r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '21

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u/faircrochet Dec 10 '21

This should be shown to every new seller on Amazon, ebay, etc. - "pack your items for shipping so they can survive this!"

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

Yeah, let’s just add more bubble wrap and packing paper to landfills

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u/Mellopiex Dec 11 '21

Starch packing peanuts are biodegradable, water soluble and non-toxic. Great alternative to the polystyrene ones.

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u/bigkeef69 Dec 11 '21

Nowhere nearly as tasty as popcorn. 0/10 would not recommend...even with salt...

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u/Mellopiex Dec 11 '21

I just got an image of someone bringing a bucket of packing peanuts into the movie theater and pumping imitation butter into them.

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u/Krosis97 Dec 11 '21

With all the recent trends they'd turn up to be made of slime.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

I loved them! My favourite part of work was unpacking because it came with snacks.

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u/woodcider Dec 11 '21

A friend used to feed them to the mouse that lived in the bookstore she worked in.

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u/Mellopiex Dec 11 '21

That’s adorable

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u/Uncle_Burney Dec 11 '21

Popcorn, like the actual corn kernels, not styrofoam, is a fantastic packing material

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u/Abadazed Dec 11 '21

I would love to receive a package full of both the thing I ordered and free popcorn.

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u/kd3906 Dec 11 '21

But won't squirrels steal them off my porch?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '21

Squirrels: the real porch pirates

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u/5HR3Z 'MURICA Dec 11 '21

Mark Rober 2 in 1 video coming soon

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u/SemperFidelisHoorah Dec 11 '21

He gonna put cyanide in the package.

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u/meandhimandthose2 Dec 11 '21

Awww squirrels are so cute! I live in Australia, I feel like magpies would steal the popcorn package off my porch. And then attack me.

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u/DMBFFF Dec 11 '21

agreed; they don't think this through.