yeah same here. Also my wife drinks at least 3 liters a day... I think I'd struggle to stomach more than a liter of liquid on a normal day. (not counting hard work or hot weather.)

Same for us.

I think as kids were were indeed constantly thirsty when playing in the streets, but on family trips my mom would have a big water container, so maybe it's just a kids/parents split.

What baffles me is the rise of water bottles in school, we just went to drink from the bathroom faucet when I was a kid.

One can get used to quite strange life styles. One could be very active, drink nothing but coffee and alcohol. If they feel a bit sluggish thats just normal. If one gets used to being sluggish (from any deficiency) fixing it might make sleeping difficult or one ends up working harder than one should. If the job is a mindless grind gaining mental clarity might feel terrible.

It is compensation for all the sugar, caffeine and UPF causing dehydration IMO. And aircon perhaps.

People in Spain, Portugal, Italy etc don't carry 2 gallon water bottles everywhere.

The ones who have better diets are just going along with the crowd (though not necessarilyin better shape), using the oversized pacifier to signal they're healthy ("people who exercise have water bottles. Therefore I must show off a water bottle")

And kids are products of the parents

> start drinking a ton of water!

But not too much as you don't want water poisoning!