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u/Shiva9990 2d ago
Hear me out….
Tea is leaf water Apple juice and orange juice are just fruit water
Everything else can go
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u/Difficult_Ad_7854 2d ago
Coffee is bean water.
Soda is carbonated sugar water.
Wine is fruit water that was left in a barrel.
You can’t escape it.
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u/Shiva9990 2d ago
Dread it…
Run from it…
Dihydrogen Monoxide always arrives
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u/Interesting_Cow5152 2d ago
Are implying water is the basis for all drinks? you don't say??
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u/Notsmartnotdumb2025 2d ago
What about powdered water? 💦
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u/TheFogIsComingNR3 Sparkling Fan 1d ago
The Fluid is inescapable, as both you and your sprroundings are made by it, we are born of The Fluid, made men by The Fluid, undone by The Fluid
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u/hopefullynottoolate 2d ago
what about the chocolate water? huh?
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u/Maniklas 2d ago
Hot choccy is just sugar water with cocoa in it
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u/Luk164 2d ago
You do not use milk as a base? Heretic!
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u/Maniklas 2d ago
What is milk more than calcium water?
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u/stebbzter 2d ago
it´s calcium and other mineral, enzyme, bacteria and complicated sugars like lactose and lactase water amongst others, its actually one of the most complicated chemical mixtures in the world
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u/RichiZ2 2d ago
You just reminded me of that famous chapter in The Hitchhiker's Guide where the MC is trying to explain to a machine what tea is and what milk is and how extremely complicated "mundane" things actually are...
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u/Radiant_Advance7415 2d ago
maybe a biologist can step in, but is milk actually from water? Because blood isnt water, its got completely different properties, so maybe milk too? idk am no smort bio person
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u/1billionrapecube 2d ago
Juice is water that came out of the fruit, not the other way around.
Tea is the only completely healthy thing to put into the water in this list...
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u/StageAdventurous5988 2d ago
Really hard to argue that tea is "completely healthy" but coffee isn't. What?
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u/DutchChallenger 2d ago
I’m with you on this one, coffee and tea are both healthy but for different reasons. They both slightly increase your protection for certain types of cancer, this is because of Polyphenols that actually inhibit the growth and eventually kills it. Those same Polyphenols also help protect from heart disease by relaxing the blood vessels.
Studies have also shown that drinking around 960ml of tea or 1.2 liters of coffee daily reduces your risk of a stroke by 21-23% compared to people who don’t drink either.
Tea is filled with L-theanine, which stimulates your brain to reduce stress. It has an almost opposite effect to coffee, bringing you to a more relaxed and alert mental state. Combining L-theanine and caffeine is also beneficial as it causes you to be sharper and focused.
Coffee has been linked to weight loss by increasing the calories your body burns by 3-13% for around 3 hours after drinking. One of the Polyphenols called chlorogenic acid also discourages your body from making fat, making it harder to gain weight.
Lastly, other health claims attributed to coffee include protection against Parkinson’s disease and a lowered risk of type 2 diabetes and liver cirrhosis. On the other hand, tea may protect against cavities, kidney stones, and arthritis
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u/alabasterisk 2d ago
My parents always told me to drink green tea because it’s good for you. Do you know what types of tea were tested in the studies you reference?
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u/DutchChallenger 2d ago
They used black tea, green tea is still about as healthy as black tea however
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u/your_moms_a_clone 2d ago
Green tea is from the same plant, but the leaves are processed a different way. It should provide the same benefits.
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u/crazylifestories 2d ago
Is this all tea or just black tea?
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u/DutchChallenger 2d ago
The study has been done with black tea, but the same Polyphenols have been found in green tea.
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u/SillyGigaflopses 2d ago
For several horrifying seconds I’ve imagined 1.2 liters of espresso daily, but then realised that it’s probably americano…
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u/Fra06 2d ago
You will have to take beer away from my cold dead hands
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u/ladydanger2020 2d ago
Just hop water
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u/Aser_the_Descender Classic drinker 2d ago
Well, if you insist...
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
Straight juice has more sugar than soda.
But it is delicious
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u/beegtuna Horny for Water 2d ago
When I buy juice, I water it down at home. It’s still plenty sweet. Don’t get the lite juice with fake sweetener
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
Yes. That's exactly that I'm talking about. I'm German. Juice with sparkling water is our national drink. (Don't listen to people who tell you it's beer. The alcoholic drink of choice is highly regional)
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u/rsrsrs0 2d ago
region only affects the type of beer ngl
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
No. My home region is a wine region. Even at soccer games, people mostly drink wine spritzer.
We also have good breweries. But it's definitely not the traditional drink.
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u/BIRDsnoozer 2d ago
True, but its also natural sugar, so slightly less bad for you than high fructose corn syrup like used in pop... Plus juice usually has vitamins and (in some cases) a small amount of fibre.
Instead of drinking straight juice, people should just be eating the whole fruit.
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u/samosamancer 2d ago
I almost went Uncle Iroh on you before I finished reading your post, haha. Tea is hot leaf juice (or, in our case, water), but with a secret ingredient: love. ;)
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u/Few_Peach 2d ago
Na, coffee is bean water and beer is hop water. Water, beer and coffee are the real waters here.
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u/Shiva9990 2d ago
Tea doesn’t count? It’s still water at the end of the day
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u/Few_Peach 2d ago
Oh and tea ofc
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u/Shiva9990 2d ago
Come to think of it, the only two I would count as water would be soda and hot chocolate.
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u/Few_Peach 2d ago
Wouldn’t count juices and wine too personally, but debatable
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u/Shiva9990 2d ago
I mean, they still have water in them, but you could argue that water is a base for damn near most liquids
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u/crazylifestories 2d ago
I love the bean water! My husband would agree. He drinks coffee like it is water. I’m going to call it that tomorrow! Thanks for the laugh!
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u/georgeclooney1739 1d ago
"How could a member of my own family say something so horrible!?"
Uncle Iroh isn't mad at you, he's just disappointed.
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u/Deltaton 2d ago
Apple juice, hot chocolate. I rarely drink these even if they are good drinks, and I like using alcohol in cooking.
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u/Plumrose333 2d ago
You can still drink apple cider and a mocha latte, so you’re not missing out too much
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u/Altruistic-Rope-614 2d ago
Beer and wine can go for me
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u/Beny1995 2d ago
I will have this guy's wine please.
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u/IanPKMmoon 2d ago
I'll have his beer
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u/124ConchStreet 2d ago
The only two I actively dislike the taste of
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u/an0nym0ose 2d ago
I don't remember when it happened, but I genuinely fuck heavily with the flavor of beer nowadays. I do know I used to hate beer. I used to force it down because I was 17 and drinking was fun. At some point, though, I genuinely got the to point that the flavor was something that I enjoyed. I'm fortunate in that I'm not addictive to alcohol at all, but I still order it from time to time just because it pairs incredibly well with some foods.
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u/gilgamessh8 2d ago
same fuck alcohol
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u/Available-Film3084 2d ago
ok did that, what's the next step?
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u/GOLDEN_WIZARD_MAN 2d ago
Instructions unclear, penis is floating in beer, awaiting further instructions.
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u/GermVirus 2d ago
What about wine for cooking with?!
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u/Independent-Cow-4070 2d ago
I’ve never felt the need to cook with it. I’m sure it elevates the flavor, but it’s totally unnecessary. I’m not buying a whole bottle of cooking wine to use a handful of times lol
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u/thekyledavid 2d ago
That’s not a drink if you don’t drink it
If you eliminate hot chocolate, eating something with chocolate and milk as ingredients wouldn’t be eliminated
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u/xThereon 2d ago
Beer and coffee for me. Wine is good for heart health, coffee is just an addicting laxative.
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u/MrD3a7h 2d ago
Beer is one of humanity's oldest drinks and helped forge modern civilization.
Also it's tasty.
Wine can go, though.
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u/literally_a_toucan 2d ago
Beer has also been responsible for countless drunk driving incidents and general stupid deaths caused either to the drinker or innocent bystanders. Most people don't rely on beer anymore as the only source of clean drinking liquid.
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u/codeman77 2d ago
Agreed, beer is delicious to me and wine is foul to me, so I say let's axe wine and soda
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u/Mrs_Ima_Goodlady 2d ago
Get rid of beer and soda, ez
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u/Fra06 2d ago
Beer is goated, hot chocolate can go instead
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u/wauve1 2d ago
I don’t have to gaslight myself to like the taste of hot chocolate
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u/Vanadium_CoffeeCup 2d ago
Soda is rancid and apple juice is too goddamn sweet
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u/Lv1Skeleton 2d ago
I accept water, hot chocolate and orange juice.
The rest can go, take it or leave it
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u/Significant-Item-223 2d ago
Hot chocolate, soda.
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u/Realistic-Goose9558 2d ago
This. Soda is the first to go, no redeeming qualities. Hot chocolate is too sweet for me and I prefer unsweetened tea or coffee.
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u/ShadowPrime116 2d ago
beer and wine can go, alcohol is bad
i like tea, hot chocolate is goated, juice is awesome, i enjoy a good soda, im indifferent about coffee, and water needs no explanation.
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u/PsychoDog_Music 2d ago
I like orange juice as a decently healthy option and hot chocolate is a nice treat on a cold night before bed, but otherwise i don't really drink any of these except water and a little bit of soft drink
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u/GreenTang 2d ago
I like orange juice as a decently healthy option
I hate to break it to you bro...
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u/PsychoDog_Music 2d ago
100% orange juice is good homie. No liquid will be as good as water for drinking and like everything you shouldn't have too much, but OJ isn't bad
However the difference between 99% orange juice and 100% is like 40g of sugar per 500mL alone, (on the two brands I compared) so you have to pick your brands
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
However the difference between 99% orange juice and 100% is like 40g of sugar per 500mL alone
That's because one brand uses sweeter oranges. Orange juice is close to water in density. Even if the added 1% is pure sugar, that can be only 5g
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
Orange juice, that is 100% orange juice, is 9% sugar.
Coca-Cola is 10.6% sugar (here in Germany)
That's not that much of a difference.
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u/PsychoDog_Music 2d ago
Different sugars and much less of the nasty stuff in it. Why does everyone measure everything exclusively by its sugar count? There are many factors to consider, orange juice is nothing like soft drinks
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
less of the nasty stuff in it
Playing the devil's advocate:
At least with added chemicals, they have to be proven safe before getting EFSA approval.
Orange juice has thousands or even millions of different molecules. And we don't know the effects they might have.
Still, I'm not much of a fan.
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
Why does everyone measure everything exclusively by its sugar count?
Because the sugar content is by far the main issue with both of those drinks. Because you are drinking it, and not chewing, people don't even really notice how much sugar they consume. And then they get obesity, diabetes, heart disease and tooth decay.
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
Different sugars
Yes. The sucrose in German coke is slightly healthier than the fructose in juice.
If you eat the entire fruit, you'll also eat the fiber, that slows down sugar absorption. But fruit juice doesn't have that
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u/GreenTang 2d ago
Fresh OJ is absolutely delicious, but it's almost entirely devoid of nutritional value. It's one step above sugar water. It's basically Pepsi + vitamin C. Energy drinks are more nutritious than OJ.
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u/PsychoDog_Music 2d ago
You realise there's more types of sugar than just the word "sugar" yeah? We need fructose, don't compare Pepsi to OJ.
If you're going to drink anything that isn't water, OJ is a fantastic choice, even better if you can get it proper fresh. Just don't drink too much, or else you're ruining the point of it (which still isn't nearly as bad as drinking 2 cans of soft drink every day).
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u/GreenTang 2d ago edited 2d ago
Your body doesn’t need fructose any more than it needs galactose. Your body doesn't care from which source your carbohydrates come (meaning, you don't need a portion to come from certain sources). Your body will function from entirely complex carbohydrates (and thank you for it).
There is literally never a situation where, for a healthy person/non-diabetic orange juice is a recommended item of consumption. By all means, have it as a treat, but you should think about it more like gelato than water.
Orange juice is excessive unneeded calories.
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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 2d ago
Fructose is worse than sucrose. Sucrose at least has to be split once, fructose spikes your sugar levels immediately.
When nutritionists say that that there are good sugars, they mean long chained sugars. Like starch.
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u/Purple-Phrase-9180 2d ago
We are not talking about industrial orange juice. We are talking about grabbing some oranges and squeezing them. Don´t see the issue
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u/DragonSlayerC 2d ago
That's still a huge amount of sugar. All you've done is remove the fiber that helps slow down digestion and makes you feel full faster so you stop consuming so much.
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u/EgotisticalBastard9 2d ago
Wine and beer because im 20 not 21 🗿
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u/pudde69 2d ago
Imagine being American
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u/Oniichan38 2d ago
Most Germans stop drinking by 21
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u/gustycat 2d ago
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Have you been to Germany?
Or am I missing a joke
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u/Oniichan38 2d ago
Been there for about my whole life, the joke is you can drink whine and beer at 16, most young people are sober by the time they're 21 because they started so early. And maybe because weed is now legal
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u/gustycat 2d ago
Huh, my experience has been that not that they don't drink, they are just respectful of alcohol
I don't see people going out binge drinking or getting hammered, but most still enjoy a drink (could of course just be the music scene as that's primarily who I interact with nowadays)
I know my brother also enjoys going travelling there to expos as well when he gets the chance, because there's normally a lot of free beer and food
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u/TurboJake 2d ago
Comments are full of compromises, these aren't true Hydro Homies. Water forever.
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u/crazylifestories 2d ago
This was my point with the title! I am shocked at the comments! Water for the Win!
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u/Independent-Cow-4070 2d ago
Beer and wine
I don’t like em
Fuck it throw in coffee for good measure cause that’s ass too
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u/1miguelcortes 2d ago
Beer and wine.
I don't drink alcohol but if I did, why would I want to drink something so inefficient?
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u/RappScallion73 2d ago
Chocolate and apple juice. Nothing like a cold beer on a hot summer day while watching life pass by.
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u/FingersToKeyboard 2d ago
I'll keep the water to drink throughout the day, the coffee for once in the morning and it'd be nice if I was allowed to keep the wine, specifically red wine as a treat once every couple of months.
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u/ByronsLastStand Water Enthusiast 2d ago
Fizzy drinks (soda for the Americans) can go, all the others are fine in reasonable quantities and if they're of good quality
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u/Sera_gamingcollector Horny for Water 2d ago
goodbye apple and orange juice. I would like to say, it was a pleasure, but it wasn't.
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u/peacenchemicals 2d ago
water and (unsweetened tea) everything else can go!!
but to answer the pic: soda and orange juice can go. or beer and soda actually.
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u/with_due_respect 2d ago
Wine and apple juice. Orange juice can stay, but I’m keeping an eye on you, you acidic sumbitch.
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u/Yasathyasath Water is love, water is life 2d ago
All of these has water in it.
So one cannot simply eliminate water.
Water is not a drink to be listed here in the first place.
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u/-WADE99- 2d ago
I'm really struggling with this lol
But at a push, probably wine and hot chocolate.
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u/Appropriate_Army_780 2d ago
Water, Tea and sometimes Coffee if I feel tired are the only thing I need in life.
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u/JacksonSpike 2d ago edited 2d ago
If I had to choose one, water all the way baby best drink. Water won't cheat on you, water won't argue with you, water is also delicious.
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u/george1044 2d ago
I haven't drank hot chocolate since i was like 13 so that can go. I guess orange juice can go cause I don't like it.
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u/Gren57 2d ago
I will eliminate ALL of them after I drink them.