American women and water bottles? Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't get it. Perhaps I am better than other women, because I am capable of going multiple hours without drinking water. I can count the times I've bought a disposable plastic water bottle in the last year on one hand. I have water with meals, and it's plenty.

I see women in meetings suuuuucking on their water bottles, backwashing into their water bottles, chugging water like they're on a cocaine bender and I just. don't. get it. Are you all diabetics??

Oh it's not a huge environmental flex to own a dozen heavy, manufactured, non-recyclable status-bottles that had to be shipped on a diesel freighter from the other side of the world, of which you have a "favorite" while the others all sit around unused. If you owned ONE water bottle you'd maybe have an argument. But be honest, water-addicts: How many stanleys, yetis, hydroflasks, and owalas have you had shipped to you from China?

You sound…not lovely. I have 3 water bottles I bought at Costco 8 years ago. I play tennis, pickleball and golf—I need water. It’s not a crime.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it's so ridiculous. It's not like they're any healthier doing that. But then I'm French, what do I know. It's a special "American" thing The water must be different, simply by virtue of being held in American hands!!!

It's water that we stole fair and square overseas and then laundered through a series of defense contractors. #GDPgrowth

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The answer is: because UMC people no longer sip soda as they did in the past. Soda machines used to be everywhere. Cans of soda were cheap and machines were plentiful. Now we are anti-sugar and drink water instead.

Also, because public infrastructure has crumbled and maintenance of public water fountains, if they exist at all, is sketchy. We are more germ-aware than ever before. Even if you can find a decent water fountain many people don't want to drink from it.

Also, we have extended fitness culture into popular culture--water bottles are like leggings--once seen only in the gym they have migrated everywhere.

Also, it might not just be water in the bottle. I sneak wine into places you wouldn't normally find it.

What? Before the early 2000s, people didn’t have a constant need to drink all day long. It wasn’t that they were chronically dehydrated and they definitely weren’t walking around drinking soda as a substitute all the time.

We drank water during meals, an occasional glass of water/milk at home outside of meals, and a cup of coffee at work in the am.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The answer is: because UMC people no longer sip soda as they did in the past. Soda machines used to be everywhere. Cans of soda were cheap and machines were plentiful. Now we are anti-sugar and drink water instead.

Also, because public infrastructure has crumbled and maintenance of public water fountains, if they exist at all, is sketchy. We are more germ-aware than ever before. Even if you can find a decent water fountain many people don't want to drink from it.

Also, we have extended fitness culture into popular culture--water bottles are like leggings--once seen only in the gym they have migrated everywhere.

Also, it might not just be water in the bottle. I sneak wine into places you wouldn't normally find it.

What? Before the early 2000s, people didn’t have a constant need to drink all day long. It wasn’t that they were chronically dehydrated and they definitely weren’t walking around drinking soda as a substitute all the time.

We drank water during meals, an occasional glass of water/milk at home outside of meals, and a cup of coffee at work in the am.

I had my first kid in 2001 and started guzzling water then. Breastfeeding made me so thirty and I never stopped. I actually think people WERE chronically dehydrated and didn’t know it.

[Anonymous]

Dumbest thread ever but comments are quite entertaining. Water bottles not my pet peeve but gum chewers 100 times more annoying

[Anonymous]

I don't guzzle water or drink a ton, but I do want it immediately available when I feel thirsty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The answer is: because UMC people no longer sip soda as they did in the past. Soda machines used to be everywhere. Cans of soda were cheap and machines were plentiful. Now we are anti-sugar and drink water instead.

Also, because public infrastructure has crumbled and maintenance of public water fountains, if they exist at all, is sketchy. We are more germ-aware than ever before. Even if you can find a decent water fountain many people don't want to drink from it.

Also, we have extended fitness culture into popular culture--water bottles are like leggings--once seen only in the gym they have migrated everywhere.

Also, it might not just be water in the bottle. I sneak wine into places you wouldn't normally find it.

What? Before the early 2000s, people didn’t have a constant need to drink all day long. It wasn’t that they were chronically dehydrated and they definitely weren’t walking around drinking soda as a substitute all the time.

We drank water during meals, an occasional glass of water/milk at home outside of meals, and a cup of coffee at work in the am.

I had my first kid in 2001 and started guzzling water then. Breastfeeding made me so thirty and I never stopped. I actually think people WERE chronically dehydrated and didn’t know it.

You think for thousands of years people were chronically dehydrated? And that citizens of every other country but the US are still chronically dehydrated? Yet, civilization has managed to always make it to adulthood and often old age being chronically dehydrated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Madrid, it was likely tourists you saw, and as a tourist it's nice to have some water while walking around for hours looking at that amazing city.

But it is funny to see everyone so concerned about water intake- such a sea change from the 70s or even 80s when people did fine with the occasional water fountain.

+1 I always have water with me when I'm traveling / being a tourist but not for day to day errands at home. Because I'm not out for the whole day in the same way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mother always thought I was crazy drinking water throughout the day…now she has been diagnosed with chronic dehydration and has vertigo, balance issues and blood pressure issues resulting from not drinking enough water.

No. Old people start to lose essential senses, such as thirst, or taste, and drink less as they age. It's well-known phenomenon. Normal adults don't need to drink all day, and during her previous decades, she was fine.

There is no such thing as a normal "continual thirst", OP. What you have is a habit; also possibly anxiety, which makes people form such habits; and finally perhaps you eat too salty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its more enviromental.

American women have way larger environmental footprints than women from other oecd countries

This cannot be the reason

[Anonymous]

Honestly I think it's because we're always trying our hardest to lose weight or be as skinny as possible and we were told that drinking lots of water helped with that. Not only for the hydration part, but also because it covers the oral fixation thing so you don't grab a piece of candy and it keeps you fuller so you eat and snack less.

I don't think too many people will admit it (hence being 5 pages in and this only being touched on vaguely), but I think no matter how much body acceptance people fake most women are constantly battling their weight demons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think it's because we're always trying our hardest to lose weight or be as skinny as possible and we were told that drinking lots of water helped with that. Not only for the hydration part, but also because it covers the oral fixation thing so you don't grab a piece of candy and it keeps you fuller so you eat and snack less.

I don't think too many people will admit it (hence being 5 pages in and this only being touched on vaguely), but I think no matter how much body acceptance people fake most women are constantly battling their weight demons.

I think you’re right. Drinking more water to fill up your stomach is huge dieting recommendation. Just like the saying, if you’re hungry drink water. You’re probably dehydrated 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't get it. Perhaps I am better than other women, because I am capable of going multiple hours without drinking water. I can count the times I've bought a disposable plastic water bottle in the last year on one hand. I have water with meals, and it's plenty.

I see women in meetings suuuuucking on their water bottles, backwashing into their water bottles, chugging water like they're on a cocaine bender and I just. don't. get it. Are you all diabetics??

Oh it's not a huge environmental flex to own a dozen heavy, manufactured, non-recyclable status-bottles that had to be shipped on a diesel freighter from the other side of the world, of which you have a "favorite" while the others all sit around unused. If you owned ONE water bottle you'd maybe have an argument. But be honest, water-addicts: How many stanleys, yetis, hydroflasks, and owalas have you had shipped to you from China?

I went through all 5 pages of posts and it was difficult to figure out which was the most ridiculous to respond to. I am a huge water drinker and I feel terrible on days I skip. I love water and you’ll pry my bottle from my cold dead hands. But like all things DCUM this is a competition, I guess. You win! You are better than me. But you are bothered by something that does not affect you in the least. So in reality, you are the big time loser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't get it. Perhaps I am better than other women, because I am capable of going multiple hours without drinking water. I can count the times I've bought a disposable plastic water bottle in the last year on one hand. I have water with meals, and it's plenty.

I see women in meetings suuuuucking on their water bottles, backwashing into their water bottles, chugging water like they're on a cocaine bender and I just. don't. get it. Are you all diabetics??

Oh it's not a huge environmental flex to own a dozen heavy, manufactured, non-recyclable status-bottles that had to be shipped on a diesel freighter from the other side of the world, of which you have a "favorite" while the others all sit around unused. If you owned ONE water bottle you'd maybe have an argument. But be honest, water-addicts: How many stanleys, yetis, hydroflasks, and owalas have you had shipped to you from China?

I went through all 5 pages of posts and it was difficult to figure out which was the most ridiculous to respond to. I am a huge water drinker and I feel terrible on days I skip. I love water and you’ll pry my bottle from my cold dead hands. But like all things DCUM this is a competition, I guess. You win! You are better than me. But you are bothered by something that does not affect you in the least. So in reality, you are the big time loser.

Wow. I didn’t realize guzzling water could be addictive! Guess you really can be addicted to anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't get it. Perhaps I am better than other women, because I am capable of going multiple hours without drinking water. I can count the times I've bought a disposable plastic water bottle in the last year on one hand. I have water with meals, and it's plenty.

I see women in meetings suuuuucking on their water bottles, backwashing into their water bottles, chugging water like they're on a cocaine bender and I just. don't. get it. Are you all diabetics??

Oh it's not a huge environmental flex to own a dozen heavy, manufactured, non-recyclable status-bottles that had to be shipped on a diesel freighter from the other side of the world, of which you have a "favorite" while the others all sit around unused. If you owned ONE water bottle you'd maybe have an argument. But be honest, water-addicts: How many stanleys, yetis, hydroflasks, and owalas have you had shipped to you from China?

I went through all 5 pages of posts and it was difficult to figure out which was the most ridiculous to respond to. I am a huge water drinker and I feel terrible on days I skip. I love water and you’ll pry my bottle from my cold dead hands. But like all things DCUM this is a competition, I guess. You win! You are better than me. But you are bothered by something that does not affect you in the least. So in reality, you are the big time loser.

Wow. I didn’t realize guzzling water could be addictive! Guess you really can be addicted to anything.

You've convinced me! I am giving up water. It's just not worth it.