Not The Onion

13191 readers

931 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Comments must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

kescusay@lemmy.world

127

Trump says he will take on paper straws with executive order (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

42 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I’ve never understood why we need straws. I get it for a milkshake but I don’t understand why a restaurant gives me a glass with a straw in it. Do people use straws at home?

[–] mearce@programming.dev 1 points 43 minutes ago

I'd much prefer to drink acidic or staining things through a straw. Orange juice, iced coffee drinks, soft drinks. The less those things pass over my enamel the better.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

There's a few things, like you said some things truly do require a straw like a milkshake, or slushies, tbf they are "fun" even if that's not a great reason, but I think the real reason people got hooked on them is drive throughs, they are undoubtedly much easier when you are driving.