The point is folks are getting particular about his saying “but not water” when clearly he’s just removing the obvious “no duh” answer. Yet here we are playing the same game from the opposite end going “hur dur every beverage has some water in it” when clearly he’s not saying “water can’t be present at all.”
The question is essentially “if you could only drink one thing forever and it wouldn’t kill you, what would it be?” Sure, the title is not ideal/could cause some confusion, but I feel like it doesn’t take much to piece together the intended question.
If I ask anyone for a glass of water, they’re going to get me the same thing because they know what I mean. No one is going to get me a glass of orange juice or tea or 7up, even though that’s technically also water.
so then do you agree that they wouldn’t bring you lemon water or cucumber water? clearly you didn’t ask for those. but OP explicitly calls those out as ‘no goofs’. so where’s the line?
The whole point of this conversation is that OP is excluding drinks on some arbitrary line that no one else understands. If lemon water isn’t allowed then what is?
OP is excluding drinks that aren’t regular water, this isn’t complicated.
If you went to a restaurant and asked for water, what would they give you? Probably something from the tap, or a bottle, or a purified pitcher. Maybe mineral water, but that’s as much additive as you’re going to get. It wouldn’t even be sparkling, and they’re certainly not going to give you milk and smugly tell you “well TECHKNIQUELLY its water!” you damn dork. You know what OP means, you’re being ridiculous.
Cucumber water is not what you’d expect when asking for water, yet OP excludes it as being invalid for being equivalent to water. So where is the line?
Tea is absolutely my non-troll answer, but how different is that really from cucumber water in this context?
This is not true. Coffee is a mild diuretic, but the amount of water you consume along with it is way way more than the amount of water that the caffeine induces you to pee out.
If you only drink coffee you will not ingest enough water to stay hydrated. You need actual water at some point. I didn’t say its diuretic properties are the sole reason. In fact I don’t think I mentioned its being a diuretic at all!
Dude. Yes they have some small diuretic effects but tea and coffee are overwhelmingly hydrating. It’s just not a good idea to mainline that much caffeine for heart reasons.
Coffee and tea cannot hydrate you. You would die of dehydration if you relied on them. So they’re pretty distinct from water.
LMAO What a take! Thanks for the laugh.
The point is folks are getting particular about his saying “but not water” when clearly he’s just removing the obvious “no duh” answer. Yet here we are playing the same game from the opposite end going “hur dur every beverage has some water in it” when clearly he’s not saying “water can’t be present at all.”
The question is essentially “if you could only drink one thing forever and it wouldn’t kill you, what would it be?” Sure, the title is not ideal/could cause some confusion, but I feel like it doesn’t take much to piece together the intended question.
If I ask anyone for a glass of water, they’re going to get me the same thing because they know what I mean. No one is going to get me a glass of orange juice or tea or 7up, even though that’s technically also water.
You know what OP means. You’re being ridiculous.
so then do you agree that they wouldn’t bring you lemon water or cucumber water? clearly you didn’t ask for those. but OP explicitly calls those out as ‘no goofs’. so where’s the line?
They obviously wouldn’t, they’d just bring tap water or bottled water or something. What are you even talking about.
The whole point of this conversation is that OP is excluding drinks on some arbitrary line that no one else understands. If lemon water isn’t allowed then what is?
OP is excluding drinks that aren’t regular water, this isn’t complicated.
If you went to a restaurant and asked for water, what would they give you? Probably something from the tap, or a bottle, or a purified pitcher. Maybe mineral water, but that’s as much additive as you’re going to get. It wouldn’t even be sparkling, and they’re certainly not going to give you milk and smugly tell you “well TECHKNIQUELLY its water!” you damn dork. You know what OP means, you’re being ridiculous.
If you’re in other countries they most definitely will give you sparkling water if you don’t clarify you want water ‘sans’ carbonation.
It sounds like you agree, though.
Cucumber water is not what you’d expect when asking for water, yet OP excludes it as being invalid for being equivalent to water. So where is the line?
Tea is absolutely my non-troll answer, but how different is that really from cucumber water in this context?
This is not true. Coffee is a mild diuretic, but the amount of water you consume along with it is way way more than the amount of water that the caffeine induces you to pee out.
I’m curious how far you can take this. Can you drink only espressos and still get hydrated?
Quick someone call Bear Grylls or someone.
If you only drink coffee you will not ingest enough water to stay hydrated. You need actual water at some point. I didn’t say its diuretic properties are the sole reason. In fact I don’t think I mentioned its being a diuretic at all!
Then i don’t understand your argument. There’s nothing stopping you from drinking as much coffee as you need to get your water
Dude. Yes they have some small diuretic effects but tea and coffee are overwhelmingly hydrating. It’s just not a good idea to mainline that much caffeine for heart reasons.
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Sure, added that note in an edit. There’s no answer here that doesn’t result in your early death.