Why you can't buy Dasani water in Britain

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  • čas přidán 8. 03. 2020
  • Coca-Cola's brand of bottled water, Dasani, was a flop in the UK after the public realised it was just filtered tap water. But the story's a bit more complicated than it might seem. | Drinking Dasani with Ashens: • 15-year-old UK Dasani ...
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  Před 4 lety +13450

    If you wish I'd drunk some of this: so do I! And you're in luck, because Ashens and I did just that over on his channel: czcams.com/video/c6VhcpwFZJM/video.html

    • @Lankzstuntin
      @Lankzstuntin Před 4 lety +70

      Tom Scott how was this pinned a day ago?????????????????? Came out litro 5 mins ago

    • @nliberty
      @nliberty Před 4 lety +47

      Timezones.

    • @TheElvisnator
      @TheElvisnator Před 4 lety +87

      Tom Scott be like: *_T H E L A W S O F T I M E A R E M I N E_*

    • @IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou
      @IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou Před 4 lety +26

      @@Lankzstuntin He's a time traveller.

    • @TheElvisnator
      @TheElvisnator Před 4 lety +33

      @@nliberty No, in some videos the comments are up to one month older than the video

  • @makkerfelix
    @makkerfelix Před 2 lety +53710

    pov: you're slowly backpedaling away from a psychopath talking about water

  • @gpll8135
    @gpll8135 Před 4 lety +26521

    Pov: ur going for a walk and some stranger starts following you and lecturing you on a story about bottled water

    • @jacked4121
      @jacked4121 Před 4 lety +238

      I mean better than walking alone

    • @jacked4121
      @jacked4121 Před 4 lety +28

      Don’t even have to say anything?🙏

    • @jsgwam
      @jsgwam Před 4 lety +8

      hide what?

    • @ejej_shej7958
      @ejej_shej7958 Před 4 lety +5

      Lmao

    • @DBZ483
      @DBZ483 Před 4 lety +38

      I dunno why that made me laugh so much lmaoo

  • @bro_adway
    @bro_adway Před rokem +5667

    You make some very elaborate videos, but I cannot imagine how difficult it is to shoot all of this in one take. The fact that you were able to line up the destination with your punch line. The fact that you were not distracted at any moment by the world going around you. The fact that you remembered every word you were planning to say. I would love to see a Tom Scott blooper reel one day!

    • @jayw900
      @jayw900 Před rokem +87

      Almost like he's a professional. Sure, a youtube pro but still.

    • @bro_adway
      @bro_adway Před rokem +398

      @@jayw900 he most certainly is a professional. I just forget sometimes the work that goes into these videos. He makes it look easy, that doesnt mean it is!

    • @FuriousFiveMonkey
      @FuriousFiveMonkey Před rokem +32

      @@jayw900 Lmao, thank you captain obvious

    • @manoo2k974
      @manoo2k974 Před rokem +8

      @@jayw900 an intelligent one :P

    • @beetlejews
      @beetlejews Před rokem +14

      He was using cue cards

  • @Saimeren
    @Saimeren Před rokem +1969

    It's absolutely incredible how Tom can not only remember his 10 minute long script, but do it in a single take AND get to the plant the second his script tells him he should point at the plant. Incredible. He doesn't even lose focus once.
    Ps. Cudos to the camera person for walking backwards that whole time and not stumbling.

    • @carnbyarst670
      @carnbyarst670 Před rokem +71

      He nearly lost it when he almost dropped the bottle...

    • @reecedeyoung6595
      @reecedeyoung6595 Před rokem +49

      He had to walk REALLY slow to time it right

    • @Saimeren
      @Saimeren Před rokem +6

      @@reecedeyoung6595 I can see that. Thank you.

    • @JoshuaTootell
      @JoshuaTootell Před rokem +62

      Likely has a teleprompter with timing cues. No reason not to.

    • @jaysonovo4778
      @jaysonovo4778 Před rokem +47

      He told us in other videos he uses a teleprompter! But of course. Because memorizing 10 minutes straight of data and the right words would be very tough.

  • @fatyoshi9993
    @fatyoshi9993 Před 3 lety +11136

    POV: You are slowly being backed into a corner whilst being lectured on bottled water

    • @3bmugen118
      @3bmugen118 Před 3 lety +103

      Stolen comment

    • @GrapesUponHerVine
      @GrapesUponHerVine Před 3 lety +126

      The best and last 9 minutes and 50 seconds of your life

    • @noahmay7708
      @noahmay7708 Před 3 lety +56

      Shameless copying, I see. It's always funny when the original comment is right below the stolen one.

    • @I_am_milan
      @I_am_milan Před 3 lety +2

      😂

    • @Mythraen
      @Mythraen Před 3 lety +42

      For the record, this is significantly funnier to me than the "stolen" comment about someone following you. It's a more threatening visual with less clutter than the other comment, providing a cleaner and more "jarring" punchline.

  • @AbbreviatedReviews
    @AbbreviatedReviews Před 4 lety +4409

    Some people praised 1917 for it's long shots, but Tom Scott showed us all how it's done.

    • @zwete
      @zwete Před 4 lety +83

      This wasn't faked either.

    • @StrangerHappened
      @StrangerHappened Před 4 lety +51

      And the story actually makes sense unlike this nonsensical film written by a lady who is obviously clueless about how things go in war.

    • @salman_3833
      @salman_3833 Před 4 lety +6

      its*

    • @spelcheak
      @spelcheak Před 4 lety +141

      @@zwete You mean they didn't actually send a cameraman back to ww1?

    • @RichieLarpa
      @RichieLarpa Před 4 lety +4

      It looks nice on CZcams, but hey, London is big and Tom Scott is still just a human. It could have been done on multiple takes, which reminds me of that brilliant video of CZcams IDs, which was supposedly done in one take.

  • @spankyharland9845
    @spankyharland9845 Před 2 měsíci +18

    I am working on a process to dehydrate water into a powder and selling it in small emergency packets- all you do is add water and you have instant water.... that will sell well in the UK !

  • @ellisbkennedy652
    @ellisbkennedy652 Před rokem +245

    I cant tell if im more impressed by the information being told to me, or the commitment and sheer cool factor of your walking start to the cocacola plant, amazing video as always

    • @LoneBeastYT
      @LoneBeastYT Před rokem +2

      Allow me to 1 up that, for the entire 9 minutes and 50 seconds, there is not a single cut in the video

    • @notgadot
      @notgadot Před rokem

      @@LoneBeastYT Tom is awesome

  • @snaaail
    @snaaail Před 4 lety +69612

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate this monstrous 9 minute single take with many facts, names, and quotes

    • @llKirosll
      @llKirosll Před 4 lety +2651

      and so well timed with the lorry as well, hauhauahua

    • @pnksounds
      @pnksounds Před 4 lety +1410

      don't forget the annoying horn at 2:50

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen Před 4 lety +517

      I assume he’s got a portable auto cue setup being carried by Matt.

    • @pinbana230
      @pinbana230 Před 4 lety +330

      Yea and all that just to record it next to a noisy, annoying road

    • @MianCowell
      @MianCowell Před 4 lety +106

      @@JasperJanssen Doesn't sound like Matt at the end

  • @boobbbers
    @boobbbers Před 4 lety +4737

    People are talking about Tom's "one take" ability but nobody's mentioning his ability to wear a red shirt and grey hoodie for the past 5+ years.

    • @Hanakooh
      @Hanakooh Před 4 lety +61

      ONE OUTFIT. There we go! XD

    • @snippy7990
      @snippy7990 Před 4 lety +6

      ohh well you right hes still doing that.^^ Im just notecig im kinda doing the same :D

    • @swingstylez
      @swingstylez Před 4 lety +41

      Tom released a video about his red shirt a couple of years ago, so nothing left to talk about :)

    • @Sparrow420
      @Sparrow420 Před 4 lety +25

      And the not aging at all.

    • @misadate8688
      @misadate8688 Před 4 lety +11

      plot twist, the shirt was white originally

  • @theblubus
    @theblubus Před rokem +157

    I'm amazed you were able to do this video in a single continuous take without cuts. I can only imagine how difficult it was to perfect this video

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 Před rokem +4

      He does use a teleprompter though. He admitted it in a recent interview.

    • @slxyerxo
      @slxyerxo Před 11 měsíci +2

      Are u also amazed about the Rainbow?

  • @nicolasbertin8552
    @nicolasbertin8552 Před rokem +525

    During a trip to the US I was like "hmmm what the hell is that purified water they sell in bottles ?" And it was just that. What you can do at home with a water purifier, they do sell to you in a bottle... France, like the UK, never had such a product, and like the UK, has many mineral water brands, exported all over the world (Evian, Vittel, Volvic, Perrier...). There is no way such a product would have worked once people would have known what it was in France, because they would have had the same reaction as me : "why the hell would I pay for that when tap water is so cheap?".

    • @landonp629
      @landonp629 Před rokem +61

      Not every place has nasty tap water like the US though. When I lived in Florida, even a PUR filter didn't do anything for the water - still tasted like drinking warm swamp water.

    • @PeterPaoliello
      @PeterPaoliello Před rokem +26

      You pay for the convenience and transport, plus the receptacle, what's inside is the least important part, people know and it still has a market, especially considering the alternatives in the fridge have sugar and other additives I'll pay for the comparatively clean option.

    • @zbabyg6998
      @zbabyg6998 Před rokem +31

      @Landon P I live in Detroit, and Detroit city water is highly regarded. Gotta remember how massive the US is, there are thousands of water treatment plants for all different areas.

    • @landonp629
      @landonp629 Před rokem +18

      @@zbabyg6998 It's not always an issue with the city water - it can also be an issue with pipes as well. Frankly, when I drink water it has to be spring water like Icelandic Glacial, Fiji, or Evian. Purified bottled tap water leaves a chemical aftertaste that is horrible - and most tap water I have drank just has off-putting taste to me.

    • @bryceg5709
      @bryceg5709 Před rokem +1

      PFAS goes right through

  • @feloberto
    @feloberto Před 4 lety +3305

    "That's an odd location to film a video..."
    *camera pans left*
    "Okay then."

    • @Official_KC
      @Official_KC Před 4 lety +30

      Seems like OJ Simpson was around at the end at some point

    • @santoshhumagain9239
      @santoshhumagain9239 Před 4 lety +59

      Tom puts a lot of thought into these videos.

    • @TeamLegacyFTW
      @TeamLegacyFTW Před 4 lety +1

      @@Official_KC What does that even mean?

    • @ButchersBin
      @ButchersBin Před 4 lety +11

      @@TeamLegacyFTW I think it's because of the gloves on the road towards the end of the video.

    • @RustOnWheels
      @RustOnWheels Před 4 lety +3

      Gloves on the road are normal in Scott’s one takers.

  • @broodjekaas820
    @broodjekaas820 Před 4 lety +2812

    Wait he's filming a video in his own country? Impossible.

    • @InvadersDie
      @InvadersDie Před 4 lety +43

      HOOOONK!

    • @bilal00276
      @bilal00276 Před 4 lety +27

      And it's longer than 7 minutes

    • @ianmacfarlane1241
      @ianmacfarlane1241 Před 4 lety +74

      @Broodjekaas
      No, he's fooled everyone, (apart from a few people in the know) as it was filmed in a studio in Finland using a gigantic green screen..
      If you listen carefully you might be able to hear a hydraulic press in the distance.

    • @BlackMesaEmployee
      @BlackMesaEmployee Před 4 lety +7

      Fun fact: at vidcon london I saw tom filming a video, so I witnessed him filming a video in his own country which is very cool

    • @juwer4657
      @juwer4657 Před 4 lety +11

      "Oi mate, i certainly hope you have camera license?!?!?!"

  • @Poirecorp
    @Poirecorp Před rokem +1179

    Thanks Britain for thwarting the invasion. At one point in my life I was locked in a ship with only Dasani and its Pepsi counterpart Aquafina, and it felt like drinking nothingness, which managed to make me even thirstier. Even the tea brewing in it felt lacking.

    • @frankfurter7260
      @frankfurter7260 Před rokem +70

      Yeh both are disgusting; the only thing worse is Evian which is so base I use it only to induce vomiting.

    • @92larsko
      @92larsko Před rokem +34

      It's all just overpriced water

    • @dbzcollector9963
      @dbzcollector9963 Před rokem +11

      @@frankfurter7260 arrowhead water use to taste like boiled weenie water…

    • @symphonyandserenity
      @symphonyandserenity Před rokem +7

      Agree! It literally doesnt quench your thirst, horrible water.

    • @bagandbroad
      @bagandbroad Před rokem +9

      @@symphonyandserenity Yes! I swear it even dries my mouth out, somehow.

  • @flowersnyc
    @flowersnyc Před rokem +154

    Riveting! Tom Scott, you make the Dasani story so much more dramatic than my former business school marketing case studies of product launches that failed disastrously. Thanks for the research, and fascinating storytelling.
    Have never bought Dasani here in the US, because we know it’s tap water. Apologies to my friend, who had a 20-year career in Coca-Cola marketing.

    • @jamisojo
      @jamisojo Před rokem +3

      I don't consider filtered tap water to be the same as tap water.
      It becomes high quality water.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 4 lety +3856

    “It’s basically Coke without the syrup” you’re not wrong

  • @PresObama
    @PresObama Před 4 lety +4535

    I didn’t search for this. There’s nothing that would indicate that I would want this.
    But I like it.

    • @CerealOwl
      @CerealOwl Před 4 lety +114

      Thank you, Obama!

    • @IndigoGollum
      @IndigoGollum Před 4 lety +108

      By the way what's your last name?

    • @joey4592
      @joey4592 Před 4 lety +53

      Indigo Gollum care

    • @yomama91927e
      @yomama91927e Před 4 lety +3

      okay president Obama

    • @chrisbula
      @chrisbula Před 4 lety +15

      Why didn’t you fix the water problem Obama?

  • @render4723
    @render4723 Před rokem +172

    After finding out about this, my school decided to stop adding Dasani in the water vending machines and replace them with actual "clean" water

    • @SM-ys8lw
      @SM-ys8lw Před rokem +18

      the diffrence is negligable at best, i promise you if you blind tasted It you wouldnt notice a difference, and you body also would see no difference between the two

    • @zyeborm
      @zyeborm Před rokem +14

      I hope that they just went with whatever was cheapest as that is actually probably best for the environment and exactly the same for the users. Second of course to making it easy to just get water from a tap

  • @thelushpot6246
    @thelushpot6246 Před rokem +2

    you are the only youtuber i know who doesnt do a new shot every 4 words, it's amazing how you can just say everything within a take.

  • @ChumpLord
    @ChumpLord Před 4 lety +3687

    the camera pan to reveal the coke plant was too good

    • @rootpill
      @rootpill Před 4 lety +47

      Chump Lord spoiler alert 🚨

    • @ihavenoidea4416
      @ihavenoidea4416 Před 4 lety +137

      @@rootpill you should know what you're getting into when you're reading what is literally called a *COMMENT* SECTION, they are just commenting on the video.
      spoilers for the video don't really exist in comments

    • @retrothecake1921
      @retrothecake1921 Před 4 lety

      @@ihavenoidea4416 .

    • @retrothecake1921
      @retrothecake1921 Před 4 lety +2

      @@ihavenoidea4416 .

    • @YepsMr
      @YepsMr Před 4 lety +12

      i have no idea you have zero sense of humor. and now youll either not reply at all or tell me that you do have a sense of humor and that this wasnt funny

  • @abdihassan7208
    @abdihassan7208 Před 4 lety +6212

    The fact that this video is one take, no stuttering and no teleprompter makes this video truly amazing.

    • @rusca8
      @rusca8 Před 4 lety +9

      +

    • @Ms.Frazier
      @Ms.Frazier Před 4 lety +24

      He's amazing

    • @rushilkaul
      @rushilkaul Před 4 lety +356

      There could be a prompter..

    • @da14a49
      @da14a49 Před 4 lety +6

      @@rushilkaul yep

    • @lezlezman1843
      @lezlezman1843 Před 4 lety +147

      Not to mention the camera operator walking backwards all the way...unless there was a guide keeping him on the path.

  • @Helium_Hunter
    @Helium_Hunter Před 7 měsíci +2

    That episode was epic, and perfectly written as they all were!

  • @hajde8128
    @hajde8128 Před rokem +13

    "can't live without spunk" is going to be my new life motto

  • @outside8312
    @outside8312 Před 4 lety +2709

    Toms trying to flex on us with his one take 9 minute walking monologue but we're all here marveling at how the camera person walked backwards and even crossed a road without falling over and kept a good shot

    • @trapical
      @trapical Před 4 lety +118

      Walking backwards can be easy, but only if the path is clear and predictable. I would have to assume there was a third person involved with this video. Tom Scott, his cameraman, and then a third person walking ahead of the cameraman and making sure the path is clear and there is no traffic, etc, on the roads they were crossing.

    • @Dampfish
      @Dampfish Před 4 lety +66

      There are also ways to mount and hold the camera so that you film behind you and don't have to walk backwards.

    • @StonedSpagooter
      @StonedSpagooter Před 4 lety +20

      Notice how they are walking in sync?

    • @jackskellingtonation
      @jackskellingtonation Před 4 lety +66

      Let's not overlook the perfectly placed pair of gloves at 9:10

    • @SymbioteMullet
      @SymbioteMullet Před 4 lety +12

      Also they roads they crossed were access roads to the factory, so there's a whole lot less traffic on them, so it's much easier to do it safely (bar that one truck in the outro)

  • @conordoonan8669
    @conordoonan8669 Před 3 lety +1928

    Even in America Dasani is viewed as one of the worst bottled waters. If you get Dasani you are either at a movie theater where they only sell Dasani or it’s the only choice at a gas station in the middle of nowhere.

    • @sylinmino
      @sylinmino Před 3 lety +326

      Dasani, the water brand where every bottle tastes like it has a nickel in it.

    • @putmyhandstowork1980
      @putmyhandstowork1980 Před 3 lety +9

      so true.

    • @youraftermyrobotbee
      @youraftermyrobotbee Před 3 lety +132

      I work at a Walgreens and there are customers who actually come in and buy Dasani willingly... Cases of the stuff. Rare, but they're there.

    • @lauralishes1
      @lauralishes1 Před 3 lety +206

      I only ever heard of it when people were panic buying and someone from the U.S posted on twitter a photo of the shelves being empty except at the end there was a big stacked pile of Dasani water untouched 🤣

    • @citrusfruitunion7382
      @citrusfruitunion7382 Před 3 lety +20

      Dasani and Aquafina are the two best water bottled brands imo

  • @hoppinonabronzeleg9477
    @hoppinonabronzeleg9477 Před rokem +11

    I remember watching a UK spokesman for the brand, trying to defend it. The interviewer asked him, : " so what makes Dasani different, after all it's just tap water?" , he replied : " It goes through an incredibly technical filtration system " ,' the interviewer countered with : " 'So that's it, it's just filtered?"
    And about 2007, I was in Chicago, on the CTA, I saw a bottle of Dasani on the floor, and just shook my head!
    HOABL

  • @daenerystargaryen
    @daenerystargaryen Před rokem +49

    Only fools and horses is one of the best and one of my favourite tv shows! It was hugely popular in Croatia and today is still considered cult classic.

  • @austinfarley4971
    @austinfarley4971 Před 3 lety +8243

    I just love it when Tom gets excited about doing 1 take.

  • @SirGriefALot
    @SirGriefALot Před 3 lety +2851

    Wow, I'm super impressed that they timed an almost 7 minute walk to be able to turn the camera and have a shot of the factory at the exact right time.

  • @atlas2296
    @atlas2296 Před 9 měsíci +6

    Its always funny to see Tom so excited over a one take video

  • @eh1702
    @eh1702 Před 11 měsíci +68

    I remember when the Dasani story broke in the UK. People were at that time somewhat sceptical of bottled water anyway, since the tap water in most of the UK was very high quality (before Thatcher privatised it). I can assure you, nobody had to have seen the OFAH episode to be outraged at the concept of Dasani: selling our own water back to us that we we already paid a tax for.

    • @jensenraylight8011
      @jensenraylight8011 Před 7 měsíci +2

      what they sell is a bottle, the water is just a bonus gift out of their goodwill.
      it was intended for people who was in the public and couldn't be bothered to tap into the nearby sewer to drink some water

    • @treecko7424
      @treecko7424 Před 6 měsíci +3

      "before Thatcher privatised it" what, was Thatcher privatising things after 2004 or something? She'd been out of office for 14 years at that point, that's more than enough time for perceptions about tap water to change

    • @eh1702
      @eh1702 Před 6 měsíci

      @@treecko7424 Thatcher is still privatising things. Thatcherism is alive and stripping new national assets everynyear.

    • @cerivines7975
      @cerivines7975 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Not sure why you think privatisation affected the quality of tap water. AFAIK the rules and regulations have not been (ahem) watered down so the quality is just the same.

  • @hux2000
    @hux2000 Před 4 lety +7675

    Posting to call out the fact that this was nearly ten minutes in a SINGLE TAKE and aside from the car horn, it's basically perfect. How Tom hasn't been snapped up to present major TV or film documentaries yet is amazing to me. It takes serious talent to deliver like that, for that long, entirely from memory. Bravo, sir!

    • @kernadan000
      @kernadan000 Před 4 lety +322

      It's better with the car horn anyway

    • @Fotounternehmer
      @Fotounternehmer Před 4 lety +85

      Yeap, the second one take I see and I am so amazed by it. This is incredible hard.

    • @RobindeJongh
      @RobindeJongh Před 4 lety +78

      He's making far more money presenting on youtube - he's probably turned down a lot of TV offers in his time.

    • @crispyspa
      @crispyspa Před 4 lety +81

      @@hellocommaspacebitch my revenue has gone down by about 75%. Views and clicks have not gone down at all... In fact views and clicks have gone up.... Yielding a lower paycheck.
      It's not like I was living off CZcams... But it was a good fund for my hobbies. Not anymore.

    • @ant7936
      @ant7936 Před 4 lety +94

      Unlike BBC and MSM reporters, Tom is intelligent, articulate and telling the truth, after researching well.

  • @KBilt92
    @KBilt92 Před 4 lety +2184

    "One-Take Tom" is NOT phased by car horns!

  • @MartGordon
    @MartGordon Před rokem +2

    One take Tom Scott. Wonderfully done.

  • @Warshava_
    @Warshava_ Před 7 měsíci +3

    Something I find amazing about Tom's videos is the way he includes small bits of criticism of the media he shows and references on his videos so the usage of clips and fragments of the media he puts on screen fall under fair use (at least that's what i believe he does that for partially)

  • @mujnick
    @mujnick Před 4 lety +3350

    Other youtubers: *rolls eyes * "sorry for the car outside guys..."
    Tom:

    • @ultr4nima
      @ultr4nima Před 4 lety +184

      Putting out a horn warning like it's a jumpscare warning

    • @Zak-ob5ze
      @Zak-ob5ze Před 4 lety +27

      1:13 Mercedes AMG gt

    • @mranonymous5283
      @mranonymous5283 Před 4 lety +11

      How do you pronounce your last name

    • @izzythetrashposter5710
      @izzythetrashposter5710 Před 4 lety +16

      reminds me of how youtubers apologize saying "oh im sick and sound horrible" or "ugh im sorry for the rain it's annoying i know" but you don't even care or notice at all.

    • @Cabalex
      @Cabalex Před 4 lety +1

      (Honk follows the countdown at 2:48)

  • @kroyno1
    @kroyno1 Před 4 lety +1938

    Tom “One-take” Scott

    • @renchen282
      @renchen282 Před 4 lety +4

      Fr

    • @johnm2012
      @johnm2012 Před 4 lety +9

      How do you know? It might have been his tenth attempt.

    • @Rock48100
      @Rock48100 Před 4 lety +26

      @@johnm2012 Somebody didn't finish the video...

    • @garrybogdanho
      @garrybogdanho Před 4 lety +12

      @@johnm2012 one-take means the whole video with no cuts

    • @mabamabam
      @mabamabam Před 4 lety +3

      Tom "weird baby steps" Scott

  • @leokeatonn
    @leokeatonn Před rokem +1

    I love how excited Tom is about getting it all done in one take :D

  • @elishahodgson1635
    @elishahodgson1635 Před rokem

    Great story and incredible one take! congrats mate :D

  • @indigozulu9
    @indigozulu9 Před 3 lety +2671

    I am weirdly impressed by the timing of the monologue with the panning reveal of the bottling plant. That would have been way too easy to mess up

  • @Wanking_wanker
    @Wanking_wanker Před 4 lety +2629

    “It’s like coke but without the syrup”
    I GUESS

    • @Axodus
      @Axodus Před 4 lety +61

      Tap water is like coke but without the syrup.

    • @nicksurfs1
      @nicksurfs1 Před 4 lety +84

      It literally is. It’s water with the added drying agents to make you more thirsty and they even slightly carbonate it.

    • @Axodus
      @Axodus Před 4 lety +32

      @@nicksurfs1 that sounds like a conspiracy theory.

    • @jackgerig8910
      @jackgerig8910 Před 4 lety +44

      @@Axodus It says drying agent in the ingredients and salt.

    • @Axodus
      @Axodus Před 4 lety +24

      @Emmanuel Goldstein
      Yes, I'm aware, but I think it's silly you think the percentage is even close to enough to actually make you thirsty.

  • @kennfong
    @kennfong Před 7 měsíci +3

    Tom, you did not mention the number one issue with tap water: the last mile.
    The voyage water takes to your tap varies with the type and age of municipality's system. Older pipes contaminate the water with lead and other metals. Sometimes minor cracks will permit untreated ground water.
    Even if the water is uncompromised your building's local plumbing may be faulty.

  • @zapinguin01
    @zapinguin01 Před rokem +7

    I love how excited you get when you crank out these one-take wonders!

  • @MH_Binky
    @MH_Binky Před 4 lety +1556

    It always makes me happy to see Tom's "one take" celebrations, but what really impressed me was the camerawork. Not only did they keep Tom in centre frame while moving backwards for the full 9 minutes (and particularly while crossing the driveway), they made space for the graphics to appear when Tom mentioned them.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Před 4 lety +65

      The panning shots were nice too.
      Well done, to both of them.

    • @Pikana
      @Pikana Před 4 lety

      It could also be done stabilization like in his one video

    • @Pikana
      @Pikana Před 4 lety +1

      *some

    • @gradyking4739
      @gradyking4739 Před 4 lety +6

      Pikana well of course, but it’s still tough to do

    • @myopinion69420
      @myopinion69420 Před 4 lety +9

      could also be shot in 8k and re-framed to 4k in post. But its still a really good shot. Love the 1 take continuous clips.

  • @Ajsandborg
    @Ajsandborg Před 3 lety +5025

    Today i learned there's a chemical called "bromate" and i'm so disappointed there aren't more jokes about it

    • @vladiiidracula235
      @vladiiidracula235 Před 3 lety +39

      I’ve only heard one in a video about water filtration

    • @shnorakalyutsun
      @shnorakalyutsun Před 3 lety +360

      Instantly texted my bromate to make this joke

    • @thatoneperson7127
      @thatoneperson7127 Před 3 lety +15

      @@shnorakalyutsun lmao!

    • @vladiiidracula235
      @vladiiidracula235 Před 3 lety +147

      @@shnorakalyutsun I wish I could, but my bromate is so toxic to be around

    • @polymetric2614
      @polymetric2614 Před 3 lety +14

      i think it might be called bromide but i might be wrong

  • @JohnKruse
    @JohnKruse Před rokem +20

    One of my coworker's brothers was an executive at Coca Cola. We were talking about how Dasani is just filtered tap water and he said that his brother actually said that bottling Dasani was more expensive than Coke because of the extensive filtration process. I'm not surprised as I think that they spend more on marketing than on the actual product.
    To be honest, I'm much more bothered by seeing Fiji, San Pelligrino, or Evian shipped halfway around the world than the idea that Dasani is just well-filtered water.

  • @MightyManotaur22
    @MightyManotaur22 Před rokem +10

    I'm always blown away by your preparation and execution in these videos. Almost 10 minutes in a single take and a perfectly timed reveal! Well done!
    Oh and also the story was cool too.

  • @79ped
    @79ped Před 4 lety +4348

    Is that a guy with a cameraman, filming something?
    I should honk at them !

    • @yy.189
      @yy.189 Před 4 lety +25

      alexxxth Unless there’s traffic. >:)

    • @Iisardias
      @Iisardias Před 4 lety +54

      @@yy.189 they still usually don't honk even in traffic

    • @DatBoi-mo9vc
      @DatBoi-mo9vc Před 4 lety +27

      If you look theres a car crossing the median recklessly causing the main like annoying horn

    • @sambrock5692
      @sambrock5692 Před 4 lety +2

      Ghiman the guy aaaaand a silver car does the same thing 10 seconds later

    • @Iisardias
      @Iisardias Před 4 lety +15

      @@yy.189 The only reason they would honk is to say hello or get someone's attention

  • @bennbutters2578
    @bennbutters2578 Před 2 lety +6874

    It’s a miracle that Dasani didn’t fail everywhere, literally the only water you will hear people call bad

    • @mattg9550
      @mattg9550 Před 2 lety +571

      Aquafina is garbage too

    • @martyhalloway7935
      @martyhalloway7935 Před 2 lety +512

      Nestle is bad

    • @drfifteenmd7561
      @drfifteenmd7561 Před 2 lety +73

      @@martyhalloway7935 Nestle is the least offensive.

    • @martyhalloway7935
      @martyhalloway7935 Před 2 lety +364

      @@drfifteenmd7561 stealing peoples water and killing babies after hooking them on formula offends me.

    • @cymond
      @cymond Před 2 lety +250

      @@drfifteenmd7561 Nestle is evil. They keep buying water sources, like they're trying to corner the market.

  • @MaybeTheyreBatman
    @MaybeTheyreBatman Před 8 měsíci

    😮the car horn warning was so amazingly helpful to me - yay! Thank you! I get to keep listening 😢❤

  • @893263007
    @893263007 Před rokem +5

    7:34 I like how he just memorized this entire quote, apparently.

  • @zlehua1990s
    @zlehua1990s Před 3 lety +2632

    At the 1:17 mark three cars in a row drive by and they are [nearly] the identical shade of blue as the Dasani. This has nothing to do with the content, but it distracted me long enough that I feel compelled to share this information with the world.

  • @digify12
    @digify12 Před 2 lety +4940

    This video is a certified masterpiece. Its one straight near 10 minute take full of info and facts about something you didnt know you wanted to know, and the walk was perfectly timed with the speech to end up at the bottling plant. Absolutely perfect

    • @ALittleKitten
      @ALittleKitten Před rokem +6

      What is the character in your pfp called?

    • @Linepiece777
      @Linepiece777 Před rokem +29

      @@ALittleKitten Niko, from OneShot

    • @stargazer7644
      @stargazer7644 Před rokem +30

      Well, to be fair, he was actually taking baby steps next to the bottling plant for the entire 9 minutes, so the timing really wasn’t that hard.

    • @crackerjack3027
      @crackerjack3027 Před rokem +13

      Based Niko enjoyer

    • @Raythe
      @Raythe Před rokem +5

      its called rehearsing. good christ.

  • @Lantertronics
    @Lantertronics Před rokem +1

    I'm blown away at your ability to go 10 minutes in ONE TAKE.

  • @salty5613
    @salty5613 Před rokem

    the cinematography is incredible

  • @Pilgrim_uk
    @Pilgrim_uk Před 2 lety +3347

    The old joke "Bottled water companies sell plastic bottles not water."

  • @nunyabidness5375
    @nunyabidness5375 Před 2 lety +4747

    Dasani: every bottle tastes like it has a nickel in it.

    • @tideio
      @tideio Před 2 lety +174

      My favorite drink of all time is water Idk I really love the taste and love trying different brand since I was child I hated Dasani and Aquafina I was a very picky eater as a kid so my parents thought I was being dramatic child so I just stuck with tap water (I live in Canada so it’s clean) as I grew up I think more people are starting to realize that Dasani & Aquafina taste horrible, tbh Idk why it took so long for people to realize that water made me more thirsty then quenched super acidic ugh.

    • @WhiteWolfos
      @WhiteWolfos Před 2 lety +118

      @@tideio yup. I boycott Nestle water though since they are simply doing evil especially in Africa.

    • @tideio
      @tideio Před 2 lety +45

      @@WhiteWolfos TRUE, (I’m East African) that’s why I just drink great value water or tap water

    • @matthewstaffordsburner1040
      @matthewstaffordsburner1040 Před 2 lety +5

      Based

    • @rakz7865
      @rakz7865 Před 2 lety +12

      It literally taste like a nickel😂

  • @XavierKatzone
    @XavierKatzone Před rokem +4

    I buy it because it's one of the few waters left that come in good, solid bottles (not the crinkley kind!) that can be refilled and used again and again!

  • @gearjunkieconfessional
    @gearjunkieconfessional Před rokem +9

    I was booked to promote this product in the UK from a branded van and was overjoyed when it got pulled just before I had that cancer-wagon outside my house as I was still paid the full fee. 😁

  • @elizaindisguise
    @elizaindisguise Před 3 lety +869

    9:30 you can tell how proud tom is for nailing this take. kudos for this nearly 10min long monologue AND timing it for that reveal!!

  • @static759
    @static759 Před 4 lety +1693

    Mute the audio and it looks like Tom is threatening you with a water bottle

  • @DetoxSSB
    @DetoxSSB Před rokem

    Informative, straight to the point, not asking for a like or subcribe and well shot in one nice recording. Well done 👍

  • @neonblkhole
    @neonblkhole Před rokem

    Props for doing it in one take 💯

  • @thom5331
    @thom5331 Před 4 lety +586

    Interestingly Coke owns "Smartwater" which is a popular brand of bottled water in the UK

    • @lassievision
      @lassievision Před 4 lety +45

      Which is according to the packaging inspired by 'clouds' (and hopefully not their air pollution). I particularly like the supposed manufacturer of 'Glaceau' which has connotations of pure glacier ice-melt.
      Being distilled water, it's not a million miles away from the stuff you put in your iron (deionised) but adding some electrolytes, because the mineral shtick didn't work last time.
      I often see a bottle and wonder if the 'smart' refers to how they're once again pulling the wool over their supposedly smart customers' eyes.

    • @thatrandomchannel8589
      @thatrandomchannel8589 Před 4 lety +1

      Lassie Vision acid rain water

    • @christopherglemet3258
      @christopherglemet3258 Před 4 lety +1

      Nobody likes the taste of water haha

    • @mrwonderful2142
      @mrwonderful2142 Před 4 lety +4

      Smart water is for morons

    • @TheDarkestReality
      @TheDarkestReality Před 4 lety +48

      if the water so smart how it get trapped in a bottle
      dumb ass water smh

  • @nikolagrgic5432
    @nikolagrgic5432 Před 4 lety +1763

    I recall a good Family Guy joke:
    CEO of Dasani: Hey everybody, what if every bottle of Dasani water tasted like it *had a nickel in it?*

    • @dillon7981
      @dillon7981 Před 4 lety +83

      It does too, that’s no joke

    • @scottcantdance804
      @scottcantdance804 Před 4 lety +40

      @@dillon7981 isn't that the crux of the joke?

    • @seminolerick6845
      @seminolerick6845 Před 4 lety +3

      It IS my preference... even afterlearning all about it. Yea, I'm a CoaCola holic... Orange Vanilla my urrent poison here in USA

    • @Starwarman1
      @Starwarman1 Před 4 lety

      @@seminolerick6845 orange Coke is amazing

    • @hghg2848
      @hghg2848 Před 4 lety +2

      Dasani is the only water ppl wont buy during the rona virus outbreak

  • @TheOriginalCoolDad
    @TheOriginalCoolDad Před rokem +11

    On this side of the pond, Dasani actually started as an experiment to see if they could turn wastewater (yes, from a sewage treatment plant) could be turned into drinking water. Started at the Atlanta Metro Wastewater treatment plant. Never realized how badly it was handled on that side of the pond though.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Před 7 měsíci +4

      It was just one gaff. Had it not been for _Only Fools and Horses,_ Coca-Cola probably could have survived this

    • @nuhaomar9542
      @nuhaomar9542 Před 2 měsíci

      METRO ATL MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥

  • @Corzappy
    @Corzappy Před rokem +3

    I love how the story slowly gains more and more resemblance to Peckham Springs.

  • @NeilStudd
    @NeilStudd Před 4 lety +2206

    Imagine the mindset of a driver who goes "Oh, someone's filming something? I'm going to deliberately try to make his day worse by sounding my horn."

    • @franktheflamingo6221
      @franktheflamingo6221 Před 3 lety +59

      I was reading this comment then the car horn happened

    • @frighteninggenius2497
      @frighteninggenius2497 Před 3 lety +73

      You wouldn't wanna film in Indian streets

    • @queen_simp3273
      @queen_simp3273 Před 3 lety +105

      Isn’t it entirely possible that the car honking was unrelated to the video?

    • @escapeLDN
      @escapeLDN Před 3 lety +64

      @@queen_simp3273 it was a van fulla geezers avin a bubble

    • @diamondbae5217
      @diamondbae5217 Před 3 lety +26

      Something like that shouldn't make your day worse 😂😂 stop being sensitive.

  • @lolzlolz102
    @lolzlolz102 Před 4 lety +751

    09:10 That's all that's left of the previous guy that tried 1 take. Didn't time the lorry quite right!

  • @felixhenson9926
    @felixhenson9926 Před rokem

    Thank you for the car horn warning 😅 genuinely appreciated

  • @MroStudios
    @MroStudios Před rokem +74

    I remember when restaurants here in Italy (a land of extremely good mineral waters) tried to sell "purified water" at the same price of mineral water. It lasted a couple of years then people started to refuse to pay.

  • @TimTomTwo
    @TimTomTwo Před 4 lety +598

    Can't wait to finally see you in a full 2h-long Documentary.
    - Hundreds of names
    - Many dozens of quotes
    - all in one continuous shot

    • @charliespinoza1966
      @charliespinoza1966 Před 4 lety

      +

    • @anamilena3257
      @anamilena3257 Před 4 lety

      I second this! 😁👍

    • @1234567895182
      @1234567895182 Před 4 lety

      This would be truly amazing. Has anyone ever done a one take that long?

    • @coolGhostVIRUS
      @coolGhostVIRUS Před 4 lety +1

      @@1234567895182 Any decent lecturer?

    • @SymbioteMullet
      @SymbioteMullet Před 4 lety +1

      @@1234567895182 there's a fairly old russian film that was a single take, it's nearly two hours i think?
      Not a documentary though.

  • @stephenj9470
    @stephenj9470 Před 2 lety +4974

    I mean, everyone talks about Tom getting it in one shot consistently, and kudos to him. But can we talk about that videographer walking backwards for 9 minutes (or forward but keeping the shot on Tom) without even a small stumble?

    • @kazekl2447
      @kazekl2447 Před 2 lety +36

      n0

    • @danrandall3302
      @danrandall3302 Před 2 lety +243

      There is such a thing as a gimbal which stabilises the camera no matter what

    • @ashleygrillo7316
      @ashleygrillo7316 Před 2 lety +130

      Come on dude, use your head thats so obviously not a dude with a camera on his shoulder walking backwards lmao. If it was hed be a surgeon not a cameraman

    • @0oh_no
      @0oh_no Před 2 lety +7

      @@ashleygrillo7316 then what is it

    • @Spvceman333
      @Spvceman333 Před 2 lety +80

      @@0oh_no most likely using what the guy above said, a camera stabilizer

  • @tobysimmonds487
    @tobysimmonds487 Před 10 měsíci

    I'm sorry but he did this in ONE SHOT! Memorising ALL the quoted lines and key points... That is some extremely good pacing and it works! It really enhances the video

  • @javimelecio
    @javimelecio Před 4 měsíci

    this continuous shot was absolutely breathtaking

  • @Rikkiii222
    @Rikkiii222 Před 2 lety +7171

    Not only did the cameran walk backwards for 9 minutes and not only did Tom remember the entire script perfectly but they timed the "there" bit with the coca cola factory so perfectly. (6:28)

    • @vereabsolutum9131
      @vereabsolutum9131 Před 2 lety +104

      Could it be and that what was said was on a prompter or actually written so it could be repeated as the speaker walked? THINK ABOUT IT!

    • @asia.b
      @asia.b Před 2 lety +240

      @@vereabsolutum9131 Are you mad? 😄

    • @rubiks0505
      @rubiks0505 Před 2 lety +194

      @@asia.b probably jealous abt his memorization skills

    • @b13stl1ama6
      @b13stl1ama6 Před 2 lety +36

      Honestly the cameraman probably held the camera backwards. I would too

    • @alilalani9531
      @alilalani9531 Před 2 lety +51

      @@asia.b i mean it’s possible it’s on a prompter

  • @kieranmccann94
    @kieranmccann94 Před 4 lety +360

    Can we just appreciate the pacing of this video that got Tom in the perfect spot for the pan to the factory? I understand it was probably rehearsed but still impressive regardless.

    • @djschuby04
      @djschuby04 Před 4 lety +17

      Wonder how many steps Tom got in the day they filmed this.

    • @egnaro-hm1bd
      @egnaro-hm1bd Před 4 lety +24

      If you look closely you can see hes pacing himself with half steps haha

    • @Kevy_G
      @Kevy_G Před 4 lety +1

      @@djschuby04 at least 3

    • @Hoch134
      @Hoch134 Před 4 lety

      @@egnaro-hm1bd Still well done.

  • @BassuleleMusic
    @BassuleleMusic Před rokem +9

    This may be one of my favorite Tom Scotts, it’s something I genuinely care about (DO NESTLE! SAVE B.C. LAND!) Plus this is soooo well done in regards to the acting, composition, and cinematography! Everyone else has already said what I could on this so… cheers!

  • @grahambretman4010
    @grahambretman4010 Před rokem

    Well that was good timing.Fancy passing the bottling plant just as you're talking about the bottling plant

  • @XPert9000
    @XPert9000 Před 4 lety +1891

    In my head I thought
    “That’s cool and all but
    Why is the bottle so blue?”

    • @Miranda-vj8yy
      @Miranda-vj8yy Před 4 lety +115

      Probably to make it look more fresh

    • @ioioire4684
      @ioioire4684 Před 4 lety +170

      Tonnes of food items America are weirdly coloured, bleached eggs, orange cheese, very very pale butter.

    • @duncanadelaide4054
      @duncanadelaide4054 Před 4 lety +173

      Dasani's bottles are blue in the US because CocaCola is trying to get activate the subconscious connection between the color blue, cold temperatures, and bodies of clean water that reflect the blue sky. No other bottled water in the US does this to the extent CocaCola does, although almost all of them use blue or blue-on-white labels on clear bottles.
      Incidentally, the more fancy mineral waters and sparkling waters in the US often use green glass bottles.

    • @SonOfFurzehatt
      @SonOfFurzehatt Před 4 lety +77

      @@ioioire4684 in all fairness, the eggs aren't bleached. Americans just prefer white-shelled eggs, so they're laid from varieties of hen that naturally lay white eggs.

    • @ScantlyChad
      @ScantlyChad Před 4 lety +61

      @@ioioire4684 The pale butter is probably because the cattle are grain fed. No chlorophyll from grass means no yellow colour.

  • @blogabogey8288
    @blogabogey8288 Před 4 lety +2222

    This guy was 10 secs off of 10 mins
    Careful, he’s a hero

    • @davel7037
      @davel7037 Před 4 lety +15

      Just 10 sec!! Awwwwwwwww...

    • @honestlyannoying5256
      @honestlyannoying5256 Před 4 lety +8

      I always find these jokes funny because the length of time apperently don’t do anything (within reason)

    • @oxybrightdark8765
      @oxybrightdark8765 Před 4 lety +59

      HonestlyAnnoying 10 minutes is the length needed for monetization

    • @corvidox
      @corvidox Před 4 lety +25

      @@oxybrightdark8765 no, it's not.

    • @Psicough
      @Psicough Před 4 lety +82

      @@oxybrightdark8765 If your video is at least 10 minutes long you can manually add mid-roll ads to it, as many as you want

  • @HEDGEHOGTV
    @HEDGEHOGTV Před rokem +1

    How the hell did this guy do this in one take! Also timed it perfect for the factory.. Bravo sir!

  • @golu_badbola
    @golu_badbola Před 8 měsíci

    This is such a great video

  • @joebleasdale5557
    @joebleasdale5557 Před 4 lety +916

    For another perspective on just how alien the concept of “bottled tap water” is in the UK, check out Limmy’s “Water” sketch. “Fae the tap! Free o’ charge! An’ it tastes like any o’er kin’ o’ wa’er!”

    • @andymcl92
      @andymcl92 Před 4 lety +44

      You're assuming Tom Scott's viewers understand Weegie!

    • @slovakthrowback3738
      @slovakthrowback3738 Před 4 lety +6

      Lmao

    • @evilcam
      @evilcam Před 4 lety +54

      But, what is heavier? A kilogram o' tap wa'er, or a kilogram o' feathahs?

    • @ciaragildea998
      @ciaragildea998 Před 4 lety +48

      An it tastes *slurp* like fook all

    • @DaLoopDiggerz
      @DaLoopDiggerz Před 4 lety +4

      It was good thanks.

  • @SamBrickell
    @SamBrickell Před 3 lety +3162

    "Why You Can't Buy Dasani Water in Britain"
    Me: Well there's no way I can sleep without knowing the answer.

    • @beatricejacobsen497
      @beatricejacobsen497 Před 3 lety +11

      Same and I live in Sweden 😂

    • @-Chicken_
      @-Chicken_ Před 3 lety +37

      Either just spend 10 mins in the middle of the night or...
      Suffer through a few hours of sleep longing to figure out the answer, exhaust your self by constantly using your brain to find a solution, and wake up sleep deprived only to figure out that the rest of your day is going to be sleepless even if the answer has been established to you

    • @arandomsupra
      @arandomsupra Před 3 lety +9

      I dont need sleep... i need answers

    • @fancypelusa2863
      @fancypelusa2863 Před 3 lety

      Funny!

    • @lenamingzhu
      @lenamingzhu Před 3 lety +1

      literally same

  • @WebCamCartmell
    @WebCamCartmell Před rokem +1

    one take, baby. great video Tom!

  • @three-two-onesas
    @three-two-onesas Před rokem +1

    That honk is perfectly timed

  • @ThunderChunky101
    @ThunderChunky101 Před 4 lety +1044

    I once was at a wedding in Rotherham and they had £12 bottles of "Immingham spring water" on the tables. Immingham has no springs. It does however have two oil refineries and a large port and is covered in coal dust...
    Cheeky!

    • @k0lpA
      @k0lpA Před 4 lety +44

      Its okay as long as the water was taken between winter and summer

    • @TheJohnboyhunter
      @TheJohnboyhunter Před 4 lety +34

      @@k0lpA This is the UK, we don't winter or summer!

    • @futureshock382
      @futureshock382 Před 4 lety +9

      Isnt Rotherham where all the child rapists are?

    • @liaaca
      @liaaca Před 4 lety +4

      Future Shock yea

    • @1stXLEY
      @1stXLEY Před 4 lety +1

      North / N.E. Lincolnshire has a lot more springs than you think mate honestly

  • @moobslikejagger5653
    @moobslikejagger5653 Před 2 lety +930

    Bloody hell, I always thought the whole "camera moving backwards down the road as you walk towards it" bit was just an establishing shot, but you did it for the whole video.

    • @bopeeplauerent676
      @bopeeplauerent676 Před 2 lety +3

      What's an establishing shot?

    • @dorcasingasha8559
      @dorcasingasha8559 Před 2 lety +42

      @@bopeeplauerent676 like in a tv show especially comedy when they show the "outside of the building" just to show where the characters are....you know set the scene

    • @bopeeplauerent676
      @bopeeplauerent676 Před 2 lety +6

      @@dorcasingasha8559 I see, thanks

    • @TheNightFlower
      @TheNightFlower Před 2 lety +3

      @@bopeeplauerent676 Also called a framing device or framing shot in the industry.

    • @johnathoncastro
      @johnathoncastro Před 2 lety +2

      it's like a Scorsese pic

  • @craigdoc6656
    @craigdoc6656 Před rokem

    Excellent video, love the random gloves in the road towards the end 😂

  • @skellyskelly1958
    @skellyskelly1958 Před 9 měsíci

    Very good reporting & reference to "Only Fools & Horses"! Brilliant.

  • @Zhinarkos
    @Zhinarkos Před 4 lety +797

    "Here, comes a LORRY." Nice. I love how concise Scott's videos are. Simple premise that can be explained within a reasonably short amount of time. That single take was amazing. Good work Scott and the camera person.

    • @Mike__B
      @Mike__B Před 4 lety +7

      Reasonably short amount of time? 10 minutes to say that there was a "a contamination issue that was attacked by newspapers and referenced an old comedy skit forever tainted (ha ha) the name Dasani in England" is reasonably short??

    • @Zhinarkos
      @Zhinarkos Před 4 lety +21

      @@Mike__B Yup.

    • @victorliu1240
      @victorliu1240 Před 4 lety +13

      don't forget the lorry

    • @Prototheria
      @Prototheria Před 4 lety

      @@Mike__B He's British. Along with the language, they practically invented chewing your words or as I like to call it, verbally dicking around.

    • @Mike__B
      @Mike__B Před 4 lety

      @@Prototheria I figured, I mean I'm old enough that I'm not Generation A.D.D. or anything, but I found myself clicking ahead just to "get to the bloody point!"

  • @ElizabethLazuli
    @ElizabethLazuli Před 2 lety +7498

    There's a kind of pleasure in seeing a corporation as big as Cola-Cola completely failing at something, even if the media outrage was over nothing.

    • @Person01234
      @Person01234 Před rokem +471

      It wasn't over nothing. Adding a few minerals (which you could probably do at home) to regular ass (free where I live) tap water doesn't justify bottled water prices. Clearly people didn't think it was tap water. Yes it's all water, but that doesn't give the company the right to mis-sell it as something it's not.

    • @HedelTorres
      @HedelTorres Před rokem +140

      @@Person01234 it was far from nothing.. Totally agree. Feel like a Coke exec was trying to dismiss the issue.

    • @wrije
      @wrije Před rokem +2

      @@Person01234 They never “mis-sold” the product, though. The UK’s consumers worked themselves up because they had _convinced themselves_ Coca-Cola was mislabeling. They were absolutely transparent in what they were selling and each and every bottle _told you_ exactly what it was. Still water treated with minerals. That’s what a large portion of this video covered. 18 years later and people are still dense as f**k.

    • @Person01234
      @Person01234 Před rokem +145

      @@wrije Incorrect. Legally, they did nothing wrong, obviously. But the "dense" thing would be to claim that companies don't play upon cultural perceptions of things in order to imply their product is something more expensive or desirable than it actually is. Which is exactly what they did. They know how UK consumers take the words to mean, not because they're dense but because that's what it literallly always means in that market, and they use that to sell a cheaper to make product for the same price, or at least not adequately cheaper.
      Corporations won't date you.

    • @crazyandevilareusuallydifferen
      @crazyandevilareusuallydifferen Před rokem +25

      That's all the media does, if one doesn't overreact another one will

  • @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat

    When making water specifically for coffee some people will get distilled water and add a bit of baking soda and magnesium.
    Water that is hard will not be able to extract coffee very well and messes up the heating element on coffee machines.

  • @OfficialUSKRprogram
    @OfficialUSKRprogram Před 8 měsíci +2

    God I wish I could interrupt a Tom Scott video by honking

  • @j4mieuk
    @j4mieuk Před 4 lety +1264

    This should be #1 on trending. The research and effort that Tom puts into his content puts many CZcamsr's to shame. Keep up the excellent work

    • @kylebradbury286
      @kylebradbury286 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes robbo

    • @marz8386
      @marz8386 Před 4 lety +19

      Especially his ability to do it all and recite everything verbatim without a script. I could've done without the busy road, but his well timed passing by the plant was a bravo moment

    • @jacobsmith8914
      @jacobsmith8914 Před 4 lety +1

      No the godzilla music video holds that spot rightfully so

    • @BigSkyCards23
      @BigSkyCards23 Před 4 lety +1

      No it shouldn't🤣🤣 I like his videos but definitely not a #1 trending I mean cmon fanboy calm down

    • @jacobsmith8914
      @jacobsmith8914 Před 4 lety

      Also trending based on a spike of views based off the average a video usually gets on the channel.

  • @perciusmandate
    @perciusmandate Před 3 lety +2680

    Tom: "It's all just water."
    Flint, Michigan: Laughs in lead poisoning.

    • @aldrinr.6409
      @aldrinr.6409 Před 3 lety +66

      Michigang

    • @samp8542
      @samp8542 Před 3 lety +15

      I should not have laughed at this comment

    • @karlyrodenburg2776
      @karlyrodenburg2776 Před 3 lety +31

      California: laughs in pesticides

    • @JamesLatimer
      @JamesLatimer Před 3 lety +62

      @@karlyrodenburg2776 California: laughs in no water.

    • @Jonathan_Doe_
      @Jonathan_Doe_ Před 3 lety +13

      You mean laughs ‘manically’ in lead poisoning, because lead causes violent criminal tendencies!

  • @sdefonta
    @sdefonta Před 8 měsíci +1

    Legend has it that Tom Scott is still walking with an empty bottle of Dasani

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 Před 8 měsíci

      I walked right into an episode of The West Wing and nobody noticed.