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All while Taylor Swift is taking 30 min private jet trips.

by stuckinhell 3y ago

echelon 3y ago
And the rest of us are using paper straws.
- SmokeyHamster 3y ago
  But still wrapped in plastic. You know. For your protection...
  - passion__desire 3y ago
    And Japan peels away the banana of its natural coating and puts it in a plastic bag.
    - SmokeyHamster 3y ago
      Do you mean the "Mongee" banana? It is wrapped in a plastic bag, but the peel is actually edible. https://www.newsweek.com/you-eat-these-newly-engineered-bananas-skin-and-all-791546 https://www.newsweek.com/you-eat-these-newly-engineered-bana...
      - passion__desire 3y ago
        The over-packaging problem in Japan https://univibes.org/blog/over-packaging-problem-in-japan/ https://univibes.org/blog/over-packaging-problem-in-japan/ I actually came across this tidbit while watching a vlog on youtube where the vlogger mentioned that Japan uses too much plastic for everything.
- OJFord 3y ago
  What's this about? It's at least the third time I've seen some comment about 'paper straws' in some way related to Swift / the 2024 'superbowl' match or something?
  - lm28469 3y ago
    The commenter implies that "they" stole our plastic straws and that it is unfair because someone somewhere does something more polluting than using a plastic straw. Essentially it amounts to "we shouldn't do anything about climate change because someone somewhere is worse than I am"
    - OJFord 3y ago
      Ah I see, thank you. One of the others was a graphic of all the jets leaving after the match, just to explain my association.
    - echelon 3y ago
      > it is unfair because someone somewhere does something more polluting than using a plastic straw It's unfair because I don't prescribe to a world view where plastic straws are a sin. I hate that the people that hold these views are making business decisions that impact the quality of life for people who don't hold these as virtues. At least make it a choice! I'm mildly OCD about dish cleanliness, and paper straws are an assault on hydration, to phrase it charitably. > we shouldn't do anything about climate change To what degree do straws actually impact climate?
      - goatlover 3y ago
        > To what degree do straws actually impact climate? They don't. The concern was ocean plastic, where the majority of it comes from Asian rivers or boats. So it's yet another of example of politicians pushing a meaningless policy to look like they're addressing a problem.
    - westmeal 3y ago
      More like the rich won't do anything about climate change because they can do whatever they want and the poor will be made to do pointless things that don't really impact anything. As long as it seems like 'something is being done' it'll 'feel' like something is being done. If we really gave a shit, cargo ships with massive house sized oil burning engines would be first to go and we would move to nuclear power. We would also start producing products locally instead of shipping them halfway across the globe because people have less labor laws across the pond. Instead the government and corporations make it the middle class' problem and the best part is environmentalists actually buy this horseshit wholesale. It'd be funny if it didn't make me sad.
- passion__desire 3y ago
  And rich people fly to big sporting events like FIFA World Cup causing so much pollution by air travel. They could have watched it from convenience of their home.

All while Taylor Swift is taking 30 min private jet trips.

echelon 3y ago

And the rest of us are using paper straws.

SmokeyHamster 3y ago
But still wrapped in plastic. You know. For your protection...
- passion__desire 3y ago
  And Japan peels away the banana of its natural coating and puts it in a plastic bag.
  - SmokeyHamster 3y ago
    Do you mean the "Mongee" banana? It is wrapped in a plastic bag, but the peel is actually edible. https://www.newsweek.com/you-eat-these-newly-engineered-bananas-skin-and-all-791546 https://www.newsweek.com/you-eat-these-newly-engineered-bana...
    - passion__desire 3y ago
      The over-packaging problem in Japan https://univibes.org/blog/over-packaging-problem-in-japan/ https://univibes.org/blog/over-packaging-problem-in-japan/ I actually came across this tidbit while watching a vlog on youtube where the vlogger mentioned that Japan uses too much plastic for everything.
OJFord 3y ago
What's this about? It's at least the third time I've seen some comment about 'paper straws' in some way related to Swift / the 2024 'superbowl' match or something?
- lm28469 3y ago
  The commenter implies that "they" stole our plastic straws and that it is unfair because someone somewhere does something more polluting than using a plastic straw. Essentially it amounts to "we shouldn't do anything about climate change because someone somewhere is worse than I am"
  - OJFord 3y ago
    Ah I see, thank you. One of the others was a graphic of all the jets leaving after the match, just to explain my association.
  - echelon 3y ago
    > it is unfair because someone somewhere does something more polluting than using a plastic straw It's unfair because I don't prescribe to a world view where plastic straws are a sin. I hate that the people that hold these views are making business decisions that impact the quality of life for people who don't hold these as virtues. At least make it a choice! I'm mildly OCD about dish cleanliness, and paper straws are an assault on hydration, to phrase it charitably. > we shouldn't do anything about climate change To what degree do straws actually impact climate?
    - goatlover 3y ago
      > To what degree do straws actually impact climate? They don't. The concern was ocean plastic, where the majority of it comes from Asian rivers or boats. So it's yet another of example of politicians pushing a meaningless policy to look like they're addressing a problem.
  - westmeal 3y ago
    More like the rich won't do anything about climate change because they can do whatever they want and the poor will be made to do pointless things that don't really impact anything. As long as it seems like 'something is being done' it'll 'feel' like something is being done. If we really gave a shit, cargo ships with massive house sized oil burning engines would be first to go and we would move to nuclear power. We would also start producing products locally instead of shipping them halfway across the globe because people have less labor laws across the pond. Instead the government and corporations make it the middle class' problem and the best part is environmentalists actually buy this horseshit wholesale. It'd be funny if it didn't make me sad.
passion__desire 3y ago
And rich people fly to big sporting events like FIFA World Cup causing so much pollution by air travel. They could have watched it from convenience of their home.