• vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days 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.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    2 days 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”.

  • Avicenna@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    lol fuck off. yea I get it extremely rich people can be very stupid but don’t bring water into your stupid grift. It is not a luxury, it is a basic human right.

  • nixfreak@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Fucking stupid , this brings me back to “Pen and teller’s bullshit episode on “fancy water” lol.

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      3 days ago

      Was that the one where they used the garden hose behind the restaurant? I so loved that show.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    No, no I would not.

    Ideally, water shouldn’t taste like anything. If you’re deliberately seeking a taste, it’s now another drink.

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      3 days ago

      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.

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    3 days ago

    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.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      Uh…a vending machine will charge $2.50 now for 1/3 of a litre of water in Canada, and people lost their shit at paying $1.50 a litre for gasoline.