• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    I just installed one of these for my g/f in her back yard catio and I think it’s great. I play 7 a side on it twice a week.

    Why would people want such a useful material ‘banned’? If you don’t like it, then don’t install it. If it doesn’t work out great in your space, then you can always remove it.

    In terms of waste, you can say that about literally everything we consume.

    • NickwithaC
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      31 year ago

      Why would people want such a useful material ‘banned’?

      Because it’s fucking up the planet and if you haven’t noticed, the planet has been taking quite the beating these past 3 weeks.

      In terms of waste, you can say that about literally everything we consume.

      Real grass is not consumed and thinking about everything in terms of human consumption is the problem. Change your mindset.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Real grass is not consumed

        I’m not sure what you mean by that, but in many cases people are laying it over what otherwise would be concrete, or gravel places that are not suited to a lawn.

    • @thehatfox
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      31 year ago

      Why would people want such a useful material ‘banned’? If you don’t like it, then don’t install it.

      For the same reason we are trying to phase out fossil fuels as an energy source - environmental degradation harms everyone. It’s not a matter of personal taste, it’s about protecting the planet we need to live on.

    • @MostlyBirds
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      11 year ago

      Why would people want such a useful material ‘banned’?

      Because it’s not actually useful, it’s just poison.

      In terms of waste, you can say that about literally everything we consume.

      Yeah, and we need to stop. It’s literally going to drive us to extinction, along with countless other species. This kind of apathy is disgusting.

      • Rokk
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        11 year ago

        It can be useful. It’s a great surface for doing any form of outdoor exercise on.

        • @MostlyBirds
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          11 year ago

          Pretty absurd to pretend any of its uses come close to outweighing the negatives.

          • Rokk
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            41 year ago

            Claiming it’s “not actually useful” though is just wrong.

            • @MostlyBirds
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              01 year ago

              If a thing does more harm than good, it isn’t useful, the people using it are just selfish.

              • Rokk
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                11 year ago

                That’s an interesting new definition of ‘useful’ you have.

                • @MostlyBirds
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                  11 year ago

                  It’s certainly more sound than yours, which apparently requires nothing more than “it feels kinds of nice to step on” while it poisons the ground and eliminates yet more of your local ecosystem.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      In terms of waste, you can say that about literally everything we consume.

      So it is either all of it or nothing in your book?

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        1 year ago

        Do we ban everything wasteful?

        I’m not against it, I don’t like waste but starting with fake grass seems odd considering it has uses and there’s plenty of shit we manufacture that is properly useless.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I have one because we have too much shade to grow grass. We have a 3 storey 60s house and a small, north facing garden. That said only one brand was recyclable at the end of its life, which is a shame