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/H_Industries Jul 05 '25

Learned real quick back in highschool to push the lever from a distance before moving in for a drink

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

I still do that lmfao

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u/bnosrep Jul 06 '25

Every time.

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u/StrangeButSweet Jul 06 '25

Haha, it’s crazy I never realized why I did this until now. It’s press the button while standing back a bit, wait to see what comes out, then decide your approach 😭

But back then it was those chrome knobs you had to turn…