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This would make sense if water was simply water. However, the water in my pipes at home tastes terrible and rapidly coats my plumbing with lime deposits. My favorite local restaurant serves the same water...I pay for bottled instead. In the nearby small city, though, the tap water tastes fine. Similarly, I spend a couple months every year at a location in Texas where I don't even feel clean after showering with their tap water because it is so "soft" and I've considered buying bottled water and using a solar shower. In the store you'll find not only different brands, but different types; spring water, distilled water, etc; just because you have a source for one type of water does not mean all other types of water are invalid. {{unsigned|Swordsmith}} | This would make sense if water was simply water. However, the water in my pipes at home tastes terrible and rapidly coats my plumbing with lime deposits. My favorite local restaurant serves the same water...I pay for bottled instead. In the nearby small city, though, the tap water tastes fine. Similarly, I spend a couple months every year at a location in Texas where I don't even feel clean after showering with their tap water because it is so "soft" and I've considered buying bottled water and using a solar shower. In the store you'll find not only different brands, but different types; spring water, distilled water, etc; just because you have a source for one type of water does not mean all other types of water are invalid. {{unsigned|Swordsmith}} | ||
:Certainly water isn't just water; there are lots of factors that go into what water tastes like, does to what it comes in contact with, and contains both as good and bad substances -- just like when you go to a paint store and ask for white or black, and find out there are 20 varieties of what we think of as a simple color (or lack of). But we still just call water water regardless of what (liquid) form it takes, and we call white white even when it's just very slightly off, so in those theoretical terms the comic makes perfect sense. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 22:15, 4 November 2015 (UTC) | :Certainly water isn't just water; there are lots of factors that go into what water tastes like, does to what it comes in contact with, and contains both as good and bad substances -- just like when you go to a paint store and ask for white or black, and find out there are 20 varieties of what we think of as a simple color (or lack of). But we still just call water water regardless of what (liquid) form it takes, and we call white white even when it's just very slightly off, so in those theoretical terms the comic makes perfect sense. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 22:15, 4 November 2015 (UTC) | ||
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Possible reference to https://xkcd.com/1165/ ? The one panel looks like a river to me. [[User:Mikemk|Mikemk]] ([[User talk:Mikemk|talk]]) 15:39, 4 November 2015 (UTC) | Possible reference to https://xkcd.com/1165/ ? The one panel looks like a river to me. [[User:Mikemk|Mikemk]] ([[User talk:Mikemk|talk]]) 15:39, 4 November 2015 (UTC) | ||
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I buy bottled water because I want the thing to carry it, not the water itself. If I'm at the store and know I'll want some water later on when I'm not near a water fountain (eg in the car) I'll pay the dollar or so for the bottle pre-filled with water, not the water itself. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.236.145|108.162.236.145]] 16:55, 5 November 2015 (UTC) | I buy bottled water because I want the thing to carry it, not the water itself. If I'm at the store and know I'll want some water later on when I'm not near a water fountain (eg in the car) I'll pay the dollar or so for the bottle pre-filled with water, not the water itself. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.236.145|108.162.236.145]] 16:55, 5 November 2015 (UTC) | ||
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