#environmentalist

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• Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨35⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Straws are to prevent ice from sliding into your face

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• LouNeko@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Sir, this is a sperm bank”

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  • SethTaylor@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I see. So you’re telling me this is not a straw and those are not boba balls?

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• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  it’s weird how presumably neurotypical people complain about paper straws feeling weird, but my autistic ass couldn’t give less of a shit about their texture.

  do you chew on them, or what?

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  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The odd time I end up eating fast food and getting a paper straw, it’s the fact that it goes mushy before I finish my drink. I think that’s the texture issue people are talking about.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      that takes like half an hour though, and affects the bottom end.

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fast food implies fast drink, you’re not supposed to let it soak in there like it’s a hot tub.

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    my autistic ass

    your ass has autism?

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    • Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Asstism if you will.

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    • arschflugkoerper@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Even if it does, straws are not really meant for it anyways.

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It used to be ass burgers, but they redefined the ass spectrum.

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Idk about you but my ass has burgers

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  • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not all autism are the same, some with autism will hyperfix on the environment and not give a shit about the texture.

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  • Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    do you chew on them, or what?

    Maybe… Is it that weird?

    I always chewed on pens in school too. Hmm.

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  • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think they’ve gotten better, or the ones a lot of people are familiar with are just kinda miserable. I’m most familiar with the ones from when I worked at Disney’s Animal Kingdom like fifteen years ago. They were texturally kinda strange and would get mushy at the top partway through an American-sized soda. They used those straws because the regular plastic ones could have been harmful to some of the animals in the park and I was lead to believe that those straws were pretty common in zoos in general.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think there was only one time that I had a paper straw and thought that it was good enough. But it felt… expensive? In my mouth. Like you could tell they hated to have to shell out for that.

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  • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’5 really understand complains about paper straws, i never had problems with them!

    ~Also there is the nice bonus that after drinking i can chew them while i walk to the trash can~

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  • smh@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not neurotypical, but yes, I do chew on them.

    I ended up going with silicone straws in my household. Mine open up down the side so you can run your finger up them for easy cleaning.

    The metal and hard plastic ones suck for chewing on.

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    • runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      We have metal ones with a silicone nib on the end. Perfect for chewing on.

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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Here in the house we have re-usable, washable plastic straws.

  Out and about I’ll use the disposable straws because the whole turtle-death thing was over-exaggerated. (Microplastics from automotive tires are killing us, though. There are real great filters to be navigated)

  I also just don’t eat out much, especially since the 2020 lockdown.

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  • WALLACE@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    We have silicone ones but I don’t like them as they retain the taste of washing up liquid on them

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• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I guess you could say I use a reusable straw

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  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Please don’t do that. A lot of garden hoses are made of junk plastic, which leaches along with metals into the water.

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    • wabasso@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Could that be mostly alleviated by running it for half a minute before drinking?

      Earwigs came out of mine once, so I always wait for those to stop coming out.

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    • Blum0108@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Those are flavor crystals

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    • ckunr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The brand on that hose in more expensive. eleyhosereels.com/…/5-8-polyurethane-garden-hose

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  • etherphon@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Mmm I can still taste the metal.

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  • Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Found the Gen X-er. Good day to you, my fellow hose-water connoisseur.

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• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I feel like this might be an American problem, with straws being more necessary for drinking in cars, which are all too common there.

  I rarely drive and basically never drink out of a straw, there’s just no point when you can drink directly out of the cup.

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I feel like this might be an American problem

    Fast Food Nation, the paper/plastic cups are flimsy and need a lid for structure.

    We get so used to it that when we eat out, we want straws.

    I’ve never really cared. IF they bring wrapped straws, i’ll generally not open it and stash it in my car for the next time a fast food straw breaks. If it’s open, I use it because it seems more of a waste to throw it away unused.

    There probably is some decent point to the server groping all over the outside of your glass or the dishwasher handling it, but i’m not really a germophobe.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m unsure how much benefit reusable straws really are because at a restaurant, they’re probably gonna give you straws anyways and I don’t think they’d put unused ones back in the box, especially post covid.

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    • zerofk@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The only thing that comes with a straw in the restaurants I visit, is cocktails.

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• l_isqof@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Am I the only one still cupping my hand under the tap?

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  • cepelinas@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t even cup it just drink straight from the stream.

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    • Ioughttamow@fedia.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      May not be the most practical, but I do find this the most satisfying way to drink water

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  • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Diogenes would be proud.

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  • MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, I do that a lot. Lol

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  • Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You mean hose right?

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You mean prehistoric mountain stream, right?

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• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I rarely use straws, only in cases where it’s more convenient enough, like when I got a liter of cola at the cinema.

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  • Bosht@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    ‘Can I get uuuuuhhhh burger and ah literah cola?’ ‘Burger and liter of cola, it’s for a cop’

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• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Remember when people lost it because disabled people wouldn’t be able to drink again and then they all died of dehydration after these draconian straw laws severely impacted my day

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  • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I remember when disability rights groups pointed out that these laws were placing extra burden on disabled people that weren’t being put on everyone else.

    These laws accomplish nothing except make liberals feel good that they actually passed some kind of environmental rules. Meanwhile, conservatives are making sure they can legally torture gay kids, let billionaires get away with pedophilia, and burn lots and lots of coal. But we passed straw bans in a couple of cities. Yay us.

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    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yay!! 🙌

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  • ethaver@kbin.earth ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I mean it would actually impact my ability to hydrate certain patients under certain circumstances if there really ever 0 plastic straws anywhere ever.

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    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Just hang their drink on the IV pole, spike it with a line, and put the other end in their mouth!

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• beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I bought a 4-pk of glass straws for €5 and they are awesome. The rounded edge feels smooth on the tongue/lips and drinks taste better through glass than metal.

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  • Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I would probably break them in a way or another

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  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’d be worried about breaking them if I take them places. Do they hold up well?

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    • Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The ones I’ve handled and bought are more robust than most other glassware. They can break if dropped on hard floor, but that’s normal for anything out of glass.

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• bus_factor@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What happened to those Italian pasta straws? They looked promising.

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  • mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They aren’t gluten free, so not very inclusive

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There are those made with rice tho. But also expensive.

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    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And thats why I have metal straws (plus I got them for free)

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    • Ioughttamow@fedia.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Mama Mia!

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  • Ioughttamow@fedia.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bucatini? I can grab that at my local grocer

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• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But how do you snort cocain with a glass? I have metal straws.

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  • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    glass straws

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    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Had them but they fell and broke while being in a k-hole. So metal ones are the better option. Also, they are bent so they don’t roll off the mirror. Glass ones (afaik) are always straight (never gay) and roll.

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    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This guy snorts

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• ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  $20 metal straw? I think all the metal ones I have were about .25

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The lead ones are more expensive but improve the flavor of most beverages.

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    • Una@europe.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I only accept Uranium straws :3

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    • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Great tip, I love sweetened drinks!

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• MrSmith@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You need a fucking glass for you water? Pussy.

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  • Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Real men dunk their entire head in a lake and drink enough water for the next week in 15 seconds.

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  • MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lol wat

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• olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t you need to use the metal straws some ridiculous amount of times before it saves more carbon than the plastic single use?

  Also, plastic multi use is probably better.

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  • arschflugkoerper@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That depends on the goal here. I don’t think the main benefit of removing plastic straws is a lesser co2 impact. Its less plastic garbage and environmental pollition.

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• webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I get it but its rather ableist.

  Also you never tried drinking from a fast food drink cup full of ice. Freezes your damn lips.

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  • lmuel@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    i don’t think most people use straws because they have no other way of drinking lol

    Some do, sure…

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    • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s the whole problem. You’re considering what most people do, but not a minority who already have extra burdens in their life.

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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  After reading about that lady who died because she fell on a metal straw and impaled her eye and brain I threw away my metal straws.

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Iced drink tend to taste better with straw tbh, sipping from the cup mean you’re taking in watered down stuff, and also tiny ice or ice blocking the flow of the drinks.

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• Nickelalloy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Please enlighten me, why do u even need a straw, can’t you just drink from the cup, like in the bottom pic?

  *Im genuinly wondering.

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• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In all seriousness, there’s some drinks that need a straw

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• DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The only bad thing about a metal straw is the straw ceiling tile that falls on your head. Well there probably several bad things about a metal straw, not something a skateboarder can carry in their pocket.

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• Flames5123@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Seattle has commercially compostable plastic straws. They feel pretty much like plastic but are kind of matte. Even the single use forks/knives/spoons from restaurants are like that. But then again we do large scale compost across the city.

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• CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Reusable straws are gross. Unless you are taking a brush to the inside every time you’re kidding yourself.

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• CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Basically, there is very little study / regulation on pfas and other harmful chemicals on really everything. However most food contact materials (FCM) are full of the stuff. It’s almost always better to bypass and not use a single use FMCs. The more of them you remove from your use, the less you pollute and the less you expose yourself to harmful chemicals.

  Assessment of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in commercially available drinking straws using targeted and suspect screening approaches

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Just use trough food and drink in one easy to clean vessle

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• hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You can also use a chive leaf as a straw. It’ll affect the taste, but it’s fun to eat it afterwards

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• Flames5123@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Seattle has commercially compostable plastic straws. They feel pretty much like plastic but are kind of matte. Even the single use forks/knives/spoons from restaurants are like that. But then again we do large scale compost across the city.

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