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    Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking

    R2-D2 Water Bottle For Star Wars Sippin'

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    Image of mangochutney mangochutney
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    In my area tap water is ok. You can drink it and it doesn't taste bad. But there are enough regions where you can't drink it. That whole reducing 'carbon footprint' thing still has me sceptical though.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @mangochutney: Why?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    If it 's brown, drink it down.


    If it's black, send it back.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @Kaiser 'Won't Play Crisis' Machead: If it's yellow, make lemonade!
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    Sometimes, I want water that is, you know, clear.

    I sure as shit can't get that from my tap.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @Dunny0: And yet you can sure as water get shit from your tap.
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    Image of Craig Salbacka Rogers Craig Salbacka Rogers
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    Someone needs to learn their states better, they are in MI = Michigan not MN = Minnesota.
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    03/25/09

    @Craig Salbacka Rogers: Hmm, let me see if I'm spelling this one correctly:


    "Boxed Water is carbon-filtered, purified water from Minnesota and it tastes like...water - simple and refreshing."

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    Image of ttech10 ttech10
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    Bottled water will always win. Sure a carton may be better for the EARTH, but bottles are better for PEOPLE.


    With bottled water you can open/shut it, not have to worry about it flipping over and spilling (with the lid on, of course) and you can easily carry it around (ie: the mesh holders on backpacks).

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @ttech10: It has one of those little Tropicana plastic caps on it.


    What you gotta say now!

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    Image of ttech10 ttech10
    03/25/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Haha, I missed that. But still, how many people do you see carrying around the Tropicana bottles over the cartons?


    Being on a campus with ~25,000 people, I have NEVER seen the carton but see the bottles all the time.

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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    03/25/09

    @ttech10: That's because the Tropicana cartons only come in 1/2 gallon sizes. When was the last time you saw anybody carrying around 1/2 gallon of orange juice?
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @HeartBurnKid, creepy morbid freak: It would be so awesome if they did though.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    I'm sorry but a lot of urban area tap water is freaking horrendous tasting. Which basically means you need to install a damn water filter. So, $5 a week on bottles you can take to work w/ you, or $10 on a bottle to drag with you, and a few grand for the filtration system + ongoing maint costs.
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    Image of CaliforniaKid CaliforniaKid
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    LIKE WINE: I age my tap drinking water. I let it breath for a couple of days. This gives time for the chlorine to dissipate. Tastes great! Save $$$! No problem.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @CaliforniaKid: I love how bad an idea that is on so many levels.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    No.

    I just bought a fridge with AWESOME water capabilities to STOP BUYING WATER!!


    Sure I'm buying filters now, but CRUSHED ICE PEOPLE.


    CRUSHED ICE!!!!

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @strider_mt2k: Damn I love crushed ice. Like really love it.


    Less sure about the crushed ice people. It sounds like a good way to solve a dangerous problem, but I can't say that I love it in quite the same way.


    I also love that you are back commenting more regularly.


    It will take me some time to decide which I love more.


    ...


    Yeah, sorry, I think it's the crushed ice.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/25/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Wow that's nice of you to say! Thank you!


    I didn't realize I had become less than regular.

    (Maybe more fiber.)


    I built a new computer recently, so it's very likely I'm engrossed in Bioshock or something, I dunno.

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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    On an only somewhat-related note, do you suppose our attempt to get away from plastic bottles has anything to do with China no longer wanting our trash?


    [www.iht.com]

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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    I am no expert, but from what I understand the most sizable percentage of carbon emissions comes from shipping the product - not from the plastic bottle. No question, if you have to pick between boxed water and bottled water, at least the box and bio-degrade in less than a million years. Still, if the idea is to help our planet, bottled water is 'really bad' and this product is just plan 'bad'.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    I happily keep my Brita pitcher full for free (less the cost of filters).
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: But how often do you change your filter?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/25/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: When the little LCD gets down to 0%. It's foolproof.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Sadly, I am a fool.


    *shakes fist at your apparent ability to maintain*

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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    "that we'd rather buy packaged water than drink it for nearly free out of the tap"


    Yeah, a little e coli and a month long bout of diarrhea never hurt anyone.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/25/09

    @Shamoononon hates twitter: Stop drinking water with cow shit floating in it.
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    Image of Shane Lloyd Shane Lloyd
    03/25/09

    @Shamoononon hates twitter:


    puh-leaze... Where are you living, in the Congo? The U.S. and Canada have the cleanest, more sterile water in the world. Be it UV irradiation, chlorination, or other methods, no one else tops our fastidious treatment of water.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/25/09

    @Shane Lloyd: Except the Fremen.
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    Image of Guard Guard
    03/25/09

    @Shamoononon thinks twitter sucks: Tap water has stricter regulations in place than bottled water (which has very little regulation). Your argument could just as easily be reversed.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    03/25/09

    @Guard: Possibly, but it depends one where you put your chances. So far, bottled water has proven safer.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    03/25/09

    @Shamoononon thinks twitter sucks: Water quality is very location-specific. I love the tap version where I live now, but when I was in school the local golf course had a sign warning of the high arsenic content in their water traps. I didn't drink the tap water there.
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    Image of Darrone Darrone
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    Hey, if this square water container brings about an end to Fiji water, I'm all for it. I swear every time i see a Fiji bottle I think about punching the people that buy it.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @Darrone: Yeah I'm with the others. I hate to admit it, but on the rare occasions that I buy bottled water, Fiji is the only bottled water I'll buy. It's delicious.
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    Image of bandit bandit
    03/25/09

    @Darrone: Fiji water. Imported from fricking FIJI. That's near Australia! Twice as far away as Hawaii! Yet it's brought by boat or plane to the corner store in New York City, 8000 miles away. Eight Thousand Miles.


    This is not a business model that should survive the recession.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @bandit: Boat shipments are more cost effective and energy efficient than pretty much anything else.


    If you're in NYC for example, it's arguably "better" to eat olives from Italy than radishes from Ohio.


    Which is not to say that I don't agree that it's relatively absurd and prefer to drink my water from the NYC tap.

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    Image of Elk Elk
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    Well, it certainly beats bagged water.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @Elk: You can't beat bagged water!


    (But mostly because if you do, the bag will break and the water will end up on the floor.)

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    Image of Andy Nguyen Andy Nguyen
    03/25/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Don't you guys remember bagged milk?
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @Andy Nguyen: It's not nice to refer to them as "bags," especially when they belong to your Mom.
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    Image of gadam07 gadam07
    03/25/09

    In reply to Boxed Water: It's What's for Drinking
    Amen to that last statement. No more packaging and selling something that's practically free!
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    03/25/09

    @gadam07: I agree, but I hate when people say tap water IS free. Like they forget about the water bill!
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    03/25/09

    @jakebathman: That's why the only time I drink water is when I'm at a friend's house.


    It makes me a lonely drunk and a social pariah, but still!

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