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President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday declaring that it is “the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.”

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The party of "growing up" can't drink from the cup like a "real grown up"...

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Old country shoots at cloud.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nonfunctional, huh? I was able to get liquid to go from a cup, through a paper straw and into my mouth just a couple of days ago. Of course, this is the UK. Have paper straws in the U.S. lost the power to facilitate liquid transportation?

Yeah, I don't really like how mushy paper straws can get either. You know what I dislike even more? The fact that I have enough microplastics in my body to make an entire box full of plastic straws.

[–] reiterationstation@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean the line the paper and bamboo straws with plastic.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So less plastic is used? That sounds like a good thing to me.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I use metal straws for everything..

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Believer it or not, jail.

[–] Waffle 1 points 1 year ago

When I was much younger I bit down on a metal straw and it broke off the inner portion of my two front teeth. They should be banned!!!

But for real, all good until you forget it's metal and bite down on it. I've since outgrown my aversion and we have metal straws in the house now (some with a silicone sheath at the tip to prevent mishaps like mine)

[–] Zier@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago

But eggs still cost $95.00 a dozen donny!

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't like the mental image that comes from the assumption behind this action:

Trump's mouth is so wet that McDonalds paper straws aren't strong enough hold up to his sucking

[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Donny got the succ with those glizzy lips.

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago

I mean, paper straws suck big time, but there's corn-based "plastic" now that works great.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as a grown ass adult, I can't even remember the last time I used a straw. this isn't an important issue. more distraction.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday declaring that it is “the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.”

Dictator on day one... He does not understand it care about representative governance. All of the high minded enlightenment ideals our nation was founded on are dead.