At first I was like “oh, haha, water dude” but this dude knows his stuff. I’m a bio and geo major and a lot of what he says makes sense. We had a whole discussion in one of my chem labs about how small doses of distilled water aren’t necessarily harmful, but they’re definitely not as good as anything with minerals dissolved in it. Distilled water is essentially sterile water. I also really love his adherence to “everyone deserves clean, accessible water” and how passionate he is about this.
yes! at first i was hesitant about him cuz i thought this was all just a scam to sell expensive water but he really is passionate about his stuff. he even says it’s insane how companies would sell you basically tap water for an extremely high price when you can get that for free. i kinda respect him for that
@@mancillamarie There's a beauty where even if he might believe some things that aren't correct, he is honest and transparent, and doesn't seem to be trying to sell "something else", he just wants you to have better water, or to have a better experience with it.
@@ek8377 which is why he said it's perfectly fine to drink tap water, what's not cool is to bottle up tap water and sell it to you as "premium" water, which is something he criticizes
I was so ready to throw hands with him thinking he'd be a guru holistic doctor pedalling a product or something. But he's just a sweet german dude who loves water and hates companies that exploit people 🥺💕
Yeah, I had initially seen him on We're In Hell's video on that "Down to Earth" show, and the clips of him from that make him look kind of pretentious, but it seems like either he was really edited to fit a stereotype there, or the WIH video really mischaracterizes him (then again, he's not in the video that long). I was pleasantly surprised when he talked about Flint, Michigan and how bottled water is a scam. I really wish he'd gone a step further on that and connected the two topics by explicitly saying how beverage companies will actually take people's municipal clean water, bottle it, and sell it back to them (I think Nestle did that in Flint, actually?). But it was great that he's thinking about that, and about water access in general, as well as related ecological issues.
@@sholem_bond as someone that watched his Down to Earth episode i must say that is way more a fault of the show itself than of WIH. Down to Earth has this "bourgeois wellness" that makes his argument be mainly about "rarity" and "healing super-properties" (from Olien concept of Superfoods that is the main focous of the show) and never says for example that the problem isn't tap itself but the practice of selling tap as this special kind of water
But he does the same thing... mineral water brands exploit the poor areas they are sourced from, harm the environment shipping water thousands of miles instead of the very efficiently sourced and purified tap water and not to mention he actually does try to say the water has the ability to heal or improve tour health when the reality is that you would have to drink it daily to consume enough of the calcium and magnesium in it to benefit because those are the inly benefits. He doesnt actually care because he would recommend a refillable filter to filter tap water and daily multivitamins which are much cheaper than 6 dollar bottles of mineral water every day.
@@static_kitten he did mention filtering water. but now it gets complicated when certain brands do take advantage of that cause each one is different, cause of the location. in terms of healing water, that seems like something that involves the laws of germany so i'm not sure about that.
Ya, honestly I think the diamond-encrusted bottle thing was just an attempt to "play the game" so to speak, trying to get shallow people to appreciate SOMETHING about his profession
yeah he seems like he cares so much, and when he was roasting the different waters i kinda felt like that's kinda stupid, but now that i think about it, drinking highly pure water can't be really good for you, especially since you could be just flushing out minerals. i have the priviledge to have an actually good quality tap water that is nice to drink, nothing special but nothing bad either and for a sec i was kinda mocking the drag of tap water but then i remembered that not everyone has good, drinkable tap water. dude looks and acts kinda funky, but i respect the hustle
@@kingatrzeciak8442why when I read that you have quality tap I immediately thought you were polish and then I see your username. No such thing as coincidence
I felt the same way! It was so refreshing and it felt like a treat to learn new things from such a seemingly gentle natured, enthusiastic man genuine in his passion about something he himself truly gets excited to teach others about without that snooty, definitely pretentious, uppity tone one typically sees from people who have “bougieeeee” tastes and want to look down their noses as they rant to everyone about it. He seems very opposite to that type of energy.
Especially because he’s so educated on it. Like he knows so much history surrounding water, and genuinely knows the different kinds of water in different parts of the world based on drought and stuff. He’s not just passionate about it, he’s actually put in the effort to learn and study it.
yeah and he also seems like a pretty decent guy who isn't scamming people to buy a product but hes actually teaching people more about water and how often bottled water companies are scamming people
I know right, especially as someone who has pretty niche interests it fills my heart with joy to see others happily sharing their interests without judgment 😭
I was fully expecting the interview to be a joke right up until the moment Martin appeared on screen and started actually responding to their questions and it turned out to just be a chill time learning about water processing with a pleasant German man
Nothing problematic, nothing political, no drama. Just a passionate sweet german man. For some reason this is fascinating and I’m actually happy for him. He just look so kind and interesting.
not to be a downer but there’s definitely political elements. he literally talked about what happened im flint which was a tragedy that was caused because of negligence on the part of government officials which happened in the US only a few years ago. He also talked about how water companies are overvharging and essentially falsely marketing their product to be beneficial when (according to him) they have no benefits which is definitely political. because its a problem that can only be fixed through policy such as in germany, he said that distilled water is marked as not for human consumption. he’s definitely a sweet man and its nice to see someone so passionate about something but its nit just the taste of water he talked about. He also talked about real issues that surround water and ultimately the ways any of these issues would have to be fixed is political
@@caitlynjade8711 Flint's actually still a huge issue and was never resolved. There are so many other communities in the US just like this. Look at Hawaii right now with the Navy spilling jet fuel in the water supply and letting people for weeks keep drinking that water after the spill occurred.
I unironically love Martin's energy. He's passionate about water and as someone with some "weird" interests that people won't really give two shits about, I love that he's just fucking going for it.
@@lanac5793 that’s not necessarily what they were saying lol. I think they were more likely talking about the taste of water. Every decent person thinks that everyone should have access to clean water.
@@lanac5793 bruh sit down and take a deep breath..you just made a giant ass assumption and I’m sure your heart rate is through the roof jumping so far to reach that conclusion. drink some water..unless you don’t give a shit about water? dare I say..clean water? 🧐
I take him seriously, but half of what he says is pseudoscience unfortunately. He is heavily convinced of it though, so he isn’t a charlatan (he doesn’t sell water either) at least.
@@_letstartariot do u mind sharing what parts he said are mainly pseudoscience? im just curious cuz what he said was genuinely interesting and like .. i know nothing abt it so i wouldnt be able to tell
I love how consistently respectful you were to this man in taking his job and his passions seriously. all too many interviews were simply to have him as comedic material because of people's misunderstanding of his profession.
I would love if Martin discussed Fiji's awful manufacturing practices. We often praise Fiji as a high quality water, and stress the need for underdeveloped communities to get better access to drinking water. Yet, 50% of the nation of Fiji doesn't have access to clean drinking water because corporations like Fiji rob the natural springs of their water. Fiji maintains their greenwashed brand image despite having massive implications on the ecosystem and people of Fiji
thank you for this! ive always hated fiji because i didnt see a reason to import water all the way from fiji to the US where we have springs, my city even has its own. but i had no idea how bad the clean drinking water situation is in fiji, thats horrible. its crazy people cant even have rights to their local water supply anymore. if water isnt a natural born right, i dont know what is.
At first I thought this guy was like full of it and trying to be like better than everyone, but he's so pure? He just has a passion about water and wants to share that passion with the world as well as educate people about what water is good for you and what water is just scamming you for your money. I love it, I love him.
As a person who only ever drinks water cause I can’t have sugary drinks i find it so crazy when people say all water tastes the same because NO IT DOES NOT??? This water sommelier is actually really cool and I like how he’s not very elitist about water and the show-boat stuff is really only for celebrities and tv shows. He’s rly passionate about water and i think that’s neat
I understand it tastes different as well but i dont personally like how water tastes and im really sick of being told "water doesnt taste like anything" because it d o e s.
@@apatheticautumn YES!!! I really dislike the general taste of water, just because the lack of strong flavors make me uncomfortable. but the difference in bottled water, fridge water, tap water, etc, is so huge it's so annoying when ppl act like there isn't any difference
I'm sorry but this video is LEGENDARY. I can't believe I ended loving Martin Riese lmao. His passion for water is so wholesome in a way. As other people mentioned, I also thought it was going to be pure bs but instead it was pretty educational. I don't know why we tend to assume we know everything about the most basic things. Later we find out that they're actually more complex than they seem.
Right? And it makes so much sense. Water is one of the most important aspects of our life, our world, our bodies working. Why should it not be something that people specialize in! Why shouldn't people research our relationship with water? Why shouldn't we invest into research on how to do this better? Blew my mind a little.
fr tho i started watching this expecting to make fun of him like the fragrance guy, but he’s actually spreading info about healthy water and knowledge about many places in the world having shortages of water/no access to safe drinking water
Same. He's honest. He's not elitist. And he doesn't say "all tap water is bad". We get good tap except after they chlorinate and then it's pool water for days and the smell makes me sick. I drink a lot of water so I have to prepare ahead for when it happens. Anyway he has awesome messages and no weird pseudoscience. Also calling out the fluoride thing, it's insane.
I actually really like that guy, he doesn't even seem pretentious about it, he just doesn't want people to be ripped off by corporations. he also has a very soothing voice
He pushes for you to be ripped off by snobbier corporations. Mineral water is only beneficial due to magnesium and calcium, two minerals present in any multivitamin that doesnt cost more than 20 dollars a bottle vs his water grift of spending 6 dollars a bottle on fiji water which is contributing to plastic but he apparently cares about pollution and earth and you not getting scammed.
I'm neurodivergent and I tend to focus on the texture of like everything and people talking about the textures and flavors of water makes me feel so happy, I've always thought I was crazy for thinking the water was different and this is sorta validating to me :D
I'm probably neurodivergent and water definitely has texture and taste (it's all disgusting). I think people are nuts for trying to tell me it doesn't. Oh, and it also has a smell (which is also terrible).
Same!!! The whole "it's just water" thing has always confused me because personally Im super, idk, like sensitive to the tastes and textures that I guess other people don't pick up on. Especially as a child I always thought it was really weird that no one else noticed, when I was like dehydrating myself because I couldn't bear the tap at certain people's houses.
@@luna-p , sensory processing differences in neurodivergency go both ways. We are either hypersensitive or hyposensitive. You are probably HYPERsensitive. You might be bothered by the brightness of the sun or florescent lights. Synthetic perfumes and other strong smells might bother you. You might be able to feel the legs of a mosquito walking on your arm. My mom is ADHD and autistic and hypersensitive. She has all of the sensory experiences that I described above. I am ADHD and autistic and HYPOsensitive. I don't feel the legs of a mosquito walking on me. I usually don't feel it at all until it bites me, and not always right away. I can hardly smell anything. I can't smell cat urine in carpeting, for example. I am hard of hearing and nearsighted. Neurotypicals are average or typical. They're in the middle in terms of human brains and nervous systems. Neurodivergent people divergent from the norm and are on the extremes. You are on the hypersensitivity end of the human nervous system extreme. I am on the hyposensitivity end. I would never tell you that you're crazy for having a sensitive nervous system. Please understand that I am not nuts for having dull senses and nerves. I am just different.
As an autistic person who has a lot of very very specific and 'weird' interests this video could make me cry... Seeing Martin talk is really joyful and thank you both for being respectful and taking him seriously
as an adhd person who overwhelms people by talking about whatever im interested in at the moment ABSOLUTELY AGREE. i love listening to other talk about their interests it was cool asf seeing some famous faces give off the same vibes
Yeah!! It makes me really happy too I love to see people talk passionately about their interests as someone who does that too and I'm so glad they were both so genuinely interested in it too! It's so nice :-)
I was thinking about that too! I also think that part of the reason he’s so good at tasting water is that if he’s autistic, autistic ppl can have heightened senses, eg taste. So he can (potentially) rly taste the differences
I love how Martin was completely receptive like Danny and Nick. He understood how absurd it sounds and wasn’t offended if Nick or Danny indicated that. A true professional with a passion.
Being from Germany too I was so confused why people were making fun of him. As a school trip we even went to a mineral water spring to learn about mineral water and the natural water cycle and stuff. Very interesting x
@@Burgerman67I mean it's Americans, but it's more that our tap water is uniformly terrible and so often bottled water here is more about drinking water that doesn't have lead in it
As an American, that genuinely sounds both so fun and educational to go on a trip to a water spring! I wish we had trips like that, going outside to real sources. While museums can be fun, I feel like the amount you learn really depends on the amount of dedication that the museum and employees give, which sometimes are not the best. It's unfortunate how little America cares on both education and even in a way health as he's mentioned numerous times governments/corporations don't particularly care about what's in our water.
Yeah same in Ukraine there is shit ton of minera water on shelves, medicinal springs, non medicinal springs etc and people do go there to drink it and bring some back when they there
This was so interesting. And I like that he didn’t drag tap water in a weird, classist way but seems to genuinely care about people’s options and the effects involved in obtaining each one.
yeah it was more "tap water is totally fine actually and is even pretty good in some places, the problem is when it's bottled and sold back to you as a premium product in a plastic bottle" and I can really get behind that
this is the most genuine thing i’ve seen all week cuz so many of the people who interviewed him were just like saying “oh ur a fraud” and ignoring all the facts he provided and it’s just so beautiful to see how his eyes lit up when u guys like took it all into consideration and listened to him, hes so smart and i’m so glad you guys and all the people who watched the video were able to get information from him when these billionaire tv hosts are jumping at his throat
I thought so too at first when I thought they were just gonna make fun of him cause he was a fraud or something, especially since his tiktoks also annoyed me-but after watching the whole video it makes me happy that there’s someone out there who cares about something that’s as insignificant to many as types of water. He seems like a cool guy and this video certainly taught me something new!
I love that this guy had actual science to back up his message, it makes a lot of sense that water with good minerals in it is better than “pure” water. I’m diabetic and whenever my blood sugar gets too high I have to drink a shit ton of water, and let me tell you, flushing my system with bad water makes me feel so sick. He seems like a good guy too!
@@jenm1 I mean fluoride isn’t exactly safe, in small doses it is and majority of the time people don’t get side effects and it actually helps your teeth. But just like anything too much can be bad for you, it can cause tooth decay, high blood pressure among other things. And natural water is fairly good for you, as long as it’s uncontaminated it give you essential minerals and nutrients for your body to run
@@userK77920 I think they were probably referring to how some people say that tap water in America is harmful because and how it contains fluoride and that it sounded like this man was perpetuating that thought. In the amounts in tap water, fluoride is safe. The studies that showed harmful results from consuming fluoride were generally small and discussed much larger concentrations of fluoride this is in the water. While he may not be a chemist he is acting as an expert here, so what he says does matter.
This video is such a great example how contagious passion and excitement are. I’m German, I went into the video like “oh no, we made another weirdo” but now I wanna declare him a national treasure. And I gotta find out what his favorite German tap water is 😀
Heyo fellow german hear im not a water Sommelier like him but i highly recommend black forrest water especially directly from the spring is really yummy
Danny saying there's bugs in the water and nick being like "there is no bugs" is so fucking funny. We've reached the peak of comedy, it can't get better than no bugs.
To be completely honest, this guy in insanely interesting. He's clearly super passionate about water, and I'm really glad they let him legitimately show what he's all about. The video was hilarious, but genuinely informative.
That's fair. I'm more referring to the tasting, not so much in regards to the medical benefits. I generally take anything homeopathic with a grain of salt.
@@EddyGein ahaha a very smart thing to do on the internet! I do love how passionate about it he is. I’m honestly going to send the video to my boss and see what he says 😂
Thank you for actually giving this guy the time of day to explain his ideas. None of the other interviews seemed to, he sounds like he's got a really good message.
i love that martin talked about water accessibility too, he seems like a really cool and genuine person and i’m glad you guys took him and his passions seriously
How did I go into this thinking I would be laughing at this guy, only to come out respecting him? What a great message, and he seems like such a nice person, too. I think it was the way it came across when you don't hear what he's actually about. It sounds like he's a water snob, but really he just wants us to drink good quality water and avoid paying a bunch of money/adding to the plastic problem due to buying into marketing.
Yeah same, in the first tiktok I was like "Bit confusing, and also, you want me to just drink warm water or something? Absolutely not." but then by the end I'm like "No, yeah, that makes sense, you want to keep the minerals in it so it has more of that revitalizing effect, but not so much that it's hard to drink or has too much negative effect on the flavor or texture."
Might be purposeful editing too. Edit: I was trying to convey that in the videos showed the editors seemed to attempt to portray him as pretty eccentric but in reality he's very down to earth and knowledgeable. But, this is a rhetorical answer to your rhetorical question I suppose. 🤷♀
@@MissDarknSpooky I think it's more just about the concept in the first place. The idea of a guy telling you advice about water and how to consume it sounds as ridiculous at first glance as the idea of water being a marketed product is itself, but then you get into what he's actually saying and it's actually pretty neat stuff.
It baffles me that so many people were writing him off as a fraud and going, "It's water; it all tastes the same." The house I grew up in had a well and as a kid I always noticed that when I drank from water fountains at school (municipal/tap water), it tasted different. I went to college a couple hundred miles from home and the tap water there tasted so awful compared to what I was used to that it actually made me nauseated. I don't know what the city put in it, but I couldn't stand to drink it until I got a pitcher with a filter. I'm 40 now and have lived in various parts of the US and traveled to several different European countries and Japan. Everywhere I've gone, whether I was drinking tap or well water, it tasted a little bit different. I don't have a particularly "refined" palate, so I'm surprised so many people apparently have never noticed this.
my grandparents water up in Pennsylvania tastes wildly different than any other water I've tried, because it's literally just water (no fluoride or anything) it's crazy to say water has no flavor, like it's not soda or anything but it's not *nothing*
ooh same! I came from a smaller city to a bigger city and the water hardness just went a lot up! I used to live in coastal city, so the water there was almost sweet and it used to quench thirst more adeptly than the of the bigger city! It was from a borwell (and then filtered) from out backyard. Not just the taste, my hair also suffered a lot from washing it in the hard clorinated water. I live in India so we kinda have to filter the water but still, it baffles me that people don't relaise water taste different
same, I get annoyed sometimes when people just say "water doesn't have a taste", because it does, and I always notice the difference when I drink different tap water or well water or bottled water. it all tastes different.
I love how Martin understands the need for processed water in cities in LA, and the safety concerns that would be raised if water wasn't filtered. He respects the fact that it isn't accessible or for everyone. So cool ❤
Yeah, I was worried that it'd be someone not actually considering/thinking about those who can't afford better options. Instead you can tell he does care that everyone has access to them and it's refreshing to see that
Honestly I like his message because water companies really do scam us and they're all hurting the environment with those plastic bottles. I appreciate this.
Martin, while having his quirks, genuinely seems like a nice guy and a lot of what he says about consumerism and water safety brings up good points (especially to someone who also is picky about water and KNOWS Dasani tastes terrible). Hope everyone will be nice to him 🤗
I agree! (and same w/Dasani, but when I saw arrowhead I was also reminded of how they always gave us that brand on elementary school field trips and it was disgusting😂)
When covid started, they were buying up all the paper products and bottled water, but left the dasani. It's just flat tasting. It's not refreshing, which is weird as it's reverse osmosis so there's no reason for it to have any flavor in it at all.
When my dad was going through chemo, the doctors actually recommended to him a specific water that was also naturally carbonated but mostly had a lot of minerals that he needed and had trouble getting in his diet because chemo fucks with your appetite. I tasted it and it actually tastes quite salty and not very good in my opinion but I'm not a fan of sparkling water. Wish I could remember the name of it.
Yeah in post soviet countries sometimes doctors would recommend specific spring water as well I think most famous one is the borjomi from georgia, I remember drinking it as a kid when i had some health problems
I'm not going to lie, I came in expecting this to just be a funny video about an absurd concept but I ended up genuinely enjoying the tasting portion. I'm glad you decided to treat him seriously in your interview because you're right, the other hosts were definitely missing out by brushing it off. This is one of those videos that remind me of why I'm so glad to be subscribed!
I have so much respect for you guys for taking him seriously and giving him a platform to actually discuss it. It frustrates me so much to see people invite guys like this on just to make fun because they're skeptics and want more validation
The "water as medicine" thing does make some sense when you effectively think of it as being like a multivitamin or something. Plenty of illnesses can be caused by mineral deficiencies, so it makes sense to use mineral water as a kind of treatment Obviously, as he said, it's not really an alternative thing to be used instead of seeing a doctor but it goes alongside it
I’ve just been vaguely unwell for years now and I’m starting to realize that part of it is POTS, which can be treated with an electrolytes. Before there was Gatorade, there was spring water! I never woulda thought about it before watching this!!
I really would love to see a series where you look at people with niche hobbies that aren't talked about in mainstream media. If you could, it'd be dope to see you talk to someone like Paul Stamets about mycology.
i really appreciate the interview style content nick does, he actually hears people out instead of just making a bit out of it, while keeping the videos entertaining
martin won me over entirely when he talked about tap and how his problem wasn’t with Tap. his problem was with companies trying to charge you more for just tap and sometimes water that’s worse than tap. he’s not snooty about it, he’s genuinely enthusiastic, has science to back it up, is clearly having a good time, and genuinely wants positive water experiences for other people. it’s not like the wine connoisseurs who are looking for superiority he’s looking to spread positivity i Love him, he’s so wonderful, he’s fantastic and i had a Great time
Honestly? He’s converted me. Like he seems so genuine and very well informed. And he has a point. Water does have a taste. Spring water is technically healthier. And I also love this guy
Yes us Norwegians are very proud of the quality of our water actually. We have been going on about this stuff for years. Whenever we travel anywhere the water quality usually is disappointing. It’s a whole cultural thing here. Martin is just the guy who has made a profession out of it. Which feels oddly validating for my culture.
This might be weird to say but I like that nick is good at being mean and nice and knows when to do either. He can be direct to peoples face that he doesn't like them and also be nice to people when it's unpopular. Pretty cool :)
This was the most wholesome thing I've seen this week to be honest. I love that you took him seriously and didn't make fun of him. This was very important for me to see especially that I'm an autistic person and also have weird hobbies that get laughed off by many people. Nick, Danny, you restore my faith in people and thank you for this. I also followed Martin, such a wholesome guy
As someone how lives in the south of Germany, I have to honestly say that this is a common thing here. Me and my friends discus different water brands and there taste difference, as the do have different tastes and also check the mineral labels. I know it sounds weird but Germany has a big culture around the healing properties of water and many springs! It makes me happy as a water lover that you are giving him a platform for him to share his knowledge and information! Really nice video
I just watched at my netto plastik water bottle and was suprised that it was spring water. I read mineralwasser or quellenwasser all the time and didnt realise how special this actually is
Definitely agree. Fun fact, the German Trinkwasserverordnung (drinking water regulation/law) actually states that tap water has to taste good, so it’s really a very German thing to care about water on a fundamental level. I love that he’s so passionate and has a platform for it and that the guys are earnestly listening to him ☺️
yeah same thing, i live in France and my friends and I have discussed this. the subject actually comes back once in a while when we happen to share a bottle of water cause my friend likes it tasting super metallic and i hate it lol
Ich komme aus Florida. Obwohl unser Leitungswasser nicht die beste ist, es gibt viele Federn hier das sehr gutes Wasser ist. Meistes Amerikanische Quellwasser in Flaschen kommt aus Florida. (Es tut mir leid. Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut aber ich studiere es und ich will üben.)
The zoom call was so lovely and respectful on both sides. I absolutely love that I went in kind of chuckling at this guy and now I totally get what he's saying and genuinely respect his message and it was so nice to see Nick and Danny really listen and just be so nice after thinking it was a bit silly in the beginning. Love it, wholesome and good. But I am always putting ice cubes in my water, my water needs to be glacier level cold at all times, sorry Martin.
Something that wasn’t discussed in this video is how far these bottled waters (glass and plastic) have to travel to get to consumers. Your tap water from your house/apt is sourced from your local watershed therefore does not take nearly as much energy to get to you as the Queens water from the UK or any other bottled water. Also tap water can be spring water. Spring water means it comes from an underground aquifer. Municipalities source your drinking water from both groundwater and surface water. Tap gets a bad wrap, but it’s the safest, cheapest, and most environmentally friendly option out there for drinking water. If you don’t like the taste or are scared of lead or other contaminants add a filter to your faucet and change it every few months. Also change the aerator on your faucet. Although it should be noted that tap water from your house (at least in the US) has to meet more stringent regulatory standards compared to bottled water. PSA from a water treatment engineer from the US
I agree but I was under the impression (assumption?) that since most are just tap water they bottled it closer to the destination. That would be so goofy to ship tap water across a large country lol. Except for water scarce areas, prob makes sense to ship tap to California and stuff. I’ve seen water claiming to both be from the Himalayas and environmentally friendly, that’s nuts if you cared you wouldn’t ship it across the globe.
@@mjjjermaine I'm not a water treatment engineer but I am a medical history buff. Fluoride in your water is not dangerous nor does it alter the taste of your water! Fluoride is found in most "natural" water sources too. Governments started adding fluoride to water because it was found to easily and vastly improve the dental health of those drinking it. So not only is it safe, it's also beneficial to your health!
When I saw the thumbnail I thought this was going to be about a scam, but as the video went on I started to love Martin and believe what he was saying. Then, when Nick surprised Danny with the interview I was so excited. 10/10 video
I grew up in California and I had always hated the taste of the tap water and everyone thought I was crazy that I wouldn't drink tap water. I thought I just hated all tap water until I moved to Oregon and tasted their tap water and realized it's delicious. That first year I was just guzzling water all the time (probably making up for years of dehydration haha) I used to carry a giant pickle jar around all the time just so I could drink insane amounts of water. I didn't realize California just has nasty water until I moved haha
As someone who has ADHD and rants about interests, I love the fact that you actually were interested in what he was talking about. I am also sensitive to taste and texture so I know exactly what he is talking about when he talks about water taste. He is so positive and cool
I always despise when people poke fun at peoples passions and hobbies just because they are different from your own. I have so much respect for you two for giving him the courtesy and attention he deserved while he taught you something new!
The Flint, MI issue isn’t fixed even now. The real issue is that the water pipes were corroded LEAD pipes n they still haven’t done anything about the pipes just added chemicals. The government has given up on Flint, police don’t go there anymore, hierarchy doesn’t care cause we’re the poor (mainly minority) area. Independent citizens have made more headway with the piping system, just saving money and having fundraisers.
They still haven’t? Last time I checked in with a friend who lived in Flint, MI was 3-4 years ago and I thought the issue would’ve been resolved. The fact it’s still a thing is so depressing and seeing it’s only just avoided instead of fixed is worse.
That's interesting cause I keep hearing conflicting information about Flint, people either bring it up as an example of lacking clean water or they go "actually Flint has has had clean water for years" and I've heard both of these both from experts and residents so idk what's going on at this point
Yea i live near flint grand rapids also dosnt have water rn my school did a whole bottle water drive for em michigan is fucked when it comes to giving us fucking drinkable water
I can see where he's coming from. I'm autistic and water definitely tastes different. I don't know all about the science like he does, but I have some bottled water brands that I can't drink and some that I can only drink. Hell, I feel sick just drinking slightly cooler than room temp water. So for me, I can see where he's coming from, but that is also just based on taste alone. It's actually really fascinating seeing him talk about it all and especially what got him into his love of focusing on water. I can definitely relate since for me, being autistic, that is definitely how it feels having special interests and learning about how things work and all. It's kinda cool and I can't help smiling when I see some of his TV show appearances.
Oh my god thank you fellow autist! I tell everyone that water has a taste all the damn time and people straight up just say "no it doesnt." despite me being able to taste it quite well. I actually am the opposite, i can only drink cold water because my tap water at home has such a bad taste that its easier to drink when its cold so it has less taste to it.
The video's fun, but it's *really important to clarify* that fluoridating the water supply was a massive public health achievement in the U.S. Far fewer children get cavities here because our tap water is fluoridated, which is *especially* beneficial for low-income households in which parents might not be able to afford regular dental care. It's a different situation throughout Europe, like Martin's native Germany, where many children receive school-based dental care & therefore don't need additional fluoride. tl;dr Fluoride in our tap water is the closest thing to socialized medicine in the U.S. and is, therefore, really fucking cool.
Fluoride's great. As someone who is immunodeficient, it makes such a huge difference because dental procedures are hard for me because I have to take courses of antibiotics... so having the fluoride rocks!
I took an upper level groundwater hydrology course this semester, and this guy hit the nail on the head. Water is such an important resource and should be WAY more regulated in terms of buying and selling it, especially in the States.
@@mastermarkus5307 they were so clearly talking about the nice high quality water sources that could get destroyed. That stuff will never be free because it often comes from remote places. Not the communal supply
I absolutely love how you took this seriously! Also felt uncomfortable with him first out of worry that he was promoting water elitism of some sort, but your interview was so refreshing and amazing to see the type of guy he actually is! I'm in sustainability and so I absolutely love how he mentioned water access issues and that at the end of the day he just wants people to have access to healthy water that actually benefits people rather than water that isn't helping or is actively dangerous. Love how he isn't against tap water either and made sure to make that clear that he just hate the money-hungry tap rebottling companies. He's gotten a new fan! Really really love this video as a whole 👍
he honestly comes across as smart and actually knowledgeable when he's like this and not highly edited and it's nice to know that he's not a health food grifter like a lot of other people and he's just a really passionate guy
I literally got so happy for Martin when Danny and Nick started talking to him, cause Its just so satisfying that they actually ask questions and actually listen to him and let him speak. I get happy stims
man he seemed kinda weird at first but power to him, he found his special interest which just happened to be a niche passion, and really is an expert on it! i can really relate as an autistic person.
I love that you guys gave your full attention to Martin during the Zoom call and actually took it seriously. it was really cool listening to him talk about the differences between water brands and types
I especially appreciate him saying stuff about water disparity all over the world. Sounds weird but it really is such a privilege to "taste" water when so many don't even know when theyll have access to water. I've never drank bottled water since I live on the west coast in "rain"couver so i've just been completely ignorant to this world.
I love how they actually took the time to listen to Martin and understand his passion without making fun of him for it. so much respect for the way they handled this and opened up to actually learning about it
This was actually highly interesting and educational cuz hes not wrong. Distilled water is NOT meant for adult humans, for baby humans and animals distilled is good but your also adding formula with vitamins and minerals in that case. Distilled water has no real benifits.
While this is true, I can't stand the amount of flavors in other forms of water, so distilled water and specific brands of ice are the only things I consume that are predominately water, in liquid form.
For people in the coffee industry, water is definitely an important variable when brewing coffee. It really affects how it can taste which is really interesting! This was so fun to watch, I didn't expect you actually was in a zoom call with him!
He seems like such a genuine and passionate guy, I’m sure he appreciated you guys taking him seriously when others haven’t. It sucks when people treat your passion like a joke, and it makes me happy that you were so open minded. Proud to be part of NICKISNOTGREENNATION😤
i actually love martin. he’s so passionate about what he does and he’s clearly done so much with that passion. who else could say that they’ve met celebrities and been on tv because of water?
this dude is genuinely so sweet! i’m so glad nick and danny only had a good faith laugh, individually we all wish to be as passionate about something as this guy is with water
I feel so insanely validated. My entire life I've been particular about my water, and people have always told me how weird they think it is. Lol They always told me I was being ridiculous and WHO'S RIGHT NOW? They tried to tell me "water is water" and I've always known they were wrong and I wasn't crazy 😂
Water is essential to life. They sound immensely privileged. My family had to travel into nearest town to get clean water when I was small. It's a big deal.
Recently my countries tap water was tested and in many areas due to agricultural runoff it was found we had levels of stuff which could mean higher levels bowel cancer for population.
I fully understood what martin was talking about when he said that water tastes differently, I drink a lot of different kinds of water (weird flex ik) and some waters just dont taste good to me even though people I know didnt really understand it. I am so suprised to learn more about this and honestly I think what Martin is doing is really cool! He really earned my respect tbh
yea, my friends and used to have heated conversations about what water is the best water. I was kind of surprised to see people being so dismissive of the idea that water could taste different.
yes!! water DEFINITELY has a taste, I don’t know much about the logistics behind like the guy they interviewed but I’m glad to see other people finally acknowledging that waters can indeed taste different
I was skeptical at first because I expected him to be a snob. But I love how he’s skeptical of packaged water and supports tap water (when it is safe).
I love this guy. Not only does he know what he's talking about, but he has such a lovely attitude. He just seems like he genuinely loves what he's doing, and like he's passionate about sharing it.
This dude was genuinely so interesting and informative without being arrogant in any way and I love how dedicated he is, really loved the video and ended up learning a lot!
This guy is the life of the party. “Hey, you wanna go out for some beers?” “Sure. Martin, you wanna come?” “I mean, we could get beers… or, as a fun alternative, we could spend the evening doing side-by-side water tastings!”
Thank you so much for being part of the show, had so much fun. Cheers
Oh are you the thumbnail guy?
ye
I just watched the video so you're a water lover?
The information about minerals and stuff was genuinely so interesting
liebte das video! zuerst dachte ich, es sei n witz aber am ende wars echt schlau und informativ!! i respect what you’re doing man keep it up :)
At first I was like “oh, haha, water dude” but this dude knows his stuff. I’m a bio and geo major and a lot of what he says makes sense. We had a whole discussion in one of my chem labs about how small doses of distilled water aren’t necessarily harmful, but they’re definitely not as good as anything with minerals dissolved in it. Distilled water is essentially sterile water. I also really love his adherence to “everyone deserves clean, accessible water” and how passionate he is about this.
yes! at first i was hesitant about him cuz i thought this was all just a scam to sell expensive water but he really is passionate about his stuff. he even says it’s insane how companies would sell you basically tap water for an extremely high price when you can get that for free. i kinda respect him for that
@@mancillamarie There's a beauty where even if he might believe some things that aren't correct, he is honest and transparent, and doesn't seem to be trying to sell "something else", he just wants you to have better water, or to have a better experience with it.
I did get
Yes but tap water is not distilled water it still has the minerals in it.
@@ek8377 which is why he said it's perfectly fine to drink tap water, what's not cool is to bottle up tap water and sell it to you as "premium" water, which is something he criticizes
I was so ready to throw hands with him thinking he'd be a guru holistic doctor pedalling a product or something. But he's just a sweet german dude who loves water and hates companies that exploit people 🥺💕
Yeah, I had initially seen him on We're In Hell's video on that "Down to Earth" show, and the clips of him from that make him look kind of pretentious, but it seems like either he was really edited to fit a stereotype there, or the WIH video really mischaracterizes him (then again, he's not in the video that long). I was pleasantly surprised when he talked about Flint, Michigan and how bottled water is a scam. I really wish he'd gone a step further on that and connected the two topics by explicitly saying how beverage companies will actually take people's municipal clean water, bottle it, and sell it back to them (I think Nestle did that in Flint, actually?). But it was great that he's thinking about that, and about water access in general, as well as related ecological issues.
@@sholem_bond as someone that watched his Down to Earth episode i must say that is way more a fault of the show itself than of WIH. Down to Earth has this "bourgeois wellness" that makes his argument be mainly about "rarity" and "healing super-properties" (from Olien concept of Superfoods that is the main focous of the show) and never says for example that the problem isn't tap itself but the practice of selling tap as this special kind of water
But he does the same thing... mineral water brands exploit the poor areas they are sourced from, harm the environment shipping water thousands of miles instead of the very efficiently sourced and purified tap water and not to mention he actually does try to say the water has the ability to heal or improve tour health when the reality is that you would have to drink it daily to consume enough of the calcium and magnesium in it to benefit because those are the inly benefits. He doesnt actually care because he would recommend a refillable filter to filter tap water and daily multivitamins which are much cheaper than 6 dollar bottles of mineral water every day.
@@static_kitten he did mention filtering water. but now it gets complicated when certain brands do take advantage of that cause each one is different, cause of the location. in terms of healing water, that seems like something that involves the laws of germany so i'm not sure about that.
i love him
I normally hate pretentious tasting people, but this man is so wholesome and genuinely enthusiastic, I loved this and I cherish Martin
Ya, honestly I think the diamond-encrusted bottle thing was just an attempt to "play the game" so to speak, trying to get shallow people to appreciate SOMETHING about his profession
yeah he seems like he cares so much, and when he was roasting the different waters i kinda felt like that's kinda stupid, but now that i think about it, drinking highly pure water can't be really good for you, especially since you could be just flushing out minerals. i have the priviledge to have an actually good quality tap water that is nice to drink, nothing special but nothing bad either and for a sec i was kinda mocking the drag of tap water but then i remembered that not everyone has good, drinkable tap water. dude looks and acts kinda funky, but i respect the hustle
@@kingatrzeciak8442why when I read that you have quality tap I immediately thought you were polish and then I see your username. No such thing as coincidence
@@slunkzilla lmaoooo i love that. you a fellow pole as well?
I felt the same way! It was so refreshing and it felt like a treat to learn new things from such a seemingly gentle natured, enthusiastic man genuine in his passion about something he himself truly gets excited to teach others about without that snooty, definitely pretentious, uppity tone one typically sees from people who have “bougieeeee” tastes and want to look down their noses as they rant to everyone about it. He seems very opposite to that type of energy.
martin’s enthusiasm about water is so contagious. he seems like such an interesting dude
No 100% I was actually bouncing in my seat by the time they got to the geyser water like "fuck yeah natural carbonation!!"
Yeah tap water! Bitch!
He’s so cute😭
i like that they took this seriously and didn’t just make fun of him, considering it’s clear he cares about it
Clear… like water.
Yeah!
I hate when people knock people for they’re hobbies who don’t hurt anyone.
This man is definitely a water guy.
Especially because he’s so educated on it. Like he knows so much history surrounding water, and genuinely knows the different kinds of water in different parts of the world based on drought and stuff. He’s not just passionate about it, he’s actually put in the effort to learn and study it.
yeah and he also seems like a pretty decent guy who isn't scamming people to buy a product but hes actually teaching people more about water and how often bottled water companies are scamming people
it was really wholesome watching him being so excited about this topic and not getting made fun of or mocked in response
That's always a nice feeling, weather your on the recieving end or just seeing it
Water is essential and it is nice to see someone genuinely passionate about anything.
he looked so mf happy talking about all this water it’s great
Yeah. I thought it was so sweet that they let him talk during the interview without cutting him off, and really listened.
I know right, especially as someone who has pretty niche interests it fills my heart with joy to see others happily sharing their interests without judgment 😭
I was fully expecting the interview to be a joke right up until the moment Martin appeared on screen and started actually responding to their questions and it turned out to just be a chill time learning about water processing with a pleasant German man
it was an interesting interview lol
Nothing problematic, nothing political, no drama. Just a passionate sweet german man. For some reason this is fascinating and I’m actually happy for him. He just look so kind and interesting.
yes gems like this are so rare nowadays ugh I’m so sick of all that shit lol
not to be a downer but there’s definitely political elements. he literally talked about what happened im flint which was a tragedy that was caused because of negligence on the part of government officials which happened in the US only a few years ago. He also talked about how water companies are overvharging and essentially falsely marketing their product to be beneficial when (according to him) they have no benefits which is definitely political. because its a problem that can only be fixed through policy such as in germany, he said that distilled water is marked as not for human consumption.
he’s definitely a sweet man and its nice to see someone so passionate about something but its nit just the taste of water he talked about. He also talked about real issues that surround water and ultimately the ways any of these issues would have to be fixed is political
@@caitlynjade8711 Flint's actually still a huge issue and was never resolved. There are so many other communities in the US just like this. Look at Hawaii right now with the Navy spilling jet fuel in the water supply and letting people for weeks keep drinking that water after the spill occurred.
the anti flouride / "mAss mEdiCaTioN" bit was definitely political
@@mothboy420 SuPeR nEcEsSeRy WrItInG lIkE tHiS
I unironically love Martin's energy. He's passionate about water and as someone with some "weird" interests that people won't really give two shits about, I love that he's just fucking going for it.
The privilege you have to have to say that no one gives a shit about clean water
@@lanac5793 that’s not necessarily what they were saying lol. I think they were more likely talking about the taste of water. Every decent person thinks that everyone should have access to clean water.
@@lanac5793 bruh sit down and take a deep breath..you just made a giant ass assumption and I’m sure your heart rate is through the roof jumping so far to reach that conclusion. drink some water..unless you don’t give a shit about water? dare I say..clean water? 🧐
@@lanac5793 they meant that people generally dont give a shit about the taste of water. why did you automatically assume the worst wtf. sit down
@@lanac5793 Calm the fuck down Lana LMAO
I love how passionate Martin is, no matter how many people don’t take it seriously, he loves making people aware that’s so cool
I take him seriously, but half of what he says is pseudoscience unfortunately. He is heavily convinced of it though, so he isn’t a charlatan (he doesn’t sell water either) at least.
@@_letstartariot i agree the point I was making was just I love his passion
this!!!
same!
@@_letstartariot do u mind sharing what parts he said are mainly pseudoscience? im just curious cuz what he said was genuinely interesting and like .. i know nothing abt it so i wouldnt be able to tell
I love how consistently respectful you were to this man in taking his job and his passions seriously. all too many interviews were simply to have him as comedic material because of people's misunderstanding of his profession.
I would love if Martin discussed Fiji's awful manufacturing practices. We often praise Fiji as a high quality water, and stress the need for underdeveloped communities to get better access to drinking water. Yet, 50% of the nation of Fiji doesn't have access to clean drinking water because corporations like Fiji rob the natural springs of their water. Fiji maintains their greenwashed brand image despite having massive implications on the ecosystem and people of Fiji
Louder for the people in the back
thank you for this! ive always hated fiji because i didnt see a reason to import water all the way from fiji to the US where we have springs, my city even has its own. but i had no idea how bad the clean drinking water situation is in fiji, thats horrible. its crazy people cant even have rights to their local water supply anymore. if water isnt a natural born right, i dont know what is.
He recommends fiji water so this wont happen because hes actually a multimillionaire water grifter
@@static_kitten Really? Where'd you find that info?
@@static_kitten you gonna back that up or....
At first I thought this guy was like full of it and trying to be like better than everyone, but he's so pure? He just has a passion about water and wants to share that passion with the world as well as educate people about what water is good for you and what water is just scamming you for your money. I love it, I love him.
"Pure"? No-no, he's obviously full of good, nutritional minerals. 😌
RIGHT
He probably has a TDS of 0 he's so pure
He doesn't have this air of superiority. He has that air of someone gushing about their hobbies.
Couldn't have said it better myself!
As a person who only ever drinks water cause I can’t have sugary drinks i find it so crazy when people say all water tastes the same because NO IT DOES NOT??? This water sommelier is actually really cool and I like how he’s not very elitist about water and the show-boat stuff is really only for celebrities and tv shows. He’s rly passionate about water and i think that’s neat
I understand it tastes different as well but i dont personally like how water tastes and im really sick of being told "water doesnt taste like anything" because it d o e s.
@@apatheticautumn YES!!! I really dislike the general taste of water, just because the lack of strong flavors make me uncomfortable. but the difference in bottled water, fridge water, tap water, etc, is so huge it's so annoying when ppl act like there isn't any difference
Exactly!! I drink only water and it DOES taste and feel different how do people not realise this
I think the flavor of water is subdued when someone drinks something so flavorful like soda on a regular basis
You’re right. I can smell tap water from a mile away. (I’m also autistic but STILL.)
I'm sorry but this video is LEGENDARY.
I can't believe I ended loving Martin Riese lmao. His passion for water is so wholesome in a way.
As other people mentioned, I also thought it was going to be pure bs but instead it was pretty educational. I don't know why we tend to assume we know everything about the most basic things. Later we find out that they're actually more complex than they seem.
Just IMAGINE how hard this guy had to work in order to get enough people to take him seriously enough to allow him to do this for a living.
Seriously this guy had a passion and turned it into a career. That’s a really beautiful thing.
Fr dude. At first even I was like huh is this another fragrance gimmick, but I ended up really respecting this guy and what he's doing.
Right? And it makes so much sense. Water is one of the most important aspects of our life, our world, our bodies working. Why should it not be something that people specialize in! Why shouldn't people research our relationship with water? Why shouldn't we invest into research on how to do this better? Blew my mind a little.
You are VASTLY overestimating the challenge of conning vain wealthy people. I admire the guy, but still.
@@lizc6393 the problem isnt "conning" them, but getting to the point where you can come in contact with them
I respect this guy honestly.
same
fr tho i started watching this expecting to make fun of him like the fragrance guy, but he’s actually spreading info about healthy water and knowledge about many places in the world having shortages of water/no access to safe drinking water
Same. He's honest. He's not elitist. And he doesn't say "all tap water is bad". We get good tap except after they chlorinate and then it's pool water for days and the smell makes me sick. I drink a lot of water so I have to prepare ahead for when it happens. Anyway he has awesome messages and no weird pseudoscience. Also calling out the fluoride thing, it's insane.
man's getting paid bank for WATER TASTING i love it
His confidence is so impressive to me.
I actually really like that guy, he doesn't even seem pretentious about it, he just doesn't want people to be ripped off by corporations. he also has a very soothing voice
yeah he seem like he really loves what he does , it was great
He pushes for you to be ripped off by snobbier corporations. Mineral water is only beneficial due to magnesium and calcium, two minerals present in any multivitamin that doesnt cost more than 20 dollars a bottle vs his water grift of spending 6 dollars a bottle on fiji water which is contributing to plastic but he apparently cares about pollution and earth and you not getting scammed.
@@static_kitten clearly someone wasn't paying attention
@@static_kitten he literally encourages people to drink tap water, u dum dum
I'm neurodivergent and I tend to focus on the texture of like everything and people talking about the textures and flavors of water makes me feel so happy, I've always thought I was crazy for thinking the water was different and this is sorta validating to me :D
Same 🤗 for me I find that Eska water is the most tastiest
I'm probably neurodivergent and water definitely has texture and taste (it's all disgusting). I think people are nuts for trying to tell me it doesn't. Oh, and it also has a smell (which is also terrible).
Same!!! The whole "it's just water" thing has always confused me because personally Im super, idk, like sensitive to the tastes and textures that I guess other people don't pick up on. Especially as a child I always thought it was really weird that no one else noticed, when I was like dehydrating myself because I couldn't bear the tap at certain people's houses.
@@luna-p , sensory processing differences in neurodivergency go both ways. We are either hypersensitive or hyposensitive.
You are probably HYPERsensitive. You might be bothered by the brightness of the sun or florescent lights. Synthetic perfumes and other strong smells might bother you. You might be able to feel the legs of a mosquito walking on your arm.
My mom is ADHD and autistic and hypersensitive. She has all of the sensory experiences that I described above.
I am ADHD and autistic and HYPOsensitive.
I don't feel the legs of a mosquito walking on me. I usually don't feel it at all until it bites me, and not always right away. I can hardly smell anything. I can't smell cat urine in carpeting, for example. I am hard of hearing and nearsighted.
Neurotypicals are average or typical. They're in the middle in terms of human brains and nervous systems. Neurodivergent people divergent from the norm and are on the extremes.
You are on the hypersensitivity end of the human nervous system extreme. I am on the hyposensitivity end.
I would never tell you that you're crazy for having a sensitive nervous system. Please understand that I am not nuts for having dull senses and nerves. I am just different.
Not nd but i have ADHD and feel you so much on this one😭 so glad people are talking about it, just makes me so happy lol, also have a great day
As an autistic person who has a lot of very very specific and 'weird' interests this video could make me cry... Seeing Martin talk is really joyful and thank you both for being respectful and taking him seriously
as an adhd person who overwhelms people by talking about whatever im interested in at the moment ABSOLUTELY AGREE. i love listening to other talk about their interests it was cool asf seeing some famous faces give off the same vibes
Yeah!! It makes me really happy too I love to see people talk passionately about their interests as someone who does that too and I'm so glad they were both so genuinely interested in it too! It's so nice :-)
omg I was just thinking this!!! quiet and low-sensory hello fellow autie ❤️❤️
I was thinking about that too! I also think that part of the reason he’s so good at tasting water is that if he’s autistic, autistic ppl can have heightened senses, eg taste. So he can (potentially) rly taste the differences
i was thinking this exact same thing
I love how Martin was completely receptive like Danny and Nick. He understood how absurd it sounds and wasn’t offended if Nick or Danny indicated that. A true professional with a passion.
it’s so refreshing to see content that actually takes people seriously and isn’t making fun of people’s passions. great video!!!
refreshing... like water?
I love when these commentary-tubers do that. Same with Kurtis on his podcast, like with the grey christian or that spirit medium he interviewed
Agreed! I didn't expect to actually learn a few things from this video, either. I love it!
For sure!! But he’s not a scientist or a water treatment operator. He’s a water sommelier which isn’t a degree.
Right? This guy is so sweet and genuine
Being from Germany too I was so confused why people were making fun of him. As a school trip we even went to a mineral water spring to learn about mineral water and the natural water cycle and stuff. Very interesting x
I think we are aware of it as europeans, I'm french and learned it in school too
It has to do with americas being controlled by the corporation, paying the government to ignore actual issues and acting like they are in the right
@@Burgerman67I mean it's Americans, but it's more that our tap water is uniformly terrible and so often bottled water here is more about drinking water that doesn't have lead in it
As an American, that genuinely sounds both so fun and educational to go on a trip to a water spring! I wish we had trips like that, going outside to real sources. While museums can be fun, I feel like the amount you learn really depends on the amount of dedication that the museum and employees give, which sometimes are not the best. It's unfortunate how little America cares on both education and even in a way health as he's mentioned numerous times governments/corporations don't particularly care about what's in our water.
Yeah same in Ukraine there is shit ton of minera water on shelves, medicinal springs, non medicinal springs etc and people do go there to drink it and bring some back when they there
This was so interesting. And I like that he didn’t drag tap water in a weird, classist way but seems to genuinely care about people’s options and the effects involved in obtaining each one.
He seemed to be concerned about people saving their money by knowing what's in those fancy waters, which is awfully nice of him. He's very wholesome
Yes!!
yeah it was more "tap water is totally fine actually and is even pretty good in some places, the problem is when it's bottled and sold back to you as a premium product in a plastic bottle" and I can really get behind that
@@CryptP Famously Norwegian tap water is some of the best in the world. We are very proud of it. So this was not a new idea for me.
I do like water
I could tell you were thirsty
When nicks collide
I've not seen you drink anything. Prove me wrong coward
24 frames of Nick is Not Green?!
I like that shit so much I PISS it
this is the most genuine thing i’ve seen all week cuz so many of the people who interviewed him were just like saying “oh ur a fraud” and ignoring all the facts he provided and it’s just so beautiful to see how his eyes lit up when u guys like took it all into consideration and listened to him, hes so smart and i’m so glad you guys and all the people who watched the video were able to get information from him when these billionaire tv hosts are jumping at his throat
I thought so too at first when I thought they were just gonna make fun of him cause he was a fraud or something, especially since his tiktoks also annoyed me-but after watching the whole video it makes me happy that there’s someone out there who cares about something that’s as insignificant to many as types of water. He seems like a cool guy and this video certainly taught me something new!
@@caseys2698 guy u are everywhere
The interview is so wholesome. You can tell Martin is so happy to engage with people who really listen to him.
I think I'm gonna start saying "Who is this guy?" whenever I see my friends' pets.
me too
i just find it funny to treat every pet like a human
who is this guy, you just let him crash at your house all the time?!
@@zeffery101 oh man I know. "You got a roommate? What's up my man" and then you like. fist bump the cat.
who is this dude?? what's he doing on ur couch
that was the best part
They seem like the class clowns that actually pay attention to their teachers sometimes and I love it
As a teacher, these are my favorite kinds of students. Gotta pretend not to laugh at inappropriate jokes and then run home to repeat them to family 😅
@@jessmtnz this is amazing LOL
No they seem like teachers Pete and are extremely unfunny
I love that this guy had actual science to back up his message, it makes a lot of sense that water with good minerals in it is better than “pure” water. I’m diabetic and whenever my blood sugar gets too high I have to drink a shit ton of water, and let me tell you, flushing my system with bad water makes me feel so sick. He seems like a good guy too!
"fluoride is unsafe" "natural is good" yeah, so scientific
@@jenm1 I mean fluoride isn’t exactly safe, in small doses it is and majority of the time people don’t get side effects and it actually helps your teeth. But just like anything too much can be bad for you, it can cause tooth decay, high blood pressure among other things. And natural water is fairly good for you, as long as it’s uncontaminated it give you essential minerals and nutrients for your body to run
@@jenm1 he ain't a chemist, he's a water connoisseur. So shut it, jj
@@userK77920 I think they were probably referring to how some people say that tap water in America is harmful because and how it contains fluoride and that it sounded like this man was perpetuating that thought. In the amounts in tap water, fluoride is safe. The studies that showed harmful results from consuming fluoride were generally small and discussed much larger concentrations of fluoride this is in the water.
While he may not be a chemist he is acting as an expert here, so what he says does matter.
@@Kat-mv5dy oh wow, thanks for the information!
This video is such a great example how contagious passion and excitement are. I’m German, I went into the video like “oh no, we made another weirdo” but now I wanna declare him a national treasure. And I gotta find out what his favorite German tap water is 😀
Heyo fellow german hear im not a water Sommelier like him but i highly recommend black forrest water especially directly from the spring is really yummy
Hello neighbourino's! As a Dutch person, this honestly gives me a newfound respect for Germany, this guy is definitely a treasure
29:43 when danny did the water tasts different martin looked so excited that he noticed, it’s 3am and this wholesome man has me crying
That was such a cute moment!
He fully went ":D yeah!!"
i know! this man is so enthusiastic about what he does it's great :)
He was the embodiment of :D
Danny saying there's bugs in the water and nick being like "there is no bugs" is so fucking funny. We've reached the peak of comedy, it can't get better than no bugs.
right, i laughed every time danny repeated the joke :D
“and the bugs 😄” “there is no bugs 🙂” “ahm☺️”
Bugs are actually not as bad a people say they are to eat lmao
They are actually nutritious and filled with 💖protein💖
/lh
To be completely honest, this guy in insanely interesting. He's clearly super passionate about water, and I'm really glad they let him legitimately show what he's all about. The video was hilarious, but genuinely informative.
Don’t take everything he says as fact. He’s not a scientist.
That's fair. I'm more referring to the tasting, not so much in regards to the medical benefits. I generally take anything homeopathic with a grain of salt.
@@EddyGein ahaha a very smart thing to do on the internet! I do love how passionate about it he is. I’m honestly going to send the video to my boss and see what he says 😂
Thank you for actually giving this guy the time of day to explain his ideas. None of the other interviews seemed to, he sounds like he's got a really good message.
i love that martin talked about water accessibility too, he seems like a really cool and genuine person and i’m glad you guys took him and his passions seriously
😊fr
How did I go into this thinking I would be laughing at this guy, only to come out respecting him? What a great message, and he seems like such a nice person, too. I think it was the way it came across when you don't hear what he's actually about. It sounds like he's a water snob, but really he just wants us to drink good quality water and avoid paying a bunch of money/adding to the plastic problem due to buying into marketing.
Yeah same, in the first tiktok I was like "Bit confusing, and also, you want me to just drink warm water or something? Absolutely not." but then by the end I'm like "No, yeah, that makes sense, you want to keep the minerals in it so it has more of that revitalizing effect, but not so much that it's hard to drink or has too much negative effect on the flavor or texture."
Might be purposeful editing too.
Edit: I was trying to convey that in the videos showed the editors seemed to attempt to portray him as pretty eccentric but in reality he's very down to earth and knowledgeable. But, this is a rhetorical answer to your rhetorical question I suppose.
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@@MissDarknSpooky It is. It was a rhetorical question.
@@MissDarknSpooky I think it's more just about the concept in the first place. The idea of a guy telling you advice about water and how to consume it sounds as ridiculous at first glance as the idea of water being a marketed product is itself, but then you get into what he's actually saying and it's actually pretty neat stuff.
@@nutmegdoesstuff1339 couldn't agree more!
It baffles me that so many people were writing him off as a fraud and going, "It's water; it all tastes the same." The house I grew up in had a well and as a kid I always noticed that when I drank from water fountains at school (municipal/tap water), it tasted different. I went to college a couple hundred miles from home and the tap water there tasted so awful compared to what I was used to that it actually made me nauseated. I don't know what the city put in it, but I couldn't stand to drink it until I got a pitcher with a filter. I'm 40 now and have lived in various parts of the US and traveled to several different European countries and Japan. Everywhere I've gone, whether I was drinking tap or well water, it tasted a little bit different. I don't have a particularly "refined" palate, so I'm surprised so many people apparently have never noticed this.
Same. My house has well water too and I can always smell and taste the difference when I have to drink municipal/tap water in other places.
my grandparents water up in Pennsylvania tastes wildly different than any other water I've tried, because it's literally just water (no fluoride or anything) it's crazy to say water has no flavor, like it's not soda or anything but it's not *nothing*
ooh same! I came from a smaller city to a bigger city and the water hardness just went a lot up! I used to live in coastal city, so the water there was almost sweet and it used to quench thirst more adeptly than the of the bigger city! It was from a borwell (and then filtered) from out backyard. Not just the taste, my hair also suffered a lot from washing it in the hard clorinated water. I live in India so we kinda have to filter the water but still, it baffles me that people don't relaise water taste different
same, I get annoyed sometimes when people just say "water doesn't have a taste", because it does, and I always notice the difference when I drink different tap water or well water or bottled water. it all tastes different.
The water here has a slight skunk taste to it
I love how Martin understands the need for processed water in cities in LA, and the safety concerns that would be raised if water wasn't filtered. He respects the fact that it isn't accessible or for everyone. So cool ❤
I love that this guy has like an anti capitalist lens about water. he just wants everyone to have access to healthy water
Yeah, I was worried that it'd be someone not actually considering/thinking about those who can't afford better options. Instead you can tell he does care that everyone has access to them and it's refreshing to see that
right? i was expecting him to be the exact opposite and endorsing expensive glass bottle water brands
Honestly I like his message because water companies really do scam us and they're all hurting the environment with those plastic bottles. I appreciate this.
Sadly the glass ones aren't better unless you use them after you have drank all the water
@@mathiasjrs2878 I mean glass is infinitely recyclable whereas plastic has a very finite recycling life so it’s better in that sense.
@@mathiasjrs2878 the glass ones aren't perfect, but they're certainly better.
@@mathiasjrs2878 Yeah but you can recycle them, they don't break down into microplastics and further destroy the world ad infinitum, etc.
Except glass is heavier so it takes more fuel to transport. If you have safe drinking water, just get a reusable bottle and skip all this waste
Martin, while having his quirks, genuinely seems like a nice guy and a lot of what he says about consumerism and water safety brings up good points (especially to someone who also is picky about water and KNOWS Dasani tastes terrible). Hope everyone will be nice to him 🤗
I agree! (and same w/Dasani, but when I saw arrowhead I was also reminded of how they always gave us that brand on elementary school field trips and it was disgusting😂)
When covid started, they were buying up all the paper products and bottled water, but left the dasani. It's just flat tasting. It's not refreshing, which is weird as it's reverse osmosis so there's no reason for it to have any flavor in it at all.
Doesn’t Dasani have potassium chloride in it?
Dasani tastes like vomit doesn’t it?
@@elleembee6335 ur right, it tastes empty but also has a gross tastes
i love how open minded you guys are. it's cool to see Danny ask questions after he made fun of them. the way he changed was so nice to see! love it
Character development
danny got so excited for the naturally occurring spring water- he’s weirdly the best guest for this video bc of his la croix addiction😭
nah man, la croix is only a second channel thing
Is this gonna be a series, becoming every kind of influenced with Danny
I hope
I HOPE TOO that would be fucking incredible
@@yostinator81 I hope chain starts here
Subscribe for next episode: "becoming a murder influencer"
@@tumulouspark1409
I hope 🤞
Wow Nick helped this smaller creator jumpstart his UA-cam career with the collab on the Fragrance video and has brought him on again. Well done Nick 👏
Who? I know Danny is a 5 million boy so I must've forgotten already
@@Notheare the joke is that danny is famous (more famous than nick). so the original commenter is being sarcastic
@@isadoralemos2942 Captain obvious
@@Resilience93 what do you mean by that?
so generous
When my dad was going through chemo, the doctors actually recommended to him a specific water that was also naturally carbonated but mostly had a lot of minerals that he needed and had trouble getting in his diet because chemo fucks with your appetite. I tasted it and it actually tastes quite salty and not very good in my opinion but I'm not a fan of sparkling water. Wish I could remember the name of it.
Is the brand Hepar?
@@lilac2238 maybe, I'm not sure
Yeah in post soviet countries sometimes doctors would recommend specific spring water as well I think most famous one is the borjomi from georgia, I remember drinking it as a kid when i had some health problems
I'm not going to lie, I came in expecting this to just be a funny video about an absurd concept but I ended up genuinely enjoying the tasting portion. I'm glad you decided to treat him seriously in your interview because you're right, the other hosts were definitely missing out by brushing it off. This is one of those videos that remind me of why I'm so glad to be subscribed!
I have so much respect for you guys for taking him seriously and giving him a platform to actually discuss it. It frustrates me so much to see people invite guys like this on just to make fun because they're skeptics and want more validation
I really appreciate you guys taking this guy seriously and actually having an interesting chat with him instead of making fun of him like Conan did.
The "water as medicine" thing does make some sense when you effectively think of it as being like a multivitamin or something. Plenty of illnesses can be caused by mineral deficiencies, so it makes sense to use mineral water as a kind of treatment
Obviously, as he said, it's not really an alternative thing to be used instead of seeing a doctor but it goes alongside it
Correctamundo
I’ve just been vaguely unwell for years now and I’m starting to realize that part of it is POTS, which can be treated with an electrolytes. Before there was Gatorade, there was spring water! I never woulda thought about it before watching this!!
the real vitamin water
I really would love to see a series where you look at people with niche hobbies that aren't talked about in mainstream media. If you could, it'd be dope to see you talk to someone like Paul Stamets about mycology.
HECK YEAH PAUL STAMETS!!
Yes! Paul omg!
I’d suggest someone less famous like Kevin McCartney who collects Victorian irons and it’s crazy to learn how many different kinds there were
PAUL!PAUL!PAUL!
Like collecting knives :P
i really appreciate the interview style content nick does, he actually hears people out instead of just making a bit out of it, while keeping the videos entertaining
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@@blur4504 francisdidnothingwrong
you're so kind to keep giving this guy a chance! denny is such a sweet kid i hope his channel grows soon
PLZ NOT DENNY
ah the fan fic video. gotta love denny and logan pail
um his name his drew not denny have some respect /s
@@josieblue no it’s jake paul
@@nicksstaffsohecanjab7099 OH NO I REMEMBER NOW
martin won me over entirely when he talked about tap
and how his problem wasn’t with Tap. his problem was with companies trying to charge you more for just tap and sometimes water that’s worse than tap.
he’s not snooty about it, he’s genuinely enthusiastic, has science to back it up, is clearly having a good time, and genuinely wants positive water experiences for other people.
it’s not like the wine connoisseurs who are looking for superiority
he’s looking to spread positivity
i Love him, he’s so wonderful, he’s fantastic and i had a Great time
Honestly? He’s converted me. Like he seems so genuine and very well informed. And he has a point. Water does have a taste. Spring water is technically healthier. And I also love this guy
Yes us Norwegians are very proud of the quality of our water actually. We have been going on about this stuff for years. Whenever we travel anywhere the water quality usually is disappointing. It’s a whole cultural thing here. Martin is just the guy who has made a profession out of it. Which feels oddly validating for my culture.
I went into this thinking a water sommelier is useless, but by the end my mind was absolutely changed.
I started out thinking “oh this is a fake job” and by the end I was like “he’s so cool and I want to try all of these”
This might be weird to say but I like that nick is good at being mean and nice and knows when to do either. He can be direct to peoples face that he doesn't like them and also be nice to people when it's unpopular. Pretty cool :)
This was the most wholesome thing I've seen this week to be honest. I love that you took him seriously and didn't make fun of him. This was very important for me to see especially that I'm an autistic person and also have weird hobbies that get laughed off by many people. Nick, Danny, you restore my faith in people and thank you for this. I also followed Martin, such a wholesome guy
Yes, this made me follow him too!!
As someone how lives in the south of Germany, I have to honestly say that this is a common thing here. Me and my friends discus different water brands and there taste difference, as the do have different tastes and also check the mineral labels. I know it sounds weird but Germany has a big culture around the healing properties of water and many springs! It makes me happy as a water lover that you are giving him a platform for him to share his knowledge and information! Really nice video
I live in Carpathian mountains and we have a lot of natural sources of water, so I understand it too)
I just watched at my netto plastik water bottle and was suprised that it was spring water. I read mineralwasser or quellenwasser all the time and didnt realise how special this actually is
Definitely agree. Fun fact, the German Trinkwasserverordnung (drinking water regulation/law) actually states that tap water has to taste good, so it’s really a very German thing to care about water on a fundamental level. I love that he’s so passionate and has a platform for it and that the guys are earnestly listening to him ☺️
yeah same thing, i live in France and my friends and I have discussed this. the subject actually comes back once in a while when we happen to share a bottle of water cause my friend likes it tasting super metallic and i hate it lol
Ich komme aus Florida. Obwohl unser Leitungswasser nicht die beste ist, es gibt viele Federn hier das sehr gutes Wasser ist. Meistes Amerikanische Quellwasser in Flaschen kommt aus Florida. (Es tut mir leid. Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut aber ich studiere es und ich will üben.)
I'm glad they gave Martin the respect he deserves. He seems like a genuinely nice guy and has a lot of interesting things to say.
The zoom call was so lovely and respectful on both sides. I absolutely love that I went in kind of chuckling at this guy and now I totally get what he's saying and genuinely respect his message and it was so nice to see Nick and Danny really listen and just be so nice after thinking it was a bit silly in the beginning. Love it, wholesome and good. But I am always putting ice cubes in my water, my water needs to be glacier level cold at all times, sorry Martin.
This is like the most harmless influencer you've covered. He just likes his good water.
right 😭
Something that wasn’t discussed in this video is how far these bottled waters (glass and plastic) have to travel to get to consumers. Your tap water from your house/apt is sourced from your local watershed therefore does not take nearly as much energy to get to you as the Queens water from the UK or any other bottled water.
Also tap water can be spring water. Spring water means it comes from an underground aquifer. Municipalities source your drinking water from both groundwater and surface water.
Tap gets a bad wrap, but it’s the safest, cheapest, and most environmentally friendly option out there for drinking water. If you don’t like the taste or are scared of lead or other contaminants add a filter to your faucet and change it every few months. Also change the aerator on your faucet.
Although it should be noted that tap water from your house (at least in the US) has to meet more stringent regulatory standards compared to bottled water.
PSA from a water treatment engineer from the US
I agree but I was under the impression (assumption?) that since most are just tap water they bottled it closer to the destination. That would be so goofy to ship tap water across a large country lol. Except for water scarce areas, prob makes sense to ship tap to California and stuff. I’ve seen water claiming to both be from the Himalayas and environmentally friendly, that’s nuts if you cared you wouldn’t ship it across the globe.
Would you happen to know anything about what he mentioned about fluoride? I was under the belief that fluoride was good for you
@@mjjjermaine I'm not a water treatment engineer but I am a medical history buff. Fluoride in your water is not dangerous nor does it alter the taste of your water! Fluoride is found in most "natural" water sources too. Governments started adding fluoride to water because it was found to easily and vastly improve the dental health of those drinking it. So not only is it safe, it's also beneficial to your health!
which bottled water would u think is the safest and healthiest?
TY for this, it’s nice to see educational UA-cam comments every once in a while.
When I saw the thumbnail I thought this was going to be about a scam, but as the video went on I started to love Martin and believe what he was saying. Then, when Nick surprised Danny with the interview I was so excited. 10/10 video
I grew up in California and I had always hated the taste of the tap water and everyone thought I was crazy that I wouldn't drink tap water. I thought I just hated all tap water until I moved to Oregon and tasted their tap water and realized it's delicious. That first year I was just guzzling water all the time (probably making up for years of dehydration haha) I used to carry a giant pickle jar around all the time just so I could drink insane amounts of water. I didn't realize California just has nasty water until I moved haha
As someone who has ADHD and rants about interests, I love the fact that you actually were interested in what he was talking about. I am also sensitive to taste and texture so I know exactly what he is talking about when he talks about water taste. He is so positive and cool
Same! Like some places I hate the water but some places have really good water! Luckily I love the water where I live so i'm happy about that haha!
FELLOW ADHD HAVER and I very much relate to this comment
I always despise when people poke fun at peoples passions and hobbies just because they are different from your own. I have so much respect for you two for giving him the courtesy and attention he deserved while he taught you something new!
Yea, Conan bothers me with how much he does that on his show.
Yea it’s rare. That’s why I like people like Conan who also give courtesy to the guest
The Flint, MI issue isn’t fixed even now. The real issue is that the water pipes were corroded LEAD pipes n they still haven’t done anything about the pipes just added chemicals. The government has given up on Flint, police don’t go there anymore, hierarchy doesn’t care cause we’re the poor (mainly minority) area. Independent citizens have made more headway with the piping system, just saving money and having fundraisers.
That is just so fucked on so many levels.
They still haven’t? Last time I checked in with a friend who lived in Flint, MI was 3-4 years ago and I thought the issue would’ve been resolved.
The fact it’s still a thing is so depressing and seeing it’s only just avoided instead of fixed is worse.
That's interesting cause I keep hearing conflicting information about Flint, people either bring it up as an example of lacking clean water or they go "actually Flint has has had clean water for years" and I've heard both of these both from experts and residents so idk what's going on at this point
@@Belle-zq3xc it honestly could also be hitting mainly poorer areas. Those who have the money can afford clean water?
Yea i live near flint grand rapids also dosnt have water rn my school did a whole bottle water drive for em michigan is fucked when it comes to giving us fucking drinkable water
I can see where he's coming from. I'm autistic and water definitely tastes different. I don't know all about the science like he does, but I have some bottled water brands that I can't drink and some that I can only drink. Hell, I feel sick just drinking slightly cooler than room temp water. So for me, I can see where he's coming from, but that is also just based on taste alone. It's actually really fascinating seeing him talk about it all and especially what got him into his love of focusing on water. I can definitely relate since for me, being autistic, that is definitely how it feels having special interests and learning about how things work and all. It's kinda cool and I can't help smiling when I see some of his TV show appearances.
Oh my god thank you fellow autist! I tell everyone that water has a taste all the damn time and people straight up just say "no it doesnt." despite me being able to taste it quite well. I actually am the opposite, i can only drink cold water because my tap water at home has such a bad taste that its easier to drink when its cold so it has less taste to it.
The video's fun, but it's *really important to clarify* that fluoridating the water supply was a massive public health achievement in the U.S. Far fewer children get cavities here because our tap water is fluoridated, which is *especially* beneficial for low-income households in which parents might not be able to afford regular dental care. It's a different situation throughout Europe, like Martin's native Germany, where many children receive school-based dental care & therefore don't need additional fluoride.
tl;dr Fluoride in our tap water is the closest thing to socialized medicine in the U.S. and is, therefore, really fucking cool.
Fluoride's great. As someone who is immunodeficient, it makes such a huge difference because dental procedures are hard for me because I have to take courses of antibiotics... so having the fluoride rocks!
I took an upper level groundwater hydrology course this semester, and this guy hit the nail on the head. Water is such an important resource and should be WAY more regulated in terms of buying and selling it, especially in the States.
I don't know about you, but I think that it SHOULDN'T be bought and sold. People should just be able to have water.
@@mastermarkus5307 they were so clearly talking about the nice high quality water sources that could get destroyed. That stuff will never be free because it often comes from remote places. Not the communal supply
@@mastermarkus5307 yup but until the government regulates corporate use and control of water we will never be able to "just have water".
+10,000 points to Nick and Danny for being so cool and receptive and respectful. An interesting take for a comedy commentary channel
I absolutely love how you took this seriously! Also felt uncomfortable with him first out of worry that he was promoting water elitism of some sort, but your interview was so refreshing and amazing to see the type of guy he actually is! I'm in sustainability and so I absolutely love how he mentioned water access issues and that at the end of the day he just wants people to have access to healthy water that actually benefits people rather than water that isn't helping or is actively dangerous. Love how he isn't against tap water either and made sure to make that clear that he just hate the money-hungry tap rebottling companies. He's gotten a new fan! Really really love this video as a whole 👍
>refreshing
hehehehehehe
Edit: completely agree
he honestly comes across as smart and actually knowledgeable when he's like this and not highly edited and it's nice to know that he's not a health food grifter like a lot of other people and he's just a really passionate guy
maybe I'm just hormonal, but the way danny nick and martin are interacting is legit making me tear up they are so sweet
I absolutely loved how they took him seriously. What an amazing guy who loves water and the planet
i love the mini history lesson about healing water in history. also love how focused and attentive danny and nick were during it
I literally got so happy for Martin when Danny and Nick started talking to him, cause Its just so satisfying that they actually ask questions and actually listen to him and let him speak. I get happy stims
SAME
I WAS ALSO STIMMING THROUGH THIS VID AND I DONT STIM A LOT
man he seemed kinda weird at first but power to him, he found his special interest which just happened to be a niche passion, and really is an expert on it! i can really relate as an autistic person.
same
yeah, it’s so wholesome to see how passionate he is about this
frfr same
I love that you guys gave your full attention to Martin during the Zoom call and actually took it seriously. it was really cool listening to him talk about the differences between water brands and types
I like how Martin's so open to other people's thoughts and preferences instead of pushing ideas on to them. I loved this whole experience
hey this guy is actually cool, its neat how he doesn't shame people for drinking from these companies, but the companies themselves
great profile pic dude, viktor the best
I especially appreciate him saying stuff about water disparity all over the world. Sounds weird but it really is such a privilege to "taste" water when so many don't even know when theyll have access to water. I've never drank bottled water since I live on the west coast in "rain"couver so i've just been completely ignorant to this world.
I love how they actually took the time to listen to Martin and understand his passion without making fun of him for it. so much respect for the way they handled this and opened up to actually learning about it
This was actually highly interesting and educational cuz hes not wrong. Distilled water is NOT meant for adult humans, for baby humans and animals distilled is good but your also adding formula with vitamins and minerals in that case. Distilled water has no real benifits.
I always think of distilled water being the stuff u use to rinse out lab equipment! Does not make it sound appetizing for consumption lol
@@meganchambers8108 agreed
It tastes so good, though!! There's something about the smoothness of it that just really hits the spot haha
While this is true, I can't stand the amount of flavors in other forms of water, so distilled water and specific brands of ice are the only things I consume that are predominately water, in liquid form.
I just use distilled for my steamer. I have never liked the taste of it.
For people in the coffee industry, water is definitely an important variable when brewing coffee. It really affects how it can taste which is really interesting! This was so fun to watch, I didn't expect you actually was in a zoom call with him!
Is harder water more ideal for coffee?
@@iamsotiredofliving I've had coffee made with well water and it was nasty to me but my mom loved it so it all comes down to personal preference
I believe it’s the same for tea
@@megangwilliam5343 most definitely!! i wasnt the biggest fan of tea until i realized it was because i was using tap water
@@taintedgrl ooo that’s interesting! maybe that’s why i haven’t liked the teas i’ve made at home lol
He seems like such a genuine and passionate guy, I’m sure he appreciated you guys taking him seriously when others haven’t. It sucks when people treat your passion like a joke, and it makes me happy that you were so open minded. Proud to be part of NICKISNOTGREENNATION😤
i actually love martin. he’s so passionate about what he does and he’s clearly done so much with that passion. who else could say that they’ve met celebrities and been on tv because of water?
this dude is genuinely so sweet! i’m so glad nick and danny only had a good faith laugh, individually we all wish to be as passionate about something as this guy is with water
I feel so insanely validated. My entire life I've been particular about my water, and people have always told me how weird they think it is. Lol They always told me I was being ridiculous and WHO'S RIGHT NOW? They tried to tell me "water is water" and I've always known they were wrong and I wasn't crazy 😂
YES!!! Even as a kid I didn’t like dasani because it tasted bad. I can even tell when my water filter needs replacing because the taste is different.
Water is essential to life. They sound immensely privileged. My family had to travel into nearest town to get clean water when I was small. It's a big deal.
Recently my countries tap water was tested and in many areas due to agricultural runoff it was found we had levels of stuff which could mean higher levels bowel cancer for population.
@@MrZestyOnion dasani is the driest water i've ever had
@@FlareStorms it’s drier than a thousand suns.
I fully understood what martin was talking about when he said that water tastes differently, I drink a lot of different kinds of water (weird flex ik) and some waters just dont taste good to me even though people I know didnt really understand it.
I am so suprised to learn more about this and honestly I think what Martin is doing is really cool! He really earned my respect tbh
yea, my friends and used to have heated conversations about what water is the best water. I was kind of surprised to see people being so dismissive of the idea that water could taste different.
ya some waters to me have a plastic taste or a bad taste it’s rlly interesting
yeah i’ve always been able to tell which brand the water is or if it’s tap/distilled/spring and he’s actually a really neat guy :DD
Have hated Dasani and Aquafina my entire life for this reason.
yes!! water DEFINITELY has a taste, I don’t know much about the logistics behind like the guy they interviewed but I’m glad to see other people finally acknowledging that waters can indeed taste different
I was skeptical at first because I expected him to be a snob. But I love how he’s skeptical of packaged water and supports tap water (when it is safe).
No sarcasm when I say I’m truly grateful that this video is 39 minutes long // especially when Danny is in it.
nickisawesome
Nickisnotnotawesome
But he's not green
Awsome but not green
Not green ok
Stop scrolling
He is NOT green
Agreed
@@Notheare
I heard he’s
green
@@adeer87 no
Nick is not green
How dare you
I love this guy. Not only does he know what he's talking about, but he has such a lovely attitude. He just seems like he genuinely loves what he's doing, and like he's passionate about sharing it.
This dude was genuinely so interesting and informative without being arrogant in any way and I love how dedicated he is, really loved the video and ended up learning a lot!
This video is so wholesome honestly
This guy is the life of the party.
“Hey, you wanna go out for some beers?”
“Sure. Martin, you wanna come?”
“I mean, we could get beers… or, as a fun alternative, we could spend the evening doing side-by-side water tastings!”
Make a series w Danny called “Under the Influence” where you talk to interesting influencers!!!!
That name idea is honestly genius
YES
Such a good idea!!!
Lovely idea!
Yesssss