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BlueFootedPetey

Water fountains are a U.S. thing? Never knew that. Is just filling bottles at sinks more common in other countries? Do people not drink on the go as much?

Zement

Unchilled Tab-Water and filling bottles in the bathroom. Some drinking fountains are publicly available but more of a novelty and none usually not inside of buildings.

I don't know about others, but getting hydrated isn't an issue here. It's rarely above 30°C even in summer and our water in my city is of such "high quality" they bottle and sell it. (Aqua di Monaco).

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Do people ever install these in their house? That might be cool actually lol

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Honestly — how is this not just simple stealth product placement?

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I don't know if there's a name for it, but I'm always fascinated to see people bring "public" stuff into their houses. Like a guy who turns his basement into an old diner, or maybe a mini-arcade with vending machines, etc. I saw one video where the person made their game room bathroom look like a public bathroom with stalls/urinals, multiple sinks, etc. It's eccentric and weird, but creative.

A water fountain would be cool too.

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Anytime I see memes like that, I am thankful I live in a country where I can just drink tap water.

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I assume this meme was originally made by some hydro homie with a special interest, since it's not the type of product marketed to individuals.

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Makes me wonder what the VRCTL8SC is doing

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Totally agree. But separated from the hydrohomies group, some operations vp is looking at that thinking… “hmm… it’s time. I’ll call my guy.”

I mean the meme is kind of perfect for capitalism?

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You’re seriously going to buy one of these? You think anyone here is?

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Imagine some VP’s spending more than 5min here before realizing how unwelcome they are lol

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My in-laws bought a house from a guy who was sort of a germophobe, and he had installed hand dryers in all the bathrooms plus in the kitchen. And not the modem AirBlade (or similar) hand dryers, but the old kind that blew an insultingly lukewarm stream of air in the general direction of your hands for 8 seconds before sputtering to a stop. It was weird and apparently the wiring was a complete fire hazard.

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Try like $200-300. Mine cost $286 because I needed one compatible with my septic system. Plus of course you have to pay to have it installed, including having an outlet installed under your sink if there wasn't already one there.

But I realllly hate the drain trap baskets. I never want to be without a garbage disposal!

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One thing I recommend along those lines: commercial soap dispensers in bathrooms. Doesn't cost that much, they're meant to take some abuse, hangs on the wall, and can go a year between refills.

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Elementary school librarians told me reading would open up my mind to new possibilities. They didn't specify what kind of possibilities.

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Sounds like you were lucky then, because I remember elementary school too and probably every 5th kid did this on the regular. And have you ever dealt with the really young kids <6 years old? They'll ask for a boost, suck that spout like a teat, and let everything that they don't swallow run down their neck soaking their shirt, but they'll be hydrated.

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What kind of water do you think is coming out of these?

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I doubt the CEO cares about memes to market their water fountains. Especially on Lemmy, there's ~40k ppl here and most would rather drink CEO blood over buying a water fountain.
Nobody will buy a water fountain just because some people online think it's funny

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I thought their whole point was that they filter the water because you can't drink the tap water in the US?

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The fuck? No...?

The US is clownish and backwards in a lot of ways but this is not one of them.