fresh oxygen round the clock." {rolls eyes} -
This is a very interesting post, mainly because in so many places both in the west and also asia, the water is very very bad. I will drink my towns water, but there are places within 50 klms from here that I will not because of the condition of it.
Maybe people need to state where they are living.
Australia Northern NSW-
Los Angeles, CA :-D
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I should have added that Im in NZ and the tap water here tastes better than bottled water ;-)
Yes I agree, if you're in places where the water is bad, then you don't have a choice unless u boil it.-
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I'm in Vancouver, Canada. Tap water is good, so they tell us... but 'they' don't have the same sway as 'the man'.
I don't think the question is really 'why do people in bad tap water areas drink bottled water'. It is well known that bottled water is a huge seller even in the best tap water areas. Also, there are brands that are basically tap water.
So, my answer stands.
SHEEP! We are SHEEP!-
baaa....
Who's the man? -
'The man' is whomever is in control of making us think certain ways. I'm not sure who it is! Could be the media, maybe some secret government types, aliens, cigarette manufacturers...
I dunno, it's someone. Or something. -
oh ok, clear, I thought it might have been some particular advertisment.
a conglomerate of devious minds controlling the human race forcing them to be hypnotized by desire.
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The water where I am is pretty damn awful. Bottle water tastes much better. Also, if you leave a glass of tap water sitting around for a couple of days it ends up turning into a slimy like substance. Really gross stuff. -
Some bottled water is a con with the exception of purified water which is 100% pure.
The tap water tastes terrible where I live and it is full of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and arsenic.
Purified water, based upon a steam distillation process, not only tastes good but is very healthy. -
If you want to avoid paying for water, you could always recycle your urine.
Which to me, is the best way of sticking it to "the man".
Mind so, so is dehydration but don't try that at home kids!
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