• nixfreak@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

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

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

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

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        6 days ago

        Yep, that was the one.

        Also included the set designer working as a cook, using $1 mashed potatoes and a blow torch to make a fancy meal

  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 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.

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    6 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.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 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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      7 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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        6 days ago

        Interesting. I’ve had hard water, I’ve had soft water. It has tastes, but none I really feel like I need. And I’ve experienced really strongly flavoured drinking water, which I don’t recommend.

        But, then again, I’m not a water sommelier, haha.

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    6 days 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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    6 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”.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    6 days 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.

  • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

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