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[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

I mean... Wine tasting is a scam too.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 15 points 6 days ago

This is just Nestle with extra steps.

[–] nixfreak@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fucking stupid , this brings me back to “Pen and teller’s bullshit episode on “fancy water” lol.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Was that the one where they used the garden hose behind the restaurant? I so loved that show.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Yep, that was the one.

Also included the set designer working as a cook, using $1 mashed potatoes and a blow torch to make a fancy meal

[–] dawcas@scribe.disroot.org 12 points 6 days ago

Wait, it's NOT the Onion!

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 days ago

there was a penn and teller bullshit episode on this once. No they can't tell the difference. They served everyone tapwater from the same hose, but in fancy bottles, and now everyone started to have preferences.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

lol fuck off. yea I get it extremely rich people can be very stupid but don't bring water into your stupid grift. It is not a luxury, it is a basic human right.

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

oh hey it's that ProZD skit from a decade ago but unironic.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, no I would not.

Ideally, water shouldn't taste like anything. If you're deliberately seeking a taste, it's now another drink.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

LOL, so it should taste like distilled water? :)

Ex wife wouldn't drink water, loathed it. Found out why when I visited her parents and drank the well water. She found water without all the minerals to be revolting.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Interesting. I've had hard water, I've had soft water. It has tastes, but none I really feel like I need. And I've experienced really strongly flavoured drinking water, which I don't recommend.

But, then again, I'm not a water sommelier, haha.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago
[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago

Is it a 6 or 7 L bottle? If not then hell no

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

As someone who only drinks water in restaurants and at home for several reasons: there are wild differences between different waters.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

How fucking pretentious. Adults playacting. Reminds me of Nero during the fall of Rome. In capitalism nothing counts unless it sells and people with too much money buy all sorts of weird shit, so this may produce another "revenue stream".

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

That pic has serious Salt Bae vibes. But if douchebags can convince people to buy $12,000 bottles of fermented grape juice, which was once free in Europe, then water can't be far behind.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 days ago

This seems like a step towards the water wars

Aren't there several New York pizza/bagel joints that import NY water? Something about it being better or more authentic...

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 90 points 1 week ago

Meet the grifters...

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The final fate of all water, no matter how much the bottle cost.

My body is a MACHINE that turns WATER into PISS

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No. Stop trying to monetize everything.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Uh....a vending machine will charge $2.50 now for 1/3 of a litre of water in Canada, and people lost their shit at paying $1.50 a litre for gasoline.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Basically it's the same thing most monetize, namely the idiocy of some people.

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

mineral content can be measured by evaporating a sample and weighing what is left as milligrams per litre of total dissolved solids (TDS)

I'd recommend ion chromatography here if you want accurate results lol

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

MS is the way.

£19 a bottle for water so dirty that it leaves behind measurable solids when it evaporates.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dude, the whole thing is a scam. We don't want to get bogged down with expensive fancy equipment.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Given that we know what the mineral content of these different waters are, wouldn't it be a trivial matter to replicate that by starting with a very pure water source, and simply adding the right minerals?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Pfft. Once you actually start doing science the magic goes away. Do you just hate art? /s

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (7 children)
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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago

It's not only trivial, people already do that for coffee.

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[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 week ago
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This seems like a nice scam to get in on. I just need some magnificent facial hair to get started.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago

Have a comparable beard. Still don't get taken seriously.

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