• FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    I got a milkshake a while back, in a plastic container, with a plastic lid, for some reason it also came with a plastic spoon, and a paper straw, since they are cutting down on plastics…

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      >go to mcdonald’s

      >order hot cakes and a large orange juice

      >receive hot cakes in plastic container, with six individually plastic wrapped teaspoons of butter and a plastic tub of high fructose corn syrup and a large plastic cup of orange juice

      >throw away plastic straw

      >pull out reusable metal straw

      >I’m saving the environment one breakfast at a time

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        Ha ha in France they just stopped giving you straws. The paper cup for the drinks just said on it something like "To drink, remove lid and lift cup. You’re not an infant " lol

        Now they have those reusable cups and fry holders, which are suspiciously smaller than the paper ones

        Only thing I noticed that was single use plastic was the little tub of sauce

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          Yeah only thing is those cups are like that because people have cup holders in their car or walking with open hot drinks. So calling them an infant just cuz they don’t want to sue their company burns is a bit short sighted. Weirdly bad marketing that they should overlook that as one of the most common demographic getting a packed breakfast in the morning

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            A) It’s for cold drinks

            B) If you drink coffee with a straw you should be sent to an island somewhere with the people who drive tiny-penis trucks

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            It’s almost as if those people would know to take a straw everywhere, seeing as they’ve lived with the condition

            You’re not helping progress with constantly saying “what about…?”

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              do they though. I don’t think I have seen them carry their own. After all if every place as a straw then you dont need your own. But that is an easy fix for them.

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        1 year ago

        Ah the, “I’ll have a diet coke with this Big Mag, Cheesecake bites, large French Fries” mindset.

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      I know this probably isn’t the best place, but I really hate the way paper straws feel, but I also hate being handed a any straw when I can just drink straight from the cup anyway.

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      In my community, most of the lids are biodegradable. Still not great (require an industrial composter), but at least if it is left out, it does breakdown somewhat faster than “never”