Just bought a new set and I’m back to my glory days of being able to sip anything thoughtfully, slowly languorously (—more like langloriously—, and much less addictively.
I get to enjoy my drinks longer and saving money on overconsumption. Its good to have a little friction and slightly work for it a little ;)
Its far more satisfying especially with anything carbonated or rich.
Much much much better for pacing urself. Get them in a fun color or something easier on the eyes like black or dark grey/blue
Explain to me why you want a straw in the first place.
When I recieve a drink with one I take it out and throw it away. I certainly have no use for one at home. My water bottle I take with me has a normal drinking sized mouth like a cup.
Why do you use straws at all?
I guess maybe you eat fast food? I don’t do that.
Water, it’s easier to drink more cold water with a straw water bottle. Also it’s good to drink enough because often I forget
Its easier to drink water with a straw? No way it is.
I carry a water bottle with me and no way do I want a straw involved.
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Yes, I know how a straw works. 🤷♀️
Careful with the stainless steel straws. People have died when tripping and driving them into their eye socket. I own a bunch of stainless steel straws and (other than them being very hard to clean, so they harbour much more bacteria), got spooked by this.
Maybe don’t use straws at all. Drinking directly from cups is fine.
Straight glass straws ftw.
- You see inside
- Easy to clean. Just throw upright into the dishwasher.
I never understood why someone wants reusable pre-bent glass straws and/or pre-bent/opaque metal straws.
One 60 year old woman dying in a freak accident is hardly a trend. You could do the same with a pen/pencil, wouldn’t be enough to warrant entirely removing them from my life tbh.
One 60 year old woman dying in a freak accident is hardly a trend.
Not with that attitude!
Was it only one person? I think the method just freaked me out, like the whole ‘you’ll shoot your eye out’ thing, but more like I can totally see my clumsy ass doing that. I’ll not dissuade others, but I’d rather not take the chance because I’m exactly that kind of klutz.
Reminds me of that final destination movie. I’m freaked out if I ever drive behind a logging truck.
Is it likely to happen? Absolutely not, but it feels very “moth to a flame”.
I have to give more than the normal amount of space and get into the farthest lane. Is it rational? No. But does it hurt me? Also no. So there’s no reason not to.
I do reevaluate things like this, but with logging trucks and steel straws(as opposed to no straws), my assessment hasn’t changed.
I mean yeah that I saw, from a very, very brief search though. Haha fair enough, as a former klutz I can appreciate that.
I think the issue I have with a stainless steel straw is more that, unlike wandering about with a knitting needle (which I also don’t like doing… again, clumsy) is that it’s hollow. Eye or not, if you fall on it, you open a wound that’s ideal for bleeding out very quickly.
Gives me the heebie jeebies.
It feels like it’s sort of the worst thing to be impaled by.
If it’s any comfort, the straw will probably just get clogged with your flesh. If the blood pressure is high enough to push out the meat plug, you can just hold you finger over the hole. And anyway, I think the worst thing to be impaled by would be, like, a rusty shovel wrapped in Gympie-Gympie leaves or something.
American here, just visited another country for the first time last year. I went to Costa Rica and something I noticed was the lack of straws. I went to a McDonalds just to experience how it was in another country and they don’t give you a lid or straw unless you ask them. I don’t understand why that can’t be the norm in America. It just makes too much sense. Now when I go out to eat I make it a point not to use a straw, but the server always drops them off anyway. No chance they take back the unused ones. What a waste.
OT but that’s almost unbelievably comical idea for an American tourist in the wild to actually do. Did you get the feeling that people glanced? Did you notice any other differences (besides the lack of lids/straws)?
At the risk of sounding too political, I think people in America are obsessed with purity. Like, everyone is special and nobody wants to be contaminated by others.
I’ve wondered about what you are mentioning myself, and it’s really weird. Most countries don’t do this. Americans are also weird about other things that seem to be about personal isolation. Like they’re afraid to share anything with anyone else. I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s strange.
Straws are about convenience to keep the kid in (preventing spills) and still being able to drink.
Lips also do that, though. Straws just do it from a distance.
Eh but with lips you have to ensure the lid is a super tight fit or else you get leaks and spills.
I use straws to prevent the drink from touching my teeth. Acidic and sugary drinks especially.
That’s a valid reason. Most people don’t have that issue, though.
I have some stainless steel straws too and I’m more concerned about chipping a tooth than I am about stabbing myself in the eye and dying, but yeah, I agree they definitely have some safety concerns normal plastic straws do not.
I never carry them around, i have to be comfortably seated or reclined and i dont hold it for very long ever
The only winning move is not to play. Just drink water, then it doesn’t matter how much you drink or how big your straw is. LPT lemon wedges are no extra charge.
Drinking too much water can literally kill you lol
Nah, having good straws makes it much more pleasant and probably better for your teeth if its acidy and carobated
I’ve read that drinking acidic drinks through straws is normally worse for your teeth
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Or better yet, drink water and you don’t have to worry about how fast you drink.
It didn’t even occur to me that they would be drinking something else and so I didn’t know why you would want to slow down your ability to drink even more than a straw already does.
I drank no less then 6 cups of water at dinner last night for some reason, and I’ve been pissing like a race horse every hour on the hour since. You need to worry about it.
Nah
But Boba…
Wut
Boba tea. Needs big straw to slurp up tapioca goodness
The strawpedo is a thing for a reason.
spoiler
No, not that sort of pedo
Strawpedo
I’m not crazy about that spelling/word, eek
doesn’t have to be metal either, we looked into this a few years ago and I opted for silicone straws
it’s more plastic but most of the plastic problem is one time use shit
I can “taste” the silicone from time to time but that’s also true of metal, silicone can hold onto flavors sometimes but that hasn’t bothered me too much
they’re just as easy to clean as metal, I like that the ones I got are semi-transparent, they also come in fun colors
they won’t accidentally stab you in the mouth or eye or…wherever you might accidentally jam a straw
I dont like their floppiness/insubstantiality tho. Different tastes :) I threw out my silicone ones like right away.
They were also extremely wide compared to the thinner metal ones which was the biggest factor in the exercise
They make silicone toppers for metal straws so you get the strength of the metal with the mouth feel and lower chance of impalation of the silicone.
different strokes, I’m glad you’re enjoying yours!
Men don’t drink out of straws.
For the same reason men dont wipe their assholes!
Okay, Jessy
