That's a fair point. But it's the test of time and plastic that is the problem here (for some).
Paper straws suck!
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I had to use straws for a time at home (and everywhere else) while learning to adapt to new circumstances. The nerve that controlled the right side of my face/mouth/lips was severed leaving that side paralyzed. Next up was surgery to reassign the nerve that controlled the right side of my tongue, to integrate/free-range into the right side of my face. The results were that while i was trying to figure out how to drink from a glass and not pour the contents into my lap, which was probably one of the smaller of the resulting issues, i used a fat, reusable, plastic straw to drink everything.
Almost seven years on and still not able to purse/tension the lips enough on the right side to reliably drink out of a narrow necked bottle but most other vessels no issues as long as i'm paying some attention.
dave
I will never look at a straw the same way again.
Confucius say, strawman argument.
Nietzsche say, "and when you look into the straw, the straw also looks into you."
Quite possibly it has nothing to do with straws at all, only conditioning people to accept absurdity - a social experiment.
Wasn't the idea proposed by a child?
AA
Nietzsche say, "and when you look into the straw, the straw also looks into you."
Quite possibly it has nothing to do with straws at all, only conditioning people to accept absurdity - a social experiment.
Wasn't the idea proposed by a child?
AA
Only when used as a straw according to the definition as specified lol.
Sort of like radar detectors here. Legal to buy, legal to own, illegal to use. They only become a 'Radar Detector' when used to detect radar. If they're seen in use or detected by a radar detector detector lol, that'll be $495 please, oh, and we'll be seizing that legally owned device too because you used it as intended lol.
My favourite local café (independently owned and operated) uses paper straws that look like little birch tree trunks, and they can last for several uses, according to my son.
Hmm ... is something like birch bark toxic? If not, that might hold up better than paper.
BTW, bottle water is selling convenience more than water. I've a couple of nice aluminum bottles that were freebees and intended as substitutes for plastic water bottles. Just refill at a drinking fountain. OTOH, I've been in place where there weren't drinking fountains.
The question was asked by a child, who wondered how many plastic soda straws are used, and he contacted some manufacturers and made an estimate from that. Not bad, really, for a kid.
I've never understood that, since it places a local government in the same role as the FCC.
If we really want to go retro, we could use the same thing that was popular during the straight razor era: real straws of rye grass. OTOH, it was because they were deteriorating and messing up a guy's mint julep that we got paper straws in the first place.
On this subject, when was the last time anyone saw a metal canteen for sale in a department store? Those were handy.
Very little of most things these days make sense to me, and less all the time.
kelbro
Alfred Spatchcock
Baskin Robbins has to be fuming. How in the heck do you drink a chocolate malt with a paper straw?
That's the only thing that I've used a straw for except drinking soda when traveling in Latin/South America and Asia.
That's the only thing that I've used a straw for except drinking soda when traveling in Latin/South America and Asia.
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This mornings coffee.
The way it was meant to be.
I think you've all guessed that The Veg is about as green as I get, and that didn't work out at all. But what happened to paper coffee cups? Remember those? You got them at coffee vending machines and bought them at stores. Some had two paper handles that folded flat against the cup, and you could fold them out to keep your hand cool. They didn't keep coffee hot, but wouldn't think that non-foam plastic cups do, either.
Never got into straws for coffee or iced tea. Disposable coffee cups here are Styrofoam - but the closest to Starbucks around here is a convenience store. Haven't seen vending machine coffee in several years, and was so tired then I don't remember if the cup was paper or not.
Never got into straws for coffee or iced tea. Disposable coffee cups here are Styrofoam - but the closest to Starbucks around here is a convenience store. Haven't seen vending machine coffee in several years, and was so tired then I don't remember if the cup was paper or not.
They're all paper/cardboard here.
I havent seen a styrofoam cup in use here for ....years.
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In Japan, they still frequently have the paper cup coffee vending machines. No foldback handles. I do remember those, though.
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I always wanted try one of those Japanese smart toilets. Are they real?
i learned spit balls with paper straws
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