Water-drinking culture is out of control

[Anonymous]

You have a very weird preoccupation with this OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

A lot of people who carry water around do some kind of flavoring thing.

I kept a bottle at my qork desk because it held more than a glass and it would last the whole day. Plus if it got knocked over it wouldn't ruin my keyboard.

[Anonymous]

10 page thread and it's not even 24 hours old. LOL! But yes, OP, I agree with you. My sister is knee deep in this culture. She has a cabinet full of stanleys and has one attached at the hip with her 24/7.

IDK, I drink water and I drink when I'm thirsty. I also live in Arizona and don't feel the need to be attached to a water bottle 24/7. I hate carrying around crap!

[Anonymous]

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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.

This is OP (millennial) and I notice almost all Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z carry these bottles around. Boomers never seem to. Anecdotally, my boomer relatives drink water sparingly - with meals, maybe a glass here and there, but not sucking down water like they just walked a hundred miles across the Sahara.

Every yuppy is on a cocktail of allergy meds, SSRIs and Adderall, so they have chronic mouth dryness.

[Anonymous]

I am thinking that drinking H2O has become cool over the years - - it has definitely become a trend.

I think this IS actually a great trend due to the healthy effects that drinking water 💦 entails.
I.e., good for kidneys + other organs, hydrates skin, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not American, and I think all the little desk job people with huge water bottles are hilarious. If you're a roofer in 90F temps, of course you need extra water and electrolytes. But a worker bee in an air-conditioned building?

Please.

According to the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,

men need about 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) daily

women need about 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) daily

This includes water, other beverages (coffee, tea, and juice count towards your total), and food, with roughly 20% of daily fluid usually coming from food.


Factors Affecting Your Needs

Exercise: Active individuals need to consume extra water to make up for sweat loss.

Environment: Hot or humid weather increases perspiration, requiring higher intake.

Health Conditions: Fever, infections, or illnesses like diarrhea require increased fluids.

By the time you feel thirsty, you may already be mildly dehydrated.

So next time you see Larla's dad in the office with his huge fluid container you know.

[Anonymous]

Gaby on “Shrinking”- I think that’s poking fun at the water culture.

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[Anonymous]

People stopped smoking so I'm okay with replacing that oral fixation with water bottles. I work in an ES and we often run out of bottled water and we can't drink out of the water fountains (high lead content). What else should we do but bring in water in a water bottle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People stopped smoking so I'm okay with replacing that oral fixation with water bottles. I work in an ES and we often run out of bottled water and we can't drink out of the water fountains (high lead content). What else should we do but bring in water in a water bottle?

Maybe that's the solution. Force these people to go outside to drink their water so we don't have to see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People stopped smoking so I'm okay with replacing that oral fixation with water bottles. I work in an ES and we often run out of bottled water and we can't drink out of the water fountains (high lead content). What else should we do but bring in water in a water bottle?

Maybe that's the solution. Force these people to go outside to drink their water so we don't have to see it.

Do people drinking coffee or eating trigger this too?

Do you maybe have undiagnosed misophonia or something? It's just weird this would bug you to this degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People stopped smoking so I'm okay with replacing that oral fixation with water bottles. I work in an ES and we often run out of bottled water and we can't drink out of the water fountains (high lead content). What else should we do but bring in water in a water bottle?

Maybe that's the solution. Force these people to go outside to drink their water so we don't have to see it.

Do people drinking coffee or eating trigger this too?

Do you maybe have undiagnosed misophonia or something? It's just weird this would bug you to this degree.

I will agree to allow a single cup of coffee in the morning and in the afternoon. After that, you need to take your incessant chugging outdoors with the other barnyard animals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People stopped smoking so I'm okay with replacing that oral fixation with water bottles. I work in an ES and we often run out of bottled water and we can't drink out of the water fountains (high lead content). What else should we do but bring in water in a water bottle?

Maybe that's the solution. Force these people to go outside to drink their water so we don't have to see it.

Do people drinking coffee or eating trigger this too?

Do you maybe have undiagnosed misophonia or something? It's just weird this would bug you to this degree.

I will agree to allow a single cup of coffee in the morning and in the afternoon. After that, you need to take your incessant chugging outdoors with the other barnyard animals.

Okay, but are you actually in any position to demand this?

Because if you go on a weird power trip at work, it's probably not going to go well for you.

You have the right to have your weird pet peeves, but trying to enforce them on other people generally doesn't go well. You can hate, say, yellow shirts or the clicking noises heels make on pavement, but you don't actually get to control what other people do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am thinking that drinking H2O has become cool over the years - - it has definitely become a trend.

I think this IS actually a great trend due to the healthy effects that drinking water 💦 entails.
I.e., good for kidneys + other organs, hydrates skin, etc.

Why are people unhealthier than ever though?
Colon cancer rates are skyrocketing with the young. Water is a great thing it's just too bad that there are other bad trends that we need to figure out causes.

[Anonymous]

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

I remember the 80s bottles and getting one in your bike water bottle holder.
The water tasted just like out of the garden hose!

[Anonymous]

I had some bright plastic camelback or Nalgene in the early 2000s at work.

The boss noticed the 15 person team was blowing through the bottled water supply to quickly and got a filter system and everyone - mostly men plus a couple women- switched to water bottles. Cold fresh water.

Now the metal water bottles keep water cold or hot longer, and no condensation drips in your desk!

That said, I don’t drink more than 1 liter a day, maybe that plus a cup at lunch.