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I remember when Maccas stopped using straws in France.

They just printed on the cup - “We’ve stopped using plastic straws. To drink, remove lid. You’re not an infant”

Don’t suppose that’d work in a country of insufferable crybabies though lol

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6 points

You think every American alive can’t handle drinking without a straw?

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Americans like ice in all their drinks. Straws are way better when there’s ice. For the rest of the world it’s no problem to drink from a cup.

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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

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Try printing that on a cup in the US and see what happens

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You sound ignorant

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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.

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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.

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6 points

based

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2 points

They cut the heads off the rich, of course they are!

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Facepalm

!facepalm@lemmy.wtf

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Anything that makes you apply your hand to your face.

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