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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Stainless steel straws for the win.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel like this is a whoosh. The environmental impact of our collective straw use is so insignificant compared to the effects of so many other things. The fact that people focus on straws is just evidence that the average person has no idea what to do, in order to decrease their environmental impact and will also complain about the mildest of inconveniences.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Think it's moreso evidence that the propaganda machine works

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Bruh didn't you see above you that the chick can suck off a mean thick smoothie??

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't use straws at all, but this isn't really the point. There are much more impactful ways to reduce your carbon footprint like biking, walking, public transport, but all this pales in comparison in the massive environmental pollutions that billionaires and corporations do to our waterways and air.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

I like using straws, and stainless is a really pleasant straw experience ; you can slurp up really thick smoothies, for example.

I'm hyping stainless for the experience.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I prefer gravity straws. You just put the cup above your head and tilt the cup for the drink to pour in a straight line to your mouth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I keep mine in the car