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It's so weird that this just sort of happened. I don't think it was even 15 years ago that bottled water was like, a non-thing. It might sort of be in shops bu
by esotericn 7y ago
It's so weird that this just sort of happened.
I don't think it was even 15 years ago that bottled water was like, a non-thing. It might sort of be in shops but people would laugh at it.
It's one of those collective action problems whereby I'd happily pay ten quid a year or whatever stupidly low cost would be required to have some free fountains. Gah.
- slavik81 7y agoEven 15 years ago, vending machines sold many different flavours of bottled water. As people became more health-concious, the sugar-free variety grew more popular. It's less mysterious when you consider the sales trends for bottled soft drinks vs bottled water. People are buying bottled water in situations where they used to buy bottled soda.
- esotericn 7y agoIt's still pretty mysterious to me. I can't really grok statistical trends - I need stories of individuals and why they felt, for example, at some moment in time, paying a dollar for a bottle of water felt like a reasonable thing to do over just like, asking someone to fill a bottle they probably had in their car. It's not even the pollution stuff, it's more like, you've just paid for a free resource. Wat? Bottled soda is completely different because it's a resource that isn't anywhere close to free.