Comment on #environmentalist

webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• lmuel@sopuli.xyz ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i don’t think most people use straws because they have no other way of drinking lol

  Some do, sure…

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  • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s the whole problem. You’re considering what most people do, but not a minority who already have extra burdens in their life.

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    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Don’t get me wrong. I love me a nuanced conversation about the intersections of sustainability and accessibility. If you want to, we can have that.

      But this is a shitpost community. Posts here aren’t really expected to conform to reality, let alone provide exhaustive coverage of all corner cases. This stupid shitpost also neglects to consider folks who need to have fluids introduced intravenously and the plastic waste created by single use saline bags, or the material/lifetime of the cup in which a straw is used. This is a dumb meme about the choices that some people make with the options that they have. It is not an indictment against the people to which those options may not be available.

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      • frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You could have posted this exact message to other replies in this thread, but you choose this one. That’s rather telling.

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    • lmuel@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I reckon that’s alright when making a meme about straws

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• MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How’s it ableist? Genuinely asking.

  (I have cerebral palsy)

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  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t need one but i know plenty of old/disabled people for who a straw is a necessity.

    I am happy we moved away from plastic straws being mainstream but i also feel like there should have been possible exceptions for medical use. The paper and aluminium alternatives are really not that good.

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    • MTZ@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh, yeah. That is a good point. This post was certainly not meant to discriminate or disparage any group of people.

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      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Don’t worry, i still get trapped in the same biases at times.

        I used to make fun of bottled egg liquids till someone accurately pointed out that for some cracking an egg is a real obstacle.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Drink slower.

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• HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Or a milkshake.

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