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Full_Pokedex 11/02/23 5:04:36 PM #1:	They're inferior to plastic straws in every way, I hope people speak out against this. --- Donkey Kong is our friend! Please call often DK, don't be a stranger! From Toadsworth, Mario Party 7 <cite>Full_Pokedex posted [p:976998527] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>They're inferior to plastic straws in every way, I hope people speak out against this. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Starks 11/02/23 5:06:21 PM #2:	The light yellow ones that are made of bamboo or some other reusable/biodegradable plastic are fine --- Paid for by StarksPAC, a registered 501(c)(4) <cite>Starks posted [p:976998552] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>The light yellow ones that are made of bamboo or some other reusable/biodegradable plastic are fine </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mercurydude 11/02/23 5:07:11 PM #3:	Who is "they"? I've only ever been to one place that even had them. --- God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes, 'cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose. - Everlast <cite>mercurydude posted [p:976998566] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Who is "they"? I've only ever been to one place that even had them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Murphiroth 11/02/23 5:08:53 PM #4:	Are there any original thoughts rattling around up there Dunc or do you just parrot everything you hear from your parents' echo chamber? Just curious after your drive-by ignorance posting in the topic about infant mortality rates. <cite>Murphiroth posted [p:976998595] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Are there any original thoughts rattling around up there Dunc or do you just parrot everything you hear from your parents' echo chamber? Just curious after your drive-by ignorance posting in the topic about infant mortality rates. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 11/02/23 5:09:59 PM #5:	They're OK so long as they're not low quality. Those initial days when they were being introduced were terrible. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:976998614] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>They're OK so long as they're not low quality. Those initial days when they were being introduced were terrible. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativerealms 11/02/23 5:10:17 PM #6:	I have probably used paper straws without realizing it because I have yet to see one I knew was a paper straw. Maybe people just have this misconception of how bad they are based on the name? --- "Intelligence has no place in Politics" Londo, (Babylon Five) Save Star trek prodigy <cite>creativerealms posted [p:976998623] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>I have probably used paper straws without realizing it because I have yet to see one I knew was a paper straw.Maybe people just have this misconception of how bad they are based on the name? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Full_Pokedex 11/02/23 5:11:31 PM #7:	creativerealms posted... I have probably used paper straws without realizing it because I have yet to see one I knew was a paper straw. Maybe people just have this misconception of how bad they are based on the name? They have a unique feel to them, you'd know if you have one. --- Donkey Kong is our friend! Please call often DK, don't be a stranger! From Toadsworth, Mario Party 7 <cite>Full_Pokedex posted [p:976998647] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>creativerealms posted... </cite><quote>I have probably used paper straws without realizing it because I have yet to see one I knew was a paper straw.Maybe people just have this misconception of how bad they are based on the name?</quote>They have a unique feel to them, you'd know if you have one. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 11/02/23 5:12:14 PM #8:	creativerealms posted... I have probably used paper straws without realizing it because I have yet to see one I knew was a paper straw. Maybe people just have this misconception of how bad they are based on the name? I feel like if you were using one then you'd definitely know it. They're literally just strips of paper rolled into a tube. It's hard to mistake one for a plastic straw. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:976998660] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>creativerealms posted... </cite><quote>I have probably used paper straws without realizing it because I have yet to see one I knew was a paper straw.Maybe people just have this misconception of how bad they are based on the name?</quote>I feel like if you were using one then you'd definitely know it. They're literally just strips of paper rolled into a tube. It's hard to mistake one for a plastic straw. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 11/02/23 5:12:17 PM #9:	Because of this guy https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/788d4655.jpg --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:976998661] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Because of this guyhttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/788d4655.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
potdnewb 11/02/23 5:12:17 PM #10:	they suck --- https://youtu.be/mSgnC5eQ5u0?si=lh_nzFRDz4j4jhc8 <cite>potdnewb posted [p:976998662] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>they suck </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass 11/02/23 5:14:15 PM #11:	The ones I've used sucked. I'm fine with reducing plastic use. That's a good goal. Please, don't cheap out on replacements, though. Also, stop nickel and diming us for paper bags. Fuck you, your grocery store can absorb the cost. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Bass posted [p:976998686] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>The ones I've used sucked. I'm fine with reducing plastic use. That's a good goal. Please, don't cheap out on replacements, though. Also, stop nickel and diming us for paper bags. Fuck you, your grocery store can absorb the cost. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Waxitron_Gazer 11/02/23 5:14:51 PM #12:	jesus christ no one uses paper straws anymore get off this --- five, five, five, jack -five nobs <cite>Waxitron_Gazer posted [p:976998699] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>jesus christ no one uses paper straws anymore get off this </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
creativerealms 11/02/23 5:15:43 PM #13:	Full_Pokedex posted... They have a unique feel to them, you'd know if you have one. Weird I keep hearing every fast food place is using them now. I am sure I would have ran into them by now given how often I eat out. --- "Intelligence has no place in Politics" Londo, (Babylon Five) Save Star trek prodigy <cite>creativerealms posted [p:976998714] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Full_Pokedex posted... </cite><quote>They have a unique feel to them, you'd know if you have one.</quote>Weird I keep hearing every fast food place is using them now. I am sure I would have ran into them by now given how often I eat out. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ROBANN_88 11/02/23 5:16:15 PM #14:	personally, i prefer to go without straws altogether they serve no real purpose when you can just, you know, lift the freaking cup and tilt it to your mouth --- Kremlin delenda est <cite>ROBANN_88 posted [p:976998722] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>personally, i prefer to go without straws altogetherthey serve no real purpose when you can just, you know, lift the freaking cup and tilt it to your mouth </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkAssassin89 11/02/23 5:16:40 PM #15:	In Canada that is all you can get most places. They are horrible. I particularly used to enjoy milkshakes. Using a paper straw for those is beyond horrible. I dont even order them any more. --- Dark89 <cite>DarkAssassin89 posted [p:976998732] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>In Canada that is all you can get most places. They are horrible.I particularly used to enjoy milkshakes. Using a paper straw for those is beyond horrible. I dont even order them any more. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Lokison 11/02/23 5:17:18 PM #17:	Your mild irritation is nothing in the grand scale of things. Polluting the ocean and putting a shotload of species at risk isn't though. Get over yourself Dunc. --- Word from the wise: Don't drink the under-sink-juice. <cite>Lokison posted [p:976998744] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Your mild irritation is nothing in the grand scale of things. Polluting the ocean and putting a shotload of species at risk isn't though.Get over yourself Dunc. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 11/02/23 5:17:18 PM #18:	i don't understand why any adult needs a straw to drink from a glass when in a restaurant tho --- I hope something good happens to you today Playing: Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:976998745] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>i don't understand why any adult needs a straw to drink from a glass when in a restaurant tho </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cjsdowg 11/02/23 5:17:31 PM #19:	Think for the turtles. --- "Big Sweaty Otis" -Titus O'Neil <cite>cjsdowg posted [p:976998750] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Think for the turtles. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sandalorn 11/02/23 5:17:56 PM #20:	I suppose I like plastic over paper but not enough to throw a hissy fit and have a mental breakdown over them. --- "There is literally no situation in their minds in which it is ok to bomb a hospital." - FlyEaglesFly24 <cite>Sandalorn posted [p:976998761] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>I suppose I like plastic over paper but not enough to throw a hissy fit and have a mental breakdown over them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Full_Pokedex 11/02/23 5:19:57 PM #21:	Lokison posted... Your mild irritation is nothing in the grand scale of things. Polluting the ocean and putting a shotload of species at risk isn't though. Get over yourself Dunc. Plastic isn't ever going away. Literally everything that isn't metal is made of it, it would take a miraculous discovery to get rid of plastic altogether. --- Donkey Kong is our friend! Please call often DK, don't be a stranger! From Toadsworth, Mario Party 7 <cite>Full_Pokedex posted [p:976998801] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Lokison posted... </cite><quote>Your mild irritation is nothing in the grand scale of things. Polluting the ocean and putting a shotload of species at risk isn't though.Get over yourself Dunc.</quote>Plastic isn't ever going away. Literally everything that isn't metal is made of it, it would take a miraculous discovery to get rid of plastic altogether. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EmbraceOfDeath 11/02/23 5:20:18 PM #22:	Because corporations want to offload responsibility for their destruction of the world onto consumers. --- No more shall man have wings to bear him to paradise. Henceforth, he shall walk. <cite>EmbraceOfDeath posted [p:976998806] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Because corporations want to offload responsibility for their destruction of the world onto consumers. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Murphiroth 11/02/23 5:22:30 PM #23:	Full_Pokedex posted... Plastic isn't ever going away. Literally everything that isn't metal is made of it, it would take a miraculous discovery to get rid of plastic altogether. So we just shouldn't make any attempts to make things better then? Also, have you ever heard of glass? Ceramic? Rocks? Wood? Clay? <cite>Murphiroth posted [p:976998841] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Full_Pokedex posted... </cite><quote>Plastic isn't ever going away. Literally everything that isn't metal is made of it, it would take a miraculous discovery to get rid of plastic altogether.</quote>So we just shouldn't make any attempts to make things better then? Also, have you ever heard of glass? Ceramic? Rocks? Wood? Clay? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Full_Pokedex 11/02/23 5:24:13 PM #24:	Murphiroth posted... Also, have you ever heard of glass? Ceramic? Rocks? Wood? Clay? Yes, let's make our gaming consoles out of rock that will end well. --- Donkey Kong is our friend! Please call often DK, don't be a stranger! From Toadsworth, Mario Party 7 <cite>Full_Pokedex posted [p:976998874] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Murphiroth posted... </cite><quote>Also, have you ever heard of glass? Ceramic? Rocks? Wood? Clay?</quote>Yes, let's make our gaming consoles out of rock that will end well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Murphiroth 11/02/23 5:25:35 PM #25:	Full_Pokedex posted... Yes, let's make our gaming consoles out of rock that will end well. Holy non-sequitur, Duncman! <cite>Murphiroth posted [p:976998893] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Full_Pokedex posted... </cite><quote>Yes, let's make our gaming consoles out of rock that will end well.</quote>Holy non-sequitur, Duncman!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Full_Pokedex 11/02/23 5:26:22 PM #26:	Murphiroth posted... Holy non-sequitur, Duncman! Gaming consoles, like everything else, are made of plastic. It was completely on topic. --- Donkey Kong is our friend! Please call often DK, don't be a stranger! From Toadsworth, Mario Party 7 <cite>Full_Pokedex posted [p:976998909] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Murphiroth posted... </cite><quote>Holy non-sequitur, Duncman!</quote>Gaming consoles, like everything else, are made of plastic. It was completely on topic. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Murphiroth 11/02/23 5:27:26 PM #27:	Your parents have failed you so miserably, Duncman. <cite>Murphiroth posted [p:976998926] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Your parents have failed you so miserably, Duncman.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forty_Niners 11/02/23 5:27:27 PM #28:	I've had no problem with them. I had one ages ago with a milkshake, that probably wasn't the best idea, but other than that, I can't think of any other time I even noticed a difference. --- Who cares if Bosa is racist? <cite>Forty_Niners posted [p:976998927] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>I've had no problem with them. I had one ages ago with a milkshake, that probably wasn't the best idea, but other than that, I can't think of any other time I even noticed a difference. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HHH_is_the_game 11/02/23 5:27:34 PM #29:	Because the environment is more important than mild improvement in comfort. And the newer paper straws aren't bad at all. I admit the old ones were bad, but IMO anything we can do on a wide scale to try to improve the environment is a good move --- Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver <cite>HHH_is_the_game posted [p:976998932] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Because the environment is more important than mild improvement in comfort. And the newer paper straws aren't bad at all. I admit the old ones were bad, but IMO anything we can do on a wide scale to try to improve the environment is a good move </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MICHALECOLE 11/02/23 5:29:07 PM #30:	Full_Pokedex posted... Gaming consoles, like everything else, are made of plastic. It was completely on topic. How many gaming consoles have you gone through in your life? how many straws? <cite>MICHALECOLE posted [p:976998959] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Full_Pokedex posted... </cite><quote>Gaming consoles, like everything else, are made of plastic. It was completely on topic.</quote>How many gaming consoles have you gone through in your life? how many straws? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkAssassin89 11/02/23 5:31:57 PM #31:	https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mAOLyi_4AbQ --- Dark89 <cite>DarkAssassin89 posted [p:976999007] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mAOLyi_4AbQ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 11/02/23 5:33:57 PM #32:	MICHALECOLE posted... How many gaming consoles have you gone through in your life? how many straws? How much plastic in a straw does it take to equate the amount of plastic in a console, plus the controllers and game cases and games, and the TV set/monitor to play them all? Cause Idk, paper straws are a small improvement but it feels like the equivalent of deleting Word documents from your PC to free up hard drive space. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:976999029] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>MICHALECOLE posted... </cite><quote>How many gaming consoles have you gone through in your life? how many straws?</quote>How much plastic in a straw does it take to equate the amount of plastic in a console, plus the controllers and game cases and games, and the TV set/monitor to play them all? Cause Idk, paper straws are a small improvement but it feels like the equivalent of deleting Word documents from your PC to free up hard drive space. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AnsestralRecall 11/02/23 5:34:39 PM #33:	Full_Pokedex posted... They're inferior to plastic straws in every way False <cite>AnsestralRecall posted [p:976999044] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Full_Pokedex posted... </cite><quote>They're inferior to plastic straws in every way</quote>False </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YugiNoob 11/02/23 5:35:12 PM #34:	https://youtu.be/0sJkhhZWkWo?si=gWlfvJahPkqIFj83 --- ( ^_^)/\(^_^ ) Maya High-Five! <cite>YugiNoob posted [p:976999051] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/0sJkhhZWkWo?si=gWlfvJahPkqIFj83 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AnsestralRecall 11/02/23 5:40:56 PM #35:	Murphiroth posted... Your parents have failed you so miserably, Duncman. Other way around <cite>AnsestralRecall posted [p:976999137] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Murphiroth posted... </cite><quote>Your parents have failed you so miserably, Duncman.</quote>Other way around </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Revisited 11/02/23 5:41:06 PM #36:	Someone post that pic of the George seinfeld meme where it's like me needing to suffer through paper straws so that a rich billionaire can fly around in his private jet <cite>Revisited posted [p:976999142] in Nobody lik... [t:80609707]...</cite> <quote>Someone post that pic of the George seinfeld meme where it's like me needing to suffer through paper straws so that a rich billionaire can fly around in his private jet </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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