Confessions of a Litigious Mind

The random, irrelevant musings of a law school graduate.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

it is what it is

lately, i keep seeing commercials for lifewater and propel "fitness water." i don't understand them. they uselessly banter back and forth about calories and vitamins. my question is, if they have all this other shit in them, why do they still call it water?

when you flavor water, it becomes juice. if you carbonate it, soda...or beer. water is the base for lots of shit. so i don't know why it's called flavored water. it's all flavored water really.

the one that really gets me is the commercial where they say, "if i drink brand X (i think vitamin water), i'll have to do how many more situps?!?!" lame. if you want to drink healthy water and get vitamins, drink water and take vitamins. or buy the fake water for $8/bottle.

posted by josh @ 3/12/2008 07:41:00 PM

3 Comments:

At 3/14/2008 5:42 PM, Blogger Supreme Monkey Overlord said...

they call it water because marketing people are, 1. lazy and 2. stupid.

also, when people think they are drinking "water", they believe its good for them. vitamin water. vitamins and water are both good for you so why not the two of them mashed into one drink? just don't ask what's in them.

i started drinking vitamin water a while ago because it had less sugar then most other energy or vitamin drinks, and not added carbs like gatorade. but now some companies have actually caught on and started mass marketing drinks that are actually good for you, not just the promise of goodness.

 
At 3/14/2008 6:04 PM, Blogger josh said...

nice. i decided it was somewhat unfair to mock vitamin water without a fair evaluation. i tried it once a few months ago, and i tried a different kind today at lunch, remembering this post.

the conclusion i've come to is that vitamin water is 1) gross, 2) expensive, and 3) gross.

i'll stick to the clear stuff.

 
At 3/19/2008 12:55 AM, Blogger Unknown said...

First off, you're a jackass for stealing a topic I was going to post about myself.

Second, that fucking commercial makes me really angry. Who are these idiots out there who are buying into this advertising and don't realize that "fitness water" is like water with added unhealthy crap? When was the last time taking something pure and healthy and adding something made it healthier? These are the same idiots who think that having a salad consisting of lettuce and light ranch is "good" for them.

Idiots.

 

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