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WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 day agoit’s literally the edge case, and insignificant to the actual point being made. you excused like a few thousand uses of the straw, maybe. don’t excuse the thousands of metric tons thrown out every year
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
edge cases are more important than the average person, fire alarms saving someone’s life is an edge case the default is going off for no reason.
WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 day ago
what are you talking about?
the equivalent use in your example would be the fire department getting an alarm for every building in the world multiple times a day being ok, because they might show up right when a fire breaks out!
again, you are justifying thousands of pounds of land waste for the very few who might need to use a straw due to some medical issue.
it would be better to not use straws, and just have them purchasable by those who need them for medical reasons.