Current Events > Silicon Valley's latest trend "Raw Water" rises to 60 dollars per jug

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hortanz
01/03/18 3:44:25 PM
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"Raw water" prices are skyrocketing after a New York Times article detailed Silicon Valley's latest bizarre obsession.

In San Francisco, "unfiltered, untreated, unsterilized spring water" is flying off the shelves.

The New York Times reported last week that Rainbow Grocery, a co-op in the city's Mission District, was selling a 2.5-gallon jug of the product from the startup Live Water for $36.99.

But when Business Insider's Melia Robinson visited Rainbow Grocery on Tuesday, she found that the co-op was sold out of Live Water's Fountain of Truth Spring Water with a sign indicating a "slight price increase."

Since The Times published the article, the price of Live Water had increased to $60.99 from $36.99.

Live Water's website also indicates a recent surge in demand.

"We're Experiencing A Surge Of New Customers," the website says. "First Water Delivery Might Take Longer Than Usual~ New Orders Will Be Delivered In The Order They Are Received."

Startups dedicated to untreated water are popping up, with people including the failed startup Juicero's cofounder Doug Evans gathering gallons of untreated water from natural springs. Evans told The Times that he and his friends brought 50 gallons of raw water to the Burning Man festival.

Food-safety experts, however, are skeptical.

"Almost everything conceivable that can make you sick can be found in water," the food-safety advocate and attorney Bill Marler told Business Insider.

That includes bacteria and diseases such as cholera, E. coli, Hepatitis A, and giardiasis. Because filtered, treated water has become the norm, Marler says, most Americans perhaps don't realize how dangerous raw water can be.

"The diseases that killed our great-grandparents were completely forgotten about," he said, adding: "It's fine till some 10-year-old girl dies a horrible death from cholera in Montecito, California."


http://www.businessinsider.com/dangerous-raw-water-prices-skyrocket-to-60-2018-1
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mario2000
01/03/18 3:44:57 PM
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raw artisanal water
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Paper_Okami
01/03/18 3:46:21 PM
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how are people this fucking dumb
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01/03/18 3:46:41 PM
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HydroCannabinol
01/03/18 3:47:05 PM
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Why the fuck would people not want to filter the water.
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Antifar
01/03/18 3:47:06 PM
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These people have too much money and too few problems.
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PSXer_5D_MkIII
01/03/18 3:47:34 PM
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Are people too lazy to go to the ocean and fill a jug themselves
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Unsugarized_Foo
01/03/18 3:47:40 PM
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I got a pond that's worth $2.5 million now

Ohhhhh baby
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Paper_Okami
01/03/18 3:47:40 PM
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Antifar posted...
These people have too much money and too few problems.


and too little sense
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Loghain
01/03/18 3:48:31 PM
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Enjoy your diarrhea
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Butterfiles
01/03/18 3:49:16 PM
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i prefer my water well done
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DarkDragon400
01/03/18 3:52:05 PM
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Wolf_J_Flywheel
01/03/18 3:55:43 PM
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I've a spring behind my house, going to bottle that nasty shit up and make bank
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Turtlebread
01/03/18 3:57:23 PM
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how did that get passed through health and safety standards
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ChromaticAngel
01/03/18 3:59:02 PM
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HydroCannabinol posted...
Why the fuck would people not want to filter the water.


You used to have to boil water before you could drink it safely. Guarantee they're not doing that either.
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MabusIncarnate
01/03/18 3:59:40 PM
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mmmm animal piss.
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MC_BatCommander
01/03/18 4:02:02 PM
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Antifar posted...
These people have too much money and too few problems.


lmao, yeah
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darkphoenix181
01/03/18 4:03:07 PM
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hortanz posted...
That includes bacteria and diseases such as cholera, E. coli, Hepatitis A, and giardiasis. Because filtered, treated water has become the norm, Marler says, most Americans perhaps don't realize how dangerous raw water can be.


These the type of people who don't vaccinate their children?
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teepan95
01/03/18 4:03:26 PM
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Paper_Okami posted...
how are people this fucking dumb

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Returning_CEmen
01/03/18 4:08:09 PM
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Artfully crafted raw water
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chrono625
01/03/18 4:12:17 PM
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Lmao, this is a bigger rip off than these new companies claiming they are selling water that's "untouched" and tens of thousands of years old.

How could it be untouched if you're bottling it?
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Gheb
01/03/18 4:13:04 PM
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Paper_Okami posted...
how are people this fucking dumb

What's crazy is the people who are buying this are probably smart despite being this fucking dumb.
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Duncanwii
01/03/18 4:15:19 PM
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Turtlebread posted...
how did that get passed through health and safety standards

It's the Trump administrations health and safely standard so...probablt very easily.
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Paper_Okami
01/03/18 4:16:15 PM
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Gheb posted...
Paper_Okami posted...
how are people this fucking dumb

What's crazy is the people who are buying this are probably smart despite being this fucking dumb.


being well educated, successful, and wealthy doesn't stop you from being a fucking idiot.
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chrono625
01/03/18 4:18:17 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
Turtlebread posted...
how did that get passed through health and safety standards

It's the Trump administrations health and safely standard so...probablt very easily.


Yet it's silicon valley buying this shit up.
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teepan95
01/03/18 4:18:48 PM
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Paper_Okami posted...
Gheb posted...
Paper_Okami posted...
how are people this fucking dumb

What's crazy is the people who are buying this are probably smart despite being this fucking dumb.


being well educated, successful, and wealthy doesn't stop you from being a fucking idiot.

hear hear
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teepan95
01/04/18 6:38:31 AM
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Asherlee10 posted...
I was just reading this article and decided to see if it was already posted to CE. But, TC, I am disappointed. You left out the funniest part.

"You can't stop consenting adults from being stupid," Marler said. "But we should at least try."

Lmaoooo
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apolloooo
01/04/18 6:40:00 AM
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Paper_Okami posted...
how are people this fucking dumb

Right? This is why i dont have faith in humanity as a whole anymore. I dont bother with anything anymore
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TheRealDill2000
01/04/18 6:43:59 AM
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Will this be available in stores nationwide?
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_MorningStar
01/04/18 6:53:22 AM
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DarkDragon400 posted...
California has died of dysentery.


Quality fucking post.
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Kitt
01/04/18 6:55:36 AM
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ChromaticAngel
01/04/18 7:00:25 AM
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hortanz posted...
Startups dedicated to untreated water are popping up, with people including the failed startup Juicero's cofounder Doug Evans gathering gallons of untreated water from natural springs.


oh shit I just noticed this

for anyone who doesn't know what this is, it costs $400 and here is a video of what it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0UugILBJg

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wackyteen
01/04/18 7:03:50 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7BVanQH6Mw

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josifrees
01/04/18 7:13:41 AM
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What do people expect when they take tap water and filter it and call it spring water
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__Y2JosHBK___
01/04/18 7:15:40 AM
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And California wants their vote to matter more? Lol hipsters
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SGT_Conti
01/04/18 7:19:05 AM
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hortanz posted...
"Raw water" prices are skyrocketing after a New York Times article detailed Silicon Valley's latest bizarre obsession.

Why the fuck would anyone read an article about it and then think "You know, I really want to pay exorbitant fees for untreated water too"?

ChromaticAngel posted...
hortanz posted...
Startups dedicated to untreated water are popping up, with people including the failed startup Juicero's cofounder Doug Evans gathering gallons of untreated water from natural springs.


oh shit I just noticed this

for anyone who doesn't know what this is, it costs $400 and here is a video of what it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0UugILBJg

Isn't this the thing where you could skip the $400 juicer and just squeeze the bags by hand?
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ChromaticAngel
01/04/18 7:38:14 AM
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SGT_Conti posted...
Isn't this the thing where you could skip the $400 juicer and just squeeze the bags by hand?

Yeah but if you did that you were "pirating his juice"
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REMercsChamp
01/04/18 7:39:31 AM
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Another pathetic vegan trend
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Sativa_Rose
01/04/18 7:41:10 AM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Isn't this the thing where you could skip the $400 juicer and just squeeze the bags by hand?

Yeah but if you did that you were "pirating his juice"


lmfao
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01/04/18 7:42:14 AM
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einegutePerson
01/04/18 7:42:38 AM
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lmfao this is literally gentrifying third world water supplies
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teepan95
01/04/18 7:42:52 AM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
hortanz posted...
Startups dedicated to untreated water are popping up, with people including the failed startup Juicero's cofounder Doug Evans gathering gallons of untreated water from natural springs.


oh shit I just noticed this

for anyone who doesn't know what this is, it costs $400 and here is a video of what it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0UugILBJg

What was even the point of connecting the juicer to WiFi?
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SGT_Conti
01/04/18 7:44:15 AM
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ChromaticAngel posted...
SGT_Conti posted...
Isn't this the thing where you could skip the $400 juicer and just squeeze the bags by hand?

Yeah but if you did that you were "pirating his juice"

One day we'll have juice DRM and we'll see who has the last laugh.
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Coffeebeanz
01/04/18 7:45:02 AM
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SGT_Conti posted...
hortanz posted...
"Raw water" prices are skyrocketing after a New York Times article detailed Silicon Valley's latest bizarre obsession.

Why the fuck would anyone read an article about it and then think "You know, I really want to pay exorbitant fees for untreated water too"?

ChromaticAngel posted...
hortanz posted...
Startups dedicated to untreated water are popping up, with people including the failed startup Juicero's cofounder Doug Evans gathering gallons of untreated water from natural springs.


oh shit I just noticed this

for anyone who doesn't know what this is, it costs $400 and here is a video of what it does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0UugILBJg

Isn't this the thing where you could skip the $400 juicer and just squeeze the bags by hand?


But it's natural
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ChromaticAngel
01/04/18 7:45:11 AM
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teepan95 posted...
What was even the point of connecting the juicer to WiFi?

So it can connect to the cloud to connect to your face book to idk the fucking thing was ruined by overengineering.
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masterpug53
01/04/18 7:46:46 AM
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Paper_Okami posted...
Gheb posted...
Paper_Okami posted...
how are people this fucking dumb

What's crazy is the people who are buying this are probably smart despite being this fucking dumb.


being well educated, successful, and wealthy doesn't stop you from being a fucking idiot.


I really, truly wish more people would understand this.
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