President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday declaring that it is “the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.”

  • Flying Squid
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    233 days ago

    Nonfunctional, huh? I was able to get liquid to go from a cup, through a paper straw and into my mouth just a couple of days ago. Of course, this is the UK. Have paper straws in the U.S. lost the power to facilitate liquid transportation?

    Yeah, I don’t really like how mushy paper straws can get either. You know what I dislike even more? The fact that I have enough microplastics in my body to make an entire box full of plastic straws.

      • Flying Squid
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        11 day ago

        So less plastic is used? That sounds like a good thing to me.

        • @Cort
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          43 days ago

          Any chance you have an empty cupboard under the stairs?

          I don’t take up much space:

          • Flying Squid
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            23 days ago

            I don’t even have my own place yet. We’re in a short-term rental while I look for a job.

        • @[email protected]
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          3 days ago

          Huh! Well, best of luck over there.

          Also please reconsider the paper straws, with the carcinogenic glue. I’m looking at these.