Lately I’ve seen a lot of ads for Capri Sun and Crystal Light which focus on how their products greatly improve WATER:
The former: “water that kids WANT TO DRINK!”
The latter: “water MADE BEAUTIFUL”
Water is perfectly good as is. Adding a heap of artifical chemicals and sweeteners does NOT make it “beautful” or “totally awesome.” It makes something natural and healthy into chemical slop. Sure, I know that tap water has its flaws and additives, but it still is a hell of a lot more pure and better for you than the same water loaded with asparatame and yellow #1. What I really don’t get is people who can’t bear to drink something that lacks sweetness, color and/or carbonation. What the fuck is wrong with you?
Drink FUCKING WATER ALREADY!!!
You’ll lose weight. You’ll save money. Your skin will improve. You’ll help your liver. You will set a good example for the wee children. You will stop giving money to dickheads who make up asshole slogans like “water MADE BEAUTIFUL.”
(this might be more of a CS thread, but I’ll start here so we can rail against corporate advertising, crap eating habits and the general decline of western civilization…)
I’m with you here. I mean–FUCK YEAH! (this is the Pit, after all)
I drink water. When I go to a restaurant, I get ice water. Period. Oh, sometimes I’ll get an alcoholic beverage for fun, but I always get the nice cool glass of water–as does DeathLlama. I hate soda drinks, all of them, but especially despise the colas. I’m very, very grateful I never got in the habit of drinking all that caffeine, high fructose corn syrup, and calories.
That said, I love me the coffee and have one a day. Outside of that, I’ll have the occasional glass of milk or cranberry juice (most juices are too sweet for me, too); when I’m exercising in the heat I usually just add a packet of Emergen-C rather than down a big bottle of high fructose corn syrup/AKA Gatorade or PowerAde (although sometimes I’ll pour out half a bottle of that stuff and fill it back up with water to dillute it).
I’m really hoping our son learns by example–though DeathLlama will occasionally drink a Dr. Pepper or two, he’s much the same.
I shudder to think what RuffLlama will be exposed to once he’s old enough (yet, still very young and impressionable) to see the endless commercials for sugar on TV. That might be the time to get TiVo.
Most irritating water commercial lately is for something called Aquapod. Which apparently adds “fun” to the act of drinking water in a big way. What the commercials neglect to mention is exactly how it does it. A bit of research on the internet indicates that, oh yeah, it’s the it’s the shape of the bottle. Apparently a bubble-shaped water bottle is more fun to drink from or something.
These people must think that kids are idiots. I’m guessing that kids don’t actually give a rat’s ass about the shape of their water bottles and I hope this product goes down in flames – flames which they can’t put out because, BTW, you only get 11 oz. of water in an aquapod.
I don’t know. With the amazing success of bottled water at around a dollar a pop, I’m pretty cynical about our ability to withstand marketing pressure. And I admit I drink a lot more water from a bottle than I do straight from the tap.
However, I refill the bottle from the tap. My little way of sticking it to the man.
I don’t have your hatred of soda, and caffeine is my friend, but I’ve never liked cola, and none of the other sodas taste enough better than mere water to be worth paying restaurant prices for them, except maybe once in a while. I don’t even like it when they put a slice of lemon in my ice water: it just makes it taste like really weak lemonade.
I am fortunate to live in a city where the tap water tastes okay. Anybody whose native tap water tastes weird gets a pass from me for preferring bottled or flavored water. But anybody who refuses to drink ordinary tap water because it doesn’t taste fun enough, or hasn’t been advertised on TV, is just spoiled.
Agreed. The first time I saw the commercials I was like “What the fuck?” Surely there has to be something fun about it other than the shape of the bottle! But then I ran across it in the grocery store and confirmed that it was just Arrowhead water. In a rounded bottle.
My kids laugh at the commercial now. I’ve turned it into a teachable moment about why you shouldn’t trust TV commercials.
It’s been years since I drank plain water. I don’t like the taste (or lack thereof). 99% of the fluid I consume is in the form of iced tea, with the other one percent being an occasional Coke or Pepsi.
I don’t know if there have been studies or whatnot, but it seems to me that it can’t be good for you to never drink plain water. With iced tea, you’re getting constant caffiene (and sweetners, if you sweeten it). I doubt it will kill you, but isn’t it making your body work harder than it should to filter out the impurities? I’m not saying people should never drink other beverages - having mostly iced tea is certainly better than having mostly Pepsi - but those who never drink water freak me out. It’s the same feeling I get if someone tells me they never ever eat vegetables.
Regarding the taste, since when does everything we put in our mouths have to be entertaining? That is what bugs me the most about these ads, I think. The idea that if it’s not FUN FUN FUN or SWEET SWEET SWEET then it’s not worth doing or having. Isn’t doing something nice for your body rewarding? At all? Anyone?
Meh. Probably not, but I’ve got a lot of other bad habits. I’ve made the choice between “shortened life, but everything I want” and “longer life, but with self-denial.”
Wait till I start marketing 100% Organic, natural water to the masses. The difference is in the sediment. Lots of tasty minerals and active cultures. Will keep youy bowels fit and help you lose weight without ANY effort.
Bottled at the source, fresh from the pond.
(side effects may include nausea, diarrhea, stomach cramps, worms, or death)
I’ve been meaning to post a pit thread for awhile about people who don’t drink water. That is my most commonly given advice. Headache? Drink more water. Sick? Drink more water. “But I drink plenty of water!” “No you dont!”. And who gives a shit if its tap water? We live in one of the few countries where it is safe to drink tap water. Enjoy it, you evian-sucking louts!
I think we would cut down on alot of health issues if we could convince people to drink water instead of all the sugary sodas out there.
I drink tap water. My town’s water does have a pretty bad taste to it. I run my water through a carbon filter and it’s fine. If I go to a local restraunt I typicaly get diet cola because it masks the water taste better.
I recall listening to NPR not to long ago talking about the bottled water industry. One of the coments made was ‘for the amount of money Americans spend on bottled water they don’t actualy ‘need’ we could provide a drinkable water source to every person on the planet.’
