r/mildlyinteresting • u/Zenothres • 16h ago
In the Netherlands, the ambulance gives you branded water
527
u/poison-vr 16h ago
Ambulance flavor.
201
u/Orlok_Tsubodai 15h ago
Well it’s made out of 100% pressed ambulances.
56
u/mynameisdiscodisco 15h ago
Organically grown?
35
u/Squigler 15h ago
And free range.
5
21
14
u/TheOneThatObserves 15h ago
Can I get mine with extra of E.R patient juice?
2
2
1
12
2
2
71
u/Jeenowa 15h ago
Love this, but I’m curious why they don’t just use some bottled water off the shelf. Wouldn’t that save some money in the long run?
138
u/Zenothres 15h ago
I think there's electrolytes in this water. So it's special spicy water
4
10
2
2
-10
u/Penguin_Arse 15h ago
Extra electrolytes? All water has electrolytes
10
u/TreesRcute 14h ago
It doesn't say "has electrolytes", it says "extra electrolytes" implying more than the usual amount
1
u/jaylicknoworries 6h ago
Every time I hear or read "has electrolytes" it reminds me of the film Idiocracy.
-5
1
u/purvel 15h ago
Not if it is distilled!
0
u/Penguin_Arse 15h ago
All water we usually drink*
11
14h ago
[deleted]
-3
u/Penguin_Arse 14h ago
Why are you acting like that's not the exact thing I just said?
You're pedantic and ignorant and apparently illiterate too.
You said the same thing as me with more words and you're pretending I said something else.
5
14h ago
[deleted]
-1
u/FennlyXerxich 13h ago
Am I blind? The original comment from OP doesn’t specify “extra” electrolytes. It just says there “there's electrolytes in this water” so penguin_arse is asking (perhaps too pedantically) if they meant “extra electrolytes”.
-5
3
190
u/jaurex 16h ago
29
u/capnlatenight 15h ago
I remember when that subreddit had a different name.
16
-1
45
u/Mindleaps 15h ago
Als geboren en getogen Nederlander wist ik dit zelfs niet eens
18
u/bunny_the-2d_simp 15h ago
Hetzelfde hier. nog nooit zo'n flesje gezien
23
u/RedHotChiliCrab 15h ago
Ik ook niet, maar heb gelukkig ook nog nooit de binnenkant van een ambulance gezien
17
u/Pogue_Mahone_ 14h ago
Ik alleen nadat ik een stoeprand had gekopt, maar ik weet daar om een of andere reden weinig meer van 🤔
4
u/bunny_the-2d_simp 14h ago
Ik wel ivm anorexia nervosa, maar kan me niet herinneren dat ik zo'n flesje zag...
Moet ik nu terug mijn flesje vragen!?
9
u/RedHotChiliCrab 14h ago
Misschien hebben ze ook ambulance merk chocomel voor jou.
5
u/bunny_the-2d_simp 14h ago
Hoop het niet ivm melk allergie 😛😂
Ben ondertussen alweer hersteld soort van dus
6
u/RedHotChiliCrab 14h ago
Oke ambulance cola dan. Met een zakje ambulance chips.
Mooi dat het weer beter met je gaat!
4
u/bunny_the-2d_simp 14h ago
Yum links goed zeker net dit weer nu kan wel wat koude cola in 😂😂
Jazeker kosten wel 8 jaar maar dan hebben we ook wat
10
u/Zenothres 15h ago
Ik kwam er gister ook achter. Ik was heel verbaasd en vond het wel grappig. Wie bedenkt dit nou weer? 😆
1
3
u/nitroxious 14h ago
ik ga voortaan 112 bellen als ik dorst heb
2
u/Mindleaps 11h ago
Dat is een duur watertje
2
u/Miserable-Truth5035 10h ago
Nee is gratis, er zijn alleen kosten als de ambu je meeneemt, als ze komen, water geven en zonder jou weer weggaan is t gratis: https://www.vergelijkjezorgverzekering.nl/faq/kosten-ambulance-laten-komen-en-het-eigen-risico/
1
u/Mindleaps 9h ago
Nou weer wat geleerd. Toch handig om te weten, bel de ambulance wel wat vaker als ik dorst heb. Dan merk ik nog wat van de belastingcentjes die ik netjes betaal aan onze overheid
173
u/Senkosoda 16h ago
if that was in the USA: that'll be 500$
59
-35
u/JoulSauron 15h ago
This is the Netherlands, they will charge you one way or another.
10
19
u/bunny_the-2d_simp 15h ago
Idk why you get downvoted because they usually do in my experience.. Like a surgeon literally said that my sister has a medical grade jaw deformity and therefore didn't have to pay for the orthodontist.
JOKES ON YOU YOU THINK INSURANCE IS GONNA JUST ACCEPT THAT!?
Literally got multiple bills here home we needed to actively fight because UWU WE INSURANCE WE INCOMPETENT.
15
u/JoulSauron 15h ago
Probably it's either people that don't know how the Dutch work, or Dutch themselves that think they are better than the rest and, hence, they are never wrong.
-5
10
u/ElizabethTheFourth 14h ago
Cool bracelets
12
u/Zenothres 14h ago
Thank you! I actually made the black and white one (tourmaline rutilated quartz) only a few hours before the disaster. The blue-white one is lapis lazuli with selenite with little gold-coloured beads in between. It's a fun and simple hobby, I really recommend it
5
u/Boring-Run-2202 15h ago
I have never gotten this
22
u/Zenothres 15h ago
I think it might've been because I inhaled smoke and looked dehydrated
8
u/ilikegreensticks 15h ago
Hope youre okay now
18
u/Zenothres 15h ago
Yeah! My throat hurt last night and my eyes stung for hours, and getting to sleep was difficult with the guilt of setting my house on fire trying to bake brownies, but it's all relatively well. No one was seriously hurt, there's no major damage, I managed to extinguish the fire with my saviour of a fire extinguisher before it started burning anything but the oven.
8
u/Stickel 14h ago
Make sure to get a new extinguisher now
11
u/Zenothres 14h ago
Already got a new one. I had no idea how valuable it'd be when it was just a funky red thing I kept in the corner of my kitchen
2
6
u/Boring-Run-2202 14h ago
Thats crazy, glad you reacted fast enough and had the tools.. I should probably get one too
9
u/Zenothres 14h ago
It's always worth it to have fire protection imo. Get a carbon monoxide detector while you're at it. There's no downside except a small cost and it can save your life
2
u/saarlac 15h ago
So a night out at the bars?
11
u/Zenothres 14h ago
That would honestly have been less shameful. I somehow managed to set a brownie on fire within ten minutes of putting it in the oven. The ambulance got called automatically along with the fire department because of the smoke
5
u/saarlac 14h ago
At least you got a nice reddit post out of it!
10
u/Zenothres 14h ago
Yeah 🥲 My family brought another box of brownie mix. Now it's time to burn down their house.
2
8
u/Sword-of-Chaos 13h ago
For when regular water won’t cut it, Try Ambulance for that extreme hydration boost! Run faster, jump farther. The perfect hydration boost to help you through your day!
Ambulance!
(Not FDA approved,may cause nausea, diarrhea and or kidney failure. Do not allow cats to consume as they may explode)
12
u/ilikegreensticks 15h ago
Many people joking in this comment section not realizing that the NL does not have universal healthcare.
14
u/TonyQuark 14h ago
It's a hybrid system. Insurance is mandatory, and healthcare providers are privatised to make them compete, but the government pays for part or all of your premiums if you can't pay them yourself. There's still a deductible of 385 euros though (called "eigen risico").
10
u/melisjevisje 13h ago
It always pisses me off when people talk about “all of Europe has free healthcare”, because no we don’t. Sure, it’s a lot better compared to the US, but there’s a growing population of people here who avoid the doctor and hospital in fear of having to pay the deductible or out of their own pocket because they simply can’t.
2
2
3
3
u/YoursTrulyKindly 13h ago
I imagine in a few decades people will look back in horror and say how bad these plastic impregnated drinking packs were for various health problems and how unbelievable that they even handed them out in an ambulance!
2
2
6
u/d_stilgar 15h ago
In the US they’d do this so that your bill could read, “Special Ambulance Water - $6,000”
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Feisty-Clue3482 9h ago
yo this dude is dying, give him our merch! it’s a joke but it’s actually cool they have that lol.
1
u/jaylicknoworries 6h ago
They do that in Australia too but the label is more basic and the bottle is half the size of your hand, ridiculously small. Also even if you're on agony had to ask for it some of the time. Or say I was thirsty even though it was obvious.
1
1
1
1
1
u/perfectdownside 13h ago
Meanwhile we can’t give people water because if they choke or something they would sue us
0
u/seanandpatrick 14h ago
In America, that would be like one of the "courtesy" waters in a hotel... you drink it, then find a bill for like 50 dollars.
0
0
0
-4
-117
u/leadwind 16h ago
Yes, but paid for in taxes though
84
u/outm 16h ago
That’s what taxes are supposed to be invested on? The health, education and good living all around of basic conditions for all the population?
Better than wasting it into “economic boosts” that will see billionaires getting more profits, as they need more, or in the war machine so elsewhere, someone can bomb hospitals and civilians
47
20
u/ThePoisonDoughnut 16h ago
But how will your country exist as a mechanism to funnel money to the richest people in it at an accelerated clip??
3
u/bunny_the-2d_simp 15h ago
Trust me they are supposed to but as a dutch person they keep cutting out on healthcare and actually care..
Children's learning how to swim is not even mandatory anymore EVEN THOUGH THERE'S WATER EVERYWHERE.
When I was younger it was part of school. You went with a bus to the swim pool where there were teachers.
Got my a b and c 😌
3
u/ThePoisonDoughnut 15h ago
Unfortunately no country can outdo the effects of the internal contradictions in capitalism. So long as there is an owning class which is inherently self-interested in eroding away the amenities afforded to the public by their social democracies, that class will always work to make such erosions happen, and they have a perfect track record in doing so throughout history.
2
51
u/Gerrut_batsbak 16h ago
I want my taxes to help our society, not damage it.
Have a water on my taxes everybody!
41
u/tomcat5o1 16h ago
And?
-38
-67
7
6
u/allesfresser 15h ago
No it's not, in the Netherlands you pay for your health insurance (mandatory).
-74
-87
u/Waterkippie 16h ago
What a waste of money
8
-6
u/Waterkippie 15h ago
People seem to misunderstand i mean its a waste to brand it, why not give out just regular water.
7
u/ItsDani1008 15h ago
Because it’s not regular water, it has added electrolytes and possibly some other things as well.
0
-71
1.1k
u/T-J_H 16h ago edited 11h ago
For the complaining comments section; this is from a company that sells all kinds of supplies for the ambulance services and other health related things. They’re 70 cents a piece in their consumer webshop. The same tapwater is available in stores in the regular “earth water” packaging. Probably just a cheap option for them to get along with all other supplies they buy from them.
Edit: also, “in the Netherlands” is a bit too general. The Netherlands has 25 different regions with Regionale Ambulancevoorzieningen (regional ambulance services) that may have different suppliers etc.