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Are you comparing a car with a straw? Really? Trust me you will be perfectly fine without a straw! Try it sometime.
by latentcall 3y ago
Are you comparing a car with a straw? Really? Trust me you will be perfectly fine without a straw! Try it sometime.
- chasebank 3y agoIf everything has an inherent carbon footprint, ie. harmful to the environment, then yes, we can compare a straw to a car. Have you ever gone on a vacation? I'd wager that flight you took is 10000x worse for the environment than whatever reduction in your lifetime straws. Trust me you will be perfectly fine without going on vacation!
- latentcall 3y agoI really underestimated how passionate people are about straws. Do you have a blog per chance where you compare different straws and their manufacturers? Would you rate them on thickness, quality of plastic, how quickly liquid travels from beverage to mouth? Do you prefer straws wrapped in plastic or not? Can you describe the different subtle mouth feels?
- prepend 3y agoI’m not passionate about straws. I’m just passionate about stupidity and critical thinking. It seems odd to me that someone would question whether straws are essential, but have no problem with vacations. I also am offended when people expressing any interest are deflected into “why don’t care about this so much?” It’s not important how passionate GP is about straws. Address the content of their message, not whether they are super interested in a topic or not.
- chasebank 3y agoI'm not sure where I wrote I like straws. It's more of a "I don't like the logic regarding straw bans".
- the_doctah 3y ago>Can you describe the different subtle mouth feels? Yes, paper feels way worse to drink out of, objectively.
- the_doctah 3y agoDo celebrities really need private jets? No, the regular folk need to use shitty straws.
- PlunderBunny 3y agoYou can buy a reusable metal straw if you want to.
- AngryData 3y agoI liked the idea of metal straws but ive about busted out a tooth or two with them more than once since I got them and never use them now.
- triceratops 3y agoWe should ban private jets too.
- inglor_cz 3y ago"Trust me you will be perfectly fine without a straw!" You can be fine without a lot of things. In the early 1950s, after the war, my grandpa raised a 5-head family in a single room. Two of the kids went to a university, no serious diseases etc. The average living standard can be reduced surprisingly low before you run into any issues. Once the city you live in has good sewage system, enough doctors, enough food and not a major problem with drugs, the life expectancy will be reasonably high even with five people per room and one car per twenty families. Another thing is that people won't vote for that.