isVeryLoud

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[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Their domain name should really have been madein.ca, because now it says made in caca

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

CIRA is awesome, I set their DoH service as my DNS provider at the router level at home.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

Curry ice cream is so fucking good tho!

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

I don't consider myself to have OCD tendencies, but I noticed it immediately 😅

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The Lego on the left are not the same size despite having the same number of studs

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Eh, maybe not. I also think Tims' coffee is undrinkable, so YMMV.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They are Canadian, but I really hate their coffee.

There aren't many left in Montreal because independent coffee houses / shops are competing hard with them.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago (4 children)

And they are almost wholly owned by 3G Capital, a Brasilian conglomerate. RBI is just a technicality.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely, I'm not stating that the US' water is undrinkable, simply that enough municipalities have poor quality or non-drinkable water that it's easier for companies to market water bottles to people.

Stories like Flint, Mi. go international, and its crisis lasted for a really long time, despite being mostly the exception (see the other commenter's Wikipedia link). And public access water fountains are not a thing in many cities, leading to an even greater perceived scarcity by consumers.

My point above was that enough municipalities have a drinking water quality problem to drive sales of water bottles across the country, the US' drinking water is not bad across the world stage, but probably worse than most western European countries.

The solution should be either a water filter, or a filtered water dispenser from a refillable jug. Not disposable water bottles.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

I love the smell of electronics! What I'm referencing is indeed the bitter compound they put on Switch cartridges, it tastes really bad and you taste it for a really long time, a stern warning to would-be choking children.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

will

That's how you state a fact, not an opinion.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

I presume you're not from the US.

Many municipalities across the US have poor quality or non drinkable water, and many more do not offer public access to water fountains. Thus, bottled water is a huge market in the US as free facilities are not always available.

I'm Canadian and I legitimately cannot recall the last time I bought bottled or canned water. I bring my two 18.9L jugs to the store to fill them with filtered water for $5 and that's the extent of my "bottled water" consumption. Elsewhere, I carry a metal water bottle I can get refilled anywhere for free.

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