Anytime I see memes like that, I am thankful I live in a country where I can just drink tap water.
I thought their whole point was that they filter the water because you can’t drink the tap water in the US?
What makes you think that you can’t drink US tap water? I’ve been drinking it my whole life. The area that I live in has very good tap water. The water department even sends me detailed reports periodically.
The fuck? No…?
The US is clownish and backwards in a lot of ways but this is not one of them.
Honestly — how is this not just simple stealth product placement?
These are institutional devices. Place where I work has the good work one and I like that but it’s still a product even if I’m not personally going to buy it.
Are you so deeply against “capitalism” that you’re against products as such?
I assume this meme was originally made by some hydro homie with a special interest, since it’s not the type of product marketed to individuals.
Totally agree. But separated from the hydrohomies group, some operations vp is looking at that thinking… “hmm… it’s time. I’ll call my guy.”
I mean the meme is kind of perfect for capitalism?
I doubt the CEO cares about memes to market their water fountains. Especially on Lemmy, there’s ~40k ppl here and most would rather drink CEO blood over buying a water fountain.
I doubt people will buy a water fountain just because some people online think it’s funny, especially when 99% of their profits are for new buildings lol
Imagine some VP spending more than 5min here before realizing how unwelcome they are, let alone making purchasing decisions off this.
Do people ever install these in their house? That might be cool actually lol
I don’t know if there’s a name for it, but I’m always fascinated to see people bring “public” stuff into their houses. Like a guy who turns his basement into an old diner, or maybe a mini-arcade with vending machines, etc. I saw one video where the person made their game room bathroom look like a public bathroom with stalls/urinals, multiple sinks, etc. It’s eccentric and weird, but creative.
A water fountain would be cool too.
(Edit: how could I forget, AVGN building a mini video rental shop in his basement!)
My in-laws bought a house from a guy who was sort of a germophobe, and he had installed hand dryers in all the bathrooms plus in the kitchen. And not the modem AirBlade (or similar) hand dryers, but the old kind that blew an insultingly lukewarm stream of air in the general direction of your hands for 8 seconds before sputtering to a stop. It was weird and apparently the wiring was a complete fire hazard.
These things and kitchen sink blenders are the two most mysterious things for an European child watching US-Shows.
Water fountains are a U.S. thing? Never knew that. Is just filling bottles at sinks more common in other countries? Do people not drink on the go as much?
There are some fountains like this in Airports and where the tapwater is pretty bad, but usually a public water fountain is an old fountain from the medieval times with some ornaments and stuff
This is the one from my home city
But they are only outside because on the inside you just fill your bottle in the bathroom
Unchilled Tab-Water and filling bottles in the bathroom. Some drinking fountains are publicly available but more of a novelty and none usually not inside of buildings.
I don’t know about others, but getting hydrated isn’t an issue here. It’s rarely significant above 30°C even in summer (and if max 2 months) and our water in my city is of such “high quality” they bottle and sell it. (Aqua di Monaco).
I at least understand the water fountains and experienced them a few times here and there but the sink blender waiting to chop your fingers is a total mystery.
Garbage disposal? They have limited utility, but save you from having to transfer food scraps from the sink to the trash or compost.
The built in ice/water dispenser in the refrigerator is the one that mystifies me.
My first UK flat - renovated in the 1980s - had a waste disposal installed. Eventually it clogged, and the plumber who came to fix it said he loved these things because they made him a lot of money. He himself would never have one. It had clogged from the dirt from potato peelings, apparently a very common issue.
Garbage disposals are a thing I can’t understand for the life of me. Like yes the food scraps are disgusting but you pull out the metal filter not scrape the food from the sink. And it isn’t free correct me of I am wrong but it costs about 50 dollars.
