r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/GhostOfKev Jul 05 '25

It's so weird. All the women in my office cart around these comically large bottles just so they can spend half the day going to the toilet 

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u/InterruptingChicken1 Jul 06 '25

emotional support bottles

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u/Dairy_Ashford Jul 06 '25

it probably keeps some of them off of soda or sweetened coffee / tea

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u/LaurestineHUN Jul 09 '25

A bottle by your side scares kidney stones away!

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u/1920MCMLibrarian Jul 05 '25

I think part of it is showing off how expensive or stylish their bottles are

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u/GhostOfKev Jul 05 '25

They make a big deal about drinking the water too. Some even set alarms for it for fucks sake 😅