> Explain the inconvenience you're experiencing because you can't get a straw? Do you have young children? If you do, you know very well the inconvenience of n

> Explain the inconvenience you're experiencing because you can't get a straw? Do you have young children? If you do, you know very well the inconvenience of not having straws. How about know anyone with facial nerve paralysis like Bells Palsy where they need a straw to drink without spilling liquid all over themselves?! Carrying your own straws won’t help if the lid isn’t designed to take one. The straw ban is just more faux outrage virtue signaling bullshit which makes people think they are doing something that is helping, so that when it comes to actually doing something worthwhile they don’t bother because — yah! No more straws! Sometimes I am terribly disappointed in the way these movements develop, percolate through false narratives, fake stats, and outright lies, and then when exposed as grandstanding bullshit the argument shifts to; but at least it’s something? Actually, the truth? It’s not something. It’s a step backwards (see Starbucks). It’s draining, it’s inconvenient, and it saps goodwill from a lot of people who really would be willing to make meaningful changes... but instead we’re out there banning straws and banning serving water at restaurants without having to ask. Sigh.... </rant>