This was super fascinating, I loved it!! “Drink water u stupid bitch” feels like the 2024 virtue signalling equivalent to 2014’s “touch my butt and buy me pizza” 💧
You came for performative hydration and I (and my Stanley cup and camelbak and random swag water bottles with fancy stickers covering the logos) are here for it!
Adding the fancy ice TikTok craze to the “what happened to free water for the people” point. Also, agree that Poisonwood Bible is one of the best books ever. Flight Behavior is good, too.
I come from the land of bottled water (Germany). And I can still remember the first time I went into an American grocery store in 1989 and it had everything, except for bottled water. After a while I found some Canada Dry Club Soda or so. That was it.
Mr. Lisa, who is far from being on trend, bought a Hydroflask many years ago and I followed suite. I took my bright pink tumbler to a hairstylist appointment and the stylist was oohing and aahing how I was carrying a Hydroflask. I had no idea what she was going on about it. Flash forward many years and my Hydroflask and knock-off are covered in stickers. My SIL, bless her heart, got sucked into the Stanley charade. She has three. The one she uses has a gold charm that hooks onto the handle.
Mr. Lisa and I and I use a Brita at our cabin because we have well water and he doesn't like the taste. We're also big drinkers of sparkle water and we easily buy 3-4 cases every Costco trip. We're fans of Topo Chico and Pelligrino. We are aging hipsters.
I was recently in Europe and fell into the American stereotype of "I'm thirsty all the time! Need to order water at restaurants and drink a ton back at the hotel!" (Yes, we ordered tap water one night, it was lukewarm and didn't taste good, we all agreed. Back to paying for it!) I swear, we were much thirstier in Europe (psychosomatic?). I don't generally carry a water bottle except if I'm exercising, but do keep a bottle in the car and at work.
This was super fascinating, I loved it!! “Drink water u stupid bitch” feels like the 2024 virtue signalling equivalent to 2014’s “touch my butt and buy me pizza” 💧
You came for performative hydration and I (and my Stanley cup and camelbak and random swag water bottles with fancy stickers covering the logos) are here for it!
Adding the fancy ice TikTok craze to the “what happened to free water for the people” point. Also, agree that Poisonwood Bible is one of the best books ever. Flight Behavior is good, too.
I come from the land of bottled water (Germany). And I can still remember the first time I went into an American grocery store in 1989 and it had everything, except for bottled water. After a while I found some Canada Dry Club Soda or so. That was it.
Things surely have changed. :)
Mr. Lisa, who is far from being on trend, bought a Hydroflask many years ago and I followed suite. I took my bright pink tumbler to a hairstylist appointment and the stylist was oohing and aahing how I was carrying a Hydroflask. I had no idea what she was going on about it. Flash forward many years and my Hydroflask and knock-off are covered in stickers. My SIL, bless her heart, got sucked into the Stanley charade. She has three. The one she uses has a gold charm that hooks onto the handle.
Mr. Lisa and I and I use a Brita at our cabin because we have well water and he doesn't like the taste. We're also big drinkers of sparkle water and we easily buy 3-4 cases every Costco trip. We're fans of Topo Chico and Pelligrino. We are aging hipsters.
I was recently in Europe and fell into the American stereotype of "I'm thirsty all the time! Need to order water at restaurants and drink a ton back at the hotel!" (Yes, we ordered tap water one night, it was lukewarm and didn't taste good, we all agreed. Back to paying for it!) I swear, we were much thirstier in Europe (psychosomatic?). I don't generally carry a water bottle except if I'm exercising, but do keep a bottle in the car and at work.
Brilliant read. But also hard agree on the supremacy of The Poisonwood Bible over … well, most books really.