Anyone else feel like the way Americans talk about water in other countries can be some low key chauvinism, like looking down their nose at that country.
Americans always go on and on about that shit. If I say “yea went to Mexico for a few days.” Someone will come running and throw themself into the room and go “lmao hope you didn’t drink the water!”
Idk like it’s a thing I know but I feel like undue attention is always brought to it. We’re probably gonna need to be boiling our shit too inside of 10 years anyway the way infrastructure is going lol
Also, it's not even like the microbiota in a lot of the countries they say this about are "worse" at all, it's just that they're different and your body is not used to them. Like, people that are there drink the water and they're fine. Just like, drink a tiny bit of it at a time if you're gonna be around for a while, and in a few weeks you'll have no problems with the tap water just like everyone else.
For sure it’s a problem. I definitely don’t think it’s all bad, it’s def an issue and it’s sometimes just good advice. I guess I’ve just had a lot of convos with reactionary Texans that use it as an excuse to point out something “inferior” about Latin America to feed their unearned nationalist ego, so I probably have a skewed perspective.
But definitely I’ve been to countries where we used bottled water for pretty much everything and locals cautioned us
Also sorry you had to go through that comrade sounds rough af. Glad you recovered well
Oh I can agree that using it as an excuse to consider some countries lesser is straight up garbage. Your experience with reactionaries sounds infuriating so I can see where you're coming from.
While I was in XXX I had locals advise me not even to trust the bottled water and to only stick with beer since it's been guaranteed to be boiled lol.
Although in all honesty I don't think I ever fully recovered and it was years ago. I've had a lot of dietary issues ever since I got back that have never gone away. Like, food allergies that only came about directly afterwards. It's nuts.
Anyone else feel like the way Americans talk about water in other countries can be some low key chauvinism, like looking down their nose at that country.
Americans always go on and on about that shit. If I say “yea went to Mexico for a few days.” Someone will come running and throw themself into the room and go “lmao hope you didn’t drink the water!”
Idk like it’s a thing I know but I feel like undue attention is always brought to it. We’re probably gonna need to be boiling our shit too inside of 10 years anyway the way infrastructure is going lol
Also, it's not even like the microbiota in a lot of the countries they say this about are "worse" at all, it's just that they're different and your body is not used to them. Like, people that are there drink the water and they're fine. Just like, drink a tiny bit of it at a time if you're gonna be around for a while, and in a few weeks you'll have no problems with the tap water just like everyone else.
it also conveniently ignores the USA's 3rd world water quality in many areas, especially the south
Crazy how flint Michigan is outside the us lol
Idk if it's all chauvinism. I traveled abroad and had some tainted water and I had hardcore diarrhea for 2 weeks and lost 20lbs. It's a real problem.
For sure it’s a problem. I definitely don’t think it’s all bad, it’s def an issue and it’s sometimes just good advice. I guess I’ve just had a lot of convos with reactionary Texans that use it as an excuse to point out something “inferior” about Latin America to feed their unearned nationalist ego, so I probably have a skewed perspective.
But definitely I’ve been to countries where we used bottled water for pretty much everything and locals cautioned us
Also sorry you had to go through that comrade sounds rough af. Glad you recovered well
Oh I can agree that using it as an excuse to consider some countries lesser is straight up garbage. Your experience with reactionaries sounds infuriating so I can see where you're coming from.
While I was in XXX I had locals advise me not even to trust the bottled water and to only stick with beer since it's been guaranteed to be boiled lol.
Although in all honesty I don't think I ever fully recovered and it was years ago. I've had a lot of dietary issues ever since I got back that have never gone away. Like, food allergies that only came about directly afterwards. It's nuts.