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"Water tastes like nothing. Why would I drink nothing? What’s the point?" The point is that water is fundamental to our survival. I just can't understand how s
by dwb 8y ago
"Water tastes like nothing. Why would I drink nothing? What’s the point?"
The point is that water is fundamental to our survival. I just can't understand how someone who is presumably fairly intelligent could say something like this.
- gambiting 8y agoBecause those people are genuinely not very intelligent. I don't think there's any point in beating around the bush and trying to find an excuse for this - it's just what it is: incredibly stupid.
- krustyburger 8y agoIntelligent people can still do “stupid” things. I’ve known very sharp people who still insist on doing things like smoking cigarettes.
- notacoward 8y agoThat's just unnecessarily rude. I'll bet a lot of those people are far smarter than you by any objective measure, but just make different decisions than you. Why does that make you so hostile?
- gambiting 8y ago>> why have so many of them achieved more in this field than you have? Which field? Field of not drinking regular water like a human?
- narag 8y agoAlso it's not true that water tastes like nothing, unless it's distilled water.
- crimsonalucard 8y agoI can't understand how you can't understand this. How can someone of normal intelligence not understand that many things contain or are made out of water therefore the person saying that meant he/she doesn't drink pure water. He/she probably drinks juice. This is so obvious. How can a person of normal intelligence not be aware of this? Perhaps such a person is aware... he's just being human and like all humans sometimes does things that are harmless and slightly illogical.
- dwb 8y agoUsually I'd be very sympathetic to this argument, but this person admits further down they drink far too little in general. I'm not perfect by a long shot, but I'd like to think I've got the fundamentals down.
- slavik81 8y agoYou could say the same for salt. It's fundamental to our survival, yet I tend to consume it mixed with other food, rather than on its own. I haven't seen anyone but farm animals use a salt lick. It's fine to consume water mixed with things. Some of the people quoted do have serious problems, but I think that person was just contrasting choosing pure water and flavoured water when the choice is available. Either choice is almost entirely water, so there's little difference from the survival perspective. It's hard to say if that person has a problem or not. All we really have to go on is their own interpretation of their urine color.