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What's the biggest misconception you think many people have? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Ideally the answers aren't just political soapboxing.

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[–] 13 points 5 months ago* (12 children)

That they need to buy cases and cases of water in plastic bottles which they throw in the landfill instead of just drinking their perfectly good tap water.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Ummm, my tap water isn't "perfectly good."

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    Ummm, my comment was addressing the millions of people whose water IS perfectly good but they buy bottled water anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Well mine is actually perfectly good safety-wise, but it tastes like shit. I eventually got a reverse osmosis system so I don't waste any bottles anymore. Instead I waste water. BUT... But, when I'm at other people's houses, if the water tastes fine, I drink that and refuse bottles. This is the best I can do.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Plenty of people saying their tap water is not good. Just buy/install an RO for your tap ya dummy. They aren't that expensive or difficult to install. Or some kind of brita-type filter. I'm lucky enough to have an in-fridge filter. Cold, clean water on tap. It's the best.

    Bottled water companies don't produce water. They produce plastic bottles.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    I live in the US, I’m not drinking the tap water lol. That being said you don’t have to buy cases of individual plastic water bottles either.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    And yet millions do. Maybe there's something actually wrong with your water, but the vast majority of municipal water in the US is perfectly fine.

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