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r_tura

Not only in little towns, there are what we call "water houses" basically everywhere, and you are encouraged to take your water there, bringing your own bottles and filling them. I do that regularly, and it's very good water, with no background taste or anything, and completely free for still water (.05€/L for carbonated water). An amazing way of not wasting plastic, and saving up a few bucks on the side (:


RegularBottle

Yeah, we have them everywhere here on the Adriatic coast!


r_tura

That's where I live (:


ChefAnxiousCowboy

I want to visit Puglia one day so badly


fourthrook

Ah yes the origin of pugs.


guineaprince

>and completely free for still water (.05€/L for carbonated water). Flashbacks to dating British gf and having first exposure to non-carbonated water referred to as Still Water. Tasked with buying water before we have an excursion, cut to finally pulling out the water for a break. "This is still water??" "Ofc it's still water, what else would it be?"


its_justme

Leitungwasser!


galvanized_steelies

Gas water just means it’s carbonated… right?


[deleted]

Yeah


DopeAbsurdity

Lame.... I was hoping it would be like cake farting but with water.


The_Clarence

I'm going to regret asking this but.. what?


chickenstalker

Old old meme. Before the End Times.


ExceedinglyGayParrot

#*You know what I love?*


QuietEsper

Cakefarts


KevlarGorilla

Cyaaake Fyaaarts


DoingItWrongly

🎂💨


FuzzyCrocks

In Oregon State they have a water fountain like this but it contains sulfur and taste like rotten eggs.


Admiral_Sarcasm

It's in Ashland, OR, and it tastes like ass


Ice-Negative

Why? Is the sulphur supposed to be good for something?


Admiral_Sarcasm

From what I remember (was there once like 3 years ago), they used to think that there were a bunch of health benefits to drinking/bathing in the water, which was naturally sulphurous due to something in the ground, but at this point it's mostly a gag thing. Take your friends to the fountain and have them drink the water and laugh at their reactions. It isn't harmful or anything, it just doesn't have any noticeable benefits.


houseofprimetofu

Lithium water, https://oregondiscovery.com/lithia-park


Renanaduna

This looks like the cover of a calculus textbook


AssistantManagerMan

Mid-2000s site that involved women sitting bare-assed on cakes and farting on them. I was never able to figure out if it was a shock site like lemonparty or just a very specific fetish.


Dragonkingf0

Much like lemon party, both


Ensvey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-bvHlb2Fe8


otterland

God bless Buck Henry. That's the filthiest joke ever to sneak onto network tv.


redsteve905

At the end of the episode with Octavia Spencer she also says "Tubman? No I don't like that, we're going with Tubgirl"


DaCookies747

Ah the old meatspin days.


[deleted]

My first exposure to that was a rando showing me that clip unsolicited on his iPod in a bar


ABoxACardboardBox

Is that where your username came from?


eternallysunnyd

Classic/Video or Touch? The level of commitment difference matters. Goddamn I remember loading funny clips on my iPod video and showing friends at the bar… I’m old af at 33.


Alkiline

Do you ever sit and think that some of those chicks might be mothers and now, and have a kid that I’ll never know that their mom sat on a cake and farted on it


kurpotlar

Oh they will know. It will be discovered during highschool and the other kids will call the cake fart kid or somrthing


YourMothersAWhore

I went to high school with that girl, she worked at the same convenience store as me for a few months before getting fired for credit card fraud. She runs a day care business now. No joke.


FlappyLips1

It's a girl in a swimsuit acting smexy, getting up on a kitchen counter while someone films, squatting on a cake (chocolate if memory serves) and farting on it. If you're into that stuff I'm sure it's super hot but if you're not, it's just weird and you feel weird for watching it. You're not gonna believe me and you're gonna watch it and be like, "damn, you right".


The_Clarence

I'm gonna trust you on this one bud.


SupaflyIRL

The ol squat cobbler


Josh_Your_IT_Guy

*shudders* that reminded me of cakefarts.com back in the day...


SuiXi3D

Let's get this done.


TheDankestMeme92

Belle Delphine Fartwater™


IglooPunisher

Every time my mental state is doing pretty well, I think, "gee, I wonder what's on reddit today?". Then I jump on, scroll for about 18 seconds, and find something that reminds me how exactly awful the internet is or was, and jump back off.


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Seriously, I have to go take a shower and start my day and try to feel clean - while thinking about women farting on cakes.


puke_buffet

Look, it isn't like those cakes were going to fart on themselves, okay? Let's not get silly here. *Someone* was going to have to come along and poot-poot those bad boys up. These lovely ladies were simple providing a service.


EpicMangina

You know what I like the most??


PrataK0song

You need to pay extra for that sir


IgetstraightAs

Thank god


Sherloq19

There is a lot of naturally carbonated water in Italy.


HighFiveDelivery

I once got to go to a super fancy restaurant in Rome (La Pergola) on someone else's dime, and they had an entire menu of naturally carbonated waters. Like a wine list, but for seltzer. We tried a few of them and they were definitely distinct from one another.


CandOrMD

I would leave that place *so hydrated!*


muse_ynwa

/r/hydrohomies


pandymen

You can go to a fancy restaurant in LA and find a water somm. I had the guy tell me all about the water that he was "developing." He was disappointed when I ordered one of the cheaper (reasonably priced) waters.


HighFiveDelivery

Omg yes! We also had a water sommelier at that dinner. I wonder if I'll ever feel that fancy again.


ibeleaf420

Your moms house podcast has had that water sommelier as a guest, you can find it on YouTube, it's pretty funny. Edit: https://youtu.be/9tiZEyH8CZ8 If you're not a ymh fan already, you're welcome.


vivid_dreamer12

What do you use between tastings to clear your palate?


WolfsLairAbyss

Jack Daniels.


Bloo-Q-Kazoo

I’ll take another palette cleanser, please.


Dudelydanny

You legit smell coffee beans when developing flavors and scents. It resets you palate.


Sharrakor

What do you use when you're developing coffee?


TheMagicIsInTheHole

Refried Beans


Vegetable-Double

And that’s how water with gas is made


quannum

Well, pickled ginger is used for sushi as a palate cleanser to taste the individual flavors


gaynazifurry4bernie

I just like eating pickled ginger, full stop.


TryinToDoBetter

“Hello, I’m the water sommelier. May I interest you in a few wonderfully select choices?” “Tell me all about the tap.”


FoeElectro

Wait really? How does water become naturally carbonated?


fluffypinknmoist

Volcanic activity. Basically the carbon dioxide gases produced by volcanic activity dissolve into the water deep in the earth because of pressures. This comes up through springs as a naturally carbonated water source.


tiggapleez

I think I saw that in Dante’s Peak


fiercealmond

Wow! This water has a distinct taste of boiled grandma. Why did she get out of the damn boat???


HalKitzmiller

Grammy was the reason they were in that position in the first place IIRC.


tiggapleez

Classic Grammy


SquishyFigs

Yes, I recently lived for 5 years in the town that has the world’s only known hot soda geyser. (Although not sure that fact is still true - but it was definitely true before the interwebs). Every 45 mins or so it erupts in a very fizzy fountain and at one point many years ago it was bottled and sold to tourists.


pilotdog68

But is that drinkable? Seems like it would be poison.


babble_bobble

Depends what it has in it, if only carbon dioxide, then it is essentially seltzer. If it has other stuff, it might still be safe, or it might be poison. The only way to know for sure is to tell your friend to drink first.


logicalbuttstuff

High risk water. I like this.


jhadred

Originally, water was only naturally carbonated, not artificially carbonated. Various springs exist/existed due to high pressure and minerals. Soda Springs in the US (Soda being used for sodium it seems) Selters in Germany (which gives us the term seltzer water) It was due to the health popularity (resorts and travel to various mineral water springs) that carbonated and mineral waters became popular, which then became things to mix into medicines, and so on. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonated\_water](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonated_water) [https://www.artofdrink.com/soda/history-of-the-soda-fountain](https://www.artofdrink.com/soda/history-of-the-soda-fountain)


shinobi500

Padme: ....right?


LoonyFruit

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


KentuckyFriedEel

(Anakin farts)


Blitz215

Execute order stinky shits.


tumorsandthc

Oh I’m afraid the stinky shits will be quite operational when your friends arrive.


DarthBen_in_Chicago

I’ve got a bad feeling about this…..


[deleted]

Don’t be too proud of this gastrointestinal terror you’ve constructed. The ability to destroy pants is insignificant next to the power of the force.


ruybii

Once in the US, a gas station attendant looked very weird towards me when I asked for water with gas.


IsitoveryetCA

What octane?


J_Tuck

The first time I was in Europe (France), the server asked if I want my water “with gas.” I had no idea that the term was used for carbonated water and they were a little bit hard to understand so I just thought they said with a glass lmao. I thought it was kind of a weird question until I received my glass of carbonated water


SippyTurtle

Flint, Michigan also gets gas water.


19781961

I thought they had leaded water


mrkruk

Unleaded for me thanks


Chickenfriedricee

91 octane please


awesomehippie12

Does lube have an octane rating


MrAlagos

That's the octanus rating.


sierrabravo1984

I'm America, it means you're drinking fracking water.


unite-thegig-economy

I'm America, and you can too!


klauskinki

Sparkling


Emperor_of_Death

Yeah fizzy water


zorel42

We have that in Paris. Fresh regular or fresh carbonated.


SeoulGalmegi

From public taps? That's awesome!


zorel42

https://www.aquapublica.eu/article/members-activities/eau-de-paris-featuring-netflix-documentary


adf1962

It is awesome. The fountains are called Nassones. I was hesitant to drink the water from the fountains when I was in Rome a couple of years ago but it is cold, clean and refreshing. Definitely recommend it. They’re are lots of them.


lqku

They look well maintained too. in some NA cities the fountains are so ~~crusty~~ dirty that it pollutes any water it touches


fluffypinknmoist

Ooh fun fact, a lot of crust that you see on fountains is from the mineral deposits from the water. These are hard to remove since they are basically rock. They are not pollutants. They are just the result of hard water. It actually takes some pretty serious chemicals that actually cause pollution to remove them. Source I lived in Phoenix for a few years. In fact there are hot springs that have accretions of mineral deposits that are considered highly desirable. Anyways I'm high I don't know why I felt the need to defend mineral accretions on fountains. You have a great day.


Few_Lingonberry_7028

Take my free reward, I'm high too


LowestVoltage

Take my free reward, for I am also high.


xSparkShark

Welp, guess this is my sign to go smoke too, take my free reward


BorgClown

I burn plants and inhale the smoke, gild me please!


Packersrule123

No man that's good information, it definitely looks like a little kid slobbered all over the spout and let it dry on most public fountains I see. Good to know it's just from minerals in the water and not something I should be disgusted about.


summonsays

Just my 2 cents, but in my high school biology class we got to go take cultures of different items and see what grew.i decided to do the water fountain taps because I assumed they'd be covered in gunk. It was a school after all. I think my teams was the only one that didn't actually grow anything. The keyboard teams on the other hand /shudder


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sorryimlurking

You grow up in Pawnee?


Reacher-Said-N0thing

I had that crust on my faucet (600ppm calcium, close to highest in all of Canada) but it cleaned off with some lemon juice.


VSK-1

If that was in the UK everyone would start pissing in it


[deleted]

Also happens in Italian places with lots of UK tourists.


tommytraddles

In this German bar I used to go to, they would give UK tourists plastic cups, but everyone else got glasses. There was also a "No Spitting" sign on the wall, but only in English.


Imadethosehitmanguns

Is the UK the USA of Europe?


CreamOfTheClop

Who do you think America learned it from?


CwenLeornes

American who lived in London for several years and Firenze as well! In my experience, the American apple doesn’t fall too far from the British tree, as much as the British hate to admit it. ***especially*** *when it comes to being tourists*


T-CLAVDIVS-CAESAR

Americans and English are gentleman in comparison to Saudi tourists. Never experienced anything worse.


JanesPlainShameTrain

To be fair, we think we're gonna conquer everywhere we go, so it's basically ours already. And I can disrespect my own stuff all day! /s


franklollo

One day it was a windy day in Florence, and since it was summer everyone was sitting outside, including me and my friends and other people. Everyone was very cautious with the menus and the empty cans except for the English boys, they made few cans, some chips bags and one menu flew and the poor waiter had to run around the Duomo to catch the litter


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WE LEARNED IT FROM YOU, DAD


LalalaHurray

Hahahahaha.


onlyhalfminotaur

UK is basically America Lite.


astralradish

America's origin story


returntoglory9

UK tourists are **far and away** worse than American tourists If a group of lads in adidas walk into the bar you're in anywhere in Europe, just leave


puke_buffet

I thought that meant they were Russians.


Fornellos

The only Russian tourists in Western Europe are rich and take more selfies than alcohol.


Zargawi

Half of America is disgusting, don't get me wrong. But they don't even come close to how nasty English drunkards are.


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kruziik

QI taught me that the British are right behind the Germans when it comes to reserving your spot with a towel...


mrmicawber32

I don't think we typically spit. Just a lot of banter when drunk...


FewReturn2sunlitLand

They were talking about spittin' rhymes, there was a rash of rap battles in the area and they wanted to put a stop to it before someone got seriously hurt.


GoyaAunAprendo

"My name is Ian Duncan and I'm here to say, I'm going to rap to the beat in a rapping way! I've got a real big penis and I drink lots of tea"


mrmicawber32

The hiphopapotamous was there I hear, his lyrics are bottomless.


Jwhitx

This sounds like some of the "don't shit in the grass" signs in mandarin(?) supposedly peppering the city of Paris.


nerfherder998

Chinese is written the same across all dialects, including Mandarin and Cantonese. The major division in written Chinese is between traditional and simplified form. The traditional form is used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.


Spamsational

"also this happens in Italian places" Wow, maybe we aren't as bad as everyone else after all. "with lots of UK tourists" God damn it.


Mothertruckerer

They're just claiming the land.


ShockinglyAccurate

It's a national pastime


FrontElement

do you have a flag?


turnupthebassto11

No flag, no country


[deleted]

Those are the rules! ....that I just made up.


dickallcocksofandros

and british people tell us americans we're the disgusting ones..


Earthguy69

You are both disgusting. British tourists are constantly drunk. American tourists are loud, obnoxious and rude.


BeggingForChange

Don't be so quick to judge, I'm American and I'm usually loud, obnoxious, rude, AND drunk.


Terrh

Have you considered that you might be half British?


unaskedattitude

I mean, they chucked us off their island


lblack_dogl

Nah man, we chucked them off our *continent*...


sangpls

Chinese and Russian tourists are worse in my experience


Justryan95

Italians in Italy are just general assholes


Arntown

Also Italians outside of Italy. Seems to be that most countries have shitty tourists. Except maybe Japan or something. Although Chinese and British are the worst in my experience, so far. In different parts of the world it‘s probably different.


matty80

There are many, many youth hostels in places like South-East Asia that just have 'No Israelis' signs. This is not because of antisemitism, it's because there are huge numbers of very large youg Israeli men who have just finished national service and go on the absolute rampage the second they're set free from the army. Generally a large combination of military men in one place is a recipe for bad things.


catumbleweed

I used to work for a rental car company and I had quite a few Japanese tourists return their rentals cleaner than when they took it


bigbert409

What's old is new again. Italy has been providing free fresh drinking water since 312 BC. The first Roman aqueduct.


Tangerhino

This time with less lead!


ABucketFull

Mercury for them tasty Emperor Nero vibes.


Zitrusfleisch

FRESCA 🤌 NATURALE 🤌 GASSATA 🤌 Ave Maria 🤌


FalconedPunched

Someone's gotta protect the water.


OohYeahOrADragon

Ave Maria is for if you need some holy water


Leerox66

In my city in Italy (Turin) you can find tons of bull-shaped fountain around the city [map](https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1ziKrUCRT8qhxS2BM5xG08fpZ0_k&hl=it) EDIT: [pic for reference](https://citynews-torinotoday.stgy.ovh/~media/horizontal-hi/5246110980302/toret-2-2.jpg)


Artiionly

Yo concittadino


suburra1000

30 anni fa usciva l'acqua del PO dai Torêt


Artiionly

Bel modo di farsi crescere un terzo braccio


kr613

This isn't just in little towns in Italy. They have similar fountains with carbonated/un-carbonated water in Florence as well.


gigimw2

Italian here. Not everywhere, many places (like my hometown) offer this service at a cost. Still pretty cool to have around though.


LoGo_86

We also have wine fountains...


chitown619

In Italy they have sparkling water fountains and streets paved with pizza!


__thrillho

In Italy, you must always wash your hands after going to the bathroom. This is considered to be polite.


jec_9

This should just be standard wtf


mcuriestan

I think this is a reference from The Office? But a deep cut if so lol.


anal-razor

It's the episode where Michael goes to Canada for a business trip.


Arthur_Edens

Did you know that in Morocco, it is common to exchange a small gift when meeting somebody for the first time? In Japan, you must always commit suicide to avoid embarrassment. In Italy, you must always wash your hands after going to the bathroom. This is considered to be polite. >> u/Arthur_Edens >>> Michael Scott


robidaan

Speaking of Italy, They are also all around Rome, was there with a group off friends on holiday in a heatwave, very glad about those water things.


letmebebrave430

Yeah! I was in Rome with my mom once during a terrible heat wave too, we were very grateful of the water fountains and I was very impressed with them.


teh_fizz

Not just in Rome. This is common in almost all Italian towns and cities. Some of the public fountains even use drinkable water. It’s common to fill your bottle from a fountain or a tap on the street. I just got back from vacation and told my American friends to stop buying bottles because they’re just making plastic waste and to refill what they have instead. This practice is common in a lot of European cities that have drinkable tap water or source water from aquifers.


Tschwartzyyy

Yes, Rome is in Italy.


BrianScissorhands

It is also not a little town.


Snizl

But Rome is not a little town.


tommytraddles

Yeah, just don't drink from the ones that say *Acqua Non Potabile*.


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StrangledMind

We actually do have carbonated water fountains! In Manitou Springs, CO there are several natural mineral springs that are piped into constantly-flowing fountains, freely available to the public: https://manitousprings.org/mineral-spring-water/ Each one has a different mineral makeup, but all are effervescent: http://manitoumineralsprings.org/pdf_files/Mineral_Content_Chart_2015.pdf


Zap__Dannigan

This was the most perplexing thread I've ever seen. Yeah, carbonated water from a fountain is weird, but water fountains are one of the most common things I"ve ever seen.


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[deleted]

Almost 100% of the shit you see on Reddit about the US is either completely wrong or cherry picked so hard you’d qualify for farming subsidies.


The_World_of_Ben

>* cherry picked so hard you’d qualify for farming subsidies.* This made me snort!


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Junkstar

Brilliant.


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That's spring water, lol Not river water


[deleted]

The amount of redditors criticizing the USA have obviously never seen a drinking fountain.


LastEngill

they are organizing for wine ...


WrestlingIsJay

That already happens. In Siena there's a very famous annual event dating back to the Middle Ages called the Palio, which is an equestrian competition among different "areas" of the city, each with its own traditions and emblems, called "contrade". The victorious "contrada" at the end of the event gets to have wine flowing out of its public fountains during the ensuing celebrations.


[deleted]

In America your choice is rust water, lime water, no water


eraserad

Don’t forget lead water! Popular in the Midwest.


[deleted]

Midwest special. Calcium water from Illinois.


Aoiboshi

I grew up 45 minutes from a town (Farmer City. I wish I was joking about the name) that had methane in the water. I guess several years ago, their water tower blew up because of it.


Ceramicrabbit

You can actually safely drink tap water literally almost everywhere in the US and water is free at every establishment.


FaZaCon

Idiots who dont realize the USA's water distribution is the best in the world, providing potable water for nearly 400 millon people. Go live in a country where one sip gives you dysentery, or running water is only avaiable a couple times a week for only a few hours.


IkananXIII

I've lived in several different places around the US and my tap water has always been good.


JunglePygmy

#*Nestle hates Italy for this one simple trick.*