He’s just going right down the facebook boomer wishlist isn’t he? Wonder when he’s going to sign off an EO banning participation trophies.
Nooooo, mi cheap gewgaw
That asshole better not do anything about the LGBT-Immigrant plot to melt the ice caps and flood Florida and Texas.
Part of me wants Trump to live long enough to see his tacky Florida golf course three feet underwater.
The other 99% of me wants him to die of leprosy.
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Paper straws are terrible. I feel like there should be more pressing things for the president to deal with than banning them though…
This. There also are soooo many solutions to this “problem”. I saw both reusable metal straws as well as single-use ones out of very, very hard pasta (fittingly in an italian restaurant). Got the latter with a coke (so lots of acid), it didn’t change the taste of the coke in any way even after about 50 minutes of it standing around.
All those boomer fools crying over their plastic straws are either utterly dense or, more likely, full of propaganda bull.
The canteen at the Costco near me just got rid of straws entirely and uses lids made to drink directly from. Seems like an obvious solution to something that’s barely a problem.
Straws do have their place of course; a common argument for them are seniors or those suffering from illness or disabilities. Pointing to metal and pasta straws is important to debunk the nonsense “but think about the…!” argument those crazy fools commonly use.
Of course 90% of people can just use something else like those lids, yeah.
It’s a sign of how weak and neutered he is that all he can do is nonsense executive orders that have no enforceability
That will surely bring down the price of eggs.
Wimpy effeminate plastic straws? Ha! Real men use metal straws. Tin/lead if that’s all you can afford, or depleted uranium if you’re a real player.
Asbestostraws. By men. For men.
Bruh, real men use their tough, strong, manly fingers to bore a hole through a chunk of solid rock.
Then they throw the rock away and stick their faces directly into the river current. Bonus points if they catch a fish.
Ha! Real men use metal straws.
Specifically everbilt 3/8 in. x 20 ft. Soft Copper Refrigeration Coil Tubing!
If I’m not mistaken he already started a fight against windmills. Paper straws must be an ally of that great enemy.
Lol Donald “Quixote” Trump
TBH, paper straws suck. And not because they fall apart, which is annoying but not the end of the world… But because they’re full of PFAS… Yeah, not fucking great.
Sources:
https://www.popsci.com/environment/forever-chemicals-paper-straws/
https://www.sciencealert.com/it-turns-out-paper-straws-might-pose-a-serious-problem-too
I’ve never understood why we need straws. I get it for a milkshake but I don’t understand why a restaurant gives me a glass with a straw in it. Do people use straws at home?
I’d much prefer to drink acidic or staining things through a straw. Orange juice, iced coffee drinks, soft drinks. The less those things pass over my enamel the better.
There’s a few things, like you said some things truly do require a straw like a milkshake, or slushies, tbf they are “fun” even if that’s not a great reason, but I think the real reason people got hooked on them is drive throughs, they are undoubtedly much easier when you are driving.
Part of me finds it sad that the “green” option is not only shit but actually worse.
The other part of me is laughing because that’s the best snacking my doomer-ism has had for a while.
Drink from the glass like an adult?
I can’t imagine normal plastic straws great for microplastics
Agave fiber straws. Literally just like a plastic straw, no PFAs but I’m sure there some reason I’m not supposed to use them.
Wooden straws ftw
Bamboo straws are also often coated with PFAS.
Borosillicste straws?
Soda lime straws.
Glass straws seem like a good option. I’ve got some re-useable ones, but I bet recycling them would be feasible. We already do it for glass bottles
I have some silicone ones that I really like too, they open up like a zipper making them really easy to clean. Silicone is technically recyclable as well, though that is rarely done.
They do what?! And they don’t leak while you’re using them?
Ya, really! Cool huh? (sorry for the Bezos’ funtrain link) I got mine branded by one of the large grocery stores’ house brand.
Not the ones I’ve made from the stand of bamboo, over there.
glass for me. that way i know they get completely clean
I think a much more helpful replacement would be replacing the plastic tops with recycled paper tops.
He can’t even drink water with one hand, my money’s on the straws.
For years my reaction to this has always been the same. Who uses straws?
Straws are for iced drinks and some desserts. I need one often, either so I can have a milkshake, or I can drink an iced beverage without the ice slipping into my mouth.
Ya ever go through a drive through?
i use them pretty much exclusively but i have a collection of glass ones i reuse. i have a weird thing about drinking from an open cup so i always have a lid/straw.
I have collapsible metal ones… I bet yours clog way less when you’re drinking a thick smoothie, mine can be terrible. Are yours dishwasher safe?
you can get wider ones but mine are standard so they would clog probably, i got my first set here and they have extra wide ones. but now i just grab a set if i see them at Aldi or Ross.
they are dishwasher safe :)
People who buy fast food.
Listen, I’m totally down for bioplastic straws. They’ve got a different texture and are far more brittle, but still compostable and lasts more than long enough for me to enjoy my drink.
I don’t get why customers at my work hate them so much. To the point some will bring their own straws if we don’t have the regular plastic milkshake straws. It’s weird…
Compostable garbage is still garbage. In a landfill it doesn’t decompose properly and causes methane, which is worse than CO2.
Point is, the whole thing is stupid unless we do proper composting. So I kinda get byo-straws.
What about a noodle shaped into a straw? Even if you toss it out the window at least it’s biodegradable.
Saw in an Italian LIDL, noodles repackaged as straws. Didn’t try them but they should taste terrible, especially with hot drinks (and lethal for celiac people)
I tried them once, liked them. Ate them after using them once, as it is impossible to keep them from rotting in the long run. They were just a bit too expensive, though, so I probably won’t repeat that experience.
Just hand out twizzlers for everything. Double points if you can bite the ends off and then jam it into the cup for the customer before handing it to them.
As long as it goes out the window and not into a landfill, that’s good
You heard it here, throw your biostraws into a ditch!
Yes!
Except most of those are only compostable in industrial compost settings. Side of the road isn’t hot enough.
With climate change, it soon will be.
Real problems finally solved. ✅
I mean… It kind of is. I’m pretty happy. I’m the dystopia we live in got take the small wins
Doesn’t Don Jr. use rolled up hundreds?
Not for drinking. That’s for … something else.
