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The post author explained that he had not seen anyone do so, he said the reason for his asking should be “Chalk(ed) up to anxiety, pieces of trivia learnt 2 decades ago, mixed with a good helping of paranoia after not watching others do it lol”

SINGAPORE: An American tourist in Singapore posted on Reddit that he hadn’t seen anyone drinking water in public, both in tourist spots and areas that only locals frequent.u/Tagnol on r/askSingapore, explaining that he was following “the general rule of watch what people do to make sure I don’t make a blunder and be ‘that American’.”

For one netizen commenting on the post, the answer was very simple. “You thirsty dude…? its fine to drink water in public.”

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