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I havent used any type of straw in quite some time. Plastic or paper.

They do nothing for me and I think they are one of the most pointless disposal food packaging items to exist.

Edit: there are many useful applications for straws I simply didn’t think about when posting this. Thanks for the commenters for pointing this out.

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[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I guess I did forget about milkshakes or smoothies. Those do have a solid use case.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Boba? I don't even know what the "point" would be without a straw tbh

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 12 hours ago

That's just soup at that point. And to be fair, a boba straw is in the spork continuum anyway.