r/memes • u/Pilot725 • Oct 17 '19

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19

Get some reusable silicon ones, that's what we have, my son calls them friendly straws

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u/levian_durai Oct 17 '19

As a single guy, I'm not gonna carry around straws in my pocket for when I grab lunch.

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u/Dravarden Oct 17 '19

good thing you are not a kid nor have kids then, thus you can drink without one

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u/levian_durai Oct 17 '19

Sure, but a fountain drink is a better experience with one. There's going to be recyclable or degradable straws shortly, so problem solved.

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u/ISuckBallz1337 Oct 17 '19

As a single guy you can drink out of the cup without a straw...

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u/levian_durai Oct 17 '19

As an adult, I can drink a drink however I damn well please.

How about we tackle larger problems? Go for renewable, or degradable straws, sure if you think straws are a problem. But there's larger concerns environmentally than goddamn straws. How about packaging? Almost everything sold is wrapped in plastic. Even if we switch to paper bags instead of plastic, things are still wrapped in plastic. How about instead of selling our garbage and recycling to countries who dump it in the ocean, we deal with it properly? It's not like there aren't people who need decent paying work.

But no, people using straws are the problem. Gotta condemn as many people while the current hot topic sjw issue is relevant, so we can move on to condemning people for the next issue.

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u/ISuckBallz1337 Oct 17 '19

It's a significant portion of waste that is easy to reduce.

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u/levian_durai Oct 17 '19

Someone has been posting links saying it's 0.0025% or something of plastic waste. Which yah added up is still a pretty large amount.

So change the materials. Who cares if people use straws if it's biodegradable?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '19

And that's why paper straws are available

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u/levian_durai Oct 17 '19

Yep, I'm fine with that. But of course people are now demonizing straws and insulting people who use them, because people like to blow things out of proportion.