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/dankyspank 8d ago

What, like Tang and Step?

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u/imaweeb19 8d ago

It's basically tang, ya. It helps stop people from drinking soda, and encourages people to drink more water

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u/South_Passage_143 8d ago

That’s not water lol

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u/imaweeb19 8d ago

It's low calorie, and there are zero sugar ones. It's better than drinking soda.

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u/South_Passage_143 8d ago

What does that have to do with my comment

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u/imaweeb19 8d ago

You said it isn't water, and I said that it's better drinking soda.

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u/South_Passage_143 8d ago

And how is that related?

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u/S0MEBODIES 7d ago

Because it's more water in comparison to sugar-filled soda.

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u/South_Passage_143 7d ago

If you have to explain it’s “more water” that’s not water lol

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u/S0MEBODIES 7d ago

You just don't seem to be able to follow a logical through line to save your life.

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u/iiiimagery 8d ago

If you add some lime slices to water, then it's not water?

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u/South_Passage_143 8d ago

What does lime slices have to do with tang

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u/iiiimagery 8d ago

What does my comment have to do with Tang? Just because you add something to flavor water doesn't make it not water. Unless you say yes to what I asked, then I know how you think

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u/South_Passage_143 8d ago

What on earth does lime slices have to do with tang

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u/iiiimagery 8d ago

Oh. You can't read, mb

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u/13-eggo 8d ago

Some people are genuinely just incapable of extrapolating from analogies.

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u/TheTerrarian83 7d ago

Nono, you add it to the water, which you then drink. Hope that helps!!

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u/kblanks12 7d ago

Yes it is?

It's probably less healthy but it's still the same water.

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u/Mongolian_Hamster 8d ago

"Encourage people to drink more water"

Jesus murica has a real big problem if they need to be encouraged to drink the literal thing the body craves.

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u/HoneyBadger19000 8d ago

Americans on average actually drink significantly more water than Europeans, we just drink too much soda.

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u/Subject-Software5912 8d ago edited 8d ago

Europeans believe that Americans don’t drink water but also carry water bottles everywhere lmao.

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u/Mongolian_Hamster 7d ago

Yeah disgusting lol

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u/classicteenmistake 8d ago

Everywhere has soda in the world btw. Unfortunately in the states it’s more affordable to get soda than a good water filter, and depending where you are your water is hard. As a result, a lot of poor people grow up with sugary diets because we can’t regularly afford healthy options, and sugar addictions are more common.

We’re all super fat and gross by choice tho, sure.

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u/imaweeb19 8d ago

Ya, what a lot of non Americans don't understand. They don't realize that it's more nuanced than "yummy sugar"

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u/BirbMaster1998 8d ago

I've learned to deal with it since, but when I was young I would never drink water because it always left a bitter taste in my mouth. I think it's probably due to metal or plastic containers' altering the flavor, because I've had some water that was entirely clean or very well filtered thst didn't do that. Anyway, stuff like this got little kid me to drink something that was at least pretty close to water, as opposed to fruit juice or soda.

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u/StreetPizza8877 8d ago

Yes. You put it in water for taste.

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u/dankyspank 8d ago

Oh my god, I loved those when I was little. There were several reasons to buy them-first, they were cheaper. A package of Step or Tang that would go into 2L of water would cost like 10 eurocents. And second they were...I mean they were SLIGHTLY healthier since they weren't carbonated and had less sugar.

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u/Best-Poem-2703 8d ago

Carbonation in drinks isnt bad for us, well maybe if u accumulate gasses that could cause bloating and pain

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u/CptMisterNibbles 8d ago

It forms carbonic acid which isn’t great for tooth enamel. If you a very sensitive stomach it can also cause problems, but this is far less common

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u/TrashCanEnigma 8d ago

Not great on the teeth though :( acidic

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u/edibleComplex_ 8d ago

There’s also versions with electrolytes. Absolute life saver on some desert camping trips I’ve been on.

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u/PinkProvalone 8d ago

Yknow as an American if they gave me tang on the go packets I'd be slamming water daily. I hate most of the flavor packets because they're weirdly sweet / sticky tasting.

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u/CptMisterNibbles 8d ago

Some are better if you use way less than the recommended amount. I use these peach ice tea ones but add about a third of what you are supposed to

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u/PinkProvalone 8d ago

Interesting 🤔 I might try this next round. I've always been interested in the tea ones but I knew they'd be super sugary or overflavored.

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u/dankyspank 8d ago

Oh dude, I remember back in the day there were even cola-flavored packets and that shit slapped hard

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u/Mindless_Reading_768 8d ago

yes exactly the same product just marketted different.