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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve been told that the stuff isn’t actually plastic, but rather clear cellulose, and can in a pinch be used as a wrap to roll a joint. Yes clear cellulose papers do exist, but you think I’d actually trust smoking the stuff? Hell no!

    Regardless, after hearing that years ago, I did try burning a cheese wrap after that, and much to my surprise the wrap didn’t melt like plastic, it burned like paper.

    I just got done trying it again, with a different brand of cheese, and yeah this one burned and melted like plastic. ☹️

    I guess different cheese makers use different wrapping material, but either way, if someone suggests rolling a joint in cheese wrap, just say NO!

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    • AFLYINTOASTER@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You are a modern day Magellan, never change

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    • Osa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You can't just drop a thesis like that without telling us what the good brand was my guy :(

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        LMFAO! I hear ya there!

        Sorry to say that I don’t remember what brand of cheese it was the first time I tried that years ago, but I can tell you what brand not to use as I just basically confirmed they use plastic wrap, Great Value.

        I never did try rolling or smoking a joint with either test though. Being naturally skeptical about the random advice, I only tested just burning the wrap by itself. Weed costs too much to waste on experiments ya know haha!

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      • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I can help you on that.

        The brand is Trip. It works alright (both for rolling and smoking), but there are better paper (e.g. Raw).

        I’d consider it as mostly gimmick. Again, not a bad product overall, tho.

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    • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Challenge accepted

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Upvoted for username haha! Good luck, test first…

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    • thesprongler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I have clear rolling papers and they’re a cool gimmick but not at all practical for everyday use. Harder to roll and doesn’t stick to itself as well.

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      • pete_the_cat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They also don’t seem to burn nearly as well. IME they always needed to be relit multiple times.

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That just might depend on the brand and what sort of glue they used, if any. I dunno, the handful of times I smoked clear doobies with my friends, they held together just fine. 🤷‍♂️

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    • jopepa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I wonder if there’s any correlation with cheese wrapper joints and strains named cheese.

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I dunno how things are today, but not too many years ago if you searched Google Images for blue cheese, some of the images it would bring up would actually be nuggets of weed haha!

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    • geissi@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ve been told that the stuff isn’t actually plastic,

      Some even claim this stuff is cheese

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I knew it wasn’t cheese! Cellulose!

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    • MaxVoltage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      notin America

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨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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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      >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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      • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        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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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Don’t forget the gallon of gas you burned in the drive thru 👍

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      • lennybird@lemmy.world ⁨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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    • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Here, the paper straws were individually packed in plastic foil.

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      • MashedTech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        WHAT?!???!?

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      • Patches@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes but that was bio-degradable plastic. It will only last 10,000 years in a landfill instead of eternity.

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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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    • SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s why the EU voted in regulations today against single use packaging despite howls of protest from the fast food industry.

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      • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        really? cool!

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    • Smokeless7048@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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”

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  • CodyCannoli@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If they didn’t they would all melt together cause that stuff isn’t real cheese.

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    • cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      when the contents have as much plastic as the packaging

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      • 200ok@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Looking at the thumbnail, I assumed this was going to be a joke about the cheese being essentially plastic

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    • new_guy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They could use parchment paper I think.

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      • BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Was just about to say this. A decent amount of brands do use paper instead of plastic to separate individual slices, but I’ve only seen it with real cheese. Never with American cheese

        Also before anyone says something, no, American cheese is not real cheese. In fact, it contains less than 50% cheese. It is officially considered a “pasteurized processed American cheese food”.

        Also it’s only good for grilled cheese, bacon egg and cheese sandwiches, or melting onto leftover spaghetti. I will die on this hill.

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Might dry out

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    • STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Personally, I like cheese but I always found plastic sliced cheese just fucking gross. Melted cheese in plastic blech

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      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Try a good deli-style American. So much better than Kraft Singles. Much lower milk content, so it’s more solid. Not individually wrapped, but individually sliced. Higher cheddar and Colby content, so its flavor is better. Still melts beautifully. Best burger cheese out there, IMO.

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    • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You couldn’t be more wrong 😐

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    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m never exposed my child to this stuff, she’s been raised with mild cheddar slices or better, I guess they use it in fast food places though.

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    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s plastic isn’t it?

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    • pingveno@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It ain't gonna slide down easy if it ain't cheesy!

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    • metaStatic@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      which is super ironic because this trash doesn't melt

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      • brown567@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        American cheese is specifically designed to melt well, I don’t know what you’re talking about

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You must really be doing something wrong if your cheese doesn’t mostly melt, because this post of mine from like last week actually came from a block of real mild cheddar…

        lemmy.world/post/7427560

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    • ScrollerBall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Kraft does sell non-singles sliced american cheese. Nothing between the slices and it doesn’t stick together. Also doesn’t have that plasticy taste.

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    • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We just have them separated by baking paper here.

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean there was some joke libertarian candidate that literally ran under the slogan “Make America Grate Again” claiming that he would outlaw sliced and shredded cheeses to make America embrace its graters and its grating roots.

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    • n00b001@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How is clamping down on the freedom companies have to make plastic cheese, and the freedom for people to buy it… Libertarian?

      Isn’t that pretty authoritarian?

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      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No no, you see, it’s because libertarians are dumb

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    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I bought a rotary grater about two years ago thanks to a post on Reddit and I rarely ever buy sliced cheese anymore, if I do it’s the kind that comes in one pack with parchment paper in between the slices.

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  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s because all you absolute fucking babies are still crying they took your plastic straw away.

    The reason we don’t have sensible climate conversations leading to real action is because the SLIGHTEST thing anyone suggests and you fucking scream your toddler heads off for years!

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    • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Many modern humans are a bunch of entitled little shits and it applies across the political spectrum.

      I strongly believe every person needs to experience serious adversity at some point - homelessness, joblessness, food insecurity, chronic health issues, or chronic pain. I have had most of the above (and still have some, yay chronic health issues) and that made me a better person by giving me perspective.

      All the best people I know went through some shit or are empathetic enough to understand what it’s like. The worst people I know either were protected from adversity or went through an adverse situation but didn’t have the tools to properly work through it so it made them worse.

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      • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Uh… Yeah… I’ve experienced homelessness throughout my teenage years and… Uh… It really makes the things “normal” people complain about or stress over seem small and insignificant.

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    • pedz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ask me how I know we’re not gonna reach our climate change reduction goals.

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      • lefaucet@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We’ll reach them once everyone dies in the hunger wars of 2088

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For folks worried about plastic straws and bags and simple little shit, remind them what Lego is made of and how much of that is out there with the rest of the trash…

      Don’t get me wrong, I love Lego, but still in the long run it’s just more of the plastic pollution problem. Of course this isn’t the only place they end up, but check this…

      youtube.com/watch?v=3FxfXVuHRjM

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      • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        LEGO isn’t made to be thrown out. Plastic straws and bags are.

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    • EndlessApollo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Dang, sorry for not being 100% on board with something that’ll make things worse for some disabled people while having an immeasurable impact on the climate

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  • ieightpi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Or just don’t buy American cheese because it’s gross and fake.

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    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      American cheese is the best cheese for a cheeseburger because it melts without splitting.

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      • bitwolf@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I always go for sharp cheddar instead which I feel is close if not better… or Bleu cheese, although that definitely is crumbly.

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      • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Just like the cheeseburger your mother could barely afford.

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  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Two things: these are basically plastic anyways.

    Also, the plastic straw thing was a PR move. Corporations don’t give any shits unless it will make money or lose them money.

    I’m sure there was a nontrivial number of customers who either boycotted or threatened to boycott companies that didn’t switch. When their bottom line gets threatened like that, they take action to prevent revenue loss.

    Nothing more. There’s way more problems with everything than plastic straws. My favorite PR move is how they convinced everyone that their cars are causing the majority of CO2 emissions from transit… Between that and airplanes, everyone is up in arms about the electrification of everything… Yet, the most major transport offenders are freight, and they have no plans or intention of changing their ways. I heard somewhere that if you were to have zero carbon emissions for your entire life, you would save the approximate amount that freight liners emit in a year, at most. I think a year is too long. I forget the exact figure.

    They emit more CO2 than all the cars, and all the planes and everything else you could point to… Yet, I have yet to hear anyone tell me about it, either personally, or on the news or anything. Everyone seems oblivious to the facts. They latch on to these “issues” like straws and personal vehicle CO2 emissions which are trivial…

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  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Good American cheese isn’t individually wrapped. Only the really cheap shit comes like that.

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  • lennybird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fake Plastic Cheese, good radiohead song.

    I admit growing up pretty poor, these were considered a treat lol.

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  • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why the fuck didn’t Twizzlers capitalise on the non-plastic straw market?!

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  • Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I really want American cheese that is not wrapped in plastic. Kraft makes it but it costs more than double the plastic wrapped stuff. I’ve paid that price when times were plenty but they are no more.

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  • MargotRobbie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Considered the following:

    The slices of cheese are analogous to each of our individual lives: it’s boring, manufactured, and there is a wrap of plastic which define us as individuals but keeps separate from one another. The only good aspect of American cheese is that it is designed for melting, so in essence, by removing the plastic barrier that keeps us separated, we, like the humble slices of American cheese, can melt and become part of something greater than our individual selves (like a burger or a grilled cheese).

    Or as Karl Marx once said: Life is plastic, it’s fantastic.

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  • spudwart@spudwart.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Cheese like this always tastes gross.

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  • M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well in this case plastic for plastic seems fine

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A daily reminder that durable biocellulose plastics have been available for over 75 years.

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  • 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mmm… 64 slices of American cheese.

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  • Hiro8811@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Let’s not forget about milk in plastic bags

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  • xe3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    To be fair, the so called “”cheese”” inside the plastic wrap is probably mostly plastic / petro product as welll…

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  • Touching_Grass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Would have been less work to wikipedia types of plastic than make a whole meme

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  • octoperson@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve just realised why that stuff always tastes like plastic

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  • ME5SENGER_24@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There’s more plastic in that “cheese” than there is in a straw

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  • gatelike@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    my mom used to buy that crap along with nasty white bread. she still microwaves food on plastic plates that are decades old with visible knife cuts and bacteria stains in them. she used to be a life long democrat like our blue collar grand parents. Now she wants to stop immigrants even though she wouldn’t recognize any and doesn’t live anywhere near a border and she’s already retired.

    Anyway, don’t eat that cheese, pick something else and don’t turn into a dick when you get old.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    this rhetoric is so fucking exhausting, how many people litter this kind of plastic packaging? when do you see someone throwing plastic out the window of their house???

    we’re getting rid of plastic in TAKEOUT packaging because people will merrily toss that out the window as they speed down a highway with a burger in their hand, it’s not rocket science to figure this out.

    fucking facebook-level post

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  • Kyyrypyy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, in my country they’ve replaced the straws on those 2dl juice boxes by a flimsy paper straw that disintegrate with any contact with any liquid, and can’t punch trough the tiny METALLIC seal for the straw hole. These useless paperrolls are packed in pladtic, and gued to the side of the box…

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  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ban plastic straws…but let’s just make sure the american public forget the the US blew up the nordstream pipeline and some oil company set an area of the ocean on fire when an oil spill happened

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  • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My favorite is when Brody puts the full slice in his mouth and removes the casings like an owl regurgitating mouse bones.

    youtu.be/Plei9_m1Yc8?si=KyTaAKucss7zNfms

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  • NaoPb@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’d think these could be seperated perfectly by pieces of wax paper.

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  • Tattorack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Baby steps… Baby steps…

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  • kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Unpopular opinion : stacking CO2 in plastic bags does less harm than pumping it to atmosphere

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