• LordKitsuna@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Instead of paper we should have gone stainless steel. Safe, strong, reusable, fully recyclable. Ive got a few and i love em personally but i get why people don’t go outta their way to have some

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      9 months ago

      First World problems, amirite? Gotta carry your own metal straw everywhere if you don’t like mushy PFAS.

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      9 months ago

      I use metal straws as well. It’s a decent option.

      As for safe, wellllll… there’s some debate on it. People have been impaled when they tripped and fell while drinking from them. They’re also a bit more difficult to clean, since you just toss a plastic straw.

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      9 months ago

      Metal straws can be very dangerous though. They’re not gonna bend, where a plastic or pfas straw would. Better use an organic straw or something

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      9 months ago

      Safe, strong

      This seems to be opposing objectives for a straw. If it’s strong, then it can puncture/lacerate if someone falls while carrying a drink. This has been an issue, and it has killed at least one person. I don’t want my drinking straw to be that strong. Frankly I’ll just skip the straw for the most part.