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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 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.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Depending on your municipality, sure.

[–] Hodrobond@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Don't know why you got downvoted. I drank tap water in India and threw up 3 times before leaving the office. I've seen the data center water and it looked worse.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 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.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 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.

[–] Leavingoldhabits@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

If the tap is chemically fine, but still tastes awful, I get buying bottled water instead