This was in upliftingnews but imo, they've been overcharging for years and now they're framing this as a feel good story

I can’t help but assume they’re still making a profit, however small. Which makes me sick.

The concept of making a small profit makes you sick?

I mean, I know they WERE overcharging…but what are you expecting them to do now? Give it away free?

It’s how much they were overcharging that makes me sick.

Calling a diabetes overload “family friendly” is the most cynical of all this.

Prohibitive pricing might at least have saved a few people.

Upliftingnews is close to the most corporate boot-licking forum on the internet

Post: “Company allow employees 2 extra days of PTO to deal with cancer treatment”

Actual report: company was obligated to add PTO days under federal law.

Commenters: omg yaas queen I love Company they treat their employees right love them 🤤🤤🤤🤤🍆🍆

Sounds like a good source of content for whatever /r/OrphanCrushingMachine is here

Dasani is the worst tasting bottled water

Dasani has water in it.

I disagree. I think arrowhead is.

It’s just tap water isn’t it? It got recalled here and never came back.

Must be UK? I’ve seen the Tom Scott video on this lol. Unfortunately it’s still one of the big brands over here.

No, tap water is palatable. Dasani is runoff from an over-exerted kiddie pool filter.

Straight from the tap

No, they add sodium.

then why does it taste sweet?

Do they really? That’s actually really good for some of us with certain medical conditions. I have to add sodium and other electrolytes on my own.

You know how people say LaCroix tastes like carbonated water that sat open next to a bunch of fruit?

Dasani has that sort of deal going on but with a sewage plant.

I’m so happy to see so many comments shitting on Dasani. I’ve sworn at random times to friends and family that Dasani tastes like garbage. Like wet dog runoff or water that was stewed with pennies. But nobody ever agrees. It actually tastes closer to my sulfur-y well water than any other normal bottled water.

My girlfriend’s house has sulfur-laden well water. I find it absolutely revolting, taking a shower feels like I’m in a pot of hard boiled eggs, but she swears she’s used to it.

I think it’s subconsciously the reason she’s always dehydrated.

Oh god, I don’t know if I could do that. Our showers are softened and… something else that removes the smell. And we have an under-sink 5-stage filter for drinking or cooking with because if you use the well water for, say, stew or pasta, it just tastes “off”

I suspect it’ll be the one mandated to be sold alongside the other Coca-Cola owned sodas.

The best(?) water I’ve ever had that wasn’t from a tap is the mega cheap Kirkland Signature stuff from Costco. It’s still largely the same taste as the tap water, though I am fortunate enough to live in an area with decent tap water.

Having good tap water is truly a blessing. I’ve never felt the need to have bottled at home

Sports and entertainment are down across the board. They can’t sell tickets because people can’t afford a night out, so this is their attempt to drive sales. They aren’t throwing families a bone, they are trying not to have to draft players with a much smaller budget next year. You can’t sell any concessions if people won’t buy tickets.

That and they’ll probably understock some food items. When they run out they’ll be like “sorry sir, we’re out of hotdogs, but we do have Dasani sewage plant water!”.

Man, that is not my experience here in Seattle. Ticket prices are up up up and they sell. I’m referring mostly to concert and stand up shows, but I hear from the sports people that it’s even worse for them. Prices are up, tickets sell.

In the college football world the secondary market for tickets has seemed softer this year than last year. A lot of it is the change to the playoff format making it so that people have more events to split their budget across, but a lot of people lost money selling tickets under the face value for the conference games when their teams didn’t make it. And just this weekend, it seemed like tickets were pretty cheap for the first round of the playoffs.

Those prices might be up from 5 years ago, but my impression is that prices are down from last year.

I’m several states to the east and I’d have to agree. Ticket prices for everything have skyrocketed, especially concert tickets. Bands I’ve seen before who are arguably less relevant now are charging 4x as much. It’s completely fucked.

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