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Is this one of those American things, or am I just ignorant?

I’ve never changed, or heard about changing a water filter in the fridge 🤔😵‍💫 sounds like I’m living a unclean life…

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It really is weird. I guess from other comments that this is something about those fancy and expensive fridges that no normal people have with water dispenser on the door and ice sometimes… Maybe?

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At least 50% of American fridges do indeed have ice and filtered water dispensers built in and I think they’re great :) ice cold, delicious water any time of the day? Yes please.

They’re not even that “fancy/expensive” as it’s fairly standard

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if i want cold water, i just let the tap water run for a bit and drink that. granted, its not ice cold, but do you really need it to be freezingly cold?

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The last time I got a fridge I bought the cheapest one it could find. It dispensed water but did not have an ice maker.

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ice cold, delicious water any time of the day

I just turn the tap to cold for that

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I do like that my countries tap water is perfectly drinkable/inflammable. I have no need for such fridges.

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Just fyi inflammable means flammable .

https://youtu.be/Q8mD2hsxrhQ?si=LfqrhXvprpebrcJT

Inflammable is something that can be inflamed

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Most of North America, the tap water is perfectly drinkable; but it can still be improved with extra filtration.

These also provide water colder than a tap can.

To be clear, very much a luxury item, not a necessity in any way. They’ve just become quite common over here.

The filters are also particulate filters; they won’t do much if your water is actually considered unhealthy due to bacterial contamination/you’re on a boil water notice.

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Wait…mnot only do y’all not have garbage disposers; you don’t have refrigerators with built in ice machines and water filters? That’s crazy. You you’re just stuck having to get ice from those little refillable trays?

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What would you need a machine to make ice in a freezer? Sounds stupid.

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28 points

Does your fridge have plumbing + a water/ice dispenser in the door?

A regular fridge obviously wouldn’t need cleaning of parts it doesn’t have.

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Ooooh that makes sende. No my fidge doesn’t, and I’ve never seen that IRL. It looks useful, when I want ice cubes I need to manually fill an ice tray/bag and put that in the freezer.

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I had no idea some countries didn’t have ice machines as a pretty much standard option. It’d be hard to even find a house built in the past 25 years that wasn’t pre-plumbed for a waterline for the fridge. I never really thought about it, before.

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Some fridges have a water/ice dispenser built into the door. Not all American fridges have it and it’s available in other markets too.

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Ever watch Red Dwarf? That was Lister and Rimmer’s job.

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US people have a fetish about ice cold drinks that’s not very common outside of their country.

Like “the brits drink warm beer (6° instead of -2°), what kind of prehistoric shit is that⸘”

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No, they don’t.

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I’m American. Yes they do. If it isn’t some alcoholic beverages, hot cofee, milk, or orange juice, it comes with ice. We even have iced coffee. And slurpees.

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