Buy European

ya but they turn on the happy chemicals in the brain sooo....

Much much less so the substitutes, but otherwise this.

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In England we pay a private, profit-making water company either a flat fee (depending on area and size of home), or we have a water meter. Flat fee is usually cheaper but still expensive.

They're also responsible for water run off and sewage - our rivers and beaches are regularly a health hazard due to sewage being dumped, due to old inadequate infrastructure. You can search 'surfers against sewage', there's a live map. There's very little outdoor/wild swimming in england despite our many watercourses, lakes and of course the sea. Its either illegal, they're unsanitary or both. The water companies still make lots of profit though!!

On top of that we pay council tax. Whole thing probably costs a minimum of £2000 per year and has to be paid even if you're earning minimum wage, take home pay for full time work for over 21 year olds = £22,000. Less for younger people. Assuming you can find full time work and not just a zero hours contract.

Scotland is a socialist paradise compared to england.

In Germany (at least where I live) is the same. Water is basically built into my rent, and I don't think about what I use except from an environmental perspective.

Did I fucking stutter?

That reminds me, does anyone have an EU or Canadian alternative to Bad Dragon?

So far, the only soda I've found where the sugar-free version is the same or better than the regular version is Big K [Kroger store brand] grapefruit citrus soda. I literally can't taste the difference between the sugar-free and regular versions at all.

Coke Zero comes pretty close, though, and I've never tried Pepsi Max.

Same. I used to only like diet coke, but that's not a thing here in Japan. Interestingly, when I went back to the US, I couldn't stand regular nor diet; there was something really weird and chemically going on there).