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I feel like this might be an American problem, with straws being more necessary for drinking in cars, which are all too common there.
I rarely drive and basically never drink out of a straw, there’s just no point when you can drink directly out of the cup.
I’m unsure how much benefit reusable straws really are because at a restaurant, they’re probably gonna give you straws anyways and I don’t think they’d put unused ones back in the box, especially post covid.
The only thing that comes with a straw in the restaurants I visit, is cocktails.
“Sir, this is a sperm bank”
I see. So you’re telling me this is not a straw and those are not boba balls?
it’s weird how presumably neurotypical people complain about paper straws feeling weird, but my autistic ass couldn’t give less of a shit about their texture.
do you chew on them, or what?
The odd time I end up eating fast food and getting a paper straw, it’s the fact that it goes mushy before I finish my drink. I think that’s the texture issue people are talking about.
that takes like half an hour though, and affects the bottom end.
Fast food implies fast drink, you’re not supposed to let it soak in there like it’s a hot tub.
do you chew on them, or what?
Maybe… Is it that weird?
I always chewed on pens in school too. Hmm.
my autistic ass
your ass has autism?
Even if it does, straws are not really meant for it anyways.
Asstism if you will.
It used to be ass burgers, but they redefined the ass spectrum.
Idk about you but my ass has burgers
Not all autism are the same, some with autism will hyperfix on the environment and not give a shit about the texture.
I don’5 really understand complains about paper straws, i never had problems with them!
~Also there is the nice bonus that after drinking i can chew them while i walk to the trash can~
I think they’ve gotten better, or the ones a lot of people are familiar with are just kinda miserable. I’m most familiar with the ones from when I worked at Disney’s Animal Kingdom like fifteen years ago. They were texturally kinda strange and would get mushy at the top partway through an American-sized soda. They used those straws because the regular plastic ones could have been harmful to some of the animals in the park and I was lead to believe that those straws were pretty common in zoos in general.
I think there was only one time that I had a paper straw and thought that it was good enough. But it felt… expensive? In my mouth. Like you could tell they hated to have to shell out for that.
Not neurotypical, but yes, I do chew on them.
I ended up going with silicone straws in my household. Mine open up down the side so you can run your finger up them for easy cleaning.
The metal and hard plastic ones suck for chewing on.
We have metal ones with a silicone nib on the end. Perfect for chewing on.
But how do you snort cocain with a glass? I have metal straws.
glass straws
This guy snorts
Mmm I can still taste the metal.
Please don’t do that. A lot of garden hoses are made of junk plastic, which leaches along with metals into the water.
The brand on that hose in more expensive. eleyhosereels.com/…/5-8-polyurethane-garden-hose
Found the Gen X-er. Good day to you, my fellow hose-water connoisseur.
You need a fucking glass for you water? Pussy.
Remember when people lost it because disabled people wouldn’t be able to drink again and then they all died of dehydration after these draconian straw laws severely impacted my day
I remember when disability rights groups pointed out that these laws were placing extra burden on disabled people that weren’t being put on everyone else.
These laws accomplish nothing except make liberals feel good that they actually passed some kind of environmental rules. Meanwhile, conservatives are making sure they can legally torture gay kids, let billionaires get away with pedophilia, and burn lots and lots of coal. But we passed straw bans in a couple of cities. Yay us.
Yay!! 🙌
I mean it would actually impact my ability to hydrate certain patients under certain circumstances if there really ever 0 plastic straws anywhere ever.
Just hang their drink on the IV pole, spike it with a line, and put the other end in their mouth!
Am I the only one still cupping my hand under the tap?
I don’t even cup it just drink straight from the stream.
May not be the most practical, but I do find this the most satisfying way to drink water
Diogenes would be proud.
No, I do that a lot. Lol
You mean hose right?
You mean prehistoric mountain stream, right?
I bought a 4-pk of glass straws for €5 and they are awesome. The rounded edge feels smooth on the tongue/lips and drinks taste better through glass than metal.
I would probably break them in a way or another
I’d be worried about breaking them if I take them places. Do they hold up well?
The ones I’ve handled and bought are more robust than most other glassware. They can break if dropped on hard floor, but that’s normal for anything out of glass.
Seattle has commercially compostable plastic straws. They feel pretty much like plastic but are kind of matte. Even the single use forks/knives/spoons from restaurants are like that. But then again we do large scale compost across the city.
Don’t you need to use the metal straws some ridiculous amount of times before it saves more carbon than the plastic single use?
Also, plastic multi use is probably better.
That depends on the goal here. I don’t think the main benefit of removing plastic straws is a lesser co2 impact. Its less plastic garbage and environmental pollition.
What happened to those Italian pasta straws? They looked promising.
They aren’t gluten free, so not very inclusive
There are those made with rice tho. But also expensive.
And thats why I have metal straws (plus I got them for free)
Bucatini? I can grab that at my local grocer
$20 metal straw? I think all the metal ones I have were about .25
The lead ones are more expensive but improve the flavor of most beverages.
Great tip, I love sweetened drinks!
The only bad thing about a metal straw is the straw ceiling tile that falls on your head. Well there probably several bad things about a metal straw, not something a skateboarder can carry in their pocket.
I’m sorry, what? Did you have a stroke?
I get it but its rather ableist.
Also you never tried drinking from a fast food drink cup full of ice. Freezes your damn lips.
i don’t think most people use straws because they have no other way of drinking lol
Some do, sure…
That’s the whole problem. You’re considering what most people do, but not a minority who already have extra burdens in their life.
How’s it ableist? Genuinely asking.
(I have cerebral palsy)
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.
Drink slower.
Or a milkshake.
After reading about that lady who died because she fell on a metal straw and impaled her eye and brain I threw away my metal straws.
Understandable, but thats a bit of an overreaction don’t you think?
Yeah that could happen with a fork, or a toothbrush, ot really anything that size if you land on it hard enough
Seattle has commercially compostable plastic straws. They feel pretty much like plastic but are kind of matte. Even the single use forks/knives/spoons from restaurants are like that. But then again we do large scale compost across the city.
Iced drink tend to taste better with straw tbh, sipping from the cup mean you’re taking in watered down stuff, and also tiny ice or ice blocking the flow of the drinks.
Please enlighten me, why do u even need a straw, can’t you just drink from the cup, like in the bottom pic?
*Im genuinly wondering.
In all seriousness, there’s some drinks that need a straw
Reusable straws are gross. Unless you are taking a brush to the inside every time you’re kidding yourself.
Basically, there is very little study / regulation on pfas and other harmful chemicals on really everything. However most food contact materials (FCM) are full of the stuff. It’s almost always better to bypass and not use a single use FMCs. The more of them you remove from your use, the less you pollute and the less you expose yourself to harmful chemicals.
Just use trough food and drink in one easy to clean vessle
You can also use a chive leaf as a straw. It’ll affect the taste, but it’s fun to eat it afterwards
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Here in the house we have re-usable, washable plastic straws.
Out and about I’ll use the disposable straws because the whole turtle-death thing was over-exaggerated. (Microplastics from automotive tires are killing us, though. There are real great filters to be navigated)
I also just don’t eat out much, especially since the 2020 lockdown.