• Norgur
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    236 months ago

    Never travel to Germany with that mindset.

    • @[email protected]
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      126 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve heard getting water in restaurants is weird in several countries in Europe. Sparkling water is apparently default in some places (italy I think?).

      • stephan
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        126 months ago

        In Germany it is and you gotta pay for water.

        • @atrielienz
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          46 months ago

          It’s illegal to charge for water in the US.

          • @Furbag
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            36 months ago

            One of the only fucking things we’ve done right in this country, right up there with banning coin-op pay toilets pretty much everywhere.

    • @samus12345
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      96 months ago

      I remember my mom having to order “Leitungswasser” whenever we went to a restaurant when I was a kid. And ice in drinks isn’t a thing there, either (or wasn’t then, at least).

      • Norgur
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        -36 months ago

        No, it’s not. People will complain regularly about places like Burger King and McDonald’s who throw ice cubes into drinks. I, personally, hate it as well. I don’t want my water close to the freezing point, and I would rather not get bumped int the teeth by lumps of frozen water that dilute my drink and hurt my teeth.

        • @[email protected]
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          106 months ago

          What, do you bite the cup when you sip? You shouldn’t be bathing your teeth in whatever you’re drinking like that unless it’s just straight water

        • @samus12345
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          16 months ago

          Straws negate the ice bumping your teeth problem, but not the other things. It’s an acquired taste. I’m fine with either, personally.