So you hate paper straws

[Pomerlaw]

If you can't handle paper straws, then please don't use any. Plastic straws may be better for you, but they really suck in the environnment.

In just the U.S. alone, one estimate suggests 500 million straws are used every single day. One study published earlier this year estimated as many as 8.3 billion plastic straws pollute the world's beaches.

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[Error 52]

Is a life with paper straws a life worth living

 

[Deleted member 2809]

inb4 "but what about the disabled I am very woke"
You know there can be exceptions and/or they can have their own straw if need be.
Fuck straws.

 

[Deleted member 18944]

Is this the extent of this thread? Just a couple of pictures and no linked sources?

C'mon OP. This issue is important, give your own thread the respect it deserves.

 

[shnurgleton]

if you don't need a straw, don't use one

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Yes, I hate paper straws.

Twist: I don't use straws.

 

[Brass Body Dave]

Up in Vancouver there's paper straws everywhere and nobody gives a fuck that they're paper
just use em if you gotta. fuck you if you cry bout it

 

[WedgeX]

My nearest cafe just debuted some pretty solid paper straws. Much better than the paper straws I first encountered. For iced teas I eventually need to get away from even those straws, since it's still burning carbon to produce them.

 

[DJ_Lae]

Our cutlery drawer has a spot for stainless steel, silicone, and reusable plastic straws.

Paper straws are a fucking atrocity.

Having said that I think there are also a ton of issues with waste management and single use containers that are far more important than straws. Straws just became the easiest to point fingers at.

I mean, let's say you order a take out meal. You get a drink in a coated paper cup, with a plastic lid, and a plastic straw. Your food is in a single-use plastic container (that maybe you could wash and reuse, but most people are just putting it in the garbage), with single use plastic utensils, and depending on the restaurant it'll come in either a paper or a plastic bag. Somehow the straw seems like the least of the worries there.

 

[Doctoglethorpe]

Paper straws do kinda suck, which is why silicone and metal ones exist. No excuse to use disposable ones.

 

[DrewFu]

I've been to one place that used paper straws, and it was totally fine. I didn't notice any difference.

 

[ReAxion]

a 9 year old came up with that estimate.

 

[Nappuccino]

Paper straws are pretty cool, imo.

People who need plastic deserve to have that option, but most people don't need straws or can do just fine with paper ones.

 

[GK86]

If you hate paper straws, then buy a metal one. They even sell them with their own little bag you can take around with you.

 

[Deleted member 11822]

I don't hate them, but I prefer metal / reusable straws.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

I don't like straws period. I'll just drink from the cup.

 

[chezzymann]

Is a life with paper straws a life worth living

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Nope, its not.

 

[Deleted member 17810]

inb4 "but what about the disabled I am very woke"
You know there can be exceptions and/or they can have their own straw if need be.
Fuck straws.

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Yeah but guess what? People are passing laws that don't consider the disabled at all. https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Paper-straws-are-mushy-SF-s-plastic-14087152.php

There is a serious discussion to be had about considering the disabled.

 

[Spenny]

I just stopped using straws.

 

[HellforLeather]

From the exact same article that you are quoting OP....like the next paragraph.

Eight million tons of plastic flow into the ocean every year, and straws comprise just 0.025 percent of that.

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Source

Are straws bad? Absolutely. But it does seem like a strangely tiny piece of the problem to latch on to.

Spoiler: Real Talk

Nobody gave a shit until that turtle video and most people probably still only care because of that turtle video.

 

[Deleted member 8861]

I'd like to cut my straw use but sometimes when I get a drink in a can or something it's just not clean enough to put it on my mouth

 

[Davidion]

Totally ok with paper straws.

For anyone who's disabled, have a small backup supply of plastic on hand. The short term goals shouldn't be all-or-nothing

 

[OrangeNova]

Paper straws kinda suck.

But I have a reusable plastic straw in my bag that's pretty much always on me.

 

[chaobreaker]

I just hate accidently biting into certain kinds of paper straws they leave a weird sensation on my teeth.

 

[Meg Cherry]

I understand the need to stop using plastic straws, but the vast majority of paper straws are just a half-assed cost-cutting measure disguised as environmentalism.

Plenty of plastic straws alternatives that aren't paper. And personable/reusable straws just aren't practical, especially since half the population doesn't even carry a bag that would fit one of those giant reusable straws.

 

[Illusion]

In Disney World now. I hate them, they make my drinks taste weird. They get soggy and feel terrible in my mouth.

 

[Nappuccino]

From the exact same article that you are quoting OP....like the next paragraph.

Source

Are straws bad? Absolutely. But it does seem like a strangely tiny piece of the problem to latch on to.

Spoiler: Real Talk

Nobody gave a shit until that turtle video and most people probably still only care because of that turtle video.

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People don't care about anything until they are emotionally invested. It's a flaw of humanity, not a flaw of the problem.

 

[Donald Draper]

Up in Vancouver there's paper straws everywhere and nobody gives a fuck that they're paper
just use em if you gotta. fuck you if you cry bout it

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Really? I live here and everybody I know constantly complains about how low quality they are.

Personally I bought some reusable metal ones because I cant stand the paper.

 

[Reanimatoin]

Is this the extent of this thread? Just a couple of pictures and no linked sources?

C'mon OP. This issue is important, give your own thread the respect it deserves.

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You've made multiple threads where all you do is post a video. Maybe dont call other users out on how they make threads

 

[julian]

Have you tried the hay straws? They don't suck as much.

 

[CountAntonio]

Only used them once and didn't mind them at all. Kill plastic ones.

 

[El Bombastico]

I don't mind them at all. They get soggy after a bit but by then you've almost finished your drink, so whats the big deal?

 

[DJ_Lae]

Have you tried the hay straws? They don't suck as much.

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[Threekola Miroswish]

If you can't handle paper straws, then please don't use any. Plastic straws may be better for you, but they really suck in the environnment.

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FFS why didn't they sedate the poor thing?

 

[out_of_touch]

Chewing plastic straws is a pasttime. I'm not sure I can give it up.

 

[Avis]

Just don't use straws

 

[TheMango55]

Why don't they coat the paper straws with wax paper material so they take longer to get soggy?

 

[Just_a_Mouse]

Single use plastics such as straws need to be outlawed worldwide. Anyone still partaking in their use, with the widespread knowledge we have of their destructive impact on the environment, needs to stop and reevaluate themselves. Stop killing the planet.

 

[Volimar]

Plastic straws are bad and I'm glad we're moving towards alternatives but when it comes to sea life it's plastic netting that is so much more dangerous and more prevalent. I always worry about movements like this because we all know those people who do one thing like put cans in recycling bins and tell themselves they're doing their part.

 

[Lord Vatek]

I prefer to use straws but paper is fine.

 

[PrimeBeef]

From the exact same article that you are quoting OP....like the next paragraph.

Source

Are straws bad? Absolutely. But it does seem like a strangely tiny piece of the problem to latch on to.

Spoiler: Real Talk

Nobody gave a shit until that turtle video and most people probably still only care because of that turtle video.

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We can say that plastic is bad and must go til we are blue in the face, but realize this that paper is worse for the environment than plastic. Overall plastic is extremely light, thin(bags), and easy to make. Paper and other non plastic products are much heavier, which eat up a lot more fuel, are thicker(bags), which take up more space and thus more fuel. An paper and non plastic products take longer to make and typically have a much larger environmental footprint.

I understand the need to reduce plastic usage, but no one is going to pay higher prices to do so. Everyone bitches about the slave labor and in-humanitarian conditions our clothing manufacturers use to make cheap clothing but not many are paying the much higher prices for properly paid and worked clothing.

 

[Deleted member 19996]

I'm fine with paper If my iced drink comes with a second one to switch with half way through before it starts falling apart.

I'm 100% a solution to rid of plastics if people are not recycling them.

 

[Liam Allen-Miller]

Honestly, as middling as some of the present paper straw types are, it's more important that single-use plastics are abolished than we be comfortable with the type of disposable straw we use. It's hard to feel sympathetic to able-bodied folks complaining about alternative straws.

 

[Vilam]

Let's get one thing straight. Paper straws suck to use, and there's never going to be a day where I carry around a straw everywhere I go.

 

[Volimar]

Let's get one thing straight. Paper straws suck to use, and there's never going to be a day where I carry around a straw everywhere I go.

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The next iPhone will have built in straw functionality.

 

[Deleted member 18944]

You've made multiple threads where all you do is post a video. Maybe dont call other users out on how they make threads

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Your point being what? OP wants people to use paper straws and quotes an unlinked source for statistics. I'm simply asking OP to add more details to the thread.

Who cares what I post? It's not relevant to this thread. OP adding additional information IS relevant.

 

[The Grizz]

Why don't they coat the paper straws with wax paper material so they take longer to get soggy?

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Came into this thread thinking the same thing. I'm pretty sure paper straw tech is still in its infancy and can only improve (here's hoping).

 

[OrangeNova]

I'm fine with paper If my iced drink comes with a second one to switch with half way through before it starts falling apart.

I'm 100% a solution to rid of plastics if people are not recycling them.

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That's still wasteful, do you not remember the three Rs of Recycling? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

Reduce your waste by Reusing a cup and reusable straw. Recycling is the last option.

 

[nekkid]

inb4 "but what about the disabled I am very woke"
You know there can be exceptions and/or they can have their own straw if need be.
Fuck straws.

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Yeah, reusable straws exist.

 

[BringBackSonics]

Yeah but guess what? People are passing laws that don't consider the disabled at all. https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Paper-straws-are-mushy-SF-s-plastic-14087152.php

There is a serious discussion to be had about considering the disabled.

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Yup, a friend of ours friend is disabled, and paper straws do not work for them