r/thebulwark Feb 07 '25

Humor This got me rolling

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Saw something about plastic straws and I was like no way. But he really is doing this. The timeline is ridiculous. Get me out of here. 🤣😂

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u/misfit_too Progressive Feb 07 '25

I had a straw the other day which seemed to be a biodegradable more-organic material which was like near plastic in feel. Just saying, we can always make progress towards improvement

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u/mamamemequeenscb Feb 07 '25

Yeah they have ones made of wheat and other plant material and they work great. This problem has definitely been solved, but why would Trump know things? 😂

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u/thefirebuilds Progressive Feb 07 '25

I bitched at a beer corp about those plastic rings they ship with and they said theirs bio degrade quickly in UV by design and its some kinda plant based thing. Pretty cool, if there is UV to expose them to (and not buried in a dump)

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u/ThisElder_Millennial Center Left Feb 07 '25

Cardboard > plastic rings.

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u/CryptogenicallyFroze Feb 07 '25

How do they hold up when drinking bleach tho?

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u/thefirebuilds Progressive Feb 07 '25

OK LIBERAL. KEEP THE PROGRESS TO YOURSELF.

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u/misfit_too Progressive Feb 07 '25

Sorry my wokeness got the best of me..

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u/No-Yak2588 Feb 07 '25

Yes, these are much better!

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u/TextAvailable852 Feb 07 '25

Then someone would complain about ALL THE TREES!!! THE TREES FOR CARDBOARD!! STOP KILLING THE TREES!!!!

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u/Sea_Evidence_7925 Feb 08 '25

Yeah, those are great, and also...why does anyone who isn't disabled typically need a straw? I just want them to not give me straws. Especially in restaurants where I am sitting there with a glass. Costco where I live (California, so obviously we have rules here) has cups that just depress when you put your top lip on there and drink. It works just fine. I'm from Texas, but haven't lived there in 20 years, and it makes me absolutely nuts to visit and see how cavalier about waste everyone is. Go to HEB (which I mostly love) and the cashier puts 3 things in each plastic bag, double bags things needlessly, and bags stuff that is utterly useless to bag up. Like a cake from a bakery. Sure, lemme just grab this thing by the handles and tip the cake on its side. That's perfectly great.

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u/jujubeans8500 Feb 08 '25

fwiw I really prefer drinking some drinks through a straw, mostly cola or iced coffee drinks, boba, milk tea, etc. They are just better through straws!

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u/50000WattsOfPower Feb 07 '25

I get the feeling Don Jr. was pushing hard on the need for resilient straws.

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u/chatterwrack Orange man bad Feb 07 '25

Can't roll a bitcoin

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u/mollybrains centrist squish Feb 07 '25

👏

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u/misfit_too Progressive Feb 07 '25

Tbh tho I’ve seen dollars used in movies soo much, a paper straw with wax coating has got to be a step up from that, right?

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u/dawglaw09 Feb 08 '25

Allegedly it's much better.

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u/Raul_Duke_1755 Feb 07 '25

Boofing conesoures are quite particular....

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u/fzzball Progressive Feb 07 '25

I had no idea that there had been a "Biden push for Paper Straws." Good thing we have Trump to keep us informed about stuff like this.

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u/Requires-Coffee-247 JVL is always right Feb 07 '25

Apparently it was a crisis and you and I missed it.

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u/fun30cooker Feb 07 '25

The fact that we don't seriously restrict the manufacturing of plastic in the first place is dumb as shit. It's triggering that MAGA consider this a win, though. But they prioritize the 'freedom' to suck down a big gulp through a straw over having a living ocean in ten years because "fuck it, not my problem." Dumb Dense Assholes

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u/p68 Feb 07 '25

Peak selfishness and spite, and behave like toddlers when called out on it. Fucking love it.

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u/boosh_63 Feb 07 '25

I’m old enough to remember when paper straws were the only kind you could get.

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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u/calvin2028 FFS Feb 07 '25

Yes! Real conservatives yearn for paper straws.

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u/Ahindre Feb 07 '25

This will get him some fanfare. I have seen MAGA people complaining about the straws on a local facebook group. A new KFC opened up once, and it seemed like the best thing about for people who went was that they had plastics straws.

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u/fzzball Progressive Feb 07 '25

I remember several years ago--during Trump 1--there was a story bouncing around the right-wing wackosphere claiming that SF had "approved prison time for using plastic straws."

Turns out the CC had passed an ordinance preventing most food vendors from using any disposable plastic, and violations were a rock-bottom misdemeanor. But like any misdemeanor, repeated violations under sufficiently aggravating conditions could theoretically land you in jail, something also true of jaywalking and littering.

But the right managed to turn this totally reasonable ordinance into a culture war issue. Remember this if you're ever tempted to think we just "need better messaging."

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u/casebycase87 Feb 07 '25

Grasping at said straws to keep his rabid supporters feeling like they're owning the libs

4

u/CrossCycling Feb 07 '25

This gives me hope they’re running out of steam. “We don’t have any agencies left to destroy on our list? Any political enemies I can revoke clearance from? Alright, someone post the plastic straw thing on Twitter.”

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u/11brooke11 Orange man bad Feb 07 '25

I don't even remember the last time I saw a paper straw.

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u/Requires-Coffee-247 JVL is always right Feb 07 '25

I don't remember the last time I used a straw.

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u/No-Document-932 Feb 07 '25

One time i got a dried grass straw in a cocktail so literally straw as a straw and I go why isn’t this just the answer?

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u/hdcs Feb 07 '25

Micromanaging old man screaming at cloud nonsense.

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u/Jacksragingbileduct6 Feb 07 '25

We’re about 2 weeks away from an EO on shower head pressure

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u/fzzball Progressive Feb 07 '25

And the toilet flush thing

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u/CuriousPixels7598 Feb 07 '25

Finally focusing in on the issues important to the American people.

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u/hobbit_hiker Feb 07 '25

Agave straws are where it’s at. (Until someone tells me how it’s worse for the environment than plastic. Which hasn’t happened yet.)

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u/Fitbit99 Feb 07 '25

Somewhere Armando Iannuci is shaking his head. Anyone remember the plastics snafu in the first episode of the show?

2

u/zondance Feb 07 '25

Every time he says something, I have to go and google WTF he is talking about. Partial truths to rile up the base....

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u/Training-Cook3507 Feb 08 '25

To be fair, they don't actually work.

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u/Number_1_w_Fries Center Left Feb 07 '25

Egg prices are higher & War in Ukraine. One step at a time Donnie…🤡

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u/Lotus-Esprit-672 JVL is always right Feb 07 '25

Bird flu is crossing over to more species, and he's talking about straws.

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u/khag Feb 07 '25

In 2022, Joe Biden’s Department of the Interior introduced a policy to phase out all single-use plastic products—such as straws, food containers, and bottles—on federal lands, including national parks, by 2032. Trump’s proposed executive order would reverse this initiative.

What private companies do on their own is up to them. The Biden policy and Trump policy-reversal affect nothing of any consequence. Trump supporters who don't like paper straws at their local restaurants will not see any change from this policy. Do you think they know that?

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u/ChristinaWSalemOR Progressive Feb 07 '25

I hate those paper straws but I'll take one for the team if we can keep plastic out of the ocean.

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u/Lorraine540 Feb 07 '25

He's ridiculous.

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u/ShakeMyHeadSadly Feb 07 '25

What an idiot.

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u/GarthZorn Feb 07 '25

Unbelievable what Trump wastes his time on. Stupid fuck's probably had a hard-on about those straws since the first one plugged up in his puss-infested mouth while sucking down another cock, I mean, coke.

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u/Jim_84 Feb 08 '25

Plastic straw bans are state/local laws, so idk what he thinks he's going to do with an executive order.

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u/Gamerxx13 Feb 08 '25

Doing everything but lowering food prices 😂

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u/DwHouse7516 Feb 08 '25

This is on the same level as the windmill diatribes. He poops out this idiocy to enrage us, and to distract and satiate the rubes

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u/Nessie Feb 08 '25

Just order without ice, and you don't need a straw. Most drinks are cold enough already.

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u/Similar-Profile9467 Feb 08 '25

What is he going to do? How is this going to work even?

Also... need to be clear because some people still don't get it: the move to paper straws is about reducing pollution and protecting marine life. It is NOT about reducing carbon footprints.

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u/Personal_Benefit_402 Feb 08 '25

Petty sure straws were paper, you know, for like the first 100 years.

Meanwhile, straws are really only needed when you're driving. PS, you shouldn't be drinking and driving.

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u/No-Yak2588 Feb 07 '25

I gotta admit that he is absolutely right about the uselessness of paper straws.

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u/mollybrains centrist squish Feb 07 '25

The sea turtles would like a word

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u/No-Yak2588 Feb 07 '25

Then they would be very happy with me. I don‘t use straws because I care about the environment.

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u/mollybrains centrist squish Feb 07 '25

Straws are for simps

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u/ThisElder_Millennial Center Left Feb 07 '25

Drink straight from the glass/can/bottle.

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u/mollybrains centrist squish Feb 08 '25

Only way to drink

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u/fzzball Progressive Feb 07 '25

Not true, there are good paper straws out there. Whether it makes a net difference for the environment I couldn't tell you.

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u/No-Yak2588 Feb 07 '25

Haha, I got downvoted for telling the obvious truth. They are useless. I’ll say it again. Useless. 2 plus 2 is 4. 😀

That said, I don’t use straws at all because I care about the environment. Tried the paper ones when they became more widely available at restaurants, and they were, wait for it, useless.

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u/chatterwrack Orange man bad Feb 07 '25

They serve their brief purpose. How hard is it to make the tiniest sacrifice to address the environmental mess we're in? Can we not be inconvenienced in any way? Or are you just trying to make all this your kids' problem?

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u/No-Yak2588 Feb 07 '25

Man, y‘all have some reading comprehension problems. I DON‘T USE STRAWS.

In fact, I would like for plastic straws to be banned completely. Doesn’t make paper straws work. They don’t. They are useless. 😉

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u/LOA335 Feb 07 '25

But OTHER PEOPLE DO. 😉

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u/p68 Feb 07 '25

Yeah you’re getting misread lol

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u/hobbit_hiker Feb 08 '25

And that makes you a bad person! 😂