old paper straws didn't dissolve

[mumwon]

I remember drinking milk shakes regularly in the sixties when our straws must have been paper and they didn't dissolve. They were stiff paper and striped. Nowadays when you use a straw the ends seem to go soggy quite quickly? Is this just me?

I remember them too (very old)

As I recall the ends did go soggy and collapse. You had to tear the ends off to keep drinking.