brianary

@brianary@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Transportability is a huge consideration. Pawpaws can’t be transported nationally, for example. The plants we eat have been bred for maximum marketability, which includes getting the produce from where it grows to where people need it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit man, I’m not talking about you, I’m talking about the OP, and the anti-straw rhetoric that it’s referencing. You seem to be looking for reasons to be angry, I’m out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus, you presume too much.

  Point to where I said not to do anything. My whole point was not to just stop at straws and find more ways to avoid plastic.

  Maybe spend less energy on literal strawmen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Look, all I’m saying is that straws probably aren’t the #1 source of discarded plastic, and it seems like focusing on one thing like that results in more performative than substantive change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t make any such “observations”, or even claim that it doesn’t vary by location. I’m just pointing out that your approach ignores a lot of much larger plastic masses. It’s ok for identifying some obvious opportunities, but I’d hesitate to call it definitive for the purposes of establishing the most impactful strategy.

  I’m not sure if people’s unmindfulness is responsible for a larger share of waste than indifference, but maybe?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, not everyone can do it, but I have no reason to doubt that most can, but we’re really getting hung up on a single example here, people.

  How about deodorant? How many people use deodorant in a cardboard container instead of plastic?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s a reasonable expectation. I’ll just start a massive study to see if people use so many straws that it outweighs every other use of plastic in their life. You’ve totally got me there. Congrats.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOdodo DODO DOdodo DODO Dodododo DODO DODOOOOO🎶🎵🎶⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  KFD, surely?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anecdotes aren’t a great way to measure this. Observations like this are variable by location, and ignores the much larger mass in landfills or unrecycled stockpiles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My hair is also excessively oily, and I wash it daily with bar shampoo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How much plastic is in a bottle of shampoo vs a straw, even averaged by day?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The straw thing seems like such an inconsequential place to start over things like switching to bar soap and bar shampoo to avoid using so many plastic bottles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨🎶 picture this we we're both butt naked banging on the bathroom door 🎶⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that’s a guy who likes curves!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can tell you’re really proud of these replies, but I’m afraid they don’t actually make sense.

  You were hoping to prove a logical implication (if P then Q), but you feel it was disproved since the premise didn’t happen. However, “not P” doesn’t actually prove anything about the implication.

  Anyway, no one is really accomplishing anything constructive here. Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s not compelling enough for you to read it to support your position, why would I read it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So you didn’t read it either? Interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks to me like that same feeling toward any population concerns are the clear sentiment of the op, even if they don’t state it so openly. I guess you didn’t see that? No sense trying to beat this to death, we’re seeing different things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a diversion to another topic. No thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are you asking me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought maybe someone was capable of answering a reasonable question to support their position, assuming they had already read the article. Apparently I have to do that work for them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not everyone has equally arable land.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not my job to make your point. You don’t get free labor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the wolves inside me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is Crazy Jane from Doom Patrol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does this assume instant, frictionless transportation of goods?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Resources⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Antinatalism is a strawman slur against anyone that questions the viability of infinite growth.