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StingLikeACock t1_j8xd9hl wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Backpack suggestions for the Gym? by KeepthePeaceHumanity

Why does it matter? What’s hindering your workout? Maybe you should focus on yourself more than what others are drinking out of.

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milkfiend t1_j8xdv8u wrote

Well a traditional soft plastic gallon jug isn't super great for you, it will leech phthalates into your water. Hard sided plastic is generally fine, but if it squishes and is intended to be single use, don't drink from it!

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KeepthePeaceHumanity OP t1_j8xukt7 wrote

>Well a traditional soft plastic gallon jug isn't super great for you, it will leech phthalates into your water.

I did a little googling, and the gallon of container that I use to store my water is BPA free, meaning, it does not leach harmful chemicals into the water like BPA plastics do.

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KeepthePeaceHumanity OP t1_j8xlj42 wrote

I don't participate in those activities, if I happen to be occupying a machine, I'm using it until im finished with my sets. If I'm done with my sets, then I'm not going to be occupying the machine anymore, and I'm on to my next exercise.

I just carry it around with me, because it is the better alternative than carrying around 7 individual water bottles

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KeepthePeaceHumanity OP t1_j8xn818 wrote

Nah it’s not, I’ll stick to my source of water

I find it amusing how triggered you are over a container of water, take it easy man, life is good

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Trague_Atreides t1_j8xlc5c wrote

> What’s hindering your workout?

I've only ever seen them on machines to claim them, usually at inconvenient times.

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StingLikeACock t1_j8y6ozh wrote

Ask to work in lol, I read a bit of what happened in the comments but I feel like the simple answer is that people would be nice enough to. It’s kinda nasty if they’re sweaty but i guess you just gotta wipe it every time.

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KeepthePeaceHumanity OP t1_j8y8vh0 wrote

No the point he’s trying to make is that people who carry around the big gallon of water containers, are usually people who would leave the container on the machine, obstructing somebody else from potentially using it, while they walk away from the machine leaving their stuff behind “hogging” it.

You can’t ask somebody to work in, if they’re not present at the machine, but I humbly explained, and tried to assure him, that I wasn’t one of those people who do that. I don’t “hog” machines. I get whatever sets I gotta get done in a timely manner, and move on to the next. I’m not trying to be at the gym all day.

If anything, wherever I’m at, my jug of water is always right next to me at all times.

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KeepthePeaceHumanity OP t1_j8xosry wrote

I do not place my “stuff” unattended, and if I’m not near a machine, and we’re talking in context of the gym, chances are I’m not using it.

Why don’t you, instead of being passive-aggressive, and overtly annoyed, speak up to whoever may be occupying the machine that you want to use.

If you see someones “stuff” lying around on it, use your eyes, look around, and use your lips. Explain your concern and move on, like I understand, it’s obnoxious to hog a machine, I get it.

I go to the gym in the morning before work, you think I like when I need to use a machine, and I see someone’s stuff and no body is around, that aggravates me to, but this is not a topic about that, this is a topic about me getting a nice recommendation for a bag that can fit all of my things in the form of a backpack instead of a duffel bag. it’s quite annoying carrying around a duffle as opposed to carrying a backpack

Edit: Stay salty with your downvote bud 👍🏻

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Trague_Atreides t1_j8xueox wrote

> ...passive-aggressive...

You're making a lot of assumptions about me there bud. I go at 5:00am. There's no one there to annoy me. But, if I'm meeting folks for a game in the evening I sometimes see folks on the weights. The only giant jugs I see are not politely stashed out of the way.

> ...Stay salty...

I'm sorry I phrased my sentence as a personal attack on you. But, rest assured, I didn't downvote you.

> ...for a bag that can fit all of my things...

Perhaps you'd have an easier time finding a backpack that will fulfill your needs if you didn't bring so much superfluous stuff with you every day. You certainly don't need a gallon water jug.

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KeepthePeaceHumanity OP t1_j8xw9wk wrote

>You're making a lot of assumptions about me there bud

Ironic, look at the pot calling the kettle black.

>I go at 5:00am.

Congratulations?

>There's no one there to annoy me. But, if I'm meeting folks for a game in the evening I sometimes see folks on the weights. The only giant jugs I see are not politely stashed out of the way.

Wow, so based off of your experience, you decide to judge everybody else all in the same, because a couple people “ruined” it for you?

>I'm sorry I phrased my sentence as a personal attack on you. But, rest assured, I didn't downvote you.

I don’t think this little “debate” would have ensued in the first place, if you perhaps, didn’t phrase phrase your “sentence” as a personal attack? You can’t punch somebody in the face for no reason, then just say “I’m sorry”

>superfluous

🤣

Take it easy man

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[deleted] t1_j8xy81y wrote

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KeepthePeaceHumanity OP t1_j8xzzvo wrote

Listen, people are bringing their personal problems into my thread, when I just asked for a recommendation.

Forgive me if, I’m “Projecting”? I don’t know how else to not come off as projecting, in your eyes, I’m just responding accordingly.

You responded three different times to my comments, without a single recommendation. You didn’t add any value, but chose to voice your opinion, on how my comments may have invoked a certain feeling in you.

I’m not here to say you can’t comment, or feel a certain way, but this whole conversation has diverged into something complete unrelated to the OP, and in my humble defense, I didn’t start it.

I apologize for if I may have hurt anybody’s feelings that has been involved in this conversation. I should have known better to stoop down to that level, and just be the bigger person.

Again, Sorry.

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