You are spot on. Water is absolutely not flavorless.

Fortunately I live in a place with high quality clean water, and on a warm day if I'm very thirsty, the taste of water is really really good, it clearly beats any soft drink IMO. I can even prefer it over a cold beer when I'm thirsty!
But even minor contaminants can make it taste way worse, if you live in a house with old plumbing, or if you can see buildup in the metal filter most taps have, the taste of your water is probably influenced by contamination besides Iron from the pipes. Good iron pipes are OK, but new synthetic pipes are better.

If I drink a carbonized mineral water, I can also most definitely taste the carbonation.

If the water smells like rainy weather or wet skin or in some other way smells off, it is probably contaminated. However the water can have a slight metallic smell because there are actually naturally occurring minerals in the water. BUT if your water is discolored, it is definitely contaminated, and drinking it can make you sick.
Our water is pretty high on calcium, but there is for instance also a small amount of lithium. Lower calcium water taste a bit sweeter, so natural water definitely exist that is even better than our water.

Remember always let the tap run for a short while before drinking from it.
If the water doesn't taste good, it's probably because it's not good.

The supreme court was stacked specifically to help topple democracy, so how could anyone see that as politically neutral?

I believe the agreement with Xi included that Chinese students in USA could finish their studies.
But Trump is not trustworthy, and after that for sure...

I don't know why I bother, but I help the former captain because I choose to...

+1 to recommending Ann Leckie.

I used to use AOSP without google apps. But I'm a bit less strict now, after I bricked a phone because I fucked up.

Nej det tror jeg heller ikke, men miljømæssigt burde man forbyde det.

American society has become sociopathic, and you are definitely not helping.

No doubt Iran is bad too, the death warrant on Salman Rushdie is very clear evidence of that.

I'm not really on either side of this conflict, both are assholes IMO.
But it seems to me Israel just demonstrated why it is that Iran wants to have nuclear weapons to defend itself.
Also it was kind of USA that started all this bullshit, undermining and overturning a democratic government in Iran, to instate the Shah as a totalitarian dictator.
So I guess it's understandable that Iran doesn't trust USA, and Israel by proxy because it is heavily supported by USA.

AFAIK the sanctions against Iran is mostly because Iran want's to be able to defend itself against superior forces.

I suppose that would be Android, since that's the only non systemd OS I use.

IDK what country you are from? But most European countries already enforce this for other types of motorized small transport like mopeds. Here (Denmark) a moped requires a license.
We also have speed restrictions on e-bikes, here it's 25 km/h that is also enforced.

I was never into it, but my brother has many stories of escaping police on his moped that could go twice as fast as the legal limit! 😋

The first change to the law sets a minimum age for operating an e-scooter at 15.

I suppose that's sensible, we have the same age limit for driving a moped.