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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can buy thick water (designed for people who have trouble swallowing) at pharmacies and every so often I'll mess with the new guy at work by filling a water bottle with it and taking a swig first thing in the morning after a weekend before saying something like "Damn don't you hate when you forget your water and it goes bad?" and pouring out a thick stream

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It might attract dust and other particles that slightly change the taste though

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... and bacteria which breed really well in lukewarm water

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The longer you let water sit out the more acidic and “stale” tasting it becomes due to build up of carbonic acid. Others have mentioned bacteria growth and particle accumulation too, yucky.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Water can go bad. That’s why stuff goes bad in general, usually due to containing water. This is also why freeze dried foods can last forever.

Stagnant water. You have roughly 12 hours.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That's how the plants get watered

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, because of dust mites, skin flakes and microscopic bacteria.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can smell it to o .. Can't you ..

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