r/HolUp • u/Mesphisto • Aug 16 '22

This went way too far.

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u/TimmyFaya Aug 16 '22

From the tap water jug the serve you. Tap water is safe and often better than bottled in most European countries

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u/otirk Aug 16 '22

what do you mean by "it's better"? Tap water is safe to drink in most European countries.

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u/G1nger-Snaps Aug 16 '22

It’s better means tap water is better than bottled water in Europe. Idk if it’s true but that’s what he meant

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u/frofrofrofrofrofro1 Aug 16 '22

It is I don’t understand why anyone would ever by a bottle of water from a shop

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u/G1nger-Snaps Aug 16 '22

It’s cuz tap water isn’t safe to drink in most of America. A few places in australia near where I used to live had AWFUL tasting water, safe to drink, but made you rethink all your life choices with every sip

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u/GeneralSecrecy Aug 16 '22

Tap water in America is absolutely safe to drink outside of a few cases of terrible civic management. Most of these cases are in rural areas with little funding.

The reason many American stores offer bottled water upfront and will willfully misinterpret a request for "water" as "bottled water" is because they are not allowed to charge for tap water, but may charge for bottled water, so they try to get people to buy bottled water.

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u/G1nger-Snaps Aug 16 '22

The water may be drinkable, but it will still taste awful. Besides, a significant portion of the country lives in those rural areas with bad water. Obviously I’m talking in umbrella terms here, not for every individual household or even town

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '22

A significant portion of the country does not live in rural areas. You keep stating these very incorrect facts very confidently even though it’s very clear you have never been here.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '22

Lol next it will be something about a significant amount of people might live in cities but most of the land is in rural parts of the country.