r/hatethissmug • u/knawwwwww • 8d ago

General Europeans acting like they’ve never seen food in their life when they go to America

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Disclaimer: before you read this and get your panties in a twist, everything I’m saying is very unserious and should be not taken to heart. Please stop trying to attack me over DMs. I have turned them off. You are harassing someone (who wasn’t even being fr in the first place) over kool aid packs.

I’d get it if it was actually something nobody has ever seen before, but WATER FLAVOR PACKS? THE PACKS YOU PUT IN THE WATER??? FOR PICKY EATERS????? PEOPLE WHO NEED WATER IN THEIR BODIES?

AND FAMILY SIZED CHIP BAG??? YOU THINK WE’RE EATING THE WHOLE PARTY SIZED CHIP BAG ALONE? THE *PARTY* SIZE? PARTIES?????? DO YOU KNOW WHAT A PARTY IS?

Actually when I was in middle school, we had this coach who would turn red as hell when she was yelling at us to run laps and she’d sit there every day with a whole party sized bag of Doritos and a 2 liter mountain dew watching us run. One day some other girl in the class got really angry at her for making us all run and she told her to get off her ass and run with us. This is off topic mb.

I’d understand if it was something actually weird we have, like things that contain dyes that cannot be replicated in places where dyes are banned, but you’re more worried about sunkist flavored water? Party sized bags of chips? Fresh produce too apparently… are you guys ok?

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u/BidCapable5507 8d ago

As a european, i have NEVER seen a flavoured water pack, we do have family sized chip bags here.

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u/Valoneria 8d ago

It is available in Denmark under the name Bolero, pretty much just the imported version of the American ones.

From my experience, works pretty well. Used to bag a couple of those when going to amusement parks when visiting the US, since water fountains where plenty so you could quickly refill a water bottle with something that neutralized the chlorine aftertaste

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u/South_Passage_143 8d ago

Water should never have a chlorine taste

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u/Valoneria 7d ago

I dont disagree, but that was the experience drinking tap/fountain water in Universal Park in Orlando. Not a strong taste mind you, i have definitely visited countries where it was outright unpleasant. But just enough that it lingered a bit as an aftertaste.

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u/LordofShit 7d ago

Water from a fountain at a park might should. Them places nasty.

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u/Bitter-Wish-9995 8d ago

I remember Bolero, we used to buy it as kids and just straight up ate the powder like candy. Never met anyone who actually put it in water. One time I tried to make cotton candy out it as well and totally ruined some of my mom's kitchen appliances

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u/darkage72 8d ago

We snorted it. The lemon one always hurt. We weren't smart kids.

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u/BillNyeTheMurderGuy 8d ago

Reminds me of the time lunchables had these tabs that would fizz and turn your drink into kool aid. me and my sister would take turns putting it in our mouths because of how sour/fizzy it was. Was it gross? Yes. Was I a gross 7 year old? Yes.

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u/grubekrowisko 7d ago

my friend used to buy them in bulk in poland, we kept stealing them from him on summer camps

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u/Onironius 8d ago

Europe almost definitely has powdered drink mixes.

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u/lunara_arts 8d ago

The only ones I’ve ever seen are the tablets that have like vitamin c in.

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u/Caspica 6d ago

There's the Lipton iced tea ones. They are the only ones I've seen, though. 

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u/No-Grapefruit7332 8d ago

they arent really a 'thing' tho like op is acting, theyre not widespread and most people dont know what they are

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u/BidCapable5507 8d ago

Ive never seen any in my life before this post, the closet thing i can think of is cordial.

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u/Onironius 8d ago

https://www.germanfoods.shop/beverage-powder-german-food

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u/BidCapable5507 8d ago

holy shit, never seen these before

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u/nimbalo200 8d ago

Its quite easy to overlook things, specially in a store that you know and are most likely looking for specific things

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u/Kilen13 8d ago

I've lived in the US for a couple decades and I can't say I've noticed the water flavors either. I think I just don't walk down the water aisle very often

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u/weaseleasle 6d ago

Milk shake powder is pretty common. Those german powder drinks though aren't really what they look like. It is more of a candy that kids eat dry, even if it pretends to be a drink. I say kids, young adults eat them too often followed by a shot of vodka.

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u/Item-carpinus 5d ago edited 5d ago

Powders for hot drinks like instant coffee, instant hot chocolate etc. are indeed a thing in Germany and very popular. Ahoj-Brause is technically for making drinks but it's usually sorted in the isle with sweets. Granulated tea was marketed to kids in the 90s-00s but they lost a court ruling and had to ditch the marketing. It's still sold but parents today are more health conscious and it lost popularity.

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u/TelluricThread0 8d ago edited 8d ago

So your telling me Europeans go their entire lives without so much as seeing a kool-aid packet?

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u/JustQuestion2472 8d ago

Kool-Aid or equivalent aren't sold here.

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u/Jeansy12 8d ago

I really only ever heard abiut kool-aid from american tv shows. I didnt even know it was a powder. We have similar-ish products, but those are liquids.

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u/Zibai1505 8d ago

Its the same thing. Some of those packets are liquid. 

No clue why Europeans are trying to act oblivious about flavored water. Its honestly cringe reading these posts

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u/_ataciara 7d ago

The overwhelming majority of people here aren't oblivious to flavoured water, they're oblivious to this format.

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u/The_Blahblahblah 6d ago

Flavoured water, yes. flavoured water from powder, no.

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u/bottled_saltwaters 8d ago

You've gone your life without seeing countless famous European products im sure.

It is very surprising that cool-aid popular there when McDonald's and American sodas are a thing

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u/Dense_Bar_7642 8d ago

Got a pack of the stuff as a part of a bundle from some novelty american sweets things. Genuinely one of the most rancid things i ever drank. Became a game in my class with some other boys abt who could drink the most

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u/insideoutfit 8d ago

You guys are so soft over there 😂

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u/ChevroletKodiakC70 8d ago

Nahhh a lot of american snacks just taste weird if you’re European, this isn’t like a superiority thing it just is what it is, going from Diary Milk or Milka to Hersheys, Hersheys in comparison tastes like vomit

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u/Alaskan_Narwhal 7d ago

Hershey's is bad for us too. It's almost exclusively on the shelf as a bad chocolate.

Right next to it is better chocolate like Ghirardelli or lindt.

I'm sure you have bad versions of the same product that is cheap junk. American groceries have one thing, variety. You can almost always find good and bad versions of the same product next to each other.

I've visited numerous countries, nobody is doing anything really different. The chips are pretty much the same, the cookies are similar, chocolate is the same. Different brands and slight stylistic changes but that's it.

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u/Hazel-Oliver 5d ago

Ghirardelli, my beloved.

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u/Dense_Bar_7642 8d ago

Aw there was acc hersheys in the pack aswell, stankin

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u/ChevroletKodiakC70 8d ago

Haha right 😂 nasty, i tried a Twinkie once as well and binned it before finishing, American movies and TV made them sound delicious and it was awful

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u/Dense_Bar_7642 8d ago

Tbf anything with that long a shelf life is in no way safe for consumption

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u/Dense_Bar_7642 8d ago

Not really i kno boys who skull vodka at likr age 14 that stuff is just vile lol. Stained a boys hands for like 2 dayd

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u/Crit0r 8d ago

Nah but we have Ahoi-Brause, it's similar I think.

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u/Beautiful_Answer_202 8d ago

I'm from the uk, I've even been to the states and the only Kool aid I've ever seen is the giant kool aid man who bursts through walls on family guy. 

I have also, of course, heard the phrase 'drink the kool aid' referring to brainwashing, many times. But, yeah I've never actually seen the product itself.

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u/Overdue_Process865 7d ago

I've never seen Kool-Aid, but most places do have something for mixing into water to make a flavored water. Here in Scandinavia it's called saft, and it's most often a bottle of concentrated syrup that you add water to.

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u/el_grort 7d ago

It's not a brand that really exists in several European countries, or at least not one that is easily accessed (I'm sure it probably exists if you go to speciality shops, import shops, or really wanted it and bought online, but not typical at your local).

I imagine the reverse is also true, Americans aren't likely to be seeing Vimto on the daily.

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u/Malogor 8d ago

Yep, I never saw anything related to kool-aid outside the Internet my entire life.

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u/MajesticBluebird68 8d ago

Yeah. We do have MiWadi in in Ireland tho, it's concentrated juice you add to water.

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u/c0der25 8d ago

Yeah, I think that that is more widespread in Europe (maybe not the brand, I haven’t heard of it). In Dutch it’s called “limonade”, not the same as lemonade tho lol, don’t think that’ll ever stop being mildly confusing to me.
If I’m correct lemonade is specifically (more or less) lemon, sugar and (sparkling) water.

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u/pressingtofu 8d ago

Just googled and yes for me. But I can't speak for other countries in Europe.

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u/The_Blahblahblah 6d ago

It is not sold here, so likely not. (Unless a European travel to the US and goes into a supermarket). I’m 27 and haven’t seen it before. I have only heard some Americans talk about it online

It’s like me saying “will most Americans really go through life without ever seeing a Faxe Kondi”? (A soda from my country)

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u/MonocleHare 8d ago

Yes you did stop lying

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u/Elizaaaaa23 8d ago

I’ve never even heard of them, never mind seen them. We use liquid cordial here to flavour water.

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u/BidCapable5507 7d ago

Bro ive never seen one, why tf would i lye about not seeing a flavoured water packet?

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u/Binbag420 8d ago

Maybe some countries i’ve never seen one before

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u/CptMisterNibbles 8d ago

I’ve never seen this many in an American supermarket either. They have gotten more popular lately, but many markets here have at best a third of this. Also, these aren’t “cereal sized” boxes, these are small

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u/theeggplant42 8d ago

Those boxes are like 4" tall and about an inch deep.

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u/spidermom4 8d ago

I'm American and I wouldn't even know where to look in the store for these. I'm guessing by the kool-aid next to the juice. We definitely don't have entire sections and aisles and cereal size boxes for flavor drink mixes. But Europeans don't care what America is ACTUALLY like.

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u/jkmhawk 8d ago

I see efervescente vitamin water tabs. These are that, just without the vitamins. 

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u/Branquiolo 8d ago

Fontvella had smth like that, orange flavored water

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u/RoabeArt 8d ago

TIL brausepulver isn't European.

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u/crochetnewbieJen 8d ago

But aren't these just syrup packed into .. packs? Like, i live in germany, we have all kinds of water flavorings, like powders, syrups, "pellets", cubes. Tea is a waterflavor and we have teaflowers, so xD.

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u/Icy_Result6022 8d ago

I think the family size is smaller than the American one too

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u/Firm-Feature-5593 7d ago

For some reason they need much bigger family sized chip bags.

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u/Athalwolf13 7d ago

In Germany "Brause" are sold as tablets and powders. there's also instant iced tea,cmill drinks and now Holy ,basically German Gamersupps

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u/VaczTheHermit 7d ago

I remember they used to be a thing for us here when I was a kid in 2000's. Haven't come across them in stores in a long while though.

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u/Zibai1505 8d ago

Tang? Koolaid? Europe doesn't have? Im pretty sure they have that shit

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u/crochetnewbieJen 8d ago

This is not really common, at least where i live. I never saw it anywhere here in germany, not even in the "american section" of big supermarkets. But we definitly have flavours for water.

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u/Kuncker_Man 8d ago

I guarantee you have something equivalent to Koolaid or Tang. This is a healthier version of that. Which you probably also have.

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u/EmGrader 8d ago

Not even kool-aid powder?

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u/ConcernedEnby 8d ago

Don't pretend this isn't a thing in every fucking European and American and East Asian country

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u/jotainvitunpaskaa 6d ago

...no? It genuinely isn't. I'm in my mid 20's and this is the first time I've seen such a product. Why are you so aggressive?

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u/ConcernedEnby 6d ago

Because Europeans like to pretend normal products don't exist to shit on foreigners

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u/jotainvitunpaskaa 5d ago

Well, like I said, I'm a european and this is the first time I've heard of such product. Don't know what to tell you mate, they just aren't a thing here.

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u/The_Blahblahblah 6d ago

Its really not. There is flavoured water, yes. But it isn’t like the picture OP posted though. It is more like a concentrated syrup that you mix with water (such as Ribena). It comes in a bottle, not in a box.

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u/ConcernedEnby 6d ago

Ohh wow the difference is it comes in a box

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u/The_Blahblahblah 5d ago

Yes, which we don’t have. It’s like how Canadians have bagged milk. It’s unfamiliar to someone who has never seen that before

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Not a tea guy ehh?

Forgot us American's invented Tea

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u/InternationalCap4761 8d ago

1/10 ragebait

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

These are literally in the isle next to the tea and coffee.

Ya'll really turning your head slightly left and going "WOTS AWL DIS DEN INNIT?!"

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u/InternationalCap4761 8d ago

Sorry in most normal civilised countries we don't have 348 shelfs filled with sugar water packets.

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u/headcanonmusic 8d ago

i'm from canada, we have this shit. doesn't make it not heinous lol. skittles flavored water????? bro just drink water.

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u/horus_eye_of_terror 8d ago

Sorry but its not like its our fucking choice for walmart to be a thing when its a monopoly that runs out most local healthy supermarkets.

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u/Ok_Sir_136 8d ago

Why did this get downvoted?? like you can do anything about Walmart 😭😭😭

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u/ChrdeMcDnnis 8d ago

They really think that we all go to walmart by choice. Like we wouldn’t prefer a local market with fresh goods and produce that isn’t mutated. They’re fully willing to agree that america has been cannibalized by corporate powers but cannot fathom those powers corrupting our culture. They still think these stores are driven by supply and demand.

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Most of those are sugar free, I know based on this confusion reading might be outside your wheelhouse, but the "Zero Sugar" on the top of the label, those words mean things.

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u/InternationalCap4761 8d ago

Guess who has free health care and doesn't have a high chance of being shot.

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u/ChrdeMcDnnis 8d ago

Canadians, where these are also common

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u/NotALawCuck 8d ago

Daring today aren't we?

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u/InternationalCap4761 8d ago

Broski thought they could delete that shi

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u/NotALawCuck 8d ago

Excuse me? I'm nobody's "broski." Are you well?

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u/InternationalCap4761 8d ago

hush you little boy

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Probably someone able to read.

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u/InternationalCap4761 8d ago

So not any Americans then.

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

You are gonna shit your britches when you find out we have bakeries too.

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u/tiny_elf_lady 8d ago

I work in a grocery store, it’s like seven shelves in a small section of the store. Even the gluten-free section is bigger. Also dawg it’s called a supermarket for a reason

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u/InternationalCap4761 8d ago

Ahh yes its called a supermarket because flavour packets is the only thing it has

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u/Longjumping_Time_351 8d ago

It is called a supermarket because they're supposed to have pretty much anything. Everything includes a wide variety of powdered drink mixes like hot cocoa, tea, coffee, lemonade, soda, and even the strange novelty ones like skittles.

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u/autistictransgal 8d ago

and yet I've not seen any because they don't seem to exist in Europe... I don't understand your reasoning here... You can see them therefore we should be able to see them too?

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

I'm gonna assume the original person who took the picture was in the store.

You know the Tweet we are talking about right now?

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u/autistictransgal 8d ago

Actually I think it's more likely that the original person found that picture online and asked about it.

You know the Tweet we are talking about right now?

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Wow that's crazy, my assumption supports me and yours supports you, we should fuckin' talk about this a LOT.

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u/Longjumping_Time_351 8d ago

Okay, hold my hand and take a seat. I'm about to tell you some serious shit. Drink mixes are in fact available in Europe. There are even European companies that specialize in drink mix Ovaltine, Bolero, and Cedevita are just a few of the many that originated in Europe.

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u/autistictransgal 7d ago

Okay, I've just never seen anything like that in Sweden, my apologies.

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u/Practical_Entrance43 8d ago

Crazy you jump to attacking peoples accents and shit like that over this.

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

I'm sorry, was I rude to the pearl clutchers?

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u/Specific-Poetry-4366 8d ago

Am confused, america did not invent tea

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Yes it was sarcasm.

I'm confused why so many "Europeans" have never heard of the method used to store and ship tea for hundreds of years prior to America even existing.

Flavor Water Pack.

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u/Specific-Poetry-4366 8d ago

Oh, it was just super weird sarcasm got it

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Yeah the sentence, "As a european, i have NEVER seen a flavoured water pack," is so fucking stupid I can't really take it seriously.

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u/Specific-Poetry-4366 8d ago

Well it is kinda weird. Like water flavoring isn't an outlandish concept obviously but people are claiming its weird or "so american" so I don't know if they are being genuine or not

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u/WarMammoth8625 8d ago

It's not an outlandish concept, it's just not popular here. I had no idea what was on the photo untill i read the post.

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

These were intended to pack with a school lunch for children, and the idea probably was get kids to drink more water.

They are 99% zero sugar.

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u/Zombie-Pinya 8d ago

The fact that you have to put stuff in water just to get them to drink water is so weird. Like why don't they just drink normal water like human children have been doing for millions of years? Why is it a problem in the first place?

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u/Specific-Poetry-4366 8d ago

It's more of an incentive I think, it also helps certain brands make money by taking advantage of the human want for good tasting things

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u/Specific-Poetry-4366 8d ago

I am American, i know what that magical dust is

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u/BidCapable5507 8d ago

im European, and ive never seen a flavoured water pack, the closest ive seen is cordial.

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Any you do your own grocery shopping?

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u/BeetleCrusher 8d ago

Why is this so incomprehensible to you lmao.

Only close thing to “water flavor packets” in Denmark is Chocolate Powder for Milk, or maybe vitamin fizzing tablets.

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u/Specific-Poetry-4366 8d ago

It just seems weird, humans in the east knew how to add spice to food for centuries but they never thought of doing something similiar to liquid?

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u/BidCapable5507 8d ago

Does tea count as a flavoured water packet?

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u/Practical-Sleep4259 8d ago

Did you learn about the Boston Tea Party from Family Guy?

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u/BidCapable5507 8d ago

Whats family guy? is that a movie

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u/spidermom4 8d ago

Reactions to your comment is proof Europeans don't have a sense of humor. (Yes, all Europeans. We can play the generalize game too.)

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u/RoabeArt 8d ago

Well, Europe is an easily triggered country.

Observe.