Restaraunts aren't grocery stores, though. I don't think their prices are directly comparable, nor is the simultaneous existence of cheap or free water particularly convincing evidence that the video is based on a completely false premise.
What do you mean? I'm not arguing that cheaper water options don't exist- just that the fact that you seem to be surrounded by said options doesn't mean that everyone is.
The video may very well be true for certain regions, it's absolutely not a universal fact or rule of any kind, but I proposed it as a possible explanation, in an attempt to be helpful.
Actually, the exact wording used by the video is a "service station". Luckily uber eats also delivers from those, and after sampling some in my area I can say that the statement is also false for them.
Of course, you can't prove a negative. However, considering that the video just asserts the fact without evidence, and I actually have hard numbers, I think it's fair to say that we can tentatively conclude that the statement is false. I suppose you could make the argument that the actual claim isn't that the phenomena is widespread or common, but that it merely exists. However, that wouldn't make sense in the context of the original comment, which uses that video to conclude "Capitalism truly sucks". If most establishments are pricing water and soda "correctly", and there's a few outliers that don't, it doesn't make much sense to cite that and conclude "Capitalism truly sucks".
I think capitalism sucks, not because there is not a single place on earth where it is detrimental, but because there are plenty of places where it is. There are obviously the big offenders - the faceless megacorporations in the US and stuff like that. It's not like I'm saying it's impossible to get capitalism to work. I'm just saying that it sucks that it incentivizes stuff like this to happen, even if it doesn't happen everywhere.
and remember... "most establishments" in your area. Some people, live in different areas than you, and the relative price difference is not necessarily the same worldwide.
I don't want to repeat it again, so I hope this explanation is good enough. Just because the video isn't true for you doesn't mean it can't possibly be useful to anyone, if they happen to be in an area where water is more expensive and they're trying to figure out why.
But really, your argument just doesn't make sense to me. It feels sort of like "works on my machine", except it's "water isn't more expensive in my area". Mh.