That's not really fair. It could be entirely true (and not hypocritical) that they would drink water if their lives depended on it. (Well, maybe except the on

That's not really fair. It could be entirely true (and not hypocritical) that they would drink water if their lives depended on it. (Well, maybe except the one who keeps ending up in the ER.) There's countless modern niceties that are incompatible with 19th century life. I know lots of people working in technology today who would die in 1818, too, unless they drastically changed their lifestyle, and learned dozens of new skills.