The World has gone mad. Official

[mr.bluesky]

So reading reports in the papers the past few days about people queuing for hours for a fucking energy drink called "Prime". Even reports of fights breaking out in some stores. Apparently a collaboration between a couple of non descript you tubers. It sells for £1.99 but I have seen it on sale at one of my local shops for £6.99 a bottle. Who in their right minds buys a bottle of energy drink for £6.99 apart from stupid gullible kids just because it seems to be in fashion. People even seem to be selling empty bottles on E Bay ffs. Young people of today must have more money than sense. 

[FiveKnuckles]

First I heard of this drink was a few weeks back on the nextdoor app.  Some numpty transferred money to a random person to have the drinks delivered to their door.   

[Squire Haggard]

So reading reports in the papers the past few days about people queuing for hours for a fucking energy drink called "Prime". Even reports of fights breaking out in some stores. Apparently a collaboration between a couple of non descript you tubers. It sells for £1.99 but I have seen it on sale at one of my local shops for £6.99 a bottle. Who in their right minds buys a bottle of energy drink for £6.99 apart from stupid gullible kids just because it seems to be in fashion. People even seem to be selling empty bottles on E Bay ffs. Young people of today must have more money than sense. 

A teacher friend of mine is convinced that evolution is going into reverse. 

[Yankee21]

Buy a few bottles, keep them refrigerated or 9-12 months.
Flip them for profit in a year.

[sir wanksalot]

From what I read it isn't even an energy drink

[Stevelondon]

Old farts like me, find it hard to understand why some people feel the need to buy bottles of water.
I pay enough for the tasteless stuff that comes out of my tap thanks very much.

So I guess it’s no surprise to read about so called energy drinks being fought over.

Recession. What fucking recession?

[radioman33]

I think it’s appealing to all the kids,some are selling it for a fiver,like the latest thing to have.Be all over in a few weeks.

[mr.bluesky]

I think it’s appealing to all the kids,some are selling it for a fiver,like the latest thing to have.Be all over in a few weeks.

Certain web sites are selling it for £16.99 a bottle  for what is basically flavoured coconut water . I despair for the future if youths and kids of today are so gullible   

[Happiness]

All energy drinks are trash

[Adoniron]

What do you expect from a country which called 999 when KFC ran out of chicken?

[PilotMan]

Old farts like me, find it hard to understand why some people feel the need to buy bottles of water.
I pay enough for the tasteless stuff that comes out of my tap thanks very much.

You become desensitised to how awful tap water tastes.

Many, many years ago I decided to only use bottled water for drinking and cooking.

A few years after that I left a bottle of water by the sink that had been filled with tap water to top up the car windscreen washer reservoir. Inadvertently, I used this to fill the kettle.

I was drinking my tea and thinking WTF, the cup must have been bleached? I washed the cup and tried again, same result.

Then it dawned on me, it was the chlorine in the tap water.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work the other way. If you are used to drinking tap water, you won't be able to detect the lack of chlorine and chemicals in bottled water.

I've tried them all, the best water for use in a kettle is Tesco Ashbeck Spring, it leaves no scale. Tesco Elmhurst on the other hand leaves a huge amount of scale.

[king tarzan]

Bring back 90's
Sanity

Now on hand technology is ruining the world

[David1970]

You become desensitised to how awful tap water tastes.

Many, many years ago I decided to only use bottled water for drinking and cooking.

A few years after that I left a bottle of water by the sink that had been filled with tap water to top up the car windscreen washer reservoir. Inadvertently, I used this to fill the kettle.

I was drinking my tea and thinking WTF, the cup must have been bleached? I washed the cup and tried again, same result.

Then it dawned on me, it was the chlorine in the tap water.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work the other way. If you are used to drinking tap water, you won't be able to detect the lack of chlorine and chemicals in bottled water.

I've tried them all, the best water for use in a kettle is Tesco Ashbeck Spring, it leaves no scale. Tesco Elmhurst on the other hand leaves a huge amount of scale.

You should try the tap water in Scotland, it’s great. The company that provides the tap water is called Scottish Water and they are owed by the Government, so have no shareholders to cut cost for. 

[mr.bluesky]

Bring back 90's
Sanity

Now on hand technology is ruining the world

You're right there kt, social media has a lot to answer for, good or bad.

[mr.bluesky]

You should try the tap water in Scotland, it’s great. The company that provides the tap water is called Scottish Water and they are owed by the Government, so have no shareholders to cut cost for.

I have visited Scotland frequently in the past and have noticed how much better the tap water is compared to what we get in the midlands.

[Colston36]

All energy drinks are trash

Quite so. I guess the world has always had more than its fair share of morons, but when I was young they had no money.

[Jomoore]

You should try the tap water in Scotland, it’s great. The company that provides the tap water is called Scottish Water and they are owed by the Government, so have no shareholders to cut cost for.

Yorkshire Water is great too.  I lived in the Severn Trent area for a while and that wasn't nice at all.

[king tarzan]

Quite so. I guess the world has always had more than its fair share of morons, but when I was young they had no money.

Another paragraph in the making in the book of your life experiences 👍

[WASA38]

You become desensitised to how awful tap water tastes.

Many, many years ago I decided to only use bottled water for drinking and cooking.

A few years after that I left a bottle of water by the sink that had been filled with tap water to top up the car windscreen washer reservoir. Inadvertently, I used this to fill the kettle.

I was drinking my tea and thinking WTF, the cup must have been bleached? I washed the cup and tried again, same result.

Then it dawned on me, it was the chlorine in the tap water.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work the other way. If you are used to drinking tap water, you won't be able to detect the lack of chlorine and chemicals in bottled water.

I've tried them all, the best water for use in a kettle is Tesco Ashbeck Spring, it leaves no scale. Tesco Elmhurst on the other hand leaves a huge amount of scale.

It's obviously impossible to generalise about tap water. It will vary according to the location and supplier. 

Nothing wrong with tap water in Cambridge.

It would be illuminating to learn of variation in per-capita sales of bottled water according to region but I doubt if such information is readily accessible..

Scale formation tendency has nothing to do  with perceived taste of chlorine. Moreover, water  with a high mineral content and hence more scale prone is accepted as more beneficial to health.

[PilotMan]

Yorkshire Water is great too.

You should try the tap water in Scotland, it’s great.

It's obviously impossible to generalise about tap water. It will vary according to the location and supplier. 

Nothing wrong with tap water in Cambridge.

One thing in common is that all water companies (including Scottish Water) add chlorine. If you've grown up with this chemical being in your water supply, you have become completely desensitised to it.

Trust me, until you've stopped drinking it for a period of time you won't notice how bad it tastes.

[WASA38]

One thing in common is that all water companies (including Scottish Water) add chlorine. If you've grown up with this chemical being in your water supply, you have become completely desensitised to it.

Trust me, until you've stopped drinking it for a period of time you won't notice how bad it tastes.

If, as you postulate, you're desensitised to it  (by which I assume you mean you can't notice it) then why bother wasting money and contributing greatly to environmental pollution by buying water in plastic or even glass bottles ?

Less than 500 ppb of inorganic chlorine is not a health hazard; just the reverse as it ensures nearly 100% biological sterility.

[PilotMan]

If, as you postulate, you're desensitised to it  (by which I assume you mean you can't notice it) then why bother wasting money and contributing greatly to environmental pollution by buying water in plastic or even glass bottles ?

Less than 500 ppb of inorganic chlorine is not a health hazard; just the reverse as it ensures nearly 100% biological sterility.

My tea tastes so much better 😋

[Dr Talueng]

Somebody on facebook market-place was offering a pallet of these energy drinks, and wanted to swap the pallet for a 3-bedroomed detached-house. I think he was joking.

I'm in the Thames Valley water area, and the water here is terrible.

[mr.bluesky]

I saw their was a story of a Dad spending over a grand on buying these drinks for his sons for Christmas.  Stupidity knows no bounds. 

[king tarzan]

I saw their was a story of a Dad spending over a grand on buying these drinks for his sons for Christmas.  Stupidity knows no bounds. 

What about people buying a house over the internet without even physically viewing first.
And idiots who get scammed over the internet without even ever meeting the person!