Water-drinking culture is out of control

[Anonymous]

I agree that carrying around water bottles is silly. But people do plenty of silly things. You might have noticed that many people in your meetings have put holes in their earlobes and inserted pieces of decorative metal. Seems pretty silly to me.

Carrying water bottles and wearing earrings are two of the hundreds of silly things that people do that don't bother me, because they don't affect me.

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Anonymous wrote:When I am in trainings or meetings at work, I'm almost always the only one without one, lol. I'm older than most of the people I work with, I'm Gen X and they are mostly Millenial and Gen Z, and I do wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Yes, there is. We are smarter than you.

Unlikely.

Well, I'm not sitting in meetings laughing at people drinking water, so I feel pretty confident that I am much smarter than you. I have much more important things to worry about.

I believe it's a neurological tic nitwits have had programmed into their thick skulls by doom scrolling on social media and YouTube. Dovetails on all of these low watts believing they have a debilitating anxiety disorder and the sipping helps comfort them.

I really wonder what it's like to live ina brain that functions like this. I can't fathom why anyone would write such detailed fiction in their heads about why people... drink water?

I mean, if you want to go down the oral tic rabbit hole, it arguably it replaced the oral tic people had in the 20th century of smoking? People used to do that pretty constantly. But drinking water doesn't make places smell or expose anyone to second hand smoke so it's a good development.

You wonder what it's like to have a brain that functions? Got it. You think every shopping trend and viral social media "thing" is organic and just appears from thin air? And it's just a pure coincidence all of these tumbler companies are owned by hedge funds now? You are a sucker. And probably protecting because you're an infantile sipper who is handcuffed to a 10lb water jug all day.

I already explained it, dude. No water = Braxton Hicks contractions. My OB would probably find your rant funny, though.

I was pregnant three times in the 90s. Not once did I see any other expecting mothers handcuffed to an adult sippy cup.

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Anonymous wrote:When I am in trainings or meetings at work, I'm almost always the only one without one, lol. I'm older than most of the people I work with, I'm Gen X and they are mostly Millenial and Gen Z, and I do wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Yes, there is. We are smarter than you.

Unlikely.

Well, I'm not sitting in meetings laughing at people drinking water, so I feel pretty confident that I am much smarter than you. I have much more important things to worry about.

I believe it's a neurological tic nitwits have had programmed into their thick skulls by doom scrolling on social media and YouTube. Dovetails on all of these low watts believing they have a debilitating anxiety disorder and the sipping helps comfort them.

I really wonder what it's like to live ina brain that functions like this. I can't fathom why anyone would write such detailed fiction in their heads about why people... drink water?

I mean, if you want to go down the oral tic rabbit hole, it arguably it replaced the oral tic people had in the 20th century of smoking? People used to do that pretty constantly. But drinking water doesn't make places smell or expose anyone to second hand smoke so it's a good development.

You wonder what it's like to have a brain that functions? Got it. You think every shopping trend and viral social media "thing" is organic and just appears from thin air? And it's just a pure coincidence all of these tumbler companies are owned by hedge funds now? You are a sucker. And probably protecting because you're an infantile sipper who is handcuffed to a 10lb water jug all day.

I already explained it, dude. No water = Braxton Hicks contractions. My OB would probably find your rant funny, though.

I was pregnant three times in the 90s. Not once did I see any other expecting mothers handcuffed to an adult sippy cup.

How did that affect you?

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Anonymous wrote:When I am in trainings or meetings at work, I'm almost always the only one without one, lol. I'm older than most of the people I work with, I'm Gen X and they are mostly Millenial and Gen Z, and I do wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Yes, there is. We are smarter than you.

Unlikely.

Well, I'm not sitting in meetings laughing at people drinking water, so I feel pretty confident that I am much smarter than you. I have much more important things to worry about.

I believe it's a neurological tic nitwits have had programmed into their thick skulls by doom scrolling on social media and YouTube. Dovetails on all of these low watts believing they have a debilitating anxiety disorder and the sipping helps comfort them.

I really wonder what it's like to live ina brain that functions like this. I can't fathom why anyone would write such detailed fiction in their heads about why people... drink water?

I mean, if you want to go down the oral tic rabbit hole, it arguably it replaced the oral tic people had in the 20th century of smoking? People used to do that pretty constantly. But drinking water doesn't make places smell or expose anyone to second hand smoke so it's a good development.

You wonder what it's like to have a brain that functions? Got it. You think every shopping trend and viral social media "thing" is organic and just appears from thin air? And it's just a pure coincidence all of these tumbler companies are owned by hedge funds now? You are a sucker. And probably protecting because you're an infantile sipper who is handcuffed to a 10lb water jug all day.

I already explained it, dude. No water = Braxton Hicks contractions. My OB would probably find your rant funny, though.

I was pregnant three times in the 90s. Not once did I see any other expecting mothers handcuffed to an adult sippy cup.

My mom carried water everywhere when she was pregnant with my baby sister in the 90s.

So your conspiracy theory is what... big water bottle got to my uterus? My OB is getting paid by Camelback.

I've lost track of the conspiracy theories here because you were earlier accusing people of being childless fur moms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend turned up with the biggest water bottle I've ever seen. I think it could be called a water barrel. It has lines with times of the day and how much to drink and when. It is bigger than a milk gallon and she carries it everywhere, dutifully drinking her daily water. She reports that she feels so much better. I didn't get to talk to her much because she repeatedly went to the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Did it all start with the OG Nalgene? You remember...the one everybody had stickers on to virtue signal to others?

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Anonymous wrote:When I am in trainings or meetings at work, I'm almost always the only one without one, lol. I'm older than most of the people I work with, I'm Gen X and they are mostly Millenial and Gen Z, and I do wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Yes, there is. We are smarter than you.

Unlikely.

Well, I'm not sitting in meetings laughing at people drinking water, so I feel pretty confident that I am much smarter than you. I have much more important things to worry about.

I believe it's a neurological tic nitwits have had programmed into their thick skulls by doom scrolling on social media and YouTube. Dovetails on all of these low watts believing they have a debilitating anxiety disorder and the sipping helps comfort them.

+5000

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Anonymous wrote:Did it all start with the OG Nalgene? You remember...the one everybody had stickers on to virtue signal to others?

Weren't Nalgene bottles the thing like 20+ years ago? I remember people had them in high school.

Or you could be cool like me and still be using a free BlueCross branded bottle I'm pretty sure came from an insurance fair for new employees.

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Anonymous wrote:When I am in trainings or meetings at work, I'm almost always the only one without one, lol. I'm older than most of the people I work with, I'm Gen X and they are mostly Millenial and Gen Z, and I do wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Yes, there is. We are smarter than you.

Unlikely.

Well, I'm not sitting in meetings laughing at people drinking water, so I feel pretty confident that I am much smarter than you. I have much more important things to worry about.

I believe it's a neurological tic nitwits have had programmed into their thick skulls by doom scrolling on social media and YouTube. Dovetails on all of these low watts believing they have a debilitating anxiety disorder and the sipping helps comfort them.

I really wonder what it's like to live ina brain that functions like this. I can't fathom why anyone would write such detailed fiction in their heads about why people... drink water?

I mean, if you want to go down the oral tic rabbit hole, it arguably it replaced the oral tic people had in the 20th century of smoking? People used to do that pretty constantly. But drinking water doesn't make places smell or expose anyone to second hand smoke so it's a good development.

You wonder what it's like to have a brain that functions? Got it. You think every shopping trend and viral social media "thing" is organic and just appears from thin air? And it's just a pure coincidence all of these tumbler companies are owned by hedge funds now? You are a sucker. And probably protecting because you're an infantile sipper who is handcuffed to a 10lb water jug all day.

I already explained it, dude. No water = Braxton Hicks contractions. My OB would probably find your rant funny, though.

My pregnancy was like that too. Plus I'd get afternoon headaches unless I basically drank nonstop water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m old enough to remember when people started drinking water ostentatiously and those plastic bottles of water started taking off, in the 90s. At this point, all these new “reusable” bottles end up in thrift stores, landfills etc and all the water drinkers get new Yetis, Stanleys, etc regularly.

Every business meeting I attend at least half of the room has their massive emotional security water jug and I can’t help but think they all look like toddlers drinking from a sippy cup.

What happened to filling a cup with water, drinking it, and moving on with your life? When did everyone get so thirsty?

The movement has gone too far.

lol. If people drinking water annoys you, just tell us instead what doesn’t annoy you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I completely agree with you, OP.

I hadn’t thought about it, but now I agree with you too.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m old enough to remember when people started drinking water ostentatiously and those plastic bottles of water started taking off, in the 90s. At this point, all these new “reusable” bottles end up in thrift stores, landfills etc and all the water drinkers get new Yetis, Stanleys, etc regularly.

Every business meeting I attend at least half of the room has their massive emotional security water jug and I can’t help but think they all look like toddlers drinking from a sippy cup.

What happened to filling a cup with water, drinking it, and moving on with your life? When did everyone get so thirsty?

The movement has gone too far.

lol. If people drinking water annoys you, just tell us instead what doesn’t annoy you.

Pool tables, maybe?

https://youtu.be/2Hk1KSxzfcg?si=TsdQkeSb-tTtNF0J

[Anonymous]

Imagine caring how or when someone drinks water. Never change DCUM. There is an incorrect way to drink water now apparently.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine caring how or when someone drinks water. Never change DCUM. There is an incorrect way to drink water now apparently.

I honestly think OPs like this have been on DCUM for some time and are trying to start posts that will get a lot of traffic because they are bored.

[Anonymous]

I am at my house or office most of the time and filling up an actual glass of water from the filtered water dispenser tends to work. I only use a water bottle when I go to work out.

Are people having trouble accessing water? Like why do you need to carry around a big container of it just for daily life? Are you on the move most of the time? Why would you prefer to drink out of some heavy container to a glass? Maybe I am too old for this discussion.