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[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm not sure why they chose a spoon, but the article is saying that it's a plastic spoon worth of microplastics - not a spoonful, but the amount of plastic needed to make a plastic spoon. It's an extremely confusing measure, and a bit much for my plastic addled brain

[–] huf@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i'm still confused, how many football fields is that?

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

i think it's about 3 centiburgers by mass

[–] Calmrade@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anything but metric lol. Also that's definitely worse than just a spoonful.

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

I think you'd be able to fit the plastic from a spoon in the bowl of a plastic spoon

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

title is confusing it's not a spoonful of plastic, it's enough microplastics to make a spoon, important distinction

[–] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

in the matrix there is no spoon

in the irl there is a spoon but it's in your head

woah

[–] Calmrade@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm legitimately concerned there's a threshold for too many microplastics in the environment and that once we pass it life will become unsustainable.

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But for a glorious moment in time there were mountains of funko pops and wrappers for packages that contained 3 small cookies in landfills.

[–] Calmrade@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

And lots of shareholder profits! Don't forget what's most important after all.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

maybe human life, but bacteria are already appearing that can digest various kinds of plastics if they cant find better food. nature is healing.

[–] Calmrade@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imagine if that's all we ended up being in time. A brief flicker of immense plastic production and away into the dustbin of history.

[–] Sphere@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Imagine," you say, like that's not the most likely possible outcome...

[–] Calmrade@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Truly the darkest timeline.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

"death cultists die en masse", most unexpected headline

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 1 points 23 hours ago

Imagine all the people,
Leaving a common trace...

[–] LupineTroubles@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

I don't think ending life in earth is that easy, besides it would just incentive lifeforms that can break down plastic over time. It might become unsustainable for humanity however.

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

Yeah they increase neuroplasticity haven't you heard doggirl-smart I have 4 plastic spoons full of plastic in my brain doggirl-smug

[–] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Okay so maybe we need to…do…something.

[–] durruticore@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Surely vote is the solution! /s

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

Just a spoonfull of plastics helps the memories go down

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not trying to shame you or anything (/gen), this is a good post, but there's a couple old threads too:
https://hexbear.net/post/4410789
https://hexbear.net/post/4416742

With some good comments if anyone is interested.

[–] durruticore@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You did, but the plastic made you forget.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

They say jump

You just say how high

you're brain dead

you got a mother fucking spoon in your head

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Trust dirt_owl to listen to the gurge

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

that is going to haunt me for days you stinky avian

[–] shath@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

da brain spoon

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Ill bet some folks have up to two spoons of plastic in their otherwise pristine skulls.

[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

This is likely to be an inaccurate and inflated figure. The methods used in this study have high false positive rates and there is some doubt as to its usefulness in detecting microplastics in the human body.

This twitter post discusses the paper in question and links to a paper critical of the methods used.

I wish I had something better to offer than posts on social media but heres another one that discusses the paper's findings.

[–] determinism2@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Just a spoon full of plastic

in your fucking brain,

your fucking brain

your fucking brain

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Hey, look on the bright side! At least we never told porky or any of the Protagonists of Reality^TM^.....what to DO!

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

microplastics-cool you will be microplastics and you will be happy

[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago
[–] durruticore@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Could be worse

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We could use stalin-spoonstalin-gun-2 and his comically big spoon right about now. agony-soviet

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Stalin and his comically big plastic spoon