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> So dumb to see office workers sipping all day on their gallon water bottles, while outside the workers in the sun on the construction site taking the occasion

> So dumb to see office workers sipping all day on their gallon water bottles, while outside the workers in the sun on the construction site taking the occasional sip. Dumb? People can't just drink their darn water as much as they please without getting judged now? What's your point?

dgan 1y ago
not the OP but: it's fairly obvious that those office workers force themselves, so you can't say "as much as they please", otherwise they d stop 3 liters earlier. So yes, you will be judged. It looks pretty dumb.
- 613style 1y ago
  Why are you monitoring your colleagues’ water intake?
  - dgan 1y ago
    because he s in front of me and i have eyes ?
    - quesera 1y ago
      Perhaps he has a renal function issue. Perhaps he has a familial history of same and is acclimated to drinking more water than you are comfortable with. Perhaps he just enjoys drinking water. I do. As cold as possible. Kaltes Klares Vasser. Regardless, ain't none o' yr dang bidness.
      - Toorkit 1y ago
        Cold Clear Vater
        quesera 1y ago
        Hah, quite. I only cosplay Deutscher Sprecher. Most of my German linguistic skills come from listening to Chicks on Speed.
      - 1718627440 1y ago
        > Kaltes Klares Vasser If that was supposed to be German for "cold clear water" that's "kaltes klares Wasser" and we don't capitalize adjectives.
        quesera 1y ago
        It's actually a song title, so properly capitalized, but I mussed the V v. W because I do not speak German and forgot that when she sings "VASSuh", it's spelled with a W. :)
        1718627440 1y ago
        To me the pronunciation of the first letter of the English word water and the German word Wasser sounds the same, but maybe my English is wrong.
        quesera 1y ago
        Apparently it varies, but German-W pronounced as English-V (or at least nearly so) is the most common variation? Many sources on the net, but this one has the most nuanced discussion that I could find: https://old.reddit.com/r/German/comments/53ws8q/are_ws_always_pronounced_like_vs/ https://old.reddit.com/r/German/comments/53ws8q/are_ws_alway...
        1718627440 1y ago
        Ok, as a German, I think we just don't care about the distinction. We only have the two letters/sounds W and F, the first representing various sounds between [w] and [v]. I think it isn't even a dialect thing, i.e. it is more like unspecified behaviour not like implementation-defined, it can change by time-of-day by a single person, because we just don't care. The letter V can represent either the German W or F sound, I think you just need to know that for every word.
- moi2388 1y ago
  I drink water throughout the day and I most certainly don’t force myself. The fuck are you talking about?!
  - guappa 1y ago
    I'm sure he also goes to strangers in bars who don't order manly drinks and informs them they are not heterosexuals.
aredox 1y ago
It is still weird to see the health fad/moral panic/potomania in the US, about "drinking enough water". This is a borderline mania, that doesn't exist in other countries- including ones with hot climates. https://www.menshealth.com/health/a60249105/how-much-water-to-drink-water-obsession/ https://www.menshealth.com/health/a60249105/how-much-water-t... https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/do-americans-drink-more-water https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/do-americans-drink-mo... https://www.delicious.com.au/drinks/article/why-we-so-obsessed-drinking-water-right-now/cgluizwk https://www.delicious.com.au/drinks/article/why-we-so-obsess... https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/waterlogged-america-drink/story?id=14054401 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/waterlogged-america-d... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/08/drinking-water-hydration-amount-importance/674926/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/08/drinking-... https://archive.ph/Y0W7e https://archive.ph/Y0W7e No, you are not "chronically dehydrated". The rest of the world isn't, and you wouldn't be either if you drank "only" two liters a day instead of a full gallon. This is one more symptom of that "freethinking" country that falls for every con.
- Steve44 1y ago
  We had an office worker who became obsessed about dehydrating, undoubtedly after watching too much social media. She carried the bottle everywhere. She arrived at work one day in a state of panic because her water bottle spilt in the car and she was terrified of becoming dehydrated during her 15 minute commute. And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her.
  - lblume 1y ago
    > And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her. Do you mean physically? The behavior surely sounds compulsive...
    - ziml77 1y ago
      It might come across that way, but the way hydration is talked about on social media makes that level of fear a completely reasonable response.
PeterStuer 1y ago
I think it is more a comment about the insane size some of those beverage containers grew to over the years. Some of them do indeed look like you could take a bath in them. Then again, maybe their colleagues are using those as stealth biceps curl weights and are actually secret gym rats trapped at a desk.

dgan 1y ago

not the OP but: it's fairly obvious that those office workers force themselves, so you can't say "as much as they please", otherwise they d stop 3 liters earlier. So yes, you will be judged. It looks pretty dumb.

613style 1y ago
Why are you monitoring your colleagues’ water intake?
- dgan 1y ago
  because he s in front of me and i have eyes ?
  - quesera 1y ago
    Perhaps he has a renal function issue. Perhaps he has a familial history of same and is acclimated to drinking more water than you are comfortable with. Perhaps he just enjoys drinking water. I do. As cold as possible. Kaltes Klares Vasser. Regardless, ain't none o' yr dang bidness.
    - Toorkit 1y ago
      Cold Clear Vater
      - quesera 1y ago
        Hah, quite. I only cosplay Deutscher Sprecher. Most of my German linguistic skills come from listening to Chicks on Speed.
    - 1718627440 1y ago
      > Kaltes Klares Vasser If that was supposed to be German for "cold clear water" that's "kaltes klares Wasser" and we don't capitalize adjectives.
      - quesera 1y ago
        It's actually a song title, so properly capitalized, but I mussed the V v. W because I do not speak German and forgot that when she sings "VASSuh", it's spelled with a W. :)
        1718627440 1y ago
        To me the pronunciation of the first letter of the English word water and the German word Wasser sounds the same, but maybe my English is wrong.
        quesera 1y ago
        Apparently it varies, but German-W pronounced as English-V (or at least nearly so) is the most common variation? Many sources on the net, but this one has the most nuanced discussion that I could find: https://old.reddit.com/r/German/comments/53ws8q/are_ws_always_pronounced_like_vs/ https://old.reddit.com/r/German/comments/53ws8q/are_ws_alway...
        1718627440 1y ago
        Ok, as a German, I think we just don't care about the distinction. We only have the two letters/sounds W and F, the first representing various sounds between [w] and [v]. I think it isn't even a dialect thing, i.e. it is more like unspecified behaviour not like implementation-defined, it can change by time-of-day by a single person, because we just don't care. The letter V can represent either the German W or F sound, I think you just need to know that for every word.
moi2388 1y ago
I drink water throughout the day and I most certainly don’t force myself. The fuck are you talking about?!
- guappa 1y ago
  I'm sure he also goes to strangers in bars who don't order manly drinks and informs them they are not heterosexuals.

aredox 1y ago

It is still weird to see the health fad/moral panic/potomania in the US, about "drinking enough water". This is a borderline mania, that doesn't exist in other countries- including ones with hot climates. https://www.menshealth.com/health/a60249105/how-much-water-to-drink-water-obsession/ https://www.menshealth.com/health/a60249105/how-much-water-t... https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/do-americans-drink-more-water https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/do-americans-drink-mo... https://www.delicious.com.au/drinks/article/why-we-so-obsessed-drinking-water-right-now/cgluizwk https://www.delicious.com.au/drinks/article/why-we-so-obsess... https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/waterlogged-america-drink/story?id=14054401 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/waterlogged-america-d... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/08/drinking-water-hydration-amount-importance/674926/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/08/drinking-... https://archive.ph/Y0W7e https://archive.ph/Y0W7e No, you are not "chronically dehydrated". The rest of the world isn't, and you wouldn't be either if you drank "only" two liters a day instead of a full gallon. This is one more symptom of that "freethinking" country that falls for every con.

Steve44 1y ago
We had an office worker who became obsessed about dehydrating, undoubtedly after watching too much social media. She carried the bottle everywhere. She arrived at work one day in a state of panic because her water bottle spilt in the car and she was terrified of becoming dehydrated during her 15 minute commute. And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her.
- lblume 1y ago
  > And no, there wasn't anything medically wrong with her. Do you mean physically? The behavior surely sounds compulsive...
  - ziml77 1y ago
    It might come across that way, but the way hydration is talked about on social media makes that level of fear a completely reasonable response.

PeterStuer 1y ago

I think it is more a comment about the insane size some of those beverage containers grew to over the years. Some of them do indeed look like you could take a bath in them. Then again, maybe their colleagues are using those as stealth biceps curl weights and are actually secret gym rats trapped at a desk.