I'm trying to imagine someone thinking that only yanks like ice in their drinks and that the other 7 billion+ people haven't discovered ice or something, and it's quite funny
No seriously, the amount of stupid remarks I hear coming from Europeans is insane, "Americans why do you not have healthcare, if you guys just changed your policies you would be fine, you all love guns and policies that make life a living hell."
No dumbass, I have no control over my government and not every single American gets pissy over little things because we're not a hive mind.
That's like saying every Frenchman riots and is a good lover, it happens but clearly that's not the case.
I'm talking about the straw thing he was on about. That "little thing"
And I honestly think the amount of power our vote is a joke. Between the corrupt gerrymandering politicians and the corporate lobbyists, the average person has little say in our society.
If our vote mattered my generation wouldn't be struggling to buy food and pay rent for the past decade
There you go again, lumping all Americans together. You do realize our country is much larger right? I'm sure it's so simple and easy over in France but over here things are a bit more complicated. We kind of have to struggle over here.
Kind of seems like I'm explaining to a brick wall though
This is actually a legit concern for some people with handicaps. That said, the number of people that just get handed a straw as a matter of course far outnumbers the number that needs it because of handicaps. And of course carrying your own around is a thing.
It's a fair point that some people would need a straw to drink, but I don't think it's entirely unfair to expect them to have a reusable straw or something in preparation. Certainly it seems more reasonable than having the remaining 99% of the population default to having a straw, especially when they probably don't use one at home anyway.
I 100% agree. At the very least, I don't think it should be the default expectation that people use and discard a straw with every meal, regardless of what it's made of. Personally, I have three metal straws. One is a plain straight one, one has a bend in the end, and the last one is collapsible.
Every single paper straw I've ever used has been awful, and has significantly diminished my enjoyment of my drink.
While it is a small thing, I have on multiple occasions not bought a drink when I otherwise might have, because it was going to have to use a paper straw.
Of all the places where we can reduce plastic usage, the humble straw is a horrible place to start.
Were you drinking hot coffee or something? I've used those wax covered weird things a couple times and didn't have a problem with them. I would just rather not even use a straw really.