• houstoneulers@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Just straight up stop buying shit. Drink filtered tap, and live off only what you need and shrug off ppl that think buying expensive shit will make them cool.

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      16 hours ago

      Also stop paying for filtered tap water when there’s nothing wrong with your specific tap water.

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        15 hours ago

        Sadly not everyone has great chlorine-free water. One of the most annoying experiences every time I go abroad (for example to Italy)

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          15 hours ago

          Quite true. Not everyone has lead-free water either. But people whose water is perfectly great do not need to pay for filtered water - especially not in single-use plastic bottles.

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            15 hours ago

            Absolutely. I’m always drinking tap water at home, we have perfectly clear, chlorine-free, mineral-rich water directly from the mountains. One of my favourite aspects of Austria.

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          15 hours ago

          I would have been more than happy to drink tap water and have my kids drink tap water.

          We’ve had a couple lead warnings though and I don’t want to fuck with it. They’re going to have a hard enough time with the misfortune of getting my genes. I don’t want to make it even harder for them.