Sometimes I feel like whatever I’d do it won’t be enough. What/where I buy or where I donate seem trivial in the larger scheme of things. From extreme power concentration to world hunger. From climate change to AI safety. Too many things that I’d like to change, but I feel powerless sometimes. The feeling comes coupled with a sense of guilt of not doing enough and not being enough. Do you guys get this feeling too? How do you deal with it?
I do believe in the necessity of optimism in order to affect change, but sometimes hope is hard to cultivate. How do you guys keep your optimism up?
Thanks for reading my mini-rant.
Also, the meme is not OC
I never had an issue with a soggy straw or I don’t remember it. It’s the same as the attached caps in plastic bottles.
Do people really have issues with those things or is this just some stupid propaganda from the plastic industry? I feel like only really fragile people would complain about such silly things. If drinking through straws is so fucking important part of your life get a metal one and shut up.
Yeah like just drink from a glass with the other adults, and get a stainless steel canteen for on the go
Yeah, while I can agree that plastic straws weren’t the worst offender for gestures around, I still think reducing that plastic use was a good thing and have noticed it takes more than hours for a paper straw to lose structure, though even then it doesn’t stop being a straw unless you bend it.
Though I think the claims that they are also filled with plastics are plausible. I use metal straws at home but maybe it’s time to start carrying some in the car for use with takeout.
Soggy is half the problem. Paper is naturally porous, so if you put a porous thing into a fizzy drink, it’ll burst on the table or worse. Mentos + Cola thing works much the same way, Mentos is just very porous indeed.