In the essay of Mark Twain or Samuel Langhorne Clemens, “Concerning Tobacco” he writes about switching his cheap cigars for expensive cigars without the ribbon labels on them and people being none the wiser. Well, in this article, I talk about “purified” bottled water and “not pure” tap water, and how they are both the same thing, drinking water that is perceived in different ways. Just because of a fancy label and “process”, one type of water is considered better than another, which I think is just plain silly. I can understand people not wanting obvious impurities in water, but water is water when it is clear water without matter to what is said or done about it.
Sure, I may sound ridiculously myopic and silly in a way, because bottled water is expensive and ocean water free of salt is “impossible” and tap water is the cheapest drink on earth or otherwise. But on this issue, I have to agree with Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens on much of these ideas about water are perception other than cleaning the obvious dirt out of the water when you bottle it and sell it or add flavor to it such as strawberry or pineapple or something quite obvious like that. I have nothing against legitimate arguments at all, but perception at times, has a lot to do with those arguments thebestalkalinewatermachines.com.
Now, in some senses, faucet water or “tap water” is more regulated than the for profit bottled water really, because mostly private companies bottle water or facilitate the “purified water machines” at grocery stores. I am not saying that these are not legitimate sources of water at all, it is all one part hydrogen and two parts oxygen that is clean and with “the bugs worked out”, and at many times I do use the grocery store water machines or get from the store bottles of water and use bottles of water. It is not that, my argument is this: Reality versus perception in a “tug of war” of sorts. Reality being that it is all clean water that works, perception being that just because that water is cheaper it is not good enough to drink. Now, I agree with not touching reclaimed or sewer water and that kind of thing that goes on lawns and flowers usually, I draw the line there. But, I am writing this article to make everyone think about reality and resources and how they work, because they are a big part of legitimate perception and legitimate reality as it all is. What I am also saying philosophically is that genuine logic strikes a balance, not so much a “tug of war” between legitimate perception and legitimate reality. Because, without that balance, that is fear and neurosis of the genuine sort.
For example: If something is perceived as unsafe and dangerous and is really beneficial, we miss out. If something is really dangerous in reality and perceived as safe, we pay the consequences that are not just perception. My point, either way if it is unbalanced, that is fear and neurosis of the genuine sort, and is not workable in reality. We must perceive reality honestly at all levels individual and universal for things to work.
So, this is not just an article about all types of water faucet, tap, pure, impure, drinking water, bottled water, and ocean water with the salt taken out, this is an article about perceptions and realities also, and a philosophy of balanced understanding that does work. For if we do what does not work, we will get what does not work or is ineffective in a genuine sense. So, this is a genuine article about ecology, combined with the epistemology of realistic thinking about our lives and existence. I leave you to do your own thinking, but I hope this article woke you up from the “slumber of assumption.”
My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases, but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest action taker.
I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.