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People often talk about swapping out plastic straws for other materials to help the ocean/fish and the environment, but they also complain about paper straws falling apart easily. Other alternatives that are slightly more sturdy like straws made of straw don't seem very common.

But do we even need straws? My first reaction was that any liquid can be drunk directly from the vessel it's in, and straws just add another level of convenience. If we don't want to use plastic straws and the alternatives mostly suck (actually all straws suck πŸ€“), why not just ditch straws entirely?

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[–] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Many disabled people are unable to drink without straws.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/11/627773979/why-people-with-disabilities-want-bans-on-plastic-straws-to-be-more-flexible

On social media, many people have responded to claims that people with disabilities need plastic straws by asking what people did before plastic straws were invented. "They aspirated liquid in their lungs, developed pneumonia and died," says Shaun Bickley, co-chair of the Seattle Commission for People with DisAbilities, a volunteer organization that's supposed to advise the city council or agencies on disabilities issues.

[–] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

for some reason I always love those dark answers to β€žwhat did people do before X?β€œ

Sometimes we actually help people, improve lifes

edit: typo

[–] Pandoras_Can_Opener@mander.xyz 12 points 10 months ago

Chronically ill person checking in to mention people with my autoimmune disorder died a slow painful death in the past or ate pig thyroid. And people with endometriosis just spent their days in intense agony (some/many still do because current medical treatment doesn't work for them).