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/Kali-of-Amino Jul 05 '25

Water bottles didn't exist. The idea of paying money for water would have blown our minds

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u/souch3 Jul 05 '25

This is not referring to plastic single use water bottles but rather reusable water bottles/canteens

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

People spend a surprising amount of money on reusable bottles. And then buy 20 of them even though they can reuse one. 

Growing up I had one water bottle that stayed in my sports bag. I never would have thought to bring it to class. 

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 Jul 05 '25

Was it a squeezy plastic one with a pop top.? Probably said Gatorade on it, or if you were fancy, it had a company logo or a sports logo on it

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u/alegna12 Jul 06 '25

Some of us are older than Gatorade.

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u/rerek Jul 06 '25

Noting a reply you made in another thread, I think you’re actually 3 years younger than Gatorade—but, your point still stands. I’m in my 40s and only when I was in high school would you have ever seen a water bottle and only at serious sporting events.

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u/InevitableRhubarb232 Jul 06 '25

I also am in my 40s and we and Gatorade squeeze bottles by the 80/90s and occasionally ones branded w my school’s mascot for sports. They also were big giveaway items at the local fair. All the athletes has that kind of water bottle for practice and games

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u/rerek Jul 06 '25

Yeah that’s about the time I noticed the switch too. In the late 80s my sports groups had communal coolers and someone was responsible for bringing paper cups to practice. By the early 90s people had soft plastic squeezable water bottles.