• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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      This is one of the reasonable things that bugs Americans. Water is a basic need and it’s fucked up to deny someone something that costs you a fraction of a cent and they require, just because you can’t turn a profit on them.

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        What the fuck are you and the other guy even talking about? The US is better than Italy in terms of free access to tap water and bathrooms.

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          Depends on where you are. Middle of the country? Yeah you can get free water, maybe even with ice, and use the restroom anywhere.

          On the coast the restrooms are locked up tight. California has a law that says that water is free, but not ice, and I don’t know about the other desert states.

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          That’s why Americans would be annoyed about other places not having it - it feels like an obligation in the US

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            Oh, I totally misread. I interpreted it as you and the removed comment suggesting that Americans would defend the court ruling.

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              It’s a common source of annoyance for American tourists and those serving them that tap water isn’t always free and available at restaurants and Americans expect it to be, so I interpreted it in that light, but I could be mistaken.

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      It costs virtually nothing to give someone a cup of tap water, and 7 dollars for water is a fucking scam. Why are you taking the side of the bourgeois?

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      Why? We already deal with no public restrooms, dress codes, etc., it’s not like Americans are fighting for rights anymore, especially not water and air as an inalienable right or anything. Americans protect corporate rights above all else, even to their own demise.