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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 hours ago

there was a penn and teller bullshit episode on this once. No they can't tell the difference. They served everyone tapwater from the same hose, but in fancy bottles, and now everyone started to have preferences.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 17 hours ago

This seems like a step towards the water wars

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

That pic has serious Salt Bae vibes. But if douchebags can convince people to buy $12,000 bottles of fermented grape juice, which was once free in Europe, then water can't be far behind.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

How fucking pretentious. Adults playacting. Reminds me of Nero during the fall of Rome. In capitalism nothing counts unless it sells and people with too much money buy all sorts of weird shit, so this may produce another "revenue stream".

Aren't there several New York pizza/bagel joints that import NY water? Something about it being better or more authentic...

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Can it get me drunk? No? Then fuck off.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

As someone who only drinks water in restaurants and at home for several reasons: there are wild differences between different waters.

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