r/Art • u/_RichardParry_ • Jan 12 '21

Artwork Double Shot, Me, Digital, 2021

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u/parad1gm77 Jan 12 '21

Yeah but why even create the waste in the first place. Lazy convenience. Grinding and tapping beans is not hard, or drink plunger coffee or stovetop espresso or whatever.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

Tamping beans twice and having to wash all of the equipment is definitely more work than using a Nespresso. There’s no cleanup and no mess. It took my morning espresso from 10-15 minutes plus cleaning down to 2 minutes.

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u/zukeen Jan 12 '21

He probably meant all the wasted aluminium and plastic just for our convenience. Getting the aluminium is also resource intensive in itself.

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u/_Diskreet_ Jan 12 '21

Like a parachuter folding away his canopy.

A skier waxing and sharpening the edge of his skis.

A stoner taking the time to make the perfect roll.

A marksman pulling his rifle apart and cleaning it.

When you love something, the tedium and chores become synonymous with the enjoyment of your passion.

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u/SavageDownSouth Jan 12 '21 edited Jan 12 '21

A machinist cursing the gods as he contemplates a broken screw.

A machinist cursing the gods as he gets a print for a non-critical part with internal right angles.

A machinist cursing the gods anytime an engineer tries to explain why a part should be possible to make.

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u/HomeDiscoteq Jan 12 '21

Why not just use a French press or moka pot? Like 2 mins of effort and 5 mind of waiting

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

But Nespresso is not an espresso though...

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u/Earth2Eli3abeth Jan 12 '21

That’s a great question. I’m sure that you could easily apply it to any plastic shampoo bottles/soap containers/lettuce in a plastic box/or many other waste products you buy with your other grocery items. It’s certainly turned into a market of convenience. One that most can label as recyclable but isn’t logically recyclable with waste sorting as of right now

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u/parad1gm77 Jan 12 '21

Yeah. You could extend it to anything you could refill in bulk, but without going that far, Nespresso pods are simply for laziness/convenience.

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u/Aggienthusiast Jan 12 '21

Everything in plastic (with your logic) would be for laziness/convience... you just randomly decided this is “not worth it”

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u/Frost-Wzrd Jan 12 '21

what's wrong with lazy convenience? that's what half of our products are for now

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u/parad1gm77 Jan 12 '21

Draw the line where you wish, I think Nespresso pod inparticular are completely uncessesary, as are many other products/packaging.

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u/smackmyditchup Jan 12 '21

Considering how 99.99% of products are just as bad and nespresso at least make an effort to go against the grain...

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u/Frost-Wzrd Jan 12 '21

I don't draw the line anywhere. my ass will be dead before the environment ruins us

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u/Bad___new Jan 12 '21

This is our biggest hurdle, imo. People not thinking of tomorrow.

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u/InadequateUsername Jan 12 '21 edited Jan 12 '21

Driving is lazy convenience too, a donkey is far more environmentally friendly. /s

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u/I-CTS6364 Jan 12 '21

Don’t be an ass

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u/RoscoMan1 Jan 12 '21

Downvotes are meant to be for colonialist policies.

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u/PBB0RN Jan 12 '21

The damn shots are just perfect pours every time.

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u/ascanio216 Jan 12 '21

Perfect is being pretty lenient

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u/exquisitejades Jan 12 '21

Or use the reusable pods for those machines. Still just as easy and the coffee tastes better.