counterpoint boba, but people complaining about paper straws is one of the silliest things to result out of climate “action”
obviously if you are injured or medically need to use a straw ie you have parkinson’s etc. you need a straw, but paper straws are not that bad and carrying around a metal straw is also not that bad if you dislike the paper straws / use straws often enough to justify a metal one
I guess I just reject the framing that it’s a tangible sacrifice to stop using single use plastic stuff, which should have been common practice for years before it happened
The only time I use a straw now is when it’s given to me at a restaurant—I figure the server won’t take it back for reuse even if I don’t touch it so at that point smoke em if you got em right?
If restaurants stopped giving them out my usage would drop like 98%, and I bet it’s a similar story for a lot of people
