People bitch and moan about straws. But this thought occurred to me recently, why don’t they offer reusable ones instead and just wash it with other tableware?

  • DessertStorms@kbin.social
    83·
    9 months ago

    For many of the same reasons they aren’t a suitable alternative for those who need straws, either (though a restaurant owner will be making the decision based on cost rather than accessibility).

    The real issue is that people still (or ever) bitch and moan about straws, since they were never really a problem, just a distraction from those actually destroying the environment…

    • derf82@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      9 months ago

      I feel like those “reasons” are very exaggerated. How many people are allergic to stainless steel? How is metal not safe in hot beverages? If it’s burning due to heat, the liquid will do that on its own. How are biodegradable straws any more if a choking hazard? There are so many questionable judgements in that list. At the very least, it isn’t nearly that binary.

      • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
        31·
        9 months ago

        Metal conducts heat more readily than water. Odd as it may sound, metal stuck into a hot beverage will burn your mouth/lips more readily than the liquid itself.

      • DessertStorms@kbin.social
        35·
        9 months ago

        I feel like people trying to “poke holes” in the needs of disabled people they clearly haven’t taken even a minute to research (never mind considered the fact you don’t know everything, and you not knowing something doesn’t make it somehow wrong or invalid) are wilfully ignorant ableists (E: and your next reply confirms it. You don’t get to decide who is or isn’t “too disabled” to do anything, ableist)

        • derf82@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          9 months ago

          Or you could, you know, answer legitimate questions rather than go to ad hominem attacks.

            • derf82@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              9 months ago

              I did Google things like “biodegradable straws choking hazard”, and “metal straw allergy” and found exactly jack shit to back up those assertions.

              I googled “metal straw burning” and found “this injury can be prevented with the use of the silicone cap as it would act as a barrier,” so it’s not a problem either.

              Just because someone is disabled, it is not a black check to make unchallenged assertions.