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Today I had myself a nice iced coffee. Coffee was delicious, but it came with a cardboard straw. I can understand the idea behind this what with the necessary push towards being more environmentally conscious, but the material selected for this is just utterly inefficient. Not only does the straw degrade while you drink, but the top, being moistened from your lips, collapses in on itself and leaves you with a tiny little sliver with which to enjoy your beverage. This all strikes me as corporations doing the absolute bare minimum to "save the environment". I don't think it's unreasonable to ask your replacement for a product to have the same level of utility as the product you're replacing.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:21
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Hey you know what's cool saving the environment. How do we do it? Oh yeah i know let's give you a drinking receptacle with a built in suicide mechanism
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Aug 11, 2019 01:23
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Plus coke would stick to the inside and get wasted right?
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Aug 11, 2019 01:23
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You could have just drank it out of the cup
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Aug 11, 2019 01:24
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You just need to learn to suck more, faster.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:27
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:You could have just drank it out of the cup Ordinarily I'd agree with you however this was one of those frozen/blended coffee concoctions. The lid was a little dome-like thing with a hole in it where if you tried to drink straight out of the cup your tongue would get cut on the edges of the dome. Should you have a genius moment and decide to take the lid off completely, well congratulations now you have ice coffee all over your face. It's just a lose-lose situation.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:28
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I thought only little kid used straws anyway. Like jorts and console game it's just something you grow out of
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Aug 11, 2019 01:28
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magic cactus posted:Hey you know what's cool saving the environment. How do we do it? Oh yeah i know let's give you a drinking receptacle with a built in suicide mechanism But how will you feel engaged with saving the environment without sacrifice? Luv 2 build engagement with meaningful feedback experiences. Now bow to the household gods and sort sll your trash into separate bins
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Aug 11, 2019 01:29
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Spins posted:Plus coke would stick to the inside and get wasted right? Very true. An utterly inefficient piece of drug paraphernalia
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Aug 11, 2019 01:30
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:You just need to learn to suck more, faster. I'm trying to avoid the dreaded "brain freeze". If I drink too fast, brain freeze happens. No good!
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Aug 11, 2019 01:31
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appropriatemetaphor posted:I thought only little kid used straws anyway. Like jorts and console game it's just something you grow out of I mean crazy straws maybe, but I see hundreds of so-called adults every day walking around with their Unicorn Bukkake Frappucino from Starbucks and they all have those ubiquitous green straws in their cups.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:33
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JK Fresco posted:But how will you feel engaged with saving the environment without sacrifice? Bowing deeply to my three-in-one trash receptacle as I ponder whether my cardboard straw is paper, mixed material, or garbage, but in my heart of hearts I already know the answer.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:35
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wouldnt the cardboard straw not be recyclable anyway? as soon as you got the drink all soaked into it, it's basically just trash. same reason you can't recycle pizza boxes.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:40
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Aishlinn posted:wouldnt the cardboard straw not be recyclable anyway? as soon as you got the drink all soaked into it, it's basically just trash. same reason you can't recycle pizza boxes. Correct. However, plastic straws are recyclable.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:42
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Straws are literally for children, OP.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:42
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Deforest the planet to solve people not throwing their straws into the recycling bin properly. Galaxy brain poo poo right there
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Aug 11, 2019 01:43
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Noblesse Obliged posted:Deforest the planet to solve people not throwing their straws into the recycling bin properly. Galaxy brain poo poo right there Problem there is that we'll pivot to metal straws and everybody will start stabbing each other in the eye with them. The mommy-blogger's worst nightmare.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:46
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Noblesse Obliged posted:Deforest the planet to solve people not throwing their straws into the recycling bin properly. Galaxy brain poo poo right there There's no easy way to force people to throw the straws away. And this is all about forcing and controlling people for our own amusement Oh also fine the under-minimum-wage waiter $1000 if they offer someone a straw lolol
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Aug 11, 2019 01:46
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Btw that is not just a joke. When it was introduced last year, the California bill originally called for waiters to face a maximum $1,000 fine and six months in jail for handing out straws without being asked.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:48
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I think we should focus on our single use lead problem
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Aug 11, 2019 01:49
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*Drawing my three-folded Hanzo steel metal straw out of it's custom carrying case as i prepare to stab someone in the eye*
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Aug 11, 2019 01:50
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magic cactus posted:Ordinarily I'd agree with you however this was one of those frozen/blended coffee concoctions. The lid was a little dome-like thing with a hole in it where if you tried to drink straight out of the cup your tongue would get cut on the edges of the dome. Should you have a genius moment and decide to take the lid off completely, well congratulations now you have ice coffee all over your face. It's just a lose-lose situation. Buy a straw?
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Aug 11, 2019 01:50
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Aishlinn posted:wouldnt the cardboard straw not be recyclable anyway? as soon as you got the drink all soaked into it, it's basically just trash. same reason you can't recycle pizza boxes. Unless you're drinking pizza grease I don't think that's the same
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Aug 11, 2019 01:50
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Carry your own plastic straw with you at all times. Keep it tucked in your sock.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:51
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Away all Goats posted:Unless you're drinking pizza grease I don't think that's the same Oh isn't your face going to be red bucko
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Aug 11, 2019 01:51
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JK Fresco posted:Btw that is not just a joke. When it was introduced last year, the California bill originally called for waiters to face a maximum $1,000 fine and six months in jail for handing out straws without being asked. Somebody post that famous GIF of Bugs Bunny sawing off Florida from the rest of the states and pretend he's getting rid of California instead.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:51
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:Buy a straw? Soon, straws will be strictly relegated to the ultra-rich who will keep genuine plastic straws as a status symbol. Picture a Rockafeller-type with a plastic straw mounted above the mantlepiece.
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Aug 11, 2019 01:53
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magic cactus posted:Soon, straws will be strictly relegated to the ultra-rich who will keep genuine plastic straws as a status symbol. Picture a Rockafeller-type with a plastic straw mounted above the mantlepiece. I won’t
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Aug 11, 2019 01:54
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:I won’t First they came for the straw users, and I did not speak out because I was not a straw user...
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Aug 11, 2019 01:56
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magic cactus posted:Soon, straws will be strictly relegated to the ultra-rich who will keep genuine plastic straws as a status symbol. Picture a Rockafeller-type with a plastic straw mounted above the mantlepiece. It's already happening welcome to the future:  $150 Dior drinking straws https://www.dior.com/en_us/products/couture-HYD01CTJ0U_C300_TU-box-of-6-toile-de-jouy-straws JK Fresco fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Aug 11, 2019 |
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Aug 11, 2019 01:57
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JK Fresco posted:It's already happening welcome to our hellworld future Two millionaires drinking Frappucino's from their engraved Dior metal straws by their poolside deck: "But Reginald, how does the other half live?" "Poorly, My Dear Mayweather! Poorly!" *Chortles and chuckles etc*
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Aug 11, 2019 02:01
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I've got a long hard tube you can suck delicious drinks out of, OP. It's my combination pressure washer/margarita machine.
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Aug 11, 2019 02:03
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Xaintrailles posted:I've got a long hard tube you can suck delicious drinks out of, OP. It's my combination pressure washer/margarita machine. Not a home maintenance expert but this seems like how one might get ants.
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Aug 11, 2019 02:06
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Cardboard ones are biodegradable that's the point, you can drop them on the ground and it's OK. No one recycles plastic straw so they end up in the ocean
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Aug 11, 2019 02:13
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Lead the future, carry around your own custom made plastic straw that you reuse for every drink. Oh god the future is already here 
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Aug 11, 2019 02:19
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appropriatemetaphor posted:Cardboard ones are biodegradable that's the point, you can drop them on the ground and it's OK. No one recycles plastic straw so they end up in the ocean My issue here isn't with the fact that cardboard straws are biodegradable. My issue is that they are an inefficient stand-in for the product they are replacing. If I'm using a straw I want to be able to drink something with it. Because of the nature of cardboard though, it becomes unusable far quicker than a plastic straw. It's 2019 we have CRISPR and Viagra can't we get a straw made out of like starfish anus or something, save the planet that way?
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Aug 11, 2019 02:19
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the best straws are the ones that came with slurpees that had the lil' spoon part on the end do they still have that poo poo i haven't had a slurpee in half a lifetime
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Aug 11, 2019 02:21
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magic cactus posted:My issue here isn't with the fact that cardboard straws are biodegradable. My issue is that they are an inefficient stand-in for the product they are replacing. If I'm using a straw I want to be able to drink something with it. Because of the nature of cardboard though, it becomes unusable far quicker than a plastic straw. It's 2019 we have CRISPR and Viagra can't we get a straw made out of like starfish anus or something, save the planet that way? you just want to say i'm drinking out of starfish anus don't you?
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Aug 11, 2019 02:21
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Tenzarin posted:Lead the future, carry around your own custom made plastic straw that you reuse for every drink. Already putting in an order for one of the Dior branded ones someone posted earlier.
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Aug 11, 2019 02:21
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Tom Gorman posted:the best straws are the ones that came with slurpees that had the lil' spoon part on the end I hate those straws for ICEE(southern version), I just grab the regular big gulp straws. You usually just run out of the flavored syrup and then you just have chopped ice.
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Aug 11, 2019 02:24
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