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To just want plastic straws back!

329 replies

Malahide · 08/08/2024 21:16

Lighthearted - mostly!

I’m so sick of paper straws turning to mush before a drink is even finished, they just aren’t fit for purpose. Add in the awful wooden cutlery that you now get (I want my salad to actually taste like salad, not wood!!) and the cardboard takeaway containers which begin to disintegrate as soon as they touch food and all of a sudden I’m reconsidering whether the planet is really worth saving…

I’m joking of course but surely I’m not the only one who feels this way? There have to be better alternatives out there than paper, wood & cardboard that just seem to ruin everything!

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Hobbesmanc · 08/08/2024 21:19

Erm no not really. I just think about the benefits to the world. And thank god i have a mouth that can manage to drink without a straw

Elphame · 08/08/2024 21:19

If you think paper straws are bad - try pasta straws......!

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 08/08/2024 21:18

Yep - l hate Subway salads in cardboard boxes and paper straws are not fit for purpose unless you are drinking out of an egg cup!

Twistybranch · 08/08/2024 21:16

Fuck yes