The latest health fad for people is untreated and untested drinking water:Welcome to 2018, where some things never change. Selling snake oil to those with more money than sense is still a thing, and the newest “health” trend is already upon us.
According to the New York Times, a new “raw water” movement is springing up in the West Coast of America, particularly in affluent areas like Silicon Valley and San Francisco, in an attempt to “get off the water grid”.
We’re sure many of you are scratching your heads and wondering what on Earth “raw” water means, and, taking its literal meaning, why on Earth that would be a good thing. So, let us explain.
“Raw” water (yep, sticking to air quotes) is, according to Live Water – who sell 11-liter (2.5-gallon) bottles for a hefty $37 – unfiltered, unsterilized, untreated spring water, and this is a good thing because unfiltered water has some kind of loosely defined probiotic quality, filtering water removes beneficial minerals and tap water is poisoned by those in charge.
They are literally spending 7 times as much for water as I do for regular unleaded gasoline.
To quote a character from a comic book, “I firmly believe that if you can’t fool all of the people all of the time you should start breeding them for stupidity.”
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The better quote would come from Uncle Phineas. "There's a sucker born every minute."
And to quote Mr Fields, "Never give a sucker and even break, or smarten up a chump."
Where is John Snow when we need him.
I prefer the quote from Dave Sim, "I firmly believe that if you can't fool all of the people all of the time you should start breeding them for stupidity."