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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by sowbug on Monday December 17, 2018 @10:47AM (#18699638)
You are using the word "need" in an unconventional sense.
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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by PhasmaFelis on Monday December 17, 2018 @02:49PM (#18701566)
No, they're not. When someone says "I need a drink," reasonable people do not interpret that as "I literally cannot continue without immediate hydration."
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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by SmellyGeekBoy on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @05:29AM (#18705612)
Generally people do need to drink. Otherwise they die.
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Re:Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now T... by jeklj on Monday December 17, 2018 @10:54AM (#18699697)
Are you sure about that?
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